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Years from now those present It was a great team result with Our other big points scoring
will tell of how they were at the some outstanding individual event was the long jump where
match when James Habergham performances and some heroic Oliver Newport returned from
threw the javelin and Duayne efforts throughout the squad. the States to leap 7.33 for second
Bovell launched the discus. Jonathan Ilori, still looking for place and Tom French, in his
They will also reminisce of the the qualifying distance for the first competition after injury,
occasion when the Club moved European Championships, won jumped 7.24 to win the B string.
another step closer to gaining the triple jump with 16.13, the The jumps success continued in
promotion back to the top divi- furthest jump by anyone in any the pole vault where our young-
sion of the British League. division of the League this year. est pairing of the day George
It is the furthest a Club member Pope and Ethan Kitteridge had
Portsmouth Match has ever jumped in the League. to cope with their event starting
1. Harrow 355 Rob Sutherland, picked up 2nd an hour and a half late. Both did
2. Blackheath & Bromley 309 in the B string well in the heat and with George
3. Southampton 303 in the A string, Ethan took
4. City Of Liverpool 296 Our other field event win was a second in the B string to claim a
5. Kingston AC and Polytech- little unexpected. Kelechi Aguo- massive 10 points for the team.
nic Harriers 240 cha started the season with a
6. Windsor Slough Eton & best of 1.80 and had been mak- The other Pope was also there
Hounslow 219 ing huge progress improving to doing what he does best, picking
7. Sale Harriers 218 1.85, 1.90 and then up to 1.95. up point after point for the
8. Herne Hill Harriers 214. He was up against eight athletes team. Alex competed in all
who had bests of two metres four throws scoring another 26
or more, six of them over 2.05. points for the team. Not only
After Two Matches He beat the lot. He was the only this, he also acted as a chauffeur
1. Harrow 16 (735) athlete to clear 2 metres first for our officials Karen Cosby
2. Blackheath & Bromley 14 time and all went out at 2.05. and Mike Davies, at the age of
(602) Judging by his 2 metre clearance 81, who gave up their whole day
3. Southampton 12 (588) another PB is not far away. To to support the meeting.
4. City Of Liverpool 8 (562) add to the celebrations Lewis
5. Windsor Slough Eton & Ely set a seasons best of 1.95 to Accompanying Alex in the
Hounslow 8 (496) finish second in the B string. Hammer was Kieran Murphy,
6. Sale Harriers 6 (493) Phil Sesemann completed a a hugely valuable member of
7. Kingston AC & Polytechnic double double. He won the 3000 the team. Angus Harrington,
6 (481) showed his versatility, by throw-
8. Herne Hill Harriers 2 (356) and 1500 at this fixture for the ing 44.71 in the javelin, not far
second year running. Will Fuller
made it maximum points in the off his best in what were not ide-
B 3000 and Josh Barber was al conditions. Luc Durant took
Match Three: runner up in the B 1500. a fine third place in the shot and
7th July 2018 – Bedford hasn’t missed a match since he
As with last year this fixture was Andy Smith took 2nd in the joined us. The final field eventer
the League’s Big Day Out with 800 on his debut for the team was Dele Aladese in the discus.
all five divisions competing at and there was a sparkling run Coming back from injury, this
the same venue. It generally ran from Angus Harrington in the was the first time he’d thrown
well, the track staying to sched- B string as he ran away from the senior implement this sea-
ule but some delays in the field. the 800 metre field to win by son. In the last match we scored
But the main thing was we won over three seconds. That was 80 one point in the B string. This
a match in this division for the points out of 84 in those three time Dele got eight and we won
first time in a long time. events. the match by seven points.