Southern Athletics League Division 3 (S), Match 1, Hastings
Not a bad turn-out in sunny if somewhat windy conditions. A happy band had travelled down in the mini-bus driven by Don Anderson but Triathlon superstar Richard Stannard cycled the 70 miles to Hastings to run in the 5000m. That race was won by Matt Graham who was unchallenged after throwing in a 69 second first lap. Not a single point was dropped in the men's throws - great work by Chris Privett and Pete Mayfield. 800 metre winner James Myatt found out that he could triple jump by handsomely winning that event and also enjoyed himself by tackling the high jump, 1500m and 4x400m where he looked every inch a one lap racer.
Biggest points scorer for Belgrave among the women's events was hammer thrower Rachel Basford who won that and took in the other throws, long jump and hurdles before finishing off with the relays. Team Manager Hazel Mead made it a hammer double by winning the B event in a near personal best. Jessica Case won the B 400 hurdles while Rose O'Brien and Sandra Dike seemed to pop up all over the arena.
With a few more of those blank spaces on the team sheet filled we can start challenging for a team win.
Nice to see Bob Bridges back with the team.
Men. 100m: 4 L Johnson 12.7; 4 E Adesina 14.4; n/s R McMillan 15.0. 200m: 4 S Masters 24.1; 3 L Johnson 25.3; n/s W Ireson 25.5; R McMillan 30.7. 400m: 4 S Masters 52.9; 4 W Ireson 57.0; n/s R McMillan 68.0. 800m: 1 J Myatt 2:05.7; 2 R Norville 2:09.8; n/s N Dilley 2:19.8. 1500m: 1 M Graham 4:21.4; 1 J Myatt 4:29.6; n/s M Trees M50 4:22.1. 5000m: 1 M Graham 15:42.4; 1 R Stannard 16:29.2. 110mH: no competitor. 400mH: No competitor. 2000mSC: no competitor. HJ: 3 J Myatt 1.60; 2 W Ireson 1.55. LJ: 3 R Norville 5.03; 2 P Mayfield 4.83. TJ: 1 J Myatt 12.07; 3 N Dilley 9.72. PV: 1 P Mayfield 3.20; 2 W Ireson 1.10. SP: 1 C Privett M50 10.54; 1 P Mayfield 10.39. DT: 1 P Mayfield 37.14; 1 C Privett M50 32.68. JT: 1 P Mayfield 39.75; 1 C Privett 34.71. HT: 1 C Privett M50 40.09; 1 P Mayfield 30.42. 4x100m: 4 Belgrave H 48.4 (W Ireson, R Norville, L Johnson, S Masters). 4x400m: 2 Belgrave H 3:39.3 (J Myatt 52.1, W Ireson 58.4, L Johnson 55.1, S Masters 53.7).
Women. 100m: 4 S Dike U20 14.1; 3 H Brown 15.1. 200m: 4 S Dike U20 29.1; 2 R O'Brien 28.3; n/s H Brown 31.5. 400m: 2 R O'Brien 62.6; 1 J Case 66.9. 800m: 2 R O'Brien 2:30.4; 2 M-R Byrne 2:42.9. 1500m: 3 M-R Byrne 6:01.1; no B competitor. 3000m: no competitor. 100mH: 2 R Basford 17.0; 2 J Case 19.7. 400mH: 2 J Case 78.2; no B competitor. 1500mSC: no competitor. HJ: 3 R Basford 1.45; 2 R O'Brien 1.35. LJ: 2 R Basford 5.13; 2 S Dike U20 3.71. J: 3 R O'Brien 9.63; 2 M-R Byrne 8.68. PV: no competitor. SP: 2 R Basford 9.53; 3 H Mead 6.25. DT: 3 H Mead 21.48; 1 R Basford 19.97. JT: 3 H Mead 18.92; 2 R Basford 17.80. HT: 1 Basford 40.17; 1 H Mead 23.33. 4x100m: dq Belgrave H. 4x400m: 3 Belgrave H 4:39.5 (R Basford 71.7, M-R Byrne 72.0, J Case 70.8, R O'Brien 65.0).
Match, 1 Crawley AC 272; 2 Hastings AC 249; 3 Belgrave H 227; 4 Sutton & Dist. AC 93.
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