Women's Southern League 2003: Match 5, Ashford

1 Radley 209, 2 Ashford 179, 3 Basildon 157, 4 Dacorum 152, 5 Belgrave 142.

Not one of our better results, writes Catherine Eastham, with a number of key senior athletes missing and the limited number of juniors still affecting the points. The extremely hot weather had an impact on athletes across all teams. Some positive results, despite the conditions, came from Julie Hollman and Maureen Knight, our intrepid heptathletes, doubling up to win both 100m hurdles and shot putts. Our best results overall came from the field events, with Michelle Nestor, Caroline Stead and Diana Holden also contributing to the number of first places achieved. On the track, there was a personal best for Tilly Heaton in the 3000m ‘B’ string, despite the heat, and new member Apeike Umolu (Under 17) could be one to watch in the sprint hurdles.

Senior Women

100m: 3 T.Hassan 13.0; 3 F.Gregory 13.7. 200m: 3 T.Hassan 26.4; 5 F.Gregory 29.4. 400m: 4 C.Wilson 59.3; 4 L.Collier 63.5. 800m: 3 L.Collier 2:31.8; 5 J. Patterson 3:00.1. 1500m: 3 R.Powell 4:58.4; 4 D.Hearn 5:44.7. 3000m: 3 H.Alsop 11:15.**; 1 T.Heaton 11:22.**. 100mH: 1 J.Hollman 14.9; 1 M.Knight 15.7. 400mH: 4 L.Webber 75.3; 5 J.Smiter 88.4. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave (A.Omulu, F.Gregory, M.Nestor, T.Hassan) 52.2. 4x400m: 5 Belgrave (J.Smiter, L.Collier, F.Gregory, C.Wilson) 4:46.2. HJ: 1 M.Knight 1.55; 2 M.Nestor 1.50. LJ: 3 M.Knight 5.28; 1 M.Nestor 5.21. TJ: 1 C.Stead 12.14; 1 M.Nestor 11.01. PV: 2 L.Webber 3.30; 1 J.Smiter 1.80. SP: 1 J.Hollman 12.29; 1 M.Knight 11.27. DT: 3 D.Holden 33.67; 3 G.Porter 24.23. JT: 2 M.Knight 34.68; 1 J.Hollman 32.47. HT: 1 D.Holden 49.22; 3 G.Porter 24.86.

Under 17 Women

80mH: 4 C.Hopkins 16.8; 2 A.Umolu 15.0. 300mH: 4 C.Hopkins 57.5.

Under 15 Girls

100m: 5 H.Gates 14.9; 5 I.Gates 16.5. 200m: 5 H.Gates 30.3; 5 P.Walsh 34.9. 800m: 5 P.Walsh 3:15.2. LJ: 5 H.Gates 3.30; 5 I.Gates 2.93. SP: 5 L.Hopkins 6.18; 5 S.Kemp 6.15. DT: 5 L.Hopkins 11.45; 5 S.Kemp 10.49. JT: 5 L.Hopkins 11.27; 3 S.Kemp 9.17. 4x100m: 5 Belgrave (P.Walsh, H.Gates, I.Gates, L.Hopkins) 65.3.

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