A Sterling Performance by our Seniors at Harrow.

Despite some outstanding performances in the Southern League fixture at Harrow we had to be content with third place for the opposition, apart from the hosts third in the table, also included Windsor, Slough and Eton chasing the title in second place.

Result: 1st WSE 294, 2nd Harrow 273, 3rd Chelmsford 269, 4th Woking 243, 5th Epsom 151 and 6th Southampton 109.

No fewer than eleven personal bests with James Becker leading the way here winning the 100m in 10.69s and then the 200m with 21.96s. These events provided very good points for in the shorter event Clark Viernes came up with a best of 11.19s for second place whilst then running 23.43s for another pb over 200m.  In between these events James had achieved a pb with 52.55s over the 400m. At 800 metres Finn Rattray dipped under the two minutes for a pb of 1m 59.45s for third place going on to win the 3000m in 9m 07.43s. No pb`s for Joe Abbott but most valuable points as he contested the 800m, 3000m and also the steeplechase. There were maximum points from the 1500m with Harry Wright taking the `A` string in 3m 59.69s and Thomas Woodward the `B` in 4m 04.50s. Over the hurdles Bradley Reed placed second in the 110m event with support coming from Luke Keteleers. Apart from these track events Luke was picking up points in the long jump, pole vault, shot putt and discus. What a great asset he has been over the years. In the field events there was a win for Seb Clatworthy, making his first appearance in the UK for 13 months due to studies in the USA, clearing 2.08m. Other events of note - Clark Viernes recorded a pb in the long jump to go along his sprints whilst Kevin Wilson won the discus with 42.87m and also contesting the high jump and javelin. In the field there were consistent performances by Yasha Bobash, Noah Wooding and Zak Williams.

To the women`s events and two first placing`s for Charlotte Graham, in the hammer with 42.70m and the discus where her 39.58m was a pb. In the later event Meagan Hopkins won the second string, having a third spot in the shot putt. Under 17-year Matilda Hewitt won the `B`string in this event and placed third in the javelin with another U17 year Maddison Poulter placing first in the `B`. Indeed, it was pleasing to see support from our youngsters in the field and on the track. Over at the long jump Grace Tremelling placed second in the long jump with Amy Pugsley taking the `B`string. Both also featured in the triple jump with Amy also contesting the high jump. Meanwhile on the track Sienna Shipton took second place in the 800m with a season`s best of 2m 18.46s with Emma Cox taking a third place. Lucy Nuttall finished runner up over 1500m Jessica Walker taking the honours of the `B` string, Sophie McCall ran a pb of 11m 11.39s in the 3000m with Molly Drane another of our younger members finishing third in the `B` result.  After her return from the States Lily Parris made it two wins out of two having success in the 400m hurdles.

The league table after this third meeting shows T V H favourites to retain the title form Windsor with Harrow clear in third place on 14 points. Then six clubs line up on eleven points - only match points parting them, Chelmsford 802, Norwich 801, Wycombe 789, Woking 787, London Heathside 772 and Brighton 767.  With the final fixture on 3rd August at NORWICH not only the home team but Harrow and London Heathside with Ipswich on 10 points (770) and Havering 9 points (732). Looks to be a real keen contest for that fourth-place finish in the table. Results this term do really show the importance of filling those gaps which keep showing in our performances.

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft