National Junior Athletics League 2004: Match 4, Perivale

It's a double league win

Martin Marshall leads the 1500 metres.

Photo by Rex Bale

Belgrave's Junior men and women now head for the end of season Southern Premier Division qualifying match as Brent Division Champions. In the men's match Milton Keynes pulled out all the stops and led throughout much of the afternoon but in the end were unable to match a Belgrave outfit that included more than half a dozen internationals. The smaller women's team didn't have any international stars in action but were even more dominant in their match where they led the competition from beginning to end.

Wade Bennett-Jackson caused some gasps from the timekeepers when he swept to victory in the A 200m in 21.5 - but when James Ellington followed up with 21.4 in the B race they looked at their watches in disbelief! Mark Allen set a personal best in the discus, pushing Chris Gearing into an unaccustomed B slot, and together with fellow multi-eventer Kevin Sempers, this pair did huge damage in the field events. New man Martin Marshall made a welcome debut for the Bels in the 1500m where he won comfortably - and then finished strongly in the steeplechase to gain more good points.

Once again Imogen Ainsworth was a double winner and has now gone right through the NJAL League this year with wins over 1500m and 3000m in each match; surely that must be a record of some sort. Louise Collier toyed with the opposition in the 800m before cutting loose over the final 200 metres for a clear win - and Toks Hassan and Sharena McGregor both set season's bests in the 200m. She probably hates them, currently only tackling 400m runs in the relay, but Toks looks the perfect one lap racer and one feels sure that we'll see her running low 50s one day. Michelle Nestor did her normal high scoring in the jumps, including a 5.37m effort for her best ever long jump.

U20 Men

1 Belgrave 315; 2 Milton Keynes 295; 3 Hillingdon 223; 4 Sutton & District 124; 5 Reading 114; 6 Vale of Aylesbury 109; 7 Thames Valley 66.

100m: 1 W.Bennett-Jackson 10.8; 5 J.Regis 12.0; n/s S.Osho 11.4. 200m: 1 W.Bennett-Jackson 21.5; 1 J.Ellington 21.4. 400m: 1 G.Selway 49.2; 1 S.Osho 50.0. 800m: 3 J.Macrae 2:08.1; 3 P.Cowling 2:23.7. 1500m: 1 M.Marshall 4:18.8; R.Collier 5:06.9. 3000m: J.Macrae 11:07.2; P.Cowling 11:52.1. 110mH: 1 K.Sempers 14.9; 1 R.Dinham 15.1. 400mH: 1 R.Dinham 58.0; 2 R.Collier 67.9. 2000mSC: 2 M.Marshall 6:40.9; 2 J.Macrae 7:18.4. HJ: 1 K.Sempers 2.00; 1 M.Allen 1.85. LJ: 2 G.Wilson 7.14; 2 A.Abiri 12.84. TJ: 3 G.Wilson 13.31; 1 A.Abiri 12.84. SP: 1 C.Gearing 17.04; 1 M.Allen 14.97. DT: 1 M.Allen 47.69; 1 C.Gearing 47.23. JT: 1 M.Allen 49.42; 1 K.Sempers 48.15. HT: 3 R.Collier 22.85; 3 P.Cowling 18.90. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 43.5 (J.Ellington, J.Hussain, W.Bennett-Jackson, J.Regis). 4x400m: dq Belgrave 3:27.9 (G.Selway 51.8, J.Hussain 52.3, S.Osho 52.7, R.Dinham 51.0).

U20 Women

1 Belgrave 230; 2 Harrow 181; 3 Hillingdon 158; 4 Thames Valley 146; 5 Reading 139; 6 Vale of Aylesbury 24.

100m: 1 T.Hassan 12.9; 2 F.Gregory 13.6. 200m: 1 T.Hassan 25.7; 2 S.McGregor 27.3. 400m: 2 L.Collier 61.2; 1 F.Gregory 65.0. 800m: 1 L.Collier 2:24.8; 2 S.McGregor 2:56.7. 1500m: 1 I.Ainsworth 5:07.6. 3000m: 1 I.Ainsworth 14:38.7. 400mH: 2 S.McGregor 76.7; 1 T.Soji-Akingboye 93.7. HJ: =2 M.Nestor 1.50; 3 T.Soji-Akingboye 1.35. TJ: 2 M.Nestor 10.61; 3 S.McGregor 7.62. SP: 3 M.Nestor 7.12; 3 H.Green 6.32. DT: 3 S.Kemp 18.03; 4 I.Ainsworth 12.19. JT: F.Gregory 15.42; 5 L.Collier 6.48. HT: 5 T.Soji-Akingboye 10.81; 2 H.Green 9.41; 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 52.1 (T.Soji-Akingboye, F.Gregory, M.Nestor, S.McGregor). 4x400m: Belgrave 4:16.6 (F.Gregory 68.0, I.Ainsworth 65.8, T.Hassan 60.1, L.Collier 62.7).

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