Emma Miller-Williams, 11, came home with gold in the 80m (19.24), scored bronze in the discus (17.8m), as well as participated in the high jump, shot put, 1500m and 800m.

Jeremy Smith, 15, came second in the 400m hurdles in a time of 1.08.44, in his first time competing in the event.

He then had a fall in the 110m hurdles resulting in an injury, but came back to score a bronze in both the long jump (5.45m) and the triple jump (11.59m). 

Ten-year-old Kris Morris, who competed in a higher age group, received silver in the high jump, in a personal best jump of 1.2m.

He also competed and came fourth in the long jump, 100m and 200m respectively.

Jonah Williams, 11, won a medal of each colour, scoring gold in the 1500m (5.23.77), silver in the 800m (2.36.77) and bronze in the 200m (29.91).

Ten-year-old Fletcher Sharpe brought home gold in the long jump (4.19), silver in the 100m (14.77), and two bronzes in the 200m (29.76) and 800m (2.48.17).

Fletcher was unlucky not to bring home two gold medals, being beaten in the 100m by just 0.04 of a second.

Monique Edmunds, 11, came away with silver in the 80m hurdles (22.35), and also competed in the 1500m, 800m, 200m, discus, shot put and high jump.

Nine-year-old Jordan Edmunds, who had to compete an age group up as the minimum age group is under-10s, brought home three medals – gold in shot put (6.6m), silver in high jump (1.05m) and bronze in the 800m (3.08.81), as well as competing in the 1500m, 200m, 100m, discus, and long jump.

Blake Whiteley also went away to the championships but unfortunately had to withdraw from the 400m event after suffering from blisters on his feet.

Cessnock Athletics Club coach Jacarna-Bain Fenton returned from injury to score silver in the 400m (59.39) and 1500m in a personal best time of 5.01.43, as well as bronze in the long jump (4.68m) – a new event for Jacarna.

Fellow club coach Alan Provenzano also brought home a swag of medals, gold in the javelin (37.66m) and long jump (4.82m), silver in the shot put (9.5m), high jump (1.35m) and 100m hurdles (19.98), as well as bronze in the triple jump (8.97m).

He also just missed out on medals in the 100m and 200m, coming fourth in each.

Jacarna has been coaching for around five years and said she wants to give back to the sport she loves, as she had to travel a lot to see coaches in the past.

“I love the sport so much and around this area there’s no coaches,” she said.

“We’re only a small town, it’s good to give them the knowledge and see them improve.”

Jeremy said he has shaved a whole two seconds off his time in the past two years thanks to Jacarna.

“She’s a great trainer, she pushes you to your limits,” he said.

Jacarna said seeing the children perform is very rewarding.

“The fact that they’re winning, getting PB’s and having fun is great.”

Alan echoed this sentiment.

“It’s always good to encourage the kids to get out there,” he said.

Alan has also been coaching in Cessnock for five years and believes good coaching is important for the development of young athletes.

“It’s the next step to help the kids here at the club.”

“You’ve got to have the right technical skills otherwise you get bad habits and never reach full potential.”