Kingston & Polytechnic Harrier Pippa Earley claimed double gold at the South of England U15/U17 championships in Ashford at the weekend by the narrowest of margins.

The 14-year-old clinched the long jump crown with a leap of 5.56metre – 10 centimetres ahead of her nearest rival Herne Hill Harriers’ Ore Adamson.

It was even closer in the 75m hurdles as she clocked 11.29 seconds to win by one hundredth of a second from second-placed Marissa Sims of Enfield & Haringey.

Walton Athletics Club's Sophie Mace set a new U17 girls discus championship best and personal best of 47.35 metres at the same meeting on Sunday.

The mark, which would have been enough to qualify for this year's World Youth Championships, also broke the Surrey all time record that had stood for 25 years and fired Mace to the top of the UK rankings.

Her younger brother Sam claimed the U15 boys hammer title with a new personal best effort of 57.36m on Saturday, before winning discus gold on Sunday with a throw of 47.15m - also a personal best.