Women's Southern League 2001: Match 4, Battersea Park
After a somewhat rainy start the skies cleared and the afternoon stayed dry. It was a day of many celebrations, some more hard fought than others. In addition to our celebrating 25 years of the Belgrave women’s team, Derek Jones and Rex Bale were also celebrating their silver anniversary with the club. That, coupled with a few birthdays, and another Belles win, led to a few glasses of wine and a giant cake being consumed at the end of the match.
We had the privilege of electronic timing for most of the day, although not without a few hitches. Sadly no club or stadium records were recorded.
Despite missing a few athletes due to the the AAA’s, the Belles managed to pull together and fight hard to maintain their unbroken record so far this season. There were even had a few personal bests.
In the juniors, Natasha Richardson clocked a pb of 13.8 in the 100m and 4.28m in the long jump, and in the seniors, Vicki Goodwin scored a pb in the 400m of 61.23. If I missed any other pb’s then very sorry, but some of you may have noticed I was rather distracted myself, competing in the pole vault and also managing a pb in the 3000m with 12.47.7.
We’re going to be very short of junior athletes for the next meeting at Swindon on the 11th August, so any girls not competing in the U17/U15 AAA’s that weekend please let Cynthia or Kim know if you can compete in the league match instead.
1 Belgrave H 198; 2 Hastings 189; 3 Luton 180; 4 Dartford 143; 5 London Heathside 122.
Senior Women
100m: A.Onuora (U17) 12.4; 4 M.Nestor (U17) 13.5. 200m: 1 E.Eharuyi 25.30/2.7; 2 A.Onuora (U17) 25.57/1.0. 400m: 2 V.Goodwin 61.23 (pb); 3 D.Kandaros 65.40. 800m: 1 V.Goodwin 2:19.2; 4 J.Poloni 2:48.9; n/s J.Searle (W40) 2:37.1. 1500m: 4 J.Searle (W40) 5:54.67; 4 J.Poloni 6:22.58. 3000m: 4 C.Eastham 12:47.7 (pb); T.Sturton dnf. 100mH: 1 E.Eharuyi 15.79/1.2. 1 G.Porter 20.48/1.2. 400mH: 1 D.Kandaros 72.0; 2 J.Smiter 85.2. HJ: 1 M.Knight 1.61; 1 M.Nestor (U17) 1.45. LJ: 1 M.Knight 5.21; 3 P.Cruz 4.22. TJ: 1 M.Nestor (U17) 10.70; 2 J.Smiter 8.61. PV: 2 J.Smiter 1.90; 3 C.Eastham 1.50. SP: 1 M.Knight 11.45; 4 G.Porter 6.95. DT: 4 G.Porter 22.42; 4 V.Hassell 20.25. JT: 1 M.Knight 33.22; 1 P.Cruz 30.49. HT: 3 G.Porter 27.62; 2 V.Hassell 26.33. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 50.64 (T.Francis, E.Eharuyi, M.Nestor, A.Onuora). 4x400m: 3 Belgrave 4:32.52 (D.Kandaros 67.9, T.Sturton 73.1, J.Poloni 70.4, V.Goodwin 61.2).
Under 17 Women
80mH: 2 T.Francis 15.9.
Under 15 Girls
100m: 4 N.Richardson 13.8 (pb); 4 H.Gates (U13) 14.6. 200m: 1 S.McGregor 27.08/1.1; 2 L.Collier 28.63/1.0. 800m: 1 L.Collier 2:22.8; 2 A.Bolland 2:47.0. 1500m: 3 B.Cobden-Ramsay 5:40.4; 1 K.Burns (U13) 5:50.6. 75mH: 5 N.Richardson 17.5; 2 C.Olawore 15.4. HJ: 3 S.McGregor 1.30; 2 C.Olawore 1.25. LJ: 3 N.Richardson 4.28; 2 L.Collier 4.10. SP: 4 B.Cobden-Ramsay 6.56; 3 C.Cole 5.57. DT: 3 C.Olawore 19.16; 2 B.Cobden-Ramsay 14.72. JT: 5 A.Bolland 6.52; 4 S.McGregor 4.69. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 54.85 (H.Gates, N.Richardson, L.Collier, S.McGregor).
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.