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Report by Andy Prophett
A heavily depleted Stoke squad battled hard for every point on a hot day on
the south coast. Under
difficult circumstances a 7th place finish on the day ahead of
rivals Rugby was a good result, as the team was without any of its jumps or
multi-events squad. Those
present did their best to cover the events and their effort and
determination should be commended.
The Shot was the club’s most successful event of the day with veteran
Morris Fox finishing in second place with a put of 15.50m, an improvement of
67cm on his winning distance from the opening fixture.
In the B event Greg Nixon claimed the team’s only win of the day. Nixon’s
12.86m effort was 27cm further than he managed when winning the B event at
the last match. Further success in
the throws came in the Discus, where Greg Nixon and Martin Bartholomew
continued their rivalry. With
Nixon having pipped Bartholomew by just 21cm in last month’s contest, it
was the turn of first year junior Bartholomew to come out on top on this
occasion. Again the difference between the two was just 21cm.
Bartholomew’s 41.78m was an agonising 1cm short of his personal
best and claimed 3rd spot in the A event, whilst Nixon’s 41.57m
placed him 2nd in the B competition.
On the track it was the 800m that generated the team’s best points return
with Andy Prophett recording a season’s best of 1:54.4 whilst finishing 4th
in the A race. In the B string
Carl Shubotham improved his personal best for the second time in 5 days as
he claimed second place in a time of 1:55.5.
Steeplechasers Gavin Walters and Steve Bazell also scored well,
finishing 4th A and 3rd B respectively.
In the sprints, new signings Steve Butterworth and Richard Black
helped to strengthen the team, with Butterworth taking 4th place
in the A 100m whilst Richard Porter recorded a pb in the 400m.
The next fixture on July 7th at Abingdon will be crucial if the
team is to claw their way up the league.
Full results available at www.bal.org.uk
Stoke Results
100m
A Steve
Butterfield 4
11.5
(-1.7)
B Robert
Black
5
11.7
(-2.6)
200m
A Steve
Butterfield 6
22.8
(-1.4)
B Robert
Black
6
23.3
(-0.3)
400m
A Richard
Porter 8
52.3
B Liam Jones
8
55.1
800m
A Andy
Prophett
4
1:54.4
B Carl
Shubotham
2
1:55.5
1500m
A Damien
Gallagher 6
4:06.5
B Carl
Shubotham
4
4:07.8
5000m
A Andy
Prophett
6
16:06.0
B Steve
Bazell
5
16:40.3
110m Hurdles
A No
competitor
B No
competitor
400m Hurdles
A Gavin
Walters
8
79.7
B Steve
Bazell
7
71.1
3000m S/C
A Gavin
Walters
4
9:54.1
B Steve
Bazell
3
10:16.5
High Jump
A Pete
Benyon
8
1.10
B Carl
Shubotham
8
1.10
Pole Vault
A Gavin
Walters
7=
1.10
B No
Competitor
Long Jump
A
Richard Porter
7
5.67
B
Martin Chomanicz 7
5.12
Triple Jump
A
Martin Bartholomew
8
11.44
B
Damien Gallagher 8
8.93
Shot Put
A
Morris Fox
2
15.50
B Greg
Nixon
1
12.86
Discus
A Martin
Bartholomew
3
41.78
B Greg
Nixon
2
41.57
Hammer
A Greg
Nixon
6
36.53
B Martin
Bartolomew 5
34.28
Javelin
A Greg
Nixon
8
35.30
B
Morris Fox
5
35.11
4x100m
City of Stoke
5
43.7
4x400m
City of Stoke
7
3:43.7
Match
Result
1 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 357
2 Team Southampton
300
3 Crawley
268
4 Notts
260
5 Medway & Maidstone
259
6 Kingston & Polytechnic
241
7 City of Stoke
186
8 Rugby & Northampton
174
League Table
1 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 16
(757)
2 Crawley
12
(572)
3 Kingston & Polytechnic
10
(554)
4 Team Southampton
9
(582.5)
5 Medway & Maidstone
9
(551)
6 Notts
9
(540)
7 City of Stoke
5
(451.5)
8 Rugby & Northampton
2
(365)
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