Men's Southern League Division 2 (N), Match 1, Battersea Park

Leaping to a personal best of 2.27 metres, high jumper Darvin Edwards updated his own St. Lucian national record. Coming into the competition when all others had fallen by the wayside, Darvin cleared

Meanwhile on the track, using the borrowed starting blocks of 1980 Olympic Gold Medallist Allan Wells, Greg Cackett, coached by Margot Wells, made his first team appearance for the Bels, clocking 10.75 for the 100 metres. Greg is new into the sport having previously been a soccer player.

These and many other wins set the Bels on course for a clear match win and they ended up second in the division after the first round.

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Men. 100m: 1 G Cackett 10.75/0.5; 1 R Ffrench-Shand 11.20/0.4; n/s 1r1 S Osho 11.07/0.9; 3r1 S Marcus 11.31/0.9; 1r2 P Bammodu U20 11.32/0.8; 4r2 P Walker 11.47/0.8; 1r3 K Akinnuoye U20 11.45/0.6; 4r3 B Sogunle U20 12.49/0.6. 200m: 1 R Ffrench-Shand 22,37/?; 1 S Marcus 23.27/? n/s 6r1 R Fox M45 26.91/?; 2r2 K Akinnuoye U20 23.47/?; 4r2 A Williams 24.30/? 400m: 1 V Woodham Smith U20 52.39; 1 P Walker 56.06; n/s 4r1 W Ireson 58.48; 6r1 R McMillan 63.53. 800m: 1 P Bogues 2:06.81; 1 R Norville 2:07.0; n/s 3 W Ireson 2:14.13; 5 T Trees U15 2:20.50. 1500m: 1 L Eguia 4:31.78; 1 R Norville 4:33.51. 5000m: 1 L Eguia 16:50.70; 1 M Byansi 17:18.65. 110mH: 1 A Hartis 18.35/1.2; no B competitor. 400mH: no competitors. 3000mSC: no competitors. HJ: 1 D Edwards 2.27 (League record); P Walker nht. LJ: 1 B Bozhinov 6.71; 1 A Hartis 4.93; n/s D Wellstead 5.63. TJ: 4 A Hartis 9.56; 4 C Privett M50 7.10. PV: 2 R Collier 2.60; 1 P Mayfield 2.40. SP: 1 R Collier 12.55; 2 P Mayfield 10.64; n/s C Privett M50 10.34. DT: 2 P Mayfield 32.87; 1 R Collier 32.11; n/s C Privett M50 34.89. JT: 1 P Mayfield 40.22; 1 R Collier 38.62; n/s C Green 59.22; D Wellstead 40.48; C Privett M50 36.13. HT: 1 C Privett M50 41.36; 1 P Mayfield 27.99. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 44.09 (A Williams, R Ffrench-Shand, S Marcus, G Cackett). 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 3:51.9 (R Norville 57.9, W Ireson 58.7, R McMillan 61.2, V Woodham-Smith 54.1).

Teams: 1 Belgrave H 111; 2 London Heathside 83; 3 Cambridge & Coleridge 79; 4 Queens Park H 64.

League positions after one round: 1 Luton 116.5; 2 Belgrave 111; 3 Bedford &C 102; 4 Milton Keynes 102; 5 Colchester 102; 6 Watford 94; 16 teams in all.

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