Report by Andy Prophett
A Stoke team deprived of all of its multi-event squad, battled hard to
finish a credible sixth on the day. This moved the club from last place
after the opening fixture to just outside the relegation zone at the midway
point of the season.
Alex Nelson made a welcome return to the team
and provided the only A string victory of the day in the 100m. However, last
weekends inter-counties 200m champion crossed the line clutching his
hamstring, forcing him out of the rest of the meeting, but hopefully not
affecting the rest of his season.
Inter-counties 800m bronze medallist Tom
Gayle also followed his success of last weekend with a good display. Despite
being badly boxed for much of the race, Gayle managed to find a way through
on the inside to edge out former Olympic finalist Curtis Robb for second
place, finishing just 0.14 seconds behind Swansea’s Chris Gowell.
The 110m hurdles was again the club’s most
successful event on the track. In the A event, Nick Gayle improved from
third place at the last fixture to match the second place of elder brother
Tom. This was then followed by Alistair Candlish, who capitalised on an
excellent start to finish second in the B event. The steeplechase pairing of
Gavin Walters and Steve Bazell also scored well by finishing 4th
A and 3rd B respectively.
Gregg Nixon combined with Martin Bartholomew
to score well in both the Discus and Shot. Nixon’s 42.53m in the discus
placed him 3rd in the A event, whilst 41.58m gave Bartholomew victory in the
B competition. The two athletes then had an even closer battle in the Shot,
with Bartholomew finishing 5th A with 12.57m, just 5cm ahead of Nixon’s
12.52m which comfortably won the B event.
Further success in the throws came when Rob
Eggleton produced one of his best performances to date to place 3rd in the
Javelin with 57.42m. The Long Jump was the most successful of the jumps,
with Dave Mountford placing 4th in the A string and Chris Harvey finishing
3rd in the B event.
The league table suggests that Stoke, Crawley
and Herne Hill will be battling to avoid the two relegation spots at the end
of the season. With all three teams level on league points the value of
every match point is vital. It is hoped that a stronger team will be
available for the crucial fixture on 1st July.
For full results see www.bal.org.uk
Match Result
League Table
1. Harrow 347
1. Liverpool 13 (650)
2= Kent 327
2. Harrow 13 (638)
2= Swansea 327
3. Kent 12.5 (631)
4. Liverpool 297
4. Southend 11 (592)
5. Southend 273
5. Swansea 10.5 (590)
6. Stoke 226.5
6. Stoke 4 (435.5)
7. Crawley 205
7. Herne Hill 4 (432.5)
8. Herne Hill 197.5
8. Crawley 4 (429)
Stoke AC Results
100m
A 1 Alex Nelson 10.85 (-1.2)
B 8 Steve Langley 11.93 (-2.4)
200m
A 6 Richard Porter 23.46 (-1.4)
B 5 Steve Langley 23.80
400m
A 8 Carl Shubotham 53.73
B 8 Gavin Walters 58.04
800m
A 2 Tom Gayle 1:52.65
B 7 Carl Shubotham 2:02.11
1500m
A 6 Tom Gayle 3:54.85
B 8 Liam Jones-Mansueto 4:12.58
5000m
A 8 Damion Gallagher 16:12.98
B 8 Andy Prophett 16.33.38
3000sc
A 4 Gavin Walters 9:45.42
B 3 Steve Bazell 10:03.30
110H
A 2 Nick Gayle 15.21
B 2 Alistair Candlish 16.49
400H
A 8 Steve Bazell 70.90
B 7 Gavin Walters 67.41
High Jump
A 7 Chris Harvey 1.60
B 7= Martin Bartholemu 1.20
Pole Vault
A 8 Gavin Walters 2.10
B no competitor
Long Jump
A 4 Dave Mountford 6.39
B 3 Chris Harvey 5.89
Triple Jump
A 5 David Mountford 12.33
B 4 Chris Harvey 12.01
Shot
A 5 Martin Bartholomew 12.57
B 1 Gregg Nixon 12.52
Discus
A 3 Gregg Nixon 42.53
B 1 Martin Bartholomew 41.58
Hammer
A 8 Martin Bartholomew 37.04
B 8 Gregg Nixon 21.99
Javelin
A 3 Rob Eggleton 57.42
B 7 Gregg Nixon 15.03
4x100
5 Stoke 44.43
4x400
7 Stoke 3:35.07
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