After successfully retaining the Midlands North
title, Stoke were once again in the ‘A’ cup final hoping to improve on
last years 2nd place.
It soon became obvious that Worcester and Rugby were the teams to beat.
Despite a great team performance with our biggest ever points tally Stoke
had to settle for 2nd place behind Worcester. Tony Leigh was once
more in dominant form comfortably winning all three of his sprint races. He
also set new records in the M35 100m and 400m sprints.
Mike Warrilow also sprinted well for 2nd in the M50 100m. He
followed this with a great 2nd place in the M50 Triple Jump.
Richard Barrington is a versatile M60 competitor. On a very demanding day,
he was 3rd in the 400m, 4th in the 200m, 5th
in the shot and capped it with 1st in the Triple Jump.
Dick Kneill was not quite fully fit but ran well for 6th place in
the M60 800m.
Nigel Gardner was 3rd in his first ever Pole Vault competition
and also came 3rd in the M35 High Jump.
Alan Burt ran outside of his age group but still finished 5th in
a very competitive M35 800m. In the Long Jump he suffered from 2 ‘no
jumps’ and again finished 5th.
Adrian Thiemicke earned valuable points with 5th in the M35 3000m
and 4th in the M40 1500m.
Chris Bourne also ‘doubled up’ with his races. He finished 5th
in both the M50 3000m and 1500m.
Dave Hindley competed well in the M60 3000m finishing in 5th
position.
It was good to see John Sinclair back on the track again and he earned
valuable points with 5th position in the M50 400m.
Clive Howell was on top form again comfortably winning the M50 Hammer and
followed this with 3rd in the M50 Shot.
Brian Eggleton has developed into a competitive race walker throughout the
season and he finished 2nd in the M40 event. He followed this
with 5th in the M60 High Jump.
Phil Bailey was 3rd in the M50 2k walk but then showed he is a
decent thrower with 3rd place in the M50 Discus.
Morris Fox is also a very competitive thrower. He performed exceptionally
well for 2nd in the M40 Discus and Javelin competitions.
It is always good to finish with a win. The 4 x 100m relay was for mixed age
groups. Nigel Gardner got the team into a good position on the first leg
handing over to Mike Warrilow. Stoke were in 3rd position on the
next changeover to Richard Barrington who closed the gap handing over the
baton to Tony Leigh. Tony had a few metres to make up on the leaders but as
we have seen many times this season he cruised home for another memorable
win.
To cap a fine season Tony Leigh was presented with the Midlands North
Athlete of the Year.
This was an excellent all-round team performance and 2nd place
against a very strong Worcester team was quite an achievement.
Pete Wainwright
Team Manager
Photos:
Tony
Leigh - Athlete of the Year
Mick Warrilow accepts the Trophy
The victorious 4x100m relay team
Stoke Results:
M35 800m
Alan Burt
5th
2.32.2
M60 800m
Dick Kneill
6th
3.18.0
M35 100m
Tony Leigh
1st
11.4 (New Record)
M50 100m
Mike Warrilow
2nd
13.4
M35 3000m
Adrian Thiemicke
5th
10.56.9
M50 3000m
Chris Bourne
5th
11.24.2
M60 3000m
Dave Hindley
4th
14.39.0
M35 400m
Tony Leigh
1st
53.0 (New Record)
M50 400m
John Sinclair 5th
70.4
M60 400m
Richard Barrington
3rd
65.3
M40 1500m
Adrian Thiemicke
4th
5.24.1
M50 1500m
Chris Bourne
5th
5.12.0
M40 200m
Tony Leigh
1st
23.0
M60 200m
Richard Barrington
4th
28.5
M40 2k Walk
Brian
Eggleton
2nd
14.30.7
M50 2k Walk
Phil
Bailey
3rd
13.41.9
4 x 100m
Gardner, Warrilow,
1st
50.2
Barrington, Leigh,
M50 Hammer
Clive Howell
1st
37.47
M40 Pole Vault
Nigel Gardner
3rd
2.10
M35 High Jump
Nigel Gardner
3rd
1.55
M60 High Jump
Brian Eggleton 5th
1.00
M40 Long Jump
Alan Burt
5th
4.09
M50 Shot
Clive Howell
3rd
8.48
M60 Shot
Richard Barrington
5th
7.28
M40 Discus
Morris Fox
2nd
39.91
M60 Discus
Phil Bailey
3rd
24.82
M50 Triple Jump
Mike Warrilow
2nd
9.44
M60 Triple Jump
Richard Barrington
1st
8.64
M40 Javelin
Morris Fox
2nd
40.97
Team Positions
Worcester
189
Stoke
169
Rugby
160
Birchfield
139.5
Charnwood
129.5
Royal Sutton Coldfield
101
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