Women's Southern League 2001: Match 2, Handy Cross, Wycombe

Teams: 1 Belgrave 224; 2 Radley 173; 3 Salisbury 166; 4 Wycombe 143; 5 Medway 90.

There was plenty to catch the eye in match 2 where the Belles continued their quest for competition at a higher level. Two enormous senior club records set the tone but outstanding without setting a record was Captain Jennifer Culley, supposedly resting as much as possible for the following day’s Cup match but clocking up three wins (including her 55.0 effort in the long relay) against very strong opposition.

The records came from two debutantes. Diane Holden had the hammer judges covering a lot more ground than normal when she entered the circle to unleash throws in the 50 metre range. Her best of 53.98 added over 22 metres to our previous best. Meanwhile, on the track Kimberly Carson set the home stretch alight with a superb run in the sprint hurdles to remove eight whole tenths from a record that had stood for over twenty years. They both look like improving those marks in the near future.

Strong running came from Vicky Goodwin and Syreeta Stracey in the middle distance. Syreeta’s 400m and 1500m were both personal bests. Veteran Vilma Thompson and Vicki Hassell scored heavily in the throws while all-rounder Lisa Antill became another on our growing list of triple-jumpers; her 11.12 was an under 20 club record

Double wins came from under 15s Shereena McGregor and Louise Collier. In the 800m Louise took off like a gazelle and passed the bell in a startling 66 seconds by which time she was about 80m clear. A slightly slower first lap might have seen her get close to cracking 2:20. Hurdler Amy Forsyth was another to win by a mile and our under 17 300m hurdles best of 45.63 looks set for a revision before long.

Senior Women

100m: 1 K.Carson 12.3; 1 S.Dankwa 13.4. 200m: 1 J.Culley 25.0; 2 J.Bernard 27.4. 400m: 1 V.Goodwin 62.2; 1 S.Stracey 63.1. 800m: 2 V.Goodwin 2:22.0; 1 D.Hearn 2:38.3. 1500m: 1 S.Stracey 5:13.0; 2 D.Hearn 5:24.7. 3000m: 4 J.Emery 13:50.8; 4 J.Smiter 14:28.8. 100mH: 1 K.Carson 13.9; 1 A.Forsyth 17.4. 400mH: 1 J.Culley 63.7; 1 D.Kandaros 72.2. HJ: 2 M.Nestor 1.45; 2 J.Smiter 1.30. LJ: 1 M.Nestor 4.96; 1 L.Antill 4.94. TJ: 1 L.Antill 11.12; 1 M.Nestor 10.27. PV: 3 J.Smiter 1.65; 2 D.Kandaros 1.65. SP: 1 V.Thompson 9.43; 1 V.Hassell 8.02. DT: D.Holden 32.38; 1 V.Hassell 19.10. JT: 2 V.Thompson 30.02; 2 V.Hassell 25.38. HT: 1 D.Holden 53.98; 1 V.Hassell 28.67. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 50.5 (S.Dankwa, M.Nestor, L.Antill, K.Carson). 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 4:08.9 (J.Bernard 67.6, V.Goodwin 61.7, D.Kandaros 64.6, J.Culley 55.0).

Under 17 Women

80mH: 3 M.Bentley 16.1; dq S.Murray-Burton. 300mH: 1 A.Forsyth 46.4.

Under 15 Girls

100m: 1 S.McGregor 13.8; 2 S.Kemp 14.3; n/s 1 S.Murray-Burton 14.2; 2 T.Francis 14.3. 200m: 1 S.McGregor 28.3; 1 L.Collier 28.9. 800m: 1 L.Collier 2:24.1; 3 E.Collins 2:54.3. 1500m: 3 B.Cobden-Ramsey 5:38.0; 3 K.Burns 6:02.2. 75mH: 4 S.Kemp 16.2. HJ: 2 S.McGregor 1.40; 4 K.Burns 1.05. LJ: 4 S.Kemp 3.40; 5 E.Collins 2.68. SP: 2 L.Collier 5.44; 2 E.Collins 4.85. DT: 3 B.Cobden-Ramsey 12.23. JT: 3 B.Cobden-Ramsey 15.61. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 55.8 (E.Collins, S.Kemp, L.Collier, S.McGregor).

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