Reading ACs U20 Jasmine McCallum and U15 Sammy Ball secured gold medals at the South of England Combined Events Championships at Horspath, Oxford on 8 July 2018. Sammy Ball also attained a new club record for U15 Pentathlon with 2,889 points. Joe Frew secured a bronze medal also in the U15 event with Matt Kirk missing out on a podium position as a result of difficulties in his shot put. The athletes were further inspired through discussions with decathlon legend Daley Thompson.