British Athletics League Division 4 – Round 2 – Blackpool 2nd June 2001

Havering Mayesbrook’s British League team made the long trip to Blackpool with only 12 fit athletes. Injury and illness deprived them of at least 9 athletes.

Whilst competing against teams with twice as many athletes was always going to be difficult Havering only missed out on scoring points in 3 events. Although placed last in the match they remain in 6th place in the league, levele on points with Morpeth and Telford. There were a number of personal and season’s best performances posted on a day where everybody had a heavy workload. 

Mark Bishop typified team spirit by taking on 7 events, and although not in full training any more, he still managed to score over 50 points for the team, He recorded 1 of the 2 Havering wins of the match, taking the “B” string Javelin with a throw of 47.23m. The other “B” string winner was Simon Kilminster, returning to form and throwing the Hammer 42.33m.

Mark wasn’t the only one with a busy day. Shaun Stewart making his League debut did 6 events, finishing 7th in the long jump and 6th in the High Jump, before competing in the 100m – 3rd in 11.2 and the 200m – 4th in 26.2 Shaun’s day was completed with the 2 relays.

Scott Spencer and Phil Tierney had completed 3 events each before the 2 relays. Gavin Maley ran a Season’s best of 1:53.5 in the 800m, placed 7th in the 1500m and competed in both relays. Javelin thrower Sam Harrison added the unlikely events of Triple Jump and 400m Hurdles to his specialist event to add to the points tally. Decathlete Leo Barker is still short of fitness after a long injury but still managed 3 events gaining a valuable 18 points.

Hammer thrower Keith Robinson placed 4th in the “A” string. Rob Dickenson ran a PB in the 5000m of 16:14.3 with Graham Pritchard and Matt Bland completing the middle distance events for the day.

It’s hoped that the majority of the missing athletes will be able to make the trip to Jarrow on 7th July for the next round, a match that could be very important to Havering’s hope in staying in National League athletics.

Match result

Pos. Team Points
1. Luton United 326 pts
2. Blackpool & Fylde 309 pts
3. Crawley  307 pts
4. Swindon 300 pts
5. Rugby 272 pts
6. Telford 237 pts
7. Morpeth 227 pts
8. Havering Mayesbrook AC 207 pts

Standings after two matches

Pos. Team
1. Luton United 15 match pts 666 event pts
2. Crawley  14 match pts 676 event pts
3. Blackpool & Fylde 12 match pts 588 event pts
4. Swindon 11 match pts 601 event pts
5. Rugby 8 match pts 521 event pts
6. Havering Mayesbrook AC 4 match pts 449 event  pts
7. Morpeth 4 match pts 440 event pts
8. Telford 4 match pts 383 event pts

 

A STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist   B STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist
100 Shaun Stewart 3 11.2   100 Scott Spencer 7 11.7
200 Shaun Stewart 4 22.6   200 Scott Spencer 2 22.6
400 Scott Spencer 5 51.6   400 Phil Tierney 6 54.2
800 Gavin Maley 4 1:53.3   800 Graham Pritchard 8 2:12.0
1500 Gavin Maley 7 4:06.6   1500 Graham Pritchard 8 4:29.7
5000 Rob Dickenson 8 16:14.3   5000 Matt Bland 5 16:51.9
3000 s/c ----   3000 s/c -----
110H Mark Bishop 7 17.2 110H Leo Barker 6 18.7
400H Mark Bishop 6 59.9   400H Sam Harrison 8 96.8
L.J. Shaun Stewart 7 5.93 L.J. Phil Tierney 8 4.55
H.J. Shaun Stewart 6 1.75 H.J. Mark Bishop 4 1.70
T.J. Phil Tierney 8 10.21 T.J. Sam Harrison 8 8.39
P.V. Mark Bishop 5 3.40 P.V. -----
S.P. Leo Barker 4 11.52 S.P. Mark Bishop 3 11.17
D.T. Leo Barker 7 33.97 D.T. Mark Bishop 3 32.97
J.T. Sam Harrison 4 47.54   J.T Mark Bishop 1 47.23
H.T. Keith Robinson 4 45.20   H.T. Simon Kilminster 1 42.33
4x100 Shaun Stewart 4x400 Phil Tierney
Gavin Maley Gavin Maley
Phil Tierney Shaun Stewart
Scott Spencer 8 45.6   Scott Spencer 3 3:28.4
   

 

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