SOUTHERN LEAGUE BETTER AT SUTTON

Men's Southern League Division 3, Sutton Arena 23 June 2001

In heatwave conditions at the Sutton Arena on Saturday, Havering Mayesbrook AC’s Men’s Southern League team put up an improved display to ease their relegation worries. With a stronger squad available, the team finished second behind a strong North Devon team but ahead of Stevenage, Milton Keynes and Sutton.

It could possibly have been even better. Hamstring injuries to both Matthew Kelsey and Andy Green in the 100m resulted inevitably in a weakened sprint squad for the 200m and relay.

On the track, Kelsey’s injury occurred in the final few metres and he held on for an excellent win for this recruit from the U17 team. In the 110m Hurdles, Kevin Benton took the honours and he also finished second in the 400m Hurdles. Kristian Hale was runner up in the ‘B’ sprint Hurdles and also in the 400m.

Perhaps the highlight on the track for the Havering Mayesbrook team was Rob Warner’s success in the 3000m steeplechase in a new personal best time. He had earlier finished second in the ‘B’ 400m Hurdles.

In the field, Kevin and Stuart Tufton returned to take the ‘A’ and  ‘B’ Pole Vault respectively. Andrew Tierney from the Junior Men’s squad, had a good day achieving three new personal bests in the Hammer (‘B’ 2^nd), Javelin (‘A’ 4^th) and Shot (‘B’ 1^st). For good measure, he also competed in the High Jump and Triple Jump.

Daniel Gamester was a welcome addition to the team and he took second place in the ‘A’ Hammer as did Jon Hart in the ‘B’ Long Jump. Veteran Kevin White won the ‘B’ Discus with a new personal best throw of 31.29m.

The next Southern League meeting for the men is on Saturday, July 7^th at Walton where Team Manager Peter Estcourt will be hoping for a similar display.

Final result:

  HAVERING MAYESBROOK RESULTS

 Saturday, 23 June 2001 Norwich

	A STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist			B STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist
100	Matt Kelsey	1	11.5		100	Andy Green	DNF	---
200	Mark Gardiner	3	25.1		200	Kevin Benton	4	26.0
400	Kristian Hale	2	52.7		400	Jon Hart	4	55.6
800	Russ Middleton	5	2:12.6		800	Pat Gahagan	3	2:12.2
1500	Jason Lendon	1	4:13.2		1500	Gary Howard	5	5:01.1
5000	Gary Howard	3	17:38.7		5000	Danny Gearing	2	18:41.4
3000 s/c	Rob Warner	1	10:43.8	PB	3000 s/c	--
110H	Kevin Benton	1	17.0		110H	Kristian Hale	1	21.8
400H	Kevin Benton	2	58.2		400H	Rob Warner	2	68.2
L.J.	Mark Gardiner	3	5.85		L.J.	Jon Hart	2	4.93
H.J.	Mark Connelly	3	1.70		H.J.	Andy Tierney	3	1.40
T.J.	Andy Tierney	5	10.49		T.J.	Robert Warner	4	10.49
P.V.	Kevin Tufton	1	3.65		P.V.	Stuart Tufton	1	3.20
S.P.	Joe Naughton	3	13.12		S.P.	Andy Tierney	1	9.33 (PB)
D.T.	Joe Naughton	3	34.72		DT	Kevin White	1	31.29 (PB)
J.T.	Andy Tierney	4	35.32	PB	J.T	Kevin White	3	22.80
H.T.	Daniel Gamester	2	45.62		H.T.	Andy Tierney	2	24.64 (PB)
4x100	Jon Hart				4x400		3	3:34.8
	Kristian Hale
	Kevin Benton
	Mark Gardiner	3	46.9

League positions after three matches: 1 Walton 14 (386.5); 2 Metropolitan Police 13.5 (392.5); 3 Cambridge & Coleridge 13 (391); 4 London Heathside 13 (381); 5 Oxford City 13 (374); 6 Diss & District 12 (364); 7 North Devon 11.5 (368); 8 Great Yarmouth 11.5 (352.5); 9 Bedford & County 11 (334); 10 Wessex & Bath 10.5 (353); 11 Vale of Aylesbury 10.5 (337.5); 12 Huntingdonshire 9 (335); 13 Milton Keynes 9 (328); 14 Hercules Wimbledon 9 (315); 15 Thurrock 8 (343); 16 Harrow 8 (317); 17 Stevenage & North Herts 8 (301); 18 E Grinstead 7 (305);19 Havering Mayesbrook 7 (280); 20 Tonbridge 6 (301); 21 Newbury 6 (244); 22 Brighton & Hove 5.5 (197); 23 Windsor, Slough. Eton & Hounslow 3 (199); 24 Sutton & District 3 (130); 25 London Irish 3 (120)