SHIRLEY’S Oliver Bromby says success at the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games was a perfect way to cap off a golden year – and now the teenage sprinter wants to take on the world.

More than 1,600 talented schoolchildren descended on Manchester to compete in 12 sports across four action packed days, writes Chris Bailey.

And 16-year-old Bromby was undoubtedly one of the brightest talents on show, clocking in at 10.82seconds – after battling a headwind – to clinch gold for the South West.

The Southampton AC athlete, pictured below, is peerless among his age group in Great Britain but he admits his next big challenge is to mix it with the best the globe has to offer.

“It feels brilliant to win at the Sainsbury’s School Games as I could only manage third last year,” said Bromby. “It was a close race as I didn’t have the best start but I did enough in the end. The gap was only one hundredth of a second so the dip paid off.

“My PB is 10.68 (seconds) and this was 10.8 so it was quite a way off but we were running into a headwind so I can’t really complain. It’s the end of the season so this tops it all off really for me.

“Next year is the World Youth Championships so I’d like to make the qualifying time for that, it would be a nice way to crown off my youth career.

“I just need to keep working and training hard and keep getting better so I can break into that senior squad.

“I know I’m ranked seventh in Europe at the moment but I’m not too sure where I am on the world stage.”

The Sainsbury’s School Games is supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and is delivered by the Youth Sport Trust.

The event has helped to launch the careers of many British athletes, including Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds who were watching the next generation of stars coming through.

And there was also success down for Southampton sisters Miriam and Joy Haizelden in the wheelchair basketball, helping England South to a tense 49-41 victory over Wales.

Miriam said: “Playing with my sister was really, really good – being in the same team has been a great experience. Of course sometimes it does get a bit competitive between us!

“Joy is up there with Team GB, where I want to be. So hopefully I’ll be able to use that to find my own way to break through.”

The Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games, which is supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, was held in venues across Manchester from 4-7 September 2014. Visit 2014schoolgames.com for more information.