BRETT HEATH STARS FOR SOUTHERN MEN AT WALTON

Men's Southern League Division 3, Walton-on-Thames 7 July 2001

Havering Mayesbrook AC’s Men’s Southern League team finished third behind Oxford and the home club in their match at Walton-on-Thames on Saturday. The result exceeded expectations and helped to ease relegation worries.

Of the team’s total of 101pts, 45 came from multi-eventers Brett Heath and Andrew Tierney. Heath won the Shot, Discus and Javelin with Tierney taking the ‘B’ Hammer and Shot events and finishing second in the Javelin with a new personal best performance. For good measure, Heath also won the ‘B’110m Hurdles and was the runner-up in the Long Jump and Hammer whilst Tierney gained additional points in the Triple Jump and Pole Vault.

Kevin Benton was another athlete making a significant contribution who followed up a season’s best when winning the 400m Hurdles with a second place in the sprint hurdles, a new personal best in the 200m and strong runs in both the 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays.

The team was strengthened by the inclusion of a number of athletes from the under-17 age group. Maximum points came in the High Jump with splendid wins in wet conditions for Steven Prady and Mark Connelly.

Bob Thanda, in his first outing for the men’s team, achieved a new personal best of 51.7secs when finishing second in the 400m and followed-up by taking part in both relays.

Every team member contributed valuable points including Rob Warner (400m Hurdles,  800m, 3000m Steeplechase and Triple Jump); Gary Howard (1500m and 5000m); Jon Hart (100m and 400m and both relays); Kevin White (100m, 800m and Discus); and Gary Norbury with a new personal best in the 1500m.

Final result:

  HAVERING MAYESBROOK RESULTS

 Saturday, 7 July 2001 Walton

	A STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist			B STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist
100	Jon Hart	5	12.5		100	Kevin White	5	14.0
200	Kevin Benton	4	24.8	PB	200	Mark Connelly	5	25.9
400	Bob Thanda	2	51.7	PB	400	Jon Hart	4	56.4
800	Rob Warner	5	2:13.4	PB	800	Kevin White	5	2:17.0
1500	Gary Norbury	5	4:45.6	PB	1500	Gary Howard	5	5:31.6
5000	Gary Howard	4	17:58.9		5000	---
3000 s/c	Rob Warner	3	10:45.2		3000 s/c	--
110H	Kevin Benton	2	16.5		110H	Brett Heath	1	17.4
400H	Kevin Benton	1	57.5		400H	Rob Warner	3	68.1
L.J.	Brett Heath	2	6.17		L.J.	Steve Prady	3	5.68
H.J.	Steve Prady	1	1.80		H.J.	Mark Connelly	1	1.70
T.J.	Andy Tierney	4	10.73		T.J.	Robert Warner	4	10.00
P.V.	Andy Tierney	5	1.40		P.V.	Kevin Benton	--	NH
S.P.	Brett Heath	1	12.78		S.P.	Andy Tierney	1	8.78
D.T.	Brett Heath	1	39.??		DT	Kevin White	2	28.??
J.T.	Brett Heath	1	41.80		J.T	Andy Tierney	2	35.32 (PB)
H.T.	Brett Heath	2	26.18	PB	H.T.	Andy Tierney	1	24.55
4x100	Jon Hart				4x400	Jon Hart (55.8)	4	3:43.4
	Mark Connelly					Mark Connelly (61.1)
	Kevin Benton					Kevin Benton (55.3)
	Bob Thanda	3	48.2			Bob Thanda (51.2)