Both our men’s and women’s teams are in Division 2 this year and finished the evening in 3rd place with 51 points (men) and 1st place with 59 points (women).
It was great to see both Simon Horler and Chris Marshall back in action after long lay-offs due to injury, both running strongly; both Simon and Chris provided a particularly exciting finish to their 400m races, just beating the following runner by 0.5s and 0.4s respectively. Congratulations to Gavin Kitchingham, who ran the London Marathon in 3:13:55, and then came along to run and jump for us 5 days later, despite suffering blistered feet during the week!
The teams consisted of Simon Horler (Pole Vault, 400m, 3000m, Hammer Throw), Gavin Kitchingham ( 400m, 3000m, Triple Jump),Chris Marshall (400m), Mike Martineau (Triple Jump, Hammer Throw), Tony Unseld (400m, Triple Jump), Danny Easton (3000m).
Tina Nairn (400m, 3000m, Triple Jump, Hammer Throw), Bridget Macedonski (400m, 3000m, Triple Jump), Joan Allen (400m), Anne Unseld (400m, 3000m, Triple Jump).
Many thanks to Sue Stevens and Pat Cliff who both spent the evening raking the sand-pit between triple jump competitors and to Rowan and Betty Foggitt, Joan Burns, Chris Read, Terri Shotton, Sarah Regan and Marijana Urbany who all put in appearances as supporters.
Full results can be seen here