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The British Athletics League…

2018 Season

It has been a long time, but this
was the season we were promoted
back to the division many of us
think we belong. In 2019 our
Senior Men will be competing
in the Premier Division of the
British Athletics League, the
same level at which we competed
in the first season of the National
League in 1969, our Centenary
Year. I can almost hear late Past
President Bob Taylor roaring his
approval
Dan Puttnam, one of the winning 4x100 quartet at Eton
Match One: There were lots of great per- Apantaku was working on the
5th May 2018 – Eton formances but Ethan Brown’s South coast until 11.30. His
Thanks to the efforts of Dan 400 topped the lot. A first year train was delayed and Past Pres-
Putnam, Phil Sesemann, and Under 20 he ran an outstanding ident Nick Brooks picked him
Will Fuller we had recruit- personal best of 47.19 to head up at Datchet station at 2.48 and
ed some very useful Higher the National Under 20 rankings whisked him to the stadium so
Competition Athletes over and also ran a 47.4 relay split. he could compete at 3.20.
the Winter. With a number of Four people broke 48 seconds, a
talented youngsters coming high class field. With the match very close, Phil
through, our squad had more Sesemann ran away with the
depth than for a long time. In Other personal bests came from 3000, Scott Huggins soared over
2017 we were coming out on the Will Ruiz and Lewis Mills in the 5.10 in the vault and we were
wrong end of close results. This 1500; Charlie Davis and Dan boosted by a couple of big relay
year it all changed and in match Kennedy in the 3000 steeple- results. The fact we were able to
one at Eton we were second chase; and Angus Harrington in bring in fresh legs was import-
but only 18 points ahead of 5th the javelin. ant. Duayne Bovell returned to
placed Sale. That is not a lot in Both our 800 metre runners the team after missing all of last
a League where if your athletes were juniors. Alex paced his race year to help the 4x100 to victory
win both A and B strings you well to win in a seasons best and and Adam Herring travelled
score 28 points. Angus had a great battle down from Norfolk to run a leg of the
4x400 and help us take second.
We had individual A string the home straight to get second He was rewarded with a best
wins in the 400, Ethan Brown, in the B race. Ben Sutton had ever relay split of 50.4. Jordan
800, Alex Botterill, 3000, a decent afternoon in the long Layne and Toby Olubi ran the
Phil Sesemann, Long Jump, jump as did Kelechi Aguocha relays with niggles but it didn’t
Tom French, pole vault, Scott in the high jump, Kyle in the show.
Huggins and the 4x100 quartet relay, and the other Ethan… In
of Duayne Bovell, Dan Putnam, the pole vault Ethan Kitteridge And then there were all our
Kyle Reynolds Warmington and picked up four important points other stalwarts, captains Dan
Toby Olubi. in the B string. There’s more to Putnam and Alex Pope; Ross
come from him, he is only 14! Braden, a rare occasion when
he didn’t set a PB, Luc Durant,
In the triple jump Rob Suther- Kieran Murphy and Richard
land came over from Spain to Holt, as enthusiastic as ever
compete and B string Patrick even though he is an M45.