Women's Southern League 2001: Match 3, Norman Park, Bromley
Teams: 1 Belgrave H 200; 2 Blackheath H 193; 3 Windsor SE&H 168; 4 Kingston & Poly H 133; 5 Verlea AC 126.
Well, the heat was definitely on for the Belles in the third match – both in terms of the fabulous sunny weather at Norman Park, and the fact that we were up against two of the toughest clubs in the league. Having led comfortably from the start, there were a few moments when we thought we might not maintain our unblemished record of the season, at one point even dropping to second behind Blackheath who had pulled together a strong home fixture team. However, with a few nail-biting events remaining and a long and drawn out tallying up process, we were relieved to see that we had maintained our unbeaten position and are still top of the league.
The points in this match were vital though as the next fixture will see us suffering from many athletes competing at the AAA’s instead. Still, team spirit and performance is so good at present that we hopefully won’t suffer next time round.
The juniors pulled out a full team, only missing one event through injury. Sadly though, other than Louise Colliers 1st place in the 800m and some strong track performances all round, the juniors did suffer in the field events. A couple of PB’s noted for the day were U13 Kirsty Burn’s 5.55.7 1500m and Louise Collier’s 28.1 200m.
The seniors were very strong yet again and even had a number of non-scorers competing – quite a rarity for the Belles. Team Manager Cynthia James is doing an excellent job covering all the events and ensuring that the old regulars are not overlooked with all the new additions.
Maria Sharp had comfortable wins in the 800m (2.15.9) and 3000m (10.11.5) despite suffering from a stomach complaint and a personal best of 13.38.1 went to Jackie Emery, also in the 3000m. Jackie has given us some consistent running and excellent support this season. Maureen Knight also achieved a PB with an 11.72 non-scoring shot putt.
Lucy Webber didn’t get the chance to stretch herself in the pole vault as part of the bar broke during the competition. Luckily, Lucy had already jumped and won the competition with a 3.40 clearance and was satisfied with her max 5 points score. Diane Holden had us on tenterhooks with her last minute arrival at the track but it was worth the wait as she threw a club record of 56.21 in the hammer. Another club record went to Maiteland Marks, breaking her own record with a 58.6 400H.
Senior Women
100m: 1 A.Onuora (U17) 12.8; 3 M.Nestor (U17) 13.9; n/s T.Francis (U17) 14.3; G.Bennett (U17) 15.1. 200m: 2 J.Culley 25.2; 3 M.Nestor (U17) 28.0. 400m: 2 V.Goodwin 62.3; 1 S.Stracey 62.9. 800m: 1 M.Sharp 2:15.9; 1 V.Goodwin 2:22.1; n/s G.Bennett (U17) 2:34.8; J.Searle (W40) 2:43.4; J.Poloni 2:55.7. 1500m: 1 S.Stracey 5:16.0; 2 D.Hearn (U20) 5:30.7. 3000m: 1 M.Sharp 10:11.5; 2 J.Emery 13:38.1; n/s T.Sturton 11:19.0. 100mH: 4 D.Kandaros 19.6; 2 G.Porter 20.3. 400mH: 1 M.Marks 58.6; 1 D.Kandaros 74.6. HJ: 1 M.Knight 1.65; 1 N.Smallwood 1.55. LJ: 3 M.Knight 5.26; 1 N.Smallwood 1.55. TJ: 2 M.Nestor (U17) 10.69; 3 J.Smiter 8.23. PV: 1 L.Webber 3.40; 1 J.Smiter 1.70. SP: 2 V.Thompson (W45) 9.73; 2 V.Hassell 7.62; n/s M.Knight 11.72. DT: 1 D.Holden 34.48; 3 G.Porter 22.01. JT: 1 V.Thompson (W45) 27.71; 2 M.Knight 34.02. HT: 1 D.Holden 56.21; 2 G.Porter 28.53. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 49.9 (T.Francis U17, A.Amoura U17, M.Nestor U17, J.Culley). 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 4:04.7 (V.Goodwin 63.0, D.Kandaros 66.8, M.Markes 56.2, J.Culley 58.7).
Under 17 Women
80mH: 2 M.Bentley 15.2; T.Francis 16.2. 300mH: 1 A.Forsyth 46.8.
Under 15 Girls
100m: 2 C.Foster 13.2; 5 H.Gates (U13) 15.2. 200m: 2 S.McGregor 27.2; 2 L.Collier 28.1. 800m: 1 L.Collier 2:22.1. 75mH: 5 C.Foster 14.2; 4 A.Bollem 17.1. 1500m: 4 K.Burns (U13) 5:55.7; 2 A.Bollem 5:58.3. HJ: 3 S.McGregor 1.35; K.Burns nht. LJ: 5 L.Collier 4.09; 5 H.Gates (U13) 3.55. DT: 5 A.Bollem 12.09; 5 S.McGregor 11.98. JT: 5 E.Collins (U13); 4 C.Foster 7.75. 4x100m: 4 Belgrave 55.1 (C.Foster, H.Gates U13, L.Collier, S.McGregor).
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.