With many absent field eventers, AAA decathlon bronze medalist Roger Skedd had a busy afternoon competing in the maximum permitted 7 events and scored a mammoth 59 points. His best performances were 2^nd in the A long with 6.96m and 4^th in the 110m hurdles in 15.0 seconds. Nick Gayle then matched Roger’s time as he took the B event and claimed the club’s only victory of the afternoon.

Intra club rivalry is leading to good performances in the throws. Roger improved on his distances from the last match to regain the A string from Greg Nixon in both the Shot and Discus. Greg also improved his Shot to 12.49m, his best league performance this season, to claim 2^nd in the B event. The consistent Rob Eggleton also gained his best position of the season, throwing 50.83m for fourth in the A Javelin.

The steeplechase was again a good source of points for the club. Steve Bazell came 4^th in the A event with a season’s best, whilst a tired Gavin Walters was 4^th in the B event. Gavin exemplified the spirit in the team by participating in 4 events before the steeplechase, which undoubtedly affected his performance in his specialist event. The 5000m also saw pleasing performances from Alex Hall and Pete Benyon. Alex, a first year junior, stayed with the lead pack in the early stages and recorded a new pb of 15:25.6, whilst Pete clocked 15:53.3 his fastest time for over three years.

Competition in this division is fierce with small margins covering several places. Craig Ellams again threw over 56m in the hammer, but found himself in 5^th place just 69cm short of third. Andy Prophett came 6^th in a tactical 800m A race, but paid for his poor tactics as he was just 0.6 seconds behind second place. Andy was so annoyed that he returned to the track later for a rare outing over 1500m, before taking on Darren Campbell on the anchor leg of 4x100m relay. However, Rob Spencer showed exactly how to win a close battle as he dug deep to take 2 places in the closing stretches of the 800m B event.

The final fixture of the season takes place at Stoke on July 30^th.

For full results see: www.bal.org.uk

Stoke Results

100m
A 7 Martin Chomanicz 11.0
B 8 Steve Langley 11.8

200m
A 7 Martin Chomanicz 22.7
B 8 Steve Langley 23.1

400m
A 8 Andy Prophett 82.6
B 8 Adrian Thiemicke 66.2

800m
A 6 Andy Prophett 1:57.6
B 5 Rob Spencer 2:01.0

1500m
A 5 Andy Prophett 4:10.4
B 6 Rob Spencer 4:23.3

5000m
A 7 Alex Hall 15:25.6
B 6 Pete Benyon 15:53.3

3000sc
A 4 Steve Bazell 9:50.2
B 4 Gavin Walters 10:12.1

110H
A 4 Roger Skedd 15.0
B 1 Nick Gayle 15.0

400H
A 8 Steve Bazell 71.2
B 8 Gavin Walters 77.5

High Jump
A =6 Roger Skedd 1.75
B 8 Gregg Nixon 1.25

Pole Vault
A 7 Roger Skedd 4.00
B =6 Gavin Walters 2.30

Long Jump
A 2 Roger Skedd 6.96
B 7 Gavin Walters 4.79

Triple Jump
A 8 Gavin Walters 9.97
B

Shot
A 5 Roger Skedd 12.76
B 2 Greg Nixon 12.49

Discus
A 5 Roger Skedd 44.90
B 4 Greg Nixon 38.95

Hammer
A 5 Craig Ellams 56.21
B 5 Greg Nixon 33.53

Javelin
A 4 Rob Eggleton 50.83
B 3 Roger Skedd 43.65

4x100
6 Stoke 45.3

4x400
8 Stoke 4:10.5

Match Result

League Table