Euro chance

is coached in throws by Mike Swain and in pole vault by Terry Prideaux, is building on his successes earlier in 2018.

During the indoor season he won the Northern Counties Under 17 pole vault title, and in his multieventing capacity also won the Northern Counties Combined Events Heptathlon title with a points total of 4,074, a new Wakefield and District Harriers club record.

Taking his GCSEs in his final year at Honley High School, where he has been consistently mentored by teacher Karen Taylor, Thomas will start A level studies at Huddersfield New College in September.

He has represented Honley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Yorkshire and Humber Region on many occasions and will again be wearing the West Yorkshire Schools’ vest at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham in July.

His immediate focus is now on achieving the European Qualifying standard for the discus, this being 53m, but 56m being required to secure team GB selection for the championships.

England Athletics have invited Thomas to compete at two major events at Bedford International Stadium this year, where it is hoped he may achieve the distances needed and be able to compete in the European Under 18 Championships in Gyor, Hungary in July. Longwood Harriers at the Yorkshire County Athletics Championships at Cudworth. Top left: Corban Wood. Centre: Isabel White and Soraya Crodden. Right: Tiger Steel Bottom left: Hakan Dalbal. Centre: Roisin McGrath, Neve Hardcastle, Holly Brewster. Bottom right: Ellie Fedzin