Stubbington Green Runners & AC

by Mike Harper

With only 8 athletes here it was a remarkable team effort that saw us win a meeting in this higher division for the first time. The result went right down to the last event the 4 x 400m relay, where we managed to beat Plymouth by less than a second. Dave had his usual busy afternoon, with the highlight in the triple jump where he broke Richard Blencowe's Club Record, set 5 years ago at our first ever meeting. His p.b in the long jump was only 7 cm off Tor's club record, and his short sprints also produced pleasing times. The other Club records to go, were both to Stew in the Hammer and Shot. Stew extended his own Club Record, slightly in the Shot, and by over 4 metres in the Hammer. With 3 firsts and 2 seconds from his 5 events Stew's point's haul of 23 was invaluable. Andy also had a busy day, producing p.b's in the Hammer and Chase. After leading the 5k for about 6 laps, Andy was overhauled by the leaders, but despite some barracking from his team mates about his tactics, did produce a very good time to finish second in the B string. Mike ran 3 and won 3 on the track, with his times coming back towards his very high standards. A win and 2 seconds in the jumps and throws wasn't bad either! In the middle distance, the races were fast and had close finishes with Zippy just edged out in a couple, but his times are coming down to look good for the next meeting. Without Dan, Tor helped us out in the 800m, and as usual put in very good jumps. He finished the day with another quality s/chase to finish 2nd in the A to a very strong Plymouth athlete. The same athlete edged out Mark in the 5k, who was only 5 seconds off his own Club record. A first and second in a couple of B string events from Mark also pushed our points total up, to show that every event proved valuable and barring disasters at the last 2 fixtures should keep us in the Division. Finally, we are very fortunate to have several helpers at these meetings, as some other clubs have to get the athletes to help, which we rarely have to do. So thanks to Mike Clarke (timekeeper), Brian Cooper, Martin Wellstead, Chris Munro and Alan and Murray.

Grade					Result
400mH	Dave Marrott	76.9s	A	4th	Stubbington	141 pts
400mH	Mike Harper	69.3s	B	2nd	Plymouth	138 pts
100m	Dave Marrott	11.9s	A	2nd	Swindon	111 pts
100m	Mike Williams	11.7s	B	1st	Chiltern	110 pts
800m	Zippy Grice	2.06.4s	A	3rd
800m	Tor Duffin	2.21.5s	B	3rd
5000m	Mark le Gassick	16.08.1s	A	2nd
5000m	Andy Simpson	17.08.6s	B	2nd
400m	Mike Williams	52.1s	A	1st
400m	Zippy Grice	57.1s	B	3rd
110mH	Dave Marrott	21.0s	A	2nd
110mH	Mike Harper	22.0s	B	1st
200m	Dave Marrott	30.1s	A	4th
200m	Mike Williams	24.0s	B	1st
1500m	Zippy Grice	4.19.6s	A	2nd
1500m	Mark le Gassick	4.30.1s	B	1st
4 x 100m	MlG/DM/MH/MW	51.8s		4th
4 x 400m	MH/ZG/MlG/MW	3.48.6s		2nd
3000s/c	Tor Duffin	n/a	A	2nd
3000s/c	Andy Simpson	n/a	B	3rd
Long jump	Dave Marrott	5.71m	A	1st	PB
Long jump	Tor Duffin	5.21m	B	2nd
High Jump	Mike Williams	1.60m	A	1st
High Jump	Mark le Gassick	1.40m	B	2nd
Pole Vault	Mike Williams	2.40m	A	2nd
Pole Vault	Stew Shaw	2.40m	B	1st
Triple Jump	Dave Marrott	11.50m	A	2nd	PB	CLUB RECORD
Triple Jump	Tor Duffin	10.05m	B	3rd
Hammer	Stew Shaw	30.92m	A	2nd		CLUB RECORD
Hammer	Andy Simpson	15.76m	B	2nd	PB
Javelin	Stew Shaw	38.18m	A	1st
Javelin	Mike Williams	24.04m	B	2nd
Shot	Stew Shaw	9.57m	A	1st		CLUB RECORD
Shot	Andy Simpson	6.32m	B	4th	PB
Discus	Stew Shaw	n/a	A	2nd
Discus	Andy Simpson	n/a	B	3rd

Next Fixture is at Burnaby Road , Portsmouth on 9 July. If you can run, throw or help please phone me on 02392 588220. There we face Newquay, Radley and Oxford . Our last fixture is a minibus trip to Hemel Hempstead on 30 July. Again anyone who can help by running, throwing or marking the Javelin and High Jump please call.