Men's Southern League 2001: Match 1, Battersea Park

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).

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.