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Match 6, Southampton, 4 August 2001.

Well, we won’t go down, but our poorest score of the series was achieved by a team that was just a shadow of itself. 

Of our 75 points no less than 30 were scored in the four throwing events where Mike Small had a marvellous afternoon.  Our veteran thrower heaved a season’s best in the B hammer, took the B javelin, produced one of his best ever shot put performances since reaching veteran status and finally had the audacity to turn over Heri Ziska to win the A discus.  John Osazuwa obliged with his regular hammer win and had the ground shaking with a run down the back straight in the sprint relay.

The small team did all they could to cover most of the events and Alex Kneller managed to pop out a winning triple jump among his six competitions.  Conditions were extremely windy but Kevin Brennan set a best for the season in the 400m while Joachim Wolf and Brad Poore brightened Belgrave spirits with battling performances in the 1500m - although both were far from happy with the their times.

Teams: 1 Winchester 128.5; 2 Woking AC 117.5; 3 Verlea 105, 4 Nene Valley 100.5; 5 Belgrave H 75.

100m: 4 K.Brennan 12.4; 4 A.Kneller 12.4. 200m: 5 R.Smith 25.6; 5 K.Brennan 26.0. 400m: 4 K.Brennan 52.2; 5 D.Anderson 72.5. 800m: 3 B.Poore 2:04.0; 5 D.Anderson 2:38.4. 1500m: 2 J.Wolf 4:12.3; 2 B.Poore 4:14.2. 5000m: no competitor. 110mH: no competitor. 400mH: 5 R.Smith 64.3. 3000mSC: no competitor. HJ: 4 A.Kneller 1.70; 5 R.Smith 1.55. LJ: 2 A.Kneller 6.64; 3 R.Smith 5.92. TJ: 1 A.Kneller 13.07; 5 R.Bridges 8.54. PV: 5 R.Bridges 1.00. SP: 2 M.Small 13.70; 3 J.Osazuwa 11.15. DT: 1 M.Small 41.40; 1 H.Ziska 40.86. JT: 3 A.Kneller 43.14; 1 M.Small 43.12. HT: 1 J.Osazuwa 56.95; 1 M.Small 47.46. 4x100m: 5 Belgrave 47.7 (A.Kneller, J.Osazuwa, K.Brennan, R.Smith). 4x400m: no team.

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Match 5, Sutcliffe Park, 21 July 2001.

Just eight men plus Team Manager for the day Don Anderson covered match five at Sutcliffe Park and with such limited resources they did well to tackle 24 events between them and hang on to 4th team place.  There have been days when we’ve done worse with a full squad! 

Teams: 1 Cambridge H 124; 2 Shaftesbury Barnet H 111.5; 3 Southend 109; 4 Belgrave 91.5; 5  Bournemouth 81.5.

100m: 2 D.Akinbogun 11.3; 2 G.Ross 11.9. 200m: 2 D.Akinbogun 22.8; 2 G.Ross 24.2. 400m: 3 K.Brennan 52.4. 5000m: 4 P.Carstairs 16.43. HJ: 1 J.Hilston 1.83; 2 A.Kneller 1.65. LJ: 1 J.Hilston 6.53; 1 A.Kneller 6.34. TJ: 1 J.Hilston 13.51. SP: 3 M.Small 12.95; 2 J.Osazuwa 11.59. DT: 3 H.Ziska 41.54; 1 M.Small 40.75. JT: 2 M.Small 45.60; 2 A.Kneller 41.94. HT: 1 J.Osazuwa, 59.36; 1 M.Small 45.00. 4x100: 2 Belgrave. 4x400: 2 Belgrave.

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Match 4, Perivale, 08 July 2001.

Star of the team was John Osazuwa whose mighty 61.94 hammer throw gave us a terrific start to the meeting.  Further good scores came our way  in the rest of the throwing events but this meeting threw up some speedy track wins from the opposition and as the afternoon progressed, the fight to keep pace with a rampant Kent AC team became a battle to stay out of last place!

It was good to see distance runner Lloyd Catley back in action after a period of ill-health, albeit in the unaccustomed role as 800m runner, and newcomer Kevin Brennan made a welcome debut for the Bels. in the 400m.  Will Cockerell found that a Sunday meeting allowed him to experiment with racing whilst enduring a Saturday hangover whilst one-time 400m man James Hilston continued to pop up in all sorts of odd field events – but still looked the real business in the long relay.

Surprisingly we held pretty steady in the league but another bad performance in match 5 - which clashes with the Cup final - could see an almighty tumble towards the bottom section of the table.

Teams: 1 Kent AC 144; 2 Maidstone & Rochester 103.5; 3 Basingstoke 103; 4 Belgrave 97; 5 Ealing Southall & Middx 78.5.

100m: 1 R.David 11.5; 2 G.Ross 12.0. 200m: 2 R.David 23.4; 3 G.Ross 23.9; n/s 1 N.Travers-Griffin 25.1; 2 R.McMillan 27.2. 400m: 3 K.Brennan 51.6; 4 R.McMillan 61.4. 800m: 4 M.Anderson 2:08.3; 5 L.Catley 2:10.4. 1500m: 4 J.Wolf 4:05.9; 4 L.Catley 4:21.9. 5000m: 2 W.Cockerell 16:17.5; 2 P.Carstairs 16:33.9. 110mH: 5 J.Squirrell 19.4. 400mH: 5 J.Squirrell 58.9. 3000mSC: 4 W.Cockerell 10:55.7. HJ: 1 J.Hilston 1.85; 4 A.Kneller 1.65. LJ: 4 J.Hilston 6.19; 1 A.Kneller 6.05. TJ: 2 J.Hilston 12.71; 5 J.Squirrell 10.70. SP: 1 M.Small 13.18; 2 J.Osazuwa 11.46. DT: 2 M.Small 40.00; 2 J.Osazuwa 34.18. JT: 3 M.Small 42.21; 3 A.Kneller 39.03. HT: 1 J.Osazuwa 61.94; 1 M.Small 47.29. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave 45.6 (G.Ross, J.Hilston, K.Brennan, R.David). 4x400m: 4 Belgrave 3:31.8 (N.Travers-Griffin 56.3, J.Hilston 50.1, G.Ross 53.1, K.Brennan 52.3).

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Match 3, Tooting, 23 June 2001.

With the fixture almost at “home”, one would have thought that we might have fared better but somehow things didn’t work out. Sadly we once again had no steeplechasers and coupled with blank pole vault, high hurdles and 4x400 metres slots on the team sheet, it was surprising that we managed to place 3rd as a team.

The throws were good with Mike Small notching up three ‘B’ wins and an ‘A’ second and Mike and Heri Ziska teamed up for a rare double win in the discus.  An unusual sight was hammer thrower John Osazuwa being reduced to a mere 2nd in Southern League competition in spite of a 58m+ throw. 

A double first also came in the triple jump thanks to Ezra Clarke and James Hilston and whilst not winning, the versatile James leaped an impressive 2 metres in the high jump.  James Tuson and Alex Kneller ensured that we placed no lower than 2nd in high, long and triple jumps.

The middle-distance boys did particularly well.  Knut Hegvold patiently tracked Herne Hill’s Andy Weir for almost the entire 5000 metres before moving up a gear on the last lap for a comfortable win.  Knut turns 40 any time now and one of the Norwegian’s targets is a 2:20 marathon.  Will Cockerell made it a maximum-pointer by winning the B event.  At 1500 metres Joachim Wolf set an honest pace with Peters (HHH) and Rob McHarg in close attendance.  Peters levered open a 5 metre gap on the last bend but then Rob, always a fighter, came back to all but steal it on the line.  Strong running also came from Kevin Quinn in the 800m but again Peters prevailed.

Teams: 1 Herne Hill H 122; 2 Basildon 119; 3 Belgrave 100; 4 Woodford Green 95; 5 Team Solent 77.

100m: 4 D.Akinbogun 11.2; 5 J.Hilston 11.4. 200m: 5 D.Akinbogun 22.8; 5 G.Ross 24.3. 400m: 4 J.Panton 54.1. 800m: 2 K.Quinn 2:00.0; 3 L.Greatorex 2:04.0. 1500m: 1 K.Hegvold 15:23.0; 1 W.Cockerell 16:17.1. 400mH: 5 R.Smith 61.6; 4 J.Panton 71.0. HJ: 2 J.Hilston 2.00; 2 J.Tuson 1.90. LJ: 2 J.Tuson 6.48; 1 A.Kneller 6.17. TJ: 1 E.Clarke 14.08; 1 J.Hilston 13.72. SP: 2 M.Small 13.20; 1 J.Osazuwa 11.77. DT: 1 H.Ziska 44.23; 1 M.Small 40.40. JT: 5 A.Kneller 43.95; 1 M.Small 43.05. HT: 2 J.Osazuwa 58.34; 1 M.Small 45.24. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 43.4 (D.Akinbogun, M.Dickson, J.Hilston, R.David).

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Match 2, Hastings, 2 June 2001

A team manager’s worst nightmare came true early in the day when Bob Bridges turned up at the Wandsworth Depot to collect the minibus – only to find that it had not been returned by the previous user.  A gang of athletes now had to face an unplanned rail journey to Hastings and the possibility of missing half the meeting.  Down on the South Coast the hammer kicked off with just Mike Small as our representative.  John Osazuwa should have been the senior partner of our hammer duo but with no possibility of his arrival in time for the event he had given up and gone home; a possible 10 points shrank to an actual 4.  From that point on it was a struggle to get back on terms with the other clubs.  As the track events got under way our team arrived and although some were a little short of warm-up time, at least they made it.

Jon Squirrel, now coached by Judy Vernon, notched up some good hurdles points but it was on the field that we had our only double wins with Ezra Clarke and James Hilston in the triple jump and Faroe Islander Heri Ziska and veteran Mike Small in the discus.  Amazingly, at the end of the day, in spite of having only one competitor in six events and none at all in the long jump – we ended up 2nd.  But it was very tight and it could so easily have been last place.

The 5k saw Knut Hegvold and Will Cockerell set off with a mission to alternate the lead every two laps and help each other to reasonable times.  Knut immediately went to the front and two laps later Will duly moved ahead for his turn.  Only two Highgate runners took up the challenge but unfortunately, when it came to the start of lap 6, Knut was some 4 seconds back and unable to play any further part in the pacing. Will towed the Highgate man for a further six laps whereupon the north Londoner let loose for a runaway win. Will was now losing ground and soon found himself facing a successful attack from the second Highgate man – and Knut, who had the audacity to pip Will in the home stretch.  An entertaining race!

Teams: 1 Highgate H 112.5; 2 Belgrave H 106; 3 Hastings AC 104; 4 Croydon H 101.5; 5 Portsmouth 101.

100m: 2 M.Russell 11.1; 1 D Akinbogun 11.7. 200m: 2 J.Hilston 24.0; 3 G.Ross 24.6. 400m: 3 D.Akinbogun 52.8; 4 A.Daniel 54.1. 800m: 4 K.Quinn 1:59.4; 3 L.Greatorex 2:03.3. 1500m: 4 K.Hegvold 4:16.0. 5000m: 2 K.Hegvold 15:29.1; 2 W.Cockerell 15:32.6. 110mH: 1 J.Squirrell 18.4. 400mH: 1 J.Squirrell 57.5; 2 J.Panton 68.1. 3000mSC: 3 W.Cockerell 10:34.0. HJ: 1 J.Hilston 1.90. TJ: 1 E.Clarke 13.95; 1 J.Hilston 13.55. SP: 2 M.Small 12.48; 4 J.Squirrell 8.23. DT: 1 H.Ziska 41.85; 1 M.Small 38.06. JT: 1 M.Small 41.66. HT: 2 M.Small 45.54. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 45.3 (D.Akinbogun, A.Daniel, J.Panton, M.Russell). 4x400m: 3 Belgrave 3:34.0 (A.Daniel 55.6, J.Hilston 52.5, J.Panton 52.7, D.Akinbogun 53.2).

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Match 1, Battersea Park, 5 May 2001

With only five Belgravians in action on the track it was left to the jumpers and throwers to keep the team afloat. Clifton Green, grandson of the late  “Jimmy” Green, founder of Athletics Weekly and a former member of Belgrave, boosted the throws with a fine 61.62 javelin throw whilst James Hilston – no training but a winter of rugby playing behind him – took the high jump with 1.95.  Outstanding in the middle-distance running events was Al Stewart whose first 5000m of the season  gave him a chance to lap the entire field to win in a personal record; he followed up with a another maximum score in the 1500m where a late burst into the finishing straight took him from 4th to 1st.

Teams: 1 Worthing 130; 2 Ashford 127.5; =3 Belgrave & Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow 87; 5 Ipswich 83.5.

100m: 3 D.Akinbogun 11.5; 4 G.Ross 12.1. 200m: 2 J.Hilston 23.5; 2 G.Ross 24.4. 400m: 3 D.Akinbogun 53.7. 1500m: 1 A.Stewart 4:11.2. 5000m: 1 A.Stewart 14:55.4. 3000mSC: 2 B.Peeters 10:22.7. HJ: 1 J.Hilston 1.95; 1 J.Tuson 1.80. LJ: 4 J.Tuson 6.38; 1 A.Kneller 6.14. TJ: 3 A.Kneller 12.96; 3 K.Pereira 11.76. PV: 5 R.Bridges 1.20. SP: 2 M.Small 12.71; 3 J.Osazuwa 10.93. DT: 4 M.Small 36.54; 3 J.Osazuwa 31.60. JT: 1 C.Green 61.62; 3 M.Small 40.03. HT: 1 M.Small 44.51; 2 R.Bridges 26.71. 4x100m: Belgrave dnf. 4x400m: 3 Belgrave 3:37.3 (A.Kneller 55.5, G.Ross 54.3, J.Hilston 52.5, D.Akinbogun 55.0).

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MEN'S SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE 2001

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