Essex
Championships 12-13 May 2001 Southend
Golden Weekend at Southend
In sizzling and often breezy conditions, Havering Mayesbrook AC's athletes
piled up the medals on Days 2 and 3 of the Essex County
Championships at Southend last Saturday and Sunday.
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Over the two days HMAC athletes mounted the rostrum to received 50 medals, 15
of them gold, a massive improvement over last year's 35 medal haul. With 14 medals
gained on the first day the previous week the total rose to an enormous 64.
Double gold honours went to Laurie Cossey (Senior Women - 400m & 800m),
Kate Brewington (Senior Long Jump & High Jump) and Terry O'Leary (Under 15
Boys' Javelin & Shot). Brewington and O'Leary both added bronze medals in
shot and 400m respectively, and Brewington also added a 100m hurdles silver.
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Laurie Cossey (left) - Double gold at
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| Sara Luck (pictured right) combined U15 Girls' 800m gold with High Jump Silver, behind
victorious club mate Katie O'Sullivan, while Sarah Deacon also added a Junior
Women's discus silver to her Hammer gold.
Another gold-silver haul came from
Faye Fullerton who won the 1500m on Saturday, but had to settle for runners up
in the 800m on Sunday.
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The hurdles events brought 9 medals including an unbeatable gold-silver and
bronze from training partners Danielle Ross, Nicola Schofield and Caroline Smith
in the U15 Girls 75m hurdles, in which HMAC contributed five of the eight
finalists while in the U17 80m hurdles event Claire Sargent came from behind to
snatch gold.
The Championships provided an excellent showcase for the club's talented
members to show their increasing strength across all aspects of track and
field.
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Danielle Ross. Nicola Schofield &
Caroline Smith:
75m Hurdles - Gold-silver-bronze. |
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Golds (15): SW Kate Brewington - Long
Jump & High Jump, Laurie Cossey - 400m & 800m; Irene Bateman 3 km
walk; JW:
Faye Fullerton - 1500m; Sarah Deacon - Hammer; U17W Claire Sargent - 80m hurdles;
U15G: Sara Luck 800m; Danielle Ross - 75m hurdles; Katie O'Sullivan -
High Jump; JM - Kevin Deacon -
Hammer; U17M - Steve Prady - High Jump. U15M -
Terry O'Leary - Javelin & Shot
Silver (16) : SW
Sara Sappinen - 400m hurdles; Corrina Keevil - Triple Jump; JW 200m -
Hannah Gamester; 800m Faye Fullerton; Melissa Felton - 400m hurdles; Sarah
Deacon - Discus (PB); Hayley Mottram - 400m; U17W : Laura
Jones - 100m; U15G: Nicola Schofield - 75m hurdles; Megan
Foley - 800m; High Jump - Sara Luck; U13G Lauren Clark - 800m; U15B
- Joe Golding - 800m; JM - Shaun Stewart - 100m
& 200m; SM Kevin Benton - 400m hurdles
Bronze
(20)
SW - Claire Brennan - 400m Hurdles; Corrina Keevil - Triple Jump; Kate
Brewington - Shot; JW - Hannah Gamester -
Long Jump & 100m; Lauren Deadman - 800m; Melissa Felton - discus; U17W
Nina Brennan - 300m Hurdles ; Emma Baglin - Pole Vault; U15G Caroline Smith - 75m hurdles;
Nicola Schofield - 100m; Christina Kalejaiye - Long Jump; U13G
- Helen McDonnell - 75m; SM - Ricky Brown - Triple Jump; U17M -
Peter Phillips - 400m Hurdles; Mark Connelly - High
Jump; Mark Gardiner - Long Jump; U15B - Terry O'Leary
- 400m; Danny Skelt - 800m; U13B Matthew Watkins - 800m Vet Men
- 1500m - Gary Howard
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Competition continues this weekend when both the Girls' and
Boys' under-17 teams are in action in their respective McDonald's
leagues. The newly girls travel to Crystal Palace for their first Premier League
Fixture whilst the boys face
strong opposition at Enfield. Meanwhile, on Saturday the Ladies Southern
League team are at Guildford, while on Sunday both Men's and Women's Senior
teams compete in first round of their respective cup competitions at Battersea
Park.
| Selected club results: see
below |
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Women/Girls
Under 13s
75m 3rd Helen McDonnell 10.6w sec (10.5w
heat); 8th Lucy Sargent 10.8w sec (10.4w ht)
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| Helen McDonnell |
Lucy Sargent |
800m 2nd Lauren Clark 2m 31.2 (pb)
secs; 4th Katie Richardson 2m 34.2 sec (pb)
Under 15s
100m
- 3rd Nicola Schofield 12.9 secs (12.8 heat); Other Finalists:
Christina Kalejaiye (13.0 heat); Sara
Luck
800m - 1st - Sara Luck 2m 17.3 secs; 2nd - Megan
Foley - 2m 20.1secs (pb); 5th - Caroline Smith - 2m 27.7 secs; 8th Vicky Smith 2m
33.9 sec (2m 31.9 sec -pb). In heat Carmel Munson 2m 32.0 - pb
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| 100m heat - Joanna Taylor,
Danielle Ross, Nicola Schofield |
Megan Foley - 800m heat |
Sara Luck - 800m heat |
U15
- 75m Hurdles: 1st
Danielle Ross 12.1sec (pb);
2nd Nicola Schofield 12.1sec (pb);
3rd Caroline Smith
12.3sec (pb); 7th
Katie O’Sullivan
12.7sec;
8th Chloe Van Wulven 12.8sec (pb)
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| 75m hurdles heat Danielle
Ross |
75m hurdles heat - Nicola
Schofield & Caroline Smith |
75m hurdles heat -
medallists |
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Shot
- 8th
Caroline Smith 8.50m
High
Jump - 1st - Katie O'Sullivan 1.53m (pictured);
2nd - Sara Luck 1.50m
Long
jump - 3rd - Christina Kalejaiye 4.52m; 7th Caroline Smith 4.30m; 8th Kirsty
Smith 4.23m
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Under 17s
100m - 2nd
Laura Jones 12.8sec
800m
- 4th Rosie Saunders 2m 24.1 sec
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80m
Hurdles - 1st
Clare Sargent 12.1sec (pb); 4th
Nina Brennan 12.9sec (= pb)
(both pictured right)
300m
Hurdles - 3rd Nina Brennan 49.8 secs
Pole
Vault - 3rd Emma Baglin 1.50m (pb)
Shot
- 8th Mel Harrison 8.68m |
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Clare Sargent
(centre) & Nina Brennan (left) |
Junior
Women / U20s
100m
3rd
Hannah Gamester 12.9sec ; 4th
Francesca Rigby 13.3
(pb)
200m
2nd
Hannah Gamester 26.8sec
400m
2nd
Hayley Mottram 61.4sec; ?5th Gemma Tyler 67.3 secs
800m
2nd Faye Fullerton 2m 11.8 sec 3rd Lauren Deadman 2m 14.9 sec (pb); 5th Lydia
Comley 2m 20.6 sec; 8th Helen Biscoe 2m 28.4 secs
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| Hayley Mottram - 400m
(right) |
Lauren Deadman - 1500m |
Melissa Felton |
1500m
1st
Faye Fullerton 4.29.8sec
; 4th Lauren Deadman 4.41.2sec; 8th
Helen Biscoe 5.04.3sec
400m
hurdles 2nd Melissa Felton 72.1 sec (pb)
Long
Jump 3rd Hannah Gamester 4.91m
; 4th
Fran Rigby 4.74m (pb)
Discus
2nd Sarah Deacon
32.65m ;
3rd Melissa Felton
27.58m
Hammer
1st Sarah Deacon
35.02m
Senior
Women / U20s
400m
1st
Laurie Cossey 59.2 sec; 4th
Ruth O’Sullivan
62.1sec
800m
1st
Laurie Cossey 2m 14.7 sec; 5th Lesley
Felton 2m
22.8sec
100m
Hurdles - 2nd Kate
Brewington 14.5sec
; 4th Claire Brennan
16.0sec
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| Laurie Cossey
- 400m |
Claire Brennan (right) -
100m Hurdles |
Sara Sappinen - 400m
Hurdles |
400m
Hurdles - 2nd Sara Sappinen
66.1 sec ; 3rd
Claire Brennan
72.5 sec (pb)
3km
walk - 1st Irene Bateman 17m 54.2 secs
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Long
Jump - 1st Kate Brewington
5.57m
; 3rd
Corrina Keevil
4.37m
High
Jump - 1st
Kate Brewington
1.60m
Triple
Jump - 2nd Corrina Keevil
(pictured - right)
Shot
3rd
Kate Brewington 8.83m
Javelin
5th
Kate Brewington 28.98m
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Men/Boys
Under 13s
100m
6th Matthew Watkins 14.9sec
800m
3rd Matthew Watkins 2m 32.7
sec
Under 15s
400m
3rd Terry O'Leary 57.7; 5th Andrew Luck 63.9 secs 6th Christian Newton 64.6 secs
800m
2nd
Joe Golding 2.10.9sec; 3rd
Danny Skelt 2.11.0sec
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| Joe Golding |
Danny Skelt
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Terry O'Leary |
Javelin
1st Terry O'Leary 42.71m (pb)
Shot
1st Terry O'Leary 12.25m (pb)
Under 17s
800m
- 5th Martin Heys 2.08.1sec; 8th
Peter Jones 2.12.3sec
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| Martin Heys |
Peter Jones
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Peter Phillips
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400m
hurdles - 3rd Peter Phillips 62.6 secs (61.1 secs heat - PB)
High
Jump 1st
Steven Prady 1.85m
; 3rd
Mark Connelly
1.70m
Long
Jump 2nd Steven Prady 6.19m; 3rd Mark Gardiner 6.13m
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| Steven Prady
- High Jump
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Steven Prady
- Long Jump
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Mark Gardiner
- Long Jump
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Junior
Men/u20
100m
2nd
Shaun Stewart 11.0sec
200m
2nd Shaun Stewart 6th
Adrian Lunan
Shot
5th
Andrew Tierney 10.67m (pb)
Discus
4th
Andrew Tierney 31.52m (pb)
Hammer
1st Kevin Deacon 39.84m
Senior
Men
Phil Sadler & Scott Spencer
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Phil Tierney (left) 400m heat
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200m
4th Phil Sadler
22.2 sec
400m
4th
Phil Sadler 50.7sec;
5th
Scott Spencer
50.8sec
800m
(heat) - Neil Collins - 2m 07.1 (pb) (see
photo right)
400m
Hurdles - 2nd Kevin Benton 58.8 secs
1500m
7th Rob Dickenson
5000m
6th Rob Dickenson 16.52.2sec
3000m
s/c 3rd Rob Warner 10m 44.7 secs
Javelin
5th Sam Harrison 46.64m
Triple
Jump 3rd Ricky Brown 13.77m
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Neil Collins |
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Veteran
Men
400m
4th Kevin
White 57.4
(photo
right)
1500m
3rd Gary Howard
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