Track and Field Report
ANOTHER successful season was brought to a close at Portsmouth with a comprehensive win for Stubbington in their final Southern League Track and Field Meet of the summer.
There were too many excellent performances to list all of them but here are a few of the best, writes Mike Harper.
The club record to go was in the 400 relay where the A team, obviously realising they had to pull out all the stops to beat a very strong Stub B quartet, took a fraction of a second off the old record.
The foursome of Lewis Banner, Dan Dell, Jamille Hogg and Mike Williams won the event in a time of 3min 38.5sec.
Another outstanding performance came in the first track race of the day when Lewis Banner ran his first ever 400m hurdles and won the A string race in 65.7sec beating Andy Vernon's old under-17 record in the process. Ryan Banner won the B string in a quick time of 68.4sec, eclipsing Oli Williams' previous under-17 time.
Another superb run was from Jamille Hogg in the 100m saw his time of 11.6sec equal Mike Williams' time. Tom Beagan's club record of 11.5sec must be in serious danger next year.
Also at the Alexandra Stadium, Dan Dell (200m), Ray Gunner and Tony Allen (steeplechase), Lewis Banner (long jump) and Dave Woolcott (hammer), all improved their own times on the top five best club performance records.
At the end of the meeting, Stubbington finished on 152pts from Haslemere with 116.5pts, Team Kennet with 105pts, and Cornish visitors Newquay with 85.5pts.
The club finished mid-table in 9th place in Division 3 West. Met Police and Wessex/Bath/Salisbury were promoted. Team Kennett and Bournemouth were relegated.
I would just like to thank Dave Marrott, Mike Williams, Mark Le Gassick, and Stew Shaw, who have not already been mentioned, who have been consistently reliable performers throughout the season for us.
Finally, massive thanks to Mike Clarke, Brian Cooper, Martin Wellstead, Kay Hogg and Chris Munro who have all helped us tremendously during the season.
400mH Lewis Banner 65.7s A 1st PB U17 Club Rec
400mH Ryan Gunner 68.4s B 1st PB
100m Dave Marrott 12.2s A 2nd
100m Jamille Hogg 11.6s B 1st PB
800m Dan Dell 2.15.2s A 2nd
800m Ryan Gunner 2.21.9s B 1st
5000m Mark le Gassick 16.13.5s A 1st
5000m Andy Simpson 18.17.8s B 2nd
400m Mike Williams 51.1s A 1st
400m Jamille Hogg 52.8s B 1st
110mH Dave Marrott 20.9s A 2nd
110mH Stew Shaw 20.8s B 1st
200m Dan Dell 24.5s A 2nd PB
200m Dave Marrott 25.1s B 1st
1500m Mark le Gassick 4.22.0s A 1st
1500m Lewis Banner 4.38.3s B 1st
4 x 100m Dan Dell/Dave Marrott/Lewis Banner /Jamille Hogg 48.6s 1st
4 x 400m Lewis Banner /Dan Dell/Jamille Hogg/Mike Williams 3.38.5s 1st CLUB RECORD
3000 s/c Tony Allen 10.37.8s A 1st
3000 s/c Ray Gunner 11.13.0s B 1st PB
Long J Dave Marrott 5.40m A 2nd
Long J Lewis Banner 5.27m B 1st
High J Mike Williams 1.70m A 2nd
High J Ryan Gunner 1.40m B 2nd
Pole V Mike Williams 2.80m A 3rd
Pole V Dan Dell 1.10m B 3rd PB
Triple J Dave Marrott 11.16m A 3rd
Triple J Tony Allen Didn't make the sand!
Hammer Stew Shaw 31.37m A 2nd
Hammer Dave Woolcott 26.41m B 2nd
Javelin Stew Shaw 33.33m A 2nd
Javelin Ray Gunner 27.17m B 2nd
Shot Dave Woolcott 9.71m A 2nd
Shot Stew Shaw 9.35m B 1st
Discus Stew Shaw 25.79m A 2nd
Discus Mike Harper 16.14m B 4th
Non scoring
1500m Gordon Westley 5.26.1s
3000s/c Gordon Westley 12.26.1s 8th / 12
4 x 400 relay Ryan Gunner /Mark Le Gassick/Mike Harper/Stew Shaw 4.00.6s 4th / 7 teams