Last updated 29 September 2001
McDONALDS
YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE -1 SEPTEMBER 2001
AUXILIARY FINAL AT ALEXANDER STADIUM, BIRMINGHAM
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| Brothers Amir and Alistair
Tawanaee picked up a hat full of medals in the under 15's |
Danny Brewer picked up a
Bronze in the under 13's 1500m |
Karim Chester went on to
take one Gold and two Silvers in the throws. |
Tom Robinson Pole Vault
& 400 Hurdles medallist |
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U13 |
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U15 |
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U17 |
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| 100m
A |
6 |
A
Sims |
13.95 |
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5 |
D
Prince |
12.18 |
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1 |
F
Collymore |
11.36 |
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| B |
3 |
Joe
Mercer |
13.55 |
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4 |
R
Shrimpton |
12.34 |
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1 |
D
Bovell |
11.39 |
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| 200m
A |
5 |
Joe
Mercer |
28.09 |
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5 |
D
Parsons |
25.37 |
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2 |
F
Collymore |
23.22 |
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| B |
4 |
James
Mercer |
29.39 |
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4 |
R
Shrimpton |
25.48 |
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1 |
O
Bamgboye |
22.96 |
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| 400m
A |
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5 |
C
Perrin |
58.26 |
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1 |
I
Allerton |
51.82 |
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| B |
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7 |
R
Reed |
61.8 |
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5 |
D
Griffin |
54.87 |
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| 800m
A |
3 |
D
Casey |
2.27.85 |
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6 |
D
Fenlon |
2.17.82 |
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6 |
D
Ryan |
2.04.56 |
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| B |
6 |
R
D’Angelo |
2.47.99 |
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4 |
J
Fuller |
2.17.22 |
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7 |
C
Daniel |
2.10.98 |
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| 1500m
A |
3 |
D
Brewer |
4.55.82 |
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8 |
J
Poole |
4.59.01 |
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4 |
D
Snow |
4.27.56 |
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| B |
6 |
T
Doig |
5.27.95 |
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7 |
T
Beech |
5.35.78 |
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4 |
J
Sweeney |
4.37.02 |
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| 3000m
A |
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5 |
B
Steiger |
10.32.9 |
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3 |
R
Perkins |
9.35.57 |
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| B |
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7 |
S
Leach |
12.34.4 |
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4 |
M
Leal |
10.56.7 |
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| 1500s/c
A |
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7 |
D
Snow |
5.15.58 |
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| B |
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6 |
P
Moreton |
6.26.11 |
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| 80mH/
A |
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5 |
R
Cussens |
13.29 |
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2 |
A
Johnson |
13.97 |
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| 100mH
B |
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4 |
P
Brown |
13.1 |
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2 |
S
Brockwell |
15.24 |
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| 400m
H A |
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2 |
T
Robinson |
59.22 |
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| B |
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1 |
S
Brockwell |
61.68 |
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| High
J A |
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8 |
J
Williams |
1.4 |
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5 |
W
Edet |
1.75 |
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| B |
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6 |
D
Lennon |
1.4 |
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2 |
G
Rulens |
1.75 |
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| Pole
V A |
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4 |
A
Berry |
2.05 |
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2 |
T
Robinson |
3.7 |
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| B |
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C
Place |
nh |
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3 |
A
Pope |
2.2 |
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| Long
J A |
6 |
A
Al-Ameen |
4.18 |
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5 |
D
Prince |
5.03 |
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3 |
Q
Belgrave |
6.16 |
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| B |
4 |
James
Mercer |
3.95 |
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3 |
D
McKeown |
4.81 |
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5 |
KWalker-John |
5.06 |
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| Triple
J A |
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4 |
Q
Belgrave |
12.16 |
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| B |
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3 |
KWalker-John |
11.63 |
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| Shot
A |
3 |
A
Al-Ameen |
9.56 |
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4 |
S
Harvey |
10.32 |
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2 |
K
Chester |
12.79 |
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| B |
6 |
R
Al-Ameen |
6.63 |
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4 |
G
North |
9.74 |
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1 |
R
Shelley |
12.48 |
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| Hammer
A |
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3 |
Al
Tawanaee |
30.12 |
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1 |
K
Chester |
53.26 |
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| B |
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1 |
Am
Tawanaee |
28.09 |
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1 |
P
Barrett |
37.43 |
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| Discus
A |
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2 |
Am
Tawanaee |
32.65 |
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2 |
K
Chester |
38.43 |
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| B |
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2 |
Al
Tawanaee |
25.82 |
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1 |
P
Shelley |
34.91 |
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| Javelin
A |
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3 |
S
Harvey |
39.85 |
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5 |
R
Shelley |
42.54 |
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| B |
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C
Place |
nm |
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2 |
A
Pope |
41.39 |
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| 4
x 100 |
6 |
S
Huggins |
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4 |
J
Williams |
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1 |
Q
Belgrave |
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| Relay |
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James
Mercer |
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D
Parsons |
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D
Bovell |
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A
Al-Ameen |
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R
Shrimpton |
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O
Bamgboye |
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Joe
Mercer |
55.4 |
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D
Prince |
48.42 |
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F
Collymore |
45.2 |
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| 4
x 400 |
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6 |
J
Fuller |
60.8 |
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1 |
F
Collymore |
53.8 |
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| Relay |
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R
Reed |
61.9 |
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C
Daniel |
55 |
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D
Fenlon |
60.5 |
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D
Griffin |
54.4 |
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C
Perrin |
58.1 |
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I
Allerton |
51.3 |
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4.01.3 |
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3.34.41 |
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pb's in bold
Team
Result
| 1 |
Cannock
& Staff |
419 |
| 2 |
Croydon |
406 |
| 3 |
Mandale |
401 |
| 4 |
Blackheath |
397.5 |
| 5 |
Wirral |
325 |
| 6 |
Halesowen |
286 |
| 7 |
Lagan Valley |
273 |
| 8 |
Giffnock
North |
267.5 |
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U13 |
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U15 |
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U17 |
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| 1 |
Wirral |
74 |
1 |
Cannock |
180 |
1 |
Blackheath |
220.5 |
| 2 |
Halesowen |
71 |
2 |
Croydon |
147 |
2 |
Mandale |
202 |
| 3 |
Croydon |
68 |
3 |
Halesowen |
140 |
3 |
Croydon |
191 |
| 4 |
Mandale |
61 |
4 |
Mandale |
138 |
4 |
Cannock |
182 |
| 5 |
Cannock |
57 |
5 |
Lagan Valley |
137 |
5 |
Wirral |
171 |
| 6 |
Blackheath |
56 |
6 |
Blackheath |
121 |
6 |
Giffnock N |
121.5 |
| 7 |
Lagan Valley |
42 |
7 |
Giffnock N |
107 |
7 |
Lagan Valley |
94 |
| 8 |
Giffnock N |
39 |
8 |
Wirral |
80 |
8 |
Halesowen |
75 |
A magnificent display by the U17’s kept Blackheath
Harriers in contention throughout the day at the McDonald’s Young Athletes
League Auxiliary Final at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Eventual winners
Cannock, Croydon and Blackheath continually swapped places at the top of the
league on a thrilling day before we eventually succumbed and finished in a
disappointing 4th place overall, but only 8.5 points behind 2nd place. It was a
day of ‘what might have been’ had Alex Sims (U13) not been injured in the
first sprint race and a few of the missing athletes had been available. 56
athletes competed on the day and of the 24 U17’s performing, 18 of them
collected at least one medal. Tom Robinson and Stephen Brockwell got the day off
to a fine start in the 400m hurdles. Both were returning from injuries and were
apprehensive with their lack of training. Tom finished 2nd in the A race in a
respectable time of 59.22s and Stephen won the B race.
From that point the U17’s did not look back and went on
to win their match convincingly by 18.5 points. Karim Chester finished the day
with one gold (hammer) and 2 silver medals (discus & shot). His team mate
Paul Barrett achieved gold in the B string competition also finishing the season
undefeated.
Fabian Collymore achieved 3 gold (100m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
and 1 silver medal (200m). There were 2 golds each for Dwayne Bovell (100m B,
4x100m) and Sanjo Bamgboye (200m B, 4x100m) who despite dropping the baton
caught it on the bounce and we still won the race! Quincy Belgrave got the relay
team off to a flying start and picked up a bronze medal in the long jump. Andrew
Johnson (13.97s pb) and Stephen Brockwell gained silver in the 100m hurdles
races.
The Shelley brothers Robin and Philip both went home with
gold medals and pb’s of 12.48m and 34.91m in the B shot and B discus
respectively. Alex Pope achieved a bronze medal in the B pole vault and a silver
in the B javelin competition with a new pb of 41.39m. Ray Perkins ran an
excellent 3000m race, not afraid to set the pace early on and received a well
deserved bronze medal with a pb of 9m 35.57s. Khori Walker-John picked up a
bronze medal in the B string triple jump.
Ian Allerton collected 2 gold medals in the individual
400m race and anchored the team of Collymore, Chris Daniel and David Griffin to
victory in the 4x400m relay.
Tom Robinson competing against the English Schools
Champion was happy to settle for silver in the pole vault with a vault of 3.70m
which equalled the U17 Club record.
The unluckiest athlete of the day was Will Edet who
despite high jumping 1.75m (a pb by 10 cm) ended up as the A jumper on
count-back in 5th place while Guillaume Rulens picked up the B silver medal at
the same height.
Reserve Peter Moreton was quite literally thrown in the
deep end by being told he was running in the 1500m steeplechase some 30 seconds
before the scheduled start of the race. A last minute injury meant the place in
the race had changed hands 3 times on the day. Having just eaten, not warmed up
and with no time to put on his spikes, Peter did us proud and picked up another
3 vital points in a time only just outside his pb.
A special thanks to Dan Snow who as Team Captain not only
represented us during the presentation and awards ceremonies but also organised
all the middle distance runners. Dan was competing in his 5th Birmingham Final
and his commitment to the team was once again demonstrated by volunteering for
the 1500m steeplechase only 45 minutes after competing in the 1500m.
Stars of the U15 team were the Tawanaee brothers who both
picked up silver medals in the discus. (Amir set a new pb). In the hammer
competition Alistair, with a new pb of 30.12m out-threw his older brother and
had to settle for the A string bronze while Amir picked up gold in the B string.
Stuart Harvey threw his javelin into the bronze medal position and Daniel
McKeown also achieved a bronze in the B long jump. In the U13’s there were
bronze medals for Joe Mercer (100m B), Daniel Casey (800m), Danny Brewer (1500m
in 4m 55.82s pb) and Alex Al-Ameen ( shot 9.56m pb). All athletes contributed to
the team performance whatever their position and the travelling reserves have
all played an important part during the season.
Thanks to Jake Aust for his help, Val Place for her
physiotherapy and Michelle Bovell and Linda Robinson for help on the coach and
at the hotel.
This was my final match as team manager, having looked
after the team for 3 years. It has been a privilege to organise such a talented
and enthusiastic team. Thanks to all the athletes for their efforts and
commitment over the years. Here’s hoping you all continue to enjoy your
athletics and achieve the success you deserve.
Fran Robinson
Team Manager Fran Robinson
received the 4th place Trophy.
