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A club well worth backing From the Editor
Thanks to our sponsors:
As we are only just going into print in the
Biggin Hill Airport late summer of this year (2017) the events
Jack Petchey Foundation described in this issue are no longer instant
So Clean news but nevertheless fall into the period
and to many other generous covered by the issue e.g. the summer season
individuals who offered backing 2016. Prominent amongst these are the
and assistance. impressive performances of Dina Asher Smith
who won a bronze in the sprint relay team, and Adam Gemini who
so narrowly missed out on a medal in the Final of the Men’s 100
Metres.
CONTENTS In most issues of the Gazette it is unfortunate that we have to
report the passing of those members who have made invaluable
Athletics Reports contributions to the club over many years. As we are going
to press the passing of Club secretary Hannah Cordell has
1 Senior Men
been announced. A full obituary will be published in the next
5 Senior Ladies issue. However in this one we have detailed obituaries of two
8 Vets and Masters distinguished elder members, Jack Braughton, who ran in the
1948 Olympics and Gordon Hickey the high jumper who gained a
9 U13 Boys UK UDL new identity as a championship winning shot putter.
15 U13 Boys Inter Counties As I mentioned before we shall be requiring new personnel on the
16 U13 and U15 girls editorial team and this will be the last issue in which Peter Rogers
will be contributing his talents both as a graphic designer and also
18 Kent YAL
selector of pictures, a role in which he has given me invaluable
24 Girls YDL contribution since 2010. I would like to express my heartfelt
28 Girls YDL Final appreciation and thanks for all he has done on the magazine, for
taking on the layout of this issue at short notice and hope that we
31 Rio Olympics can find as committed and talented a designer to take over from
33 Rio Recolections him in the near future.
36 Paris Handicap Before signing off I wish to offer grateful thanks to the following
for willingly providing articles for this issue:
Features 2016/7 President Bill Foster, Paul Astride VP, PP Dick Griffin, PP

38 Dorando Pietri John Baldwin, John Wakeman VP, Kate Desborough, PP Mike
Martineau, PP Tim Souter, Hugh Stanbury, PP Alison Brand, PP
41 The club in the 1930's Brian Stone.
Obituaries The next issue covering the winter 2016-17 is now in preparation
and the deadline for submission of reports is November 2017.
44 Jack Broughton
47 Gordon Hickey