Stubbington Green Runners & AC

We finished the season in style at Hemel, with 2nd place and our best ever finish in the league. We finished in the top half of this higher division for the first time. Our 7th place came as a result of a 3rd, a 4th, a 1st and then two 2nd places. The Royal Navy and Abingdon were promoted and Salisbury and Chilton were relegated.

This was our furthest fixture, so it was encouraging to have 11 athletes competing, 4 Officials/helpers and young Ryan gaining experience as a non scorer.

The highlights here were Dan, Zippy, Jamille and Mike improving their Club 4 x 400 record, with another superb victory. Mike had earlier become the first Stubbington athlete to clear 3 metres in the Pole vault. Even more of an achievement when you realise he has to borrow a pole from one of the other competitors as we don't have a Club pole! The other outstanding effort was from Mark in the 5k, improving his own Club record, and being the first Stubbington runner under 16 mins on the track.

During the season there were 16 athletes and 8 helpers. I managed to plod round at all 5 meetings, but the only one at all 5 making a significant contribution was Mike Williams. Not only does Mike cover several events more than he needs to, but still appeared for us early on when he hadn't trained and by his very high standards wasn't running great times. I'm pleased to say that he progressed really well through the season, finishing back at a Grade 1 standard. Not far behind, missing just one fixture were Dave, Zippy, Tor, Mark, Jamille and Dan. All six had an excellent season and without them we would not be in this league. Andy, Stew and Tony and Chris M gained us valuable points at 3 meetings, and Ray, Gordon, Mike B and Simon also helped us out.

I was going to say 'almost as important', but it would have been incorrect. Just as important was the assistance received from our Officials and Helpers. Without them we would have been stuffed. Brian Cooper, Martin Wellstead and Murray Williams missed just one meeting. Mike Clarke was at 3, Dave Churcher and Alan Newell at 2, and Kirsty Harper did the results at our home fixture.

Hopefully all will return next season, and with a few new faces and Gordon Westley back after his broken leg, we will again try and crack a few more Club records. After all, Chris Hall is still on the Club records in the Shot, Hammer, and 5000, and that can't be right! - Mike Harper

400mH	Mike Harper	71.4s	A	4th
400mH	Stew Shaw	69.8s	B	4th
100m	Dave Marrott	12.3s	A	2nd
100m	Jamille Hogg	12.2s	B	2nd			Grade 4
800m	Zippy Grice	2.03.4s	A	3rd
800m	Chris Munro	2.30.3s	B	4th	PB
5000m	Mark le Gassick	15.57.5s	A	1st	PB	CLUB RECORD
5000m	Ray Gunner	17.38.2s	B	1st
400m	Mike Williams	51.7s	A	1st
400m	Dan Dell	54.8s	B	1st	PB		Grade 4
110mH	Dave Marrott	20.7s	A	2nd
110mH	Mike Harper	22.5s	B	2nd
200m	Jamille Hogg	24.3s	A	2nd	PB		Grade 4
200m	Chris Munro	28.2s	B	4th
1500m	Zippy Grice	4.17.5s	A	2nd
1500m	Mark le Gassick	4.28.8s	B	1st
4x100m	JH/DD/DM/MW	50.6s		2nd
4x400m	DD/ZG/JH/MW	3.38.6s		1st		CLUB RECORD
3000s/c	Tor Duffin	10.41.6s	A	2nd	PB
3000s/c	Mike Harper	12.19.5s	B	4th
Long jump	Dave Marrott	5.38m	A	3rd
Long jump	Tor Duffin	5.27m	B	1st
High Jump	Mike Williams	1.70m	A	2nd
High Jump	Dave Marrott	1.55m	B	1st
Pole Vault	Mike Williams	3.00m	A	2nd	PB	CLUB RECORD
Pole Vault	Mike Harper	1.00m	B	3rd =
Triple Jump	Dave Marrott	11.47m	A	2nd
Triple Jump	Tor Duffin	10.93m	B	2nd	PB
Hammer	Stew Shaw	30.02m	A	1st
Hammer	Ray Gunner	17.91m	B	4th	PB
Javelin	Stew Shaw	36.75m	A	2nd
Javelin	Mike Harper	17.56m	B	4th
Shot	Stew Shaw	9.47m	A	2nd
Shot	Dave Marrott	7.50m	B	3rd	PB
Discus	Stew Shaw	26.15m	A	2nd
Discus	Ray Gunner	21.00m	B	3rd	PB