A depleted Stoke AC team travelled to Liverpool
and found the going tough in the opening fixture of the year. Windy
conditions didn’t help times and distances, but there were pleasing
individual performances on a day that was generally a disappointing start to
life in the rebranded National League 2, formerly known as Division 3.
A good early points haul was achieved in the Long Jump with Dave Mountford
and Sam Bishop battling against each other in the club’s most successful
event of the day. Mountford’s 6.87m gained 3rd place in the A competition, with Bishop just 1cm behind to claim victory in
the B event. Decathlete Bishop was later to combine with fellow multi-eventer
Robin Smith to achieve good points in the high jump, both athletes jumping
1.85m, with Bishop placing 4th A and Smith 2nd B.
Last season’s top scorer Roger Skedd had a
typically busy afternoon, starting off with 4.00m for 4th in the A Pole
Vault, before concluding by pipping team mate Rob Eggleton in the javelin.
Skedd’s final throw of 54.28m gave him 5th in the A event, with Eggleton’s
53.91m placing 2nd in the B string. Greg Nixon also gained a 2nd place in
the B shot with a distance of 12.18m.
The most successful track event of the
afternoon was the 110m hurdles. In the A event, Nick Gayle started well and
was leading for most of the race, before slipping to 3rd place to match his
position at last weekends BUSA champs. Alaistair Candlish followed this up
by taking 4th in the B event. An improved turnout is required at the next
fixture at Swansea on June 3rd if the club is to pull itself up the table
and away from the relegation zone.
Andy Prophett
For full results see: www.bal.org.uk
Stoke Results
100m
A 8 Martin Chomanizc 12.20 (-3.9)
B 8 Andy Prophett 19.91 (Wind speed not recorded!)
200m (+1.4)
A 7 James Dohnal 23.97 (-5.5)
B 8 Tom Gayle 27.50 (-3.3)
400m
A 6 Roger Skedd 53.20
B 7 Robin Smith 53.50
800m
A 7 Carl Shubotham 2.00.70
B 4 Andy Prophett 1.58.90
1500m
A 5 Tom Gayle 3.58.90
B 4 Alex Derricott 4:08.00
5000m
A 7 Pete Benyon 15:52.90
B 7 Alex Hall 16:49.80
3000sc
A 7 Steve Bazell 10.14.80
B 7 Adrian Thiemicke 12.44.93
110H
A 3 Nick Gayle 15.30 (-2.7)
B 4 Alastair Candlish 16.40 (-4.1)
400H
A 8 Steve Bazell 71.56
B 8 Adrian Thiemicke 94.19
High Jump
A 4 Sam Bishop 1.85
B 2 Robin Smith 1.85
Pole Vault
A 4 Roger Skedd 4.00
B No competitor
Long Jump
A 3 Dave Mountford 6.87 (+4.4)
B 1 Sam Bishop 6.86 (+3.3)
Triple Jump
A 7 Dave Mountford 12.97 (+0.4)
B 5 James Dohnal 11.42 (+2.1)
Shot
A 5 Sam Bishop 12.76
B 2 Greg Nixon 12.16
Discus
A 5 Greg Nixon 42.34
B 4 Roger Skedd 36.76
Hammer
A 8 Gregg Nixon 35.64
B 8 James Dohnal 19.69
Javelin
A 5 Roger Skedd 54.28
B 2 Rob Eggleton 53.91
4x100
6 Stoke 45.70 (Skedd-Chomanicz-Candlish-Gayle)
4x400
8 Stoke 4.01.86 (Bishop-Gayle-Shubotham-Prophett)
Match Result
|
1. City of Liverpool |
353 |
|
2. Southend |
319 |
|
3. Kent |
304 |
|
4. Harrow |
291 |
|
5. Swansea |
263 |
|
6. Herne Hill |
235 |
|
7. Crawley |
224 |
|
8. City of Stoke |
209 |
|
