Women's Southern League 2001: Match 6, Cambridge
What a result! And what a season! In fine style the Belles achieved their season’s aim, not only of promotion to Division 2, but going up as League Champions.
A big thank you and congratulations to all the athletes, the officials, and supporters for making this possible. It’s been a long, hard slog, but we finally got there. Well done to Kim and Paul Collier for rounding up as many juniors as were available given the holiday season.
Even an operation the day before couldn’t keep Team Manager Cynthia James away from this momentous match. The girls showed their appreciation of all her hard work this season with champagne and chocolates.
We knew we would have a battle on our hands to win the league, so we were fortunate to be able to field such a strong team for this final match. All of our seniors placed in the top 3, with an amazing 25 first places. Personal bests still featured: Danielle Kandaros 400m 64.1; Catherine Eastham 3000m 12.17.7; Maureen Knight 100H 15.8; Michelle Nestor LJ 5.02.
If we’re going to succeed in Division Two next year, we’re going to need to discover some new junior talent, as again we suffered from a lack of athletes. The team of 5: Sharena McGregor, Shereena Miller, Louise Collier, Catherine Olawore and Emily Collins, again put in maximum effort to cover as many events as allowable. Both Sharon’s won their 100m, with a PB for Shereena Miller of 13.2. Other personal bests were for: Emily Collins 800m 2.53.8; Catherine Olawore SP 7.17 and JT 9.17 in her first attempt.
Well done Belles, and we look forward to seeing what next year brings…….
Teams: 1 Belgrave H 220; 2 West Suffolk 165; 3 Cambridge & Coleridge 164; 4 Bexley Borough 125; 5 Richmond & Twickenham 119.
Senior Women
100m: 1 K.Carson 12.2; 1 A.Onuora (U17) 12.2. 200m: 1 J.Culley 25.2; 1 A.Onuora (U17) 25.5. 400m: 1 V.Goodwin 61.9; 1 D.Kandaros 64.1. 800m: 1 V.Goodwin 2:22.2; 2 J.Poloni 3:01.9; n/s S.Howard 2:54.1. 1500m: 3 C.Eastham 5:49.2; 3 J.Smiter 6:33.4. 3000m: 2 C.Eastham 12:17.7; 3 J.Poloni 15:42.6. 100mH: 1 K.Carson 14.6; 1 M.Knight 15.8. 400mH: 1 H.Stares 60.9; 1 J.Culley 63.6. HJ: 1 M.Knight 1.60; 1 J.Smiter 1.30. LJ: 1 M.Knight 5.32; 1 M.Nestor (U17) 5.02. TJ: 1 M.Nestor (U17) 9.85; 3 J.Smiter 8.39. PV: 1 L.Webber 3.40; 2 J.Smiter 1.80. SP: 2 S.Drew 11.35; 1 M.Knight 11.02. DT: 1 S.Drew 54.92; 1 D.Holden 31.36. JT: 1 M.Knight 33.65; 1 V.Thompson (W45) 26.97. HT: 1 D.Holden 52.11; 2 V.Thompson (W45) 24.50. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 49.0 (H.Stares, J.Culley, M.Nestor, A.Onuora). 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 4:08.6 (H.Stares 59.0, D.Kandaros 68.3, V.Goodwin 61.5, J.Culley 59.8).
Under 17 Women
80mH: 2 A.Forsyth 13.8; 1 S.Murray-Burton 16.6. 300mH: 1 A.Forsyth 51.4.
Under 15 Girls
100m: 1 S.McGregor 13.2; 1 S.Miller 13.2. 200m: 1 S.McGregor 27.6; 2 L.Collier 29.3. 800m: 2 L.Collier 2:26.1; 4 E.Collins 2:53.8. 1500m: no competitor. 75mH: 5 S.Miller 15.1. HJ: 4 S.McGregor 1.30. LJ: 4 S.Miller 4.45; 4 L.Collier 3.83. SP: 2 C.Olawore 7.17; 5 E.Collins 4.64. DT: 3 C.Olawore 14.79; 3 E.Collins 10.53. JT: 5 C.Olawore 9.17. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 54.6 (E.Collins, S.McGregor, L.Collier, S.Miller).
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.