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Annie Davies Godsell who broke her own over 2.90 to win the pole
from Daniella Critchley and over 60s Club record in the vault. A further A string win
Jordan Folk in the 800m. 100m with a time of 14.5. came from Krystal Galley in
With so many athletes the 400m.
competing at a far higher This means that after being To add to the celebrations
level or within their own age joint top following two Helen Godsell set a new Club
categories, we would always matches we slipped to 12th over 60s record as she timed
struggle to complete a strong place, perilously close to the 30.06 in the non-scoring 20m.
squad at the height of the relegation zone. So a mixed season with some
season and were now 7th in excellent results and involving
the 16 team division. Match 5 – Norman Park a lot of organisation to pull a
A second home win! It was a track & field team together for
Match 4 – Norwich close affair and with just the 5 matches over 4 months, with
With the season in full swing, it men’s 4 x 400m to go B&B so many athletes competing
was perhaps inevitable that we and Colchester were level on
would not be at full strength 190 points. However, the Jackie Montgomery
for this match. With large Club’s quartet of Georges at the highest level and almost
gaps in all events and from the Vacharopoulos, Luke everyone else involved in
men’s team too, we finished Smallwood, Mark Cryer junior or vet’s leagues as
last of the four teams and did and Dan Putnam set a new well. Many, many thanks to
not score over 100 points. League record of 3.17.59 to Jackie Montgomery for acting
That we struggled in Norfolk win by over 15 seconds. as team manager at the last
can no way be attributed to match and allowing me to go
the athletes that did compete. It was a fine way to end an on holiday in August! A well-
There were some good exciting match and the victory deserved home win and a club
performances and many did a ensured we comfortably pole vault record too!
number of extra events. avoided being relegated to The Southern Athletics
Danielle Critchley was the Division Two. League definitely highlights
only individual winner taking what a strong team we are at
the 400m in 58.4 but perhaps Zara Asante also enjoyed a the top but also how reliant
the individual performance double A string victory. She we are on juniors and vets to
of the day came from Helen won the long jump with a remain in this division.
season’s best of 5.42 and then
leapt 12.50 to take the triple Jane Bradshaw
jump by nearly 2.5m. B string
winner Toyin Orelaja’s 11.16
would have won the A string
had Zara not been there and
amazingly the duo’s distances
would have gained maximum
points in the men’s event!
There were bests also for
Carole Penlington who won
the 3000m by over 90 seconds
in a fine pb of 10.26.39 and for
Sonia Woolhouse who soared
