Last updated 10 September 2002
NATIONAL JUNIOR ATHLETICS LEAGUE FINAL -
DERBY 8 SEPTEMBER 2002
It was an exhilarating day at the National Junior
Athletics League Final in Derby on Sunday 8 September 2002 where the best
athletic talent in the country was on display. We are accustomed to giving
ground to the likes of Enfield & Haringey, Shaftesbury Barnet and Harrow in
the Southern Premier Division but when you include Sale, Birchfield, Notts and
Liverpool in the opposition we knew we were on a hiding to nothing and
Blackheath duly completed the day in 8th place.
We can console ourselves with the knowledge that we
qualified for these finals and with 90% of the team available again next year we
can return stronger and give a better account of ourselves.
Team spirit was as high as ever with Michael Leal
volunteering to fill the vacancy in the 2000m steeplechase, having already
completed a 3000m race, and on a day when the points score was really
irrelevant.
Medal opportunities were always going to be rare but we
did finish the day with 6 medals. Terry Hawkey ran an inspirational 1500m race
from the front but had to settle for 3rd place in a time of 4m 02.42s only being
overtaken in the last 20 metres.
Tom Robinson picked up a bronze medal with his opening
vault just after 5 o'clock, in a pole vault competition that had started at
2.30pm.
The 4 x 100m relay team of Neil Simpson, Duayne Bovell,
Sanjo Bamgboye and Fabian Collymore had just run a seasons best of 42.66s
finishing in 3rd place.
Duayne had already got us off to a great start with a gold
medal in the 100m B race in 11.1s.
The unexpected star of the day was Will Edet who returned
with a pair of bronze medals and personal best performances of 1.80m in the high
jump and 16.47s in the 110m hurdles.
There were other good personal best performances on the
day. Guillaume Rulens high jumped 1.90m, Amir Williamson threw the hammer
39.47m, Quincy Belgrave triple jumped 12.73m and Alex Pope threw the javelin
40.77m.
Karim Chester, whose points total this season was a major
contribution to our qualification for the Final, completed the day with an award
for finishing in 7th place in the Athletics Weekly Grand Prix competition.
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A
String
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B
String
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100m
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6
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F
Collymore
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11.15s
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1
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D Bovell
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11.1s
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200m
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7
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N
Simpson
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22.32s
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5
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D
Bovell
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22.67s
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400m
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7
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I
Allerton
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51.89s
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7
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D
Griffin
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53.41s
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800m
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7
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D
Ryan
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2.01.89
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7
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MRichardson
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2.05.72
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1500m
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3
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T Hawkey
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4.02.42
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4
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D
Snow
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4.20.58
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3000m
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7
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R
Perkins
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9.36.79
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7
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M
Leal
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10.37.88
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2000m
SC
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8
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M
Leal
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8.07.17
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8
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P
Moreton
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8.50.64
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110m
H
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8
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A
Johnson
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17.06s
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3
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W Edet
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16.47s
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400m
H
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6
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A
Johnson
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60.40s
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7
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C
Daniel
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65.37s
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Long
Jump
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8
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E
Telfer
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5.94m
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Q
Belgrave
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nj
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Pole
Vault
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3
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T Robinson
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3.60m
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A
Pope
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nh
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High
Jump
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6
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G
Rulens
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1.90m
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3
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W Edet
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1.80m
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TripleJump
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6
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S
Bamgboye
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12.77m
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4
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Q
Belgrave
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12.73m
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Shot
Putt
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6
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K
Chester
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12.14m
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7
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T
Walther-S
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10.28m
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Hammer
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7
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AWilliamson
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39.47m
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K
Chester
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nm
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Discus
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8
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K
Chester
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35.82m
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5
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A
Pope
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32.04m
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Javelin
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8
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A
Pope
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40.77m
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8
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AWilliamson
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30.32m
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4
x 100m
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3
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N Simpson
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4x400m
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7
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C
Daniel
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54.2s
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D Bovell
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N
Simpson
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50.9s
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S Bamgboye
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D
Griffin
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53.4s
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F Collymore
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42.66s
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I
Allerton
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51.7s
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