Southern Men's League Division 1 – Round 2 – Ilford 22nd May 2004

Havering Mayesbrook’s senior men secured their second victory of the season at Ilford on Saturday.

A good all round team performance earned them victory by 12.5 points and maintained a 100% record.  Recording 12 wins, with maximum points in the Hammer and Long Jump, and 10 second places the Mayesbrook based team ran out comfortable winners.

Multi-eventers Mark Bishop and Leo Barker were the major point scorers, with Team Captain Mark Bishop grabbing second place finishes in the Pole Vault, Discus and 110m Hurdles. Leo returning to fitness won the Long Jump, “B” Javelin and was part of the victorious sprint quartet.

Sprinter Matt Russell continued his impressive early season form winning the 100m before being given second spot in the 200m with the same 21.7 time as the winner. He was well supported in the sprint by Andrew Bartlett, who secured 2^nd spot in both the 100m and 200m. Scott Spencer eased his way to victory in the 400m and Phil Tierney recorded his first victory over the 400m Hurdles when he held on for a “B” string win.

Middle distance winners included reigning Essex champion Trevor Keys in the 5000m and Chris Coates who won the “B” 1500m. Martin Heys dipped under 2 minutes in his first outing for the Division 1 team when he placed 3^rd in the 800m.

Hammer throwers Kevin Deacon and Danny Gamester recorded a win double and Stuart Wells continues his return to fitness with a victory in the “B” string Long Jump.

The most dramatic event of the day was Havering’s victory in the sprint relay. A great start by Stuart Wells gave a lead at the change over, but second leg runner Andrew Bartlett tweaked a hamstring after 50 metres but still managed to get the baton to Leo Barker on the third leg. Leo’s explosive run pulled Havering back to first place where anchor leg Matt Russell made no mistake in claiming what had seemed an unlikely victory.

The next match is at Newham, on June 26, where the Havering Mayesbrook athletes hope to continue their good start and take another step on their way back to national league athletics.

	A STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist			B STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist
100	Matt Russell	1	10.7		100	Andrew Bartlett	2	11.2
200	Matt Russell	2	21.7		200	Andrew Bartlett	2	22.8
400	Scott Spencer	1	51.6		400	Phil Tierney	3	56.8
800	Martin Heys	3	1:59.8		800	Rob Dickenson	4	2:05.7
1500	Matt Bland	4	4:22		1500	Chris Coates	1	4:22.0
5000	Trevor Keys	1	15:55.7		5000	Ryan Prout	3	17:19.2
3000 s/c	Jason Lendon	3	10:09		3000 s/c	Rob Warner	2	10:17
110H	Mark Bishop	2	16.1		110H	Kevin Benton	2	16.7
400H	Kevin Benton	3	60.3		400H	Phil Tierney	1	64.4
L.J.	Leo Barker	1	6.50		L.J.	Stuart Wells	1	6.15
H.J.	Mark Bishop	4	1.70		H.J.	Leo Barker	4=	1.20
T.J.	Mark Bishop	5	11:41		T.J.	Gavin Maley	4	11.29
P.V.	Mark Bishop	2	3.60		P.V.	Stuart Tufton	1	3.40
S.P.	Leo Barker	3	11.16		S.P.	Danny Gamester	2	9.95
D.T.	Leo Barker	2	34.04		D.T.	Mark Bishop	2	34.07
J.T.	Sam Harrison	3	47.47		J.T	Leo Barker	1	45.56
H.T.	Kevin Deacon	1	46.19		H.T.	Danny Gamester	1	45.20
4x100	Stuart Wells, Andrew Bartlett, Leo Barker, Matt Russell,						1	44.7
4x400	Scott Spencer (52.7), Matthew Bland (57.5), Martin Heys (52.7), Trevor Keys (57.5)						3	3:40.4