Points
scored during 2018 season - with thanks to Nick Brooks
2018 BAL
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Name |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
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1 |
Alex Pope |
26 |
35 |
26 |
22 |
109 |
|
2 |
Phil Sesemann |
16 |
24 |
32 |
16 |
88 |
|
3 |
Jonathon Ilori |
0 |
16 |
16 |
26 |
58 |
|
4 |
Dan Putnam |
28 |
28.5 |
0 |
0 |
56.5 |
|
5 |
Will Fuller |
0 |
16 |
12 |
28 |
56 |
|
6 |
Luc Durant |
14 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
52 |
|
7 |
Kieron Daly |
0 |
32 |
0 |
16.5 |
48.5 |
|
8= |
Scott Huggins |
16 |
16 |
0 |
12 |
44 |
|
8= |
Kelechi Aguocha |
6 |
0 |
16 |
22 |
44 |
|
10 |
Jordan Layne |
13.5 |
9 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
37.5 |
|
11= |
Lewis Ely |
0 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
32 |
|
11= |
Joss Barber |
0 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
32 |
|
13 |
Joe Rogers |
0 |
9 |
6.5 |
15 |
30.5 |
|
14 |
Angus Harrington |
14 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
30 |
|
15 |
Tom French |
16 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
28 |
|
16 |
Lewis Mills |
6 |
12 |
- |
8 |
26 |
|
17 |
Duayne Bovell |
4 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
6.5 |
25.5 |
|
18 |
James Habergham |
0 |
14 |
0 |
11 |
25 |
|
19 |
Joe Fuggle |
0 |
0 |
8.5 |
14.5 |
23 |
|
20= |
Alex Nwenwu |
0 |
10 |
12.5 |
0 |
22.5 |
|
20= |
Camron Lyttle |
0 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
22.5 |
|
22= |
Kieran Murphy |
8 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
22 |
|
22= |
Louis Mascarenhas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
22 |
|
24= |
Dan Kennedy |
12 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
20 |
|
24= |
Rob Sutherland |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
|
26= |
Alex Botterill |
19.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19.5 |
|
26= |
Ethan Brown |
19.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19.5 |
|
28 |
Jacob Brown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
|
29 |
Toby Olubi |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
30= |
Oliver Newport |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
30= |
Ben Sutton |
6 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
30= |
James Lancaster |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
30= |
Ethan Kitteridge |
4 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
|
30= |
Andrew Smith |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
30= |
Adam Herring |
3.5 |
3 |
5.5 |
2 |
14 |
|
30= |
Ross Braden |
4 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
|
37 |
Josh Schofield |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
38 |
Richard Morris |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
|
39 |
Richard Holt |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
40= |
Charlie Davis |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
40= |
Alex O'Callaghan Brown |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
40= |
Richard Webb |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
40= |
Reece Young |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
40= |
Dele Aledese |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
45 |
Shamar Thomas Campbell |
0 |
0 |
7.5 |
0 |
7.5 |
|
46 |
Will Ruiz |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
47= |
Patrick Apantaku |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
47= |
Kyle Reynolds-Warmington |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
47= |
George Pope |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
50 |
Korede Awe |
0 |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
| |
Total |
293 |
309 |
329 |
314 |
1245 |
4 August 2018 - British
League - Liverpool
Full
results here...
Pleased to
report that the British League team have been promoted back to the Premier
Division. They were second in the final match and finished second in
Division One. Congratulations!
WE DID IT. Our Club, my Club, your Club, have been
promoted to the Premier Division of the British Athletics League. This will
be the first time we have been in the top division of the mens National
League since 2001, an Athletic generation ago. How fitting that we will be
there as we celebrate our 150 years of existence as the League celebrates
its 50th, more so because we were one of the six clubs who contested the
first League title in our Centenary Year in 1969.
Going into the fourth match at Liverpool, we had put
ourselves in a strong chance of promotion as we were four League points
ahead of third placed Southampton, but we still had to finish the job. A
tight match between a number of clubs and a strong Southampton could have
caused some problems. It WAS a tight match with just 12 points separating
the top four teams but the South coast challenge did not materialise. We
nicked second place just two points clear of joint third placers Sale and
the City Of Liverpool; and were only nine points behind this years champions
Harrow.
It was another great team effort with some top class
individuals performing at the sharp end and everyone prepared to muck in and
fill the gaps.
We didn’t have just one England champion in the team.
Jonathan Ilori has again made a big contribution this year and a week after
claiming his National crown he was winning the triple jump for us. Not only
that, he also did the long jump. Our other champion Jacob Brown took second
place in the 800 metres after winning the Emsley Carr Mile the previous
weekend.
Our middle distance racked up a stack of points with
Phil Sesemann and Will Fuller winning both strings of the 1500 and Will
taking to the track just 25 minutes later to win the A string 5000 as Ross
Braden picked up the runner up spot in the B string. James Habergham had
earlier claimed third in the B 800 and our two under 20 steeplechasers Lewis
Mills and Joss Barber scored well, (and better than in the pre race mini
golf the night before!)
High jumper Kelechi Aguocha has had an outstanding
season. At the last match he shocked everyone by setting a pb of 2 metres
and winning the competition. Surely he couldn’t do it again? Yes he could!
After slipping in warm up, Jacob Brown lent him some loose spikes, Will
Fuller his spike spanner, and our rising star was ready for action. He won
by 14 centimetres, improved his pb to 2.07 and had a good attempt at 2.10.
His clearance is the equal 7th highest across all divisions of the League
this year. Not bad for someone who started the season with a best of 1.80.
(Oh and he also got 4th in the B triple). In the B string Lewis Ely had one
of those days but still came third. He also picked up three more points in
the 110 hurdles.
We welcomed back two athletes who won their events at
the second match at Portsmouth. Kieran Daly picked up an injury there, and
has barely raced since, but he answered the call and sneaked second place in
the 100 behind a very swift 10.36 from Windsors winner Deji Tobias. Scott
Huggins returned to the vault and in challenging condition claimed third
place before hitting the road to attend a wedding reception in Scotland.
Also back in the team was Louis Mascarenhas with his
first appearance of the season. He took third in the A discus and was second
in the B shot. “A” string Luc Durant, who was third, has not missed a League
match since he joined the Club two years ago. Kieran Murphy was disappointed
not to pick up a couple more places in the Hammer but he was there and has
made a great contribution to the team over the last couple of years.
And then there was the Pope, Alex that is, a legend
not only amongst his team mates but to other clubs managers as well.
Omnipresent in the field and at the buffet in the restaurant the night
before, he did long jump, pole vault, discus, javelin and hammer. He is not
only our top points scorer of the season but also our number one of all
time. I wonder if anyone from another club has scored more than him.
Back on the track and in the 400 hurdles we scored our
best points of the season. A blustery wind meant times weren’t quick but Joe
Fuggle clocked a useful 53.44 for third in the A string and another debutant
Richard Morris was fourth in the B despite clipping a hurdle. He quickly got
into the spirit of things by running the 110 hurdles. Good man.
Camron Lyttle, still a junior, has made a massive
contribution to the team over the last couple of years and he took third in
the B string 100 and then joined Kieran, Duayne Bovell and Joe Rogers to
gain fourth in the 4x100. Joe had earlier finished runner up in the B 400
with Jordan Layne 7th in the A and with Joe Fuggle and Jacob Brown they were
fourth in the 4x400.
We missed Duayne Bovell last year but it has been just
like old times. He was under 11 in the non scoring 100 and then put himself
forward to run his first 200 of the season. B string 200 runner Adam Herring
came for the 4x400 but, struggling with a cold, he withdrew having picked up
two points, and we only secured second place in the match by two points.
James Habergham picked up three in the B javelin. Looking to improve the pb
he set at Portsmouth, he started with two no throws, and thinking of the
team, launched a safety effort of 2.97. At least he would get one point, but
no, one club had no B string and another athlete in the same situation as
James messed up his safe throw. One point became three.
The match may have been in Liverpool but there were
Chris Haines, who competed in the first ever BAL match, Nick Brooks, Ken
Daniel, Dave Huggins, and Mike Davies (officiating) to provide support and
advice.
So there we have it, no prima donnas here, just a
bunch of great athletes who recognise that personal and Club achievement go
hand in hand, and some truly passionate Athletics supporters. We have all
enjoyed the season and have been lucky to compete against some great clubs
and their athletes. We wish them well.
After steady progression in the last few years, we
achieved what we have because athletes, coaches, management, supporters and
Club raised the bar to show we are one of the top 10 senior male track and
field clubs in the country. Having secured promotion the challenge is now to
raise that bar further to become one of the top six teams in the country.
Can we do it? To refer back to Kelechi, our youngest member of the team at
Liverpool, YES WE CAN!
We have some outstanding athletes and people in our
Club. Our Under 20 mens team represent the UK in the European Champions Club
Cup next month along with our womens team who have been there for 12 of the
last 13 years. Next year, for the first time ever, both our men and women
will be in the Premier Divisions of the British Athletics League and the UK
Womens League.
The seeds of this years success in the British
Athletics League were sown on the train back from the final match of the
2017 season in Manchester. As the train left Liverpool Lime Street on
Saturday the journey to the 2019 season began. All aboard!
Myself and John Wakeman would like to thank everyone
for their support this year.
Pat Calnan
7 July 2018 - British
League - Bedford
Photos start here...
After three matches in the British Athletics League,
the Division One table makes good reading
1. Harrow 23 (1057)
2. Blackheath & Bromley 22 (931)
3. Southampton 18 (906)
4. City Of Liverpool 12 (819)
5. Sale Harriers 11 (801)
6. Kingston AC & Polytechnic Harriers 9 (720)
7. Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 9 (676)
8. Herne Hill Harriers 4 (548)
We have put ourselves in a very strong position to get
promoted. We just need to finish the job in Liverpool on the 4th of August.
The final result of the third match at Bedford was
1. Blackheath & Bromley 329
2. Harrow 322
3. Southampton 318
4. Sale Harriers 308
5. City Of Liverpool 257
6. Kingston and Polytechnic 239
7. Herne Hill Harriers 192
8. Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 180
This was a great team result with some outstanding
individual performances and some heroic efforts throughout the squad.
Jonathan Ilori continues to strive to get the qualifying distance for the
European Championships. He won the triple jump with 16.13 which is the
furthest jump by anyone in any division of the League this year. It is the
furthest a Club member has ever jumped in the League. Rob Sutherland, who
has now competed in 10 of the last 11 matches, picked up 2nd in the B
string.
Our other field event win was a little unexpected.
Kelechi Aguocha started the season with a best of 1.80. He has been making
huge progress improving to 1.85, 1.90 and then up to 1.95. He was up against
eight athletes who had bests of two metres or more, six of them over 2.05.
He only went and beat the lot. He was the only athlete to clear 2 metres
first time and all went out at 2.05. Judging by his 2 metre clearance
another pb is not far away. To add to the celebrations Lewis Ely set a
seasons best of 1.95 to finish second in the B string.
Phil Sesemann completed a double double. He won the
3000 and 1500 at this fixture for the second year running. He has made a
massive contribution this year not just in the points he has scored himself
but in those he has allowed our B strings to collect. Will Fuller made it
maximum points in the B 3000, making a special effort to fit the race around
a busy racing schedule, and Josh Barber, taking a break from the
steeplechase, was runner up in the B 1500.
Andy Smith took 2nd in the 800 on his debut for the
team and there was a sparkling run from Angus Harrington in the B string. I
have never seen anyone run away from an 800 metre field in a British League
match like he did. He won by over three seconds. That was 80 points out of
84 in those three events.
Our other big points scoring event was the long jump
where Oliver Newport returned from University in the States to leap 7.33 for
second place and Tom French, in his first competition after injury, jumped
7.24 to win the B string. The jumps success continued in the pole vault
where our youngest pairing of the day George Pope and Ethan Kitteridge had
to cope with their event starting an hour and a half late. Both did well in
the heat and with George in the A string, Ethan took second in the B string
to claim a massive 10 points for the team. Well done guys and coach John
Wakeman.
The other Pope was also there doing what he does best,
picking up point after point for the team. Alex competed in all four throws
scoring another 26 points for the team. Not only this, he also acted as a
chauffeur for our officials Karen Cosby and Mike Davies, at the age of 81,
who gave up their whole day to support the meeting.
Accompanying Alex in the Hammer was Kieran Murphy, a
hugely valuable member of the team. Angus Harrington, showed his
versatility, by throwing 44.71 in the javelin, not far off his best in what
were not ideal conditions. Luc Durant took a fine third place in the shot
and hasn’t missed a match since he joined us. The final field eventer was
Dele Aladese in the discus. He is coming back from injury and this was the
first time he has thrown the senior implement this season. In the last match
we scored one point in the B string. This time Dele got eight and we won the
match by seven points.
We were significantly stronger in the hurdles. In the
first two matches we scored 5 points out of 56 in the 400 hurdles. Joe
Fuggle returned to the team to compete in a tasty A string with times
affected by the wind. Alex O’Callaghan Brown made his debut in the B string
and gained a fine third place, a great performance as he was recovering from
a chest infection and had been on antibiotics all week. We had our top
pairing in the 110 hurdles with Reece Young gaining 5th in a strong field
and Alex Nwenwu setting a seasons best of 15.28 in coming second in the B
string.
We have scored a lot of points in the steeplechase
this year but the standard on Saturday was the best of the season with two
athletes under 9 minutes. Richard Webb, who took a tumble at a water jump,
and Dan Kennedy, nevertheless, picked up some good points.
I referred to our strength in depth in sprints
recently and we needed it on Saturday. With a few injuries we were a little
stretched so it was reassuring to have the services of Camron Lyttle, Duayne
Bovell and Shamar Thomas Campbell. All three plus Alex Nwenwu helped us to
fourth in the 4x100, having picked up valuable points in their individual
events.
Camron timed a useful 10.74 in the 100. Duayne was not
supposed to run because of an abductor injury but risked making it worse by
turning out. He pulled off a great third place in the B string and was under
11 seconds. Shamar ran a personal best in the 200 despite a troublesome
groin niggle, and Adam Herring was there to run the B string before helping
the 4x400 squad of himself Jordan Layne, Joe Rogers and Joe Fuggle to 4th
place in the 4x400. Jordan has been troubled with injury recently and Joe
Rogers had to visit the medical team after his individual race. The 400s
were tough with everyone down on their bests.
Thanks to Jane Bradshaw for her healing hands and her
transport service and thanks to all the supporters who came along - many
parents, coaches, current athletes Will Ruiz and Tom Desborough, and Past
President Chris Haines, who competed in the first ever British League match
in 1969. Thanks also to those who sent good luck messages and those who
chased for the latest scores and results. That support only helps everyone
involved.
Next year the League will be celebrating 50 years of
existence as our Club celebrates 150. It would be fitting if we could
celebrate both by competing in the Premier Division. A good result in the
last match, which won’t be easy, and we will be back in that top division
for the first time since 2001. Let’s do it!
Pat Calnan
Team Manager
Joss Barber receiving the steeplechase challenge goblet
from PP Pat Calnan at the BAL match at Bedford on 7 July 2018
Photo from Chris Haines
Photos from Rod Harrington
5 May 2018 - British
League - Eton
President Paul Byfield presenting the steeplechase goblet
to Charlie Davies with Dan Kennedy, who won the B race - photo from Chris
Haines
Photos from Rod Harrington
Scott Huggins clearing 5m at British
Athletics league match at Eton, 5th May. Team finished 2nd, full results to
follow.
