Women's Southern League 2002: Match 5, Worthing
1 Belgrave 217.5; 2 Ealing S&M AC 199; 3 Worthing AC 173.5; 4 City of Plymouth 117.5; 5 Huntindon AC 105.5.
With the Belles sitting in 4th place in Division 2, and the top five clubs moving up for promotion, the mood in the camp was one of nervous excitement. With only two matches remaining could the Belles maintain this position? It would take a large points score to keep us in contention, particularly because of the closeness of the 4th to 8th clubs. We were also up against Ealing, who in 5th place provided the toughest competition.
Diane Holden set the agenda on the day with a ground record in the hammer (55.30m) - this despite only arriving 5 minutes before the event started! Christine Harrison-Bloomfield and Amala Onoura proved a great double in the sprints, gaining double firsts in the 100m (11.9 and 12.5 respectively) and 200m (24.5 and 25.7 respectively). Other double firsts came from Julie Mitchell and Syreeta Stracey in the 1500m (4.35.8 and 5.15.8 respectively), with Julie also getting a clear win in the 800m (2.15.7) which she used as her warm-up!
Triple-jumpers Caroline Stead (11.98m) and Michelle Nestor (10.25m) continued the double first tradition, with Michelle again and again proving herself at this event.
A great 4x100m relay (48.4) with Amala, Amy Forsyth, Jennifer Culley and Christine Harrison-Bloomfield summed up the level of talent our women's team now possesses. Sadly there was too much work for Christine to do on the last leg of the 4x400m (4.10.0), although her fabulous 55.7 last leg had the crowd thinking a win could be possible. Coming second wasn't too bad, and the Worthing team which won did break the ground record in doing so.
In the Juniors competition, Toks Hassan is turning out to be a talented sprinter who is a pleasure to watch. She won her 100m in 13.0 and the 200m in 26.8, whilst also winning the high jump with 1.45m and being part of the second placing 4x100m team.
Other Junior wins came from Louise Collier in the 800m (2.21.4) and 200m (27.8), Catherine Olawore in the 1500m (5.35) and Shana Kemp in the javelin with 10.82m.
What a terrific day it was for Team Manager Cynthia James, not only with the great result, but also two wins in the raffle. Can it get any better?
Senior Women
100m: 1 C.Harrison-Bloomfield 11.9; 1 A.Onuora 12.5. 200m: 1 C.Harrison-Bloomfield 24.5; 1 A.Onuora 25.7. 400m: 1 J.Culley 55.8; 4 M.Nestor 68.7. 800m: 1 J.Mitchell 2:15.7; 2 S.Stracey 2:28.3. 1500m: 1 J.Mitchell 4:35.8; 1 S.Stracey 5:15.8. 3000m: 2 M.Heaton 11:11.8; 3 J.Smiter 14:15.1. 100mH: 1 M.Knight 15.2; 4 G.Porter 20.9. 400mH: 1 J.Culley 63.0; 4 J.Smiter 86.5. HJ: 2 M.Knight 1.60; 1 M.Nestor 1.50. LJ: 2 M.Knight 5.55; 1 M.Nestor 5.19. TJ: 1 C.Stead 11.98; 1 M.Nestor 10.25. PV: 3 J.Searle 2.30; =2 J.Smiter 2.00. SP: 3 M.Knight 10.88; 1 D.Holden 10.49. DT: 3 D.Holden 32.28; 5 G.Porter 20.74. JT: 2 M.Knight 34.97. 2 G.Porter 25.58. HT: 1 D.Holden 55.30; 3 G.Porter 28.14. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 48.4 (A.Onuora, A.Forsyth, J.Culley, C.Harrison-Bloomfield). 4x400m: 2 Belgrave 4:10.0 (M.nestor 71.6, J.Culley 57.0, S.Stracey 65.7, C.Harrison-Bloomfield 55.7).
Under 17 Women
80mH: 2 A.Forsyth 12.2; 2 S.Murray-Burton 15.7. 300mH: 1 A.Forsyth 45.5.
Under 15 Girls
100m: 1 T.Hassan 13.0; 2 E.Collins 14.1. 200m: 1 T.Hassan 26.8; 1 L.Collier 27.8. 800m: 1 L.Collier 2:21.4; 3 E.Collins 2:55.6. 1500m: 3 I.Ainsworth 5:31.0; 1 C.Olawore 5:35.5. 75mH: 4 S.Kemp 15.4. HJ: 1 T.Hassan 1.45. LJ: 4 I.Ainsworth 3.73; 2 E.Collins 3.23. SP: 3 C.Olawore 7.60; 4 L.Collier 5.31. DT: 4 C.Olawore 17.21; 2 S.Kemp 12.69. JT: 5 S.Kemp 10.82; 4 I.Ainsworth 3.68. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 54.5 (C.Olawore, E.Collins, L.Collier, T.Hassan).
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.