Steyning's race walker Sophie Hales and Brighton and Hove's Samantha Redd have both been selected for the Great Britain team at the World Youth Games.

This competition, at Drebrechen in Hungary later this month, is for athletes who are under 18 on December 31.

Although Hales, who is still under 17, is in the first year of this international age, most of the named athletes in the team are competing in the under-20 age group in British competition.

It was in this age group that Redd returned from injury to take the silver medal in the javelin at the AAA under-20 championships at Bedford.

Redd, who is in her first year in this age group, was no match for Goldie Sayers from Peterborough who is at the top end of the age group and too old for the World Youth Championships. Sayers had a 50 metre-plus throw to her credit last season.

The Brighton and Hove girl, who has not thrown since May following injury, started with a couple of 44 metre throws and then pulled out a best ever effort of 47.13m. which assured her of the silver medal.

Redd said: "I'm confident there is more to come but I do need to get close to 50 metres before the season is out."

Both Tim Bayley from Woodingdean and Crawley's Joel Kidger just missed medals in the under-23 age groups.

In windy conditions that made life difficult for many of the athletes, both were well outside their season's bests with Bayley clocking 48.1 in the 400m and Kidger recording 1.54.14. in the 800m.

In the under-20 400m the conditions slowed county champion Gaby Howell who clocked 56.39 to qualify for the final but her efforts in the heat took too much out of her and she was pushed back into sixth place in the final.

Kidger's Crawley clubmate Ed Prickett struck gold in the under-20 5,000m, moving clear of the field with a couple of laps to go and clocking 15.02.0.

Sussex athletes Stephen Rees-Jones from Lewes and Patrick Davoren (Phoenix) both won "A" races in the latest round of the Nike Grand Prix at Watford.

Rees-Jones clocked the fastest 800m by a Sussex runner since he broke 1min. 50sec four years ago with a perfectly judged finish to clock 1.51.03.

Davoren, who tends to rely on his fast finishing, clocked his season's best to sprint clear down the home straight in 3.46.13.

Eastbourne's Barry Morris, who won four titles at the recent Sussex Veterans Track and Field Championships took the silver medal in the long jump at the National Veterans Championships at Eton.

Morris also reached the final of the 100m but here he was a little slower than his county performance, placing sixth in 12.0sec.

Crawley's Rob Creed won a bronze medal in the 1,500m in 4.01.9 while in the over-50 age group Tony Deleiros from Worthing won the 200m title.