For the first time this season we managed to
fill all the events and the reward was a thoroughly deserved team victory at
a venue where previously we have always struggled. This was entirely down to
commitment and more than a few excellent individual performances.
Paul Williams still not fully recovered from
injury ran a controlled race to finish 2nd in the M40A 100m. Merv
Richards ran well in his new spikes to finish 2nd in the M40B
100m.
Richard Barrington found himself in an
exceptionally tough race but competed extremely well to finish 3rd
in the M50 100m. Richard then competed out of his age group in the M40A 400m
finishing in a credible 5th position.
Alan Burt was another athlete not recovered
from injury but still prepared to compete for the team. Alan won valuable
points in both the M40B 400m and the M40B 1500m.
John Danahay is now recovered from a virus
and is getting back to full fitness. On the night he had a comfortable win
in the M40A 1500m and looked like he could have carried on for a few more
laps at the same pace.
Phil Bailey was again in superb form to
finish 4th in the M40A 2000m walk with yet another personal best
time of 13.15.9s.
Dave Hindley showed his versatility to finish
4th in the M60 400m and 5th in the M60 discus.
Clive Howell was as consistent as ever with a
good series of throws to finish 2nd in the M40 Hammer.
Merv Richards did well to finish 5th
on his debut in the M40 High Jump but showed where his true strength is by
winning the M40 discus.
Mick Warrilow improves with every meeting
producing another personal best of 1.60m to equal the Midlands record and
win the M50 High Jump and then hurried over to the M40 Triple Jump to finish
in a superb 2nd position.
This was an excellent team performance where
every athlete played his part. We are now in a good position to win this
division. We need to turn out a full team for the final meeting at Cannock
and hope that the other clubs finish to current form.
Peter Wainwright
100m M40 A 2 Paul Williams 12.7
100m M40 B 2 Merv Richards 13.2
100m M50 A 3 Richard Barrington 13.6
2k Walk M40 A 4 Phil Bailey 13.15.9
2k Walk M40 B 4 Peter Wainwright 16.03.2
400m M40 A 5 Richard Barrington 62.2
400m M40 B 4 Alan Burt 65.9
400m M60 A 4 Dave Hindley 91.6
1500m M40 A 1 John Danahay 4.27.6
1500m M40 B 5 Alan Burt 6.03.5
Medley Relay 3 M Richards, M Warrilow, R
Barrington, J Danahay 4.11.5
Hammer M40 A 2 Clive Howell 32.15
High J M40 A 5 Merv Richards 1.25
High J M50 A 1 Mick Warrilow 1.60
Triple J M40 A 2 Mick Warrilow 9.52
Discus M40 A 1 Merv Richards 26.94
Discus M60 A 5 Dave Hindley 15.45
Shot M50 A 4 Peter Wainwright 7.91
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