Southern Men's League Division 1 – Round 3 - Newham 26th June 2004

Havering Mayesbrook’s senior competed in a “top of the table” match at Newham on Saturday. The match included top Club Southend, hosts & 4^th placed  Newham & Essex Beagles, 5^th team Enfield, with 10^th placed Bournemouth completing the line up. As expected  it proved to be an exciting, and tough match, with the points very close throughout the afternoon.

As usual Multi-eventers Mark Bishop and Leo Barker were the major point scorers, with Bishop grabbing second place in the Pole Vault and “B” Discus as well as competing in the 110m Hurdles, Triple Jump & High Jump. Leo scored well in the Javelin, Shot, Discus and Long Jump as well as a leg of the sprint relay.

Matt Russell was the star of the day, recording the only “A” string wins in the 100m – 10.8 and a very good 21.6 in the 200m, he was also part of the sprint relay team.

Hurdler Kevin Benton was well placed in the one lap event but stumbled on the final hurdle and lost all chance in the race, but undaunted, returned to the track to grab 2^nd spot in the 110m Hurdles.

The Middle distance squad amassed good points. Gavin Maley making a last ditch effort to grab 2^nd spot in the 800m, Martin Heys going one better in the “B” race with a heroic last lap, he managed to reel in the long time leader a grab a win in the last few strides. 1500m men Chris Coates and Rory Geraghty came 3^rd and 2^nd in the races and 5000m runners, Trevor Keys and Matt Bland improved on that to record a 2^nd and 1^st place. Steeplechasers Jason Lendon (2^nd) and “B” string winner Rob Warner increased the track tally.

On the field Hammer throwers Kevin Deacon and Danny Gamester continue to grab the points, Danny won the “B” event  while Kevin placed 2^nd behind the 1994 Commonwealth medallist Paul Head – who also coaches both Havering Athletes. Sam Harrison won the “B” javelin and veteran Stuart Tufton won the “B” Pole Vault.

But despite the teams best efforts Southend and host Club Newham proved just too strong on day and Havering came in third in a tightly fought contest.

Despite the set back the Club has retained second spot in the league table and can remain optimistic of finishing high enough to earn a place in the end of Season play-off match.

So it’s on to Woking on the 10^th of the month looking to get back to winning ways, to keep up the challenge.

	A STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist			B STRINGS	Pos.	Time/Dist
100	Matt Russell	1	10.8		100	Phil Sadler	5	11.7
200	Matt Russell	1	21.6	PB	200	Phil Sadler	4	23.7
400	Gavin Maley	4	61.6		400	Martin Heys	4	58.8
800	Gavin Maley	2	2:02.0		800	Martin Heys	1	1:59.2
1500	Chris Coates	3	4:15.8		1500	Ruaidhri Geraghty	2	4:17.6
5000	Trevor Keys	2	15:53.8		5000	Matt Bland	1	16:01.1
3000 s/c	Jason Lendon	2	10:15.8		3000 s/c	Rob Warner	1	10:23.1
110H	Mark Bishop	4	18.2		110H	Kevin Benton	2	17.6
400H	Kevin Benton	5	70.7		400H	Rob Warner	5	70.5
L.J.	Leo Barker	4	6.43		L.J.	Stuart Wells	3	6.00
H.J.	Mark Bishop	4	1.80		H.J.	Mark Connelly	3	1.75
T.J.	Stuart Wells	5	11:06		T.J.	Mark Bishop	5	10.76
P.V.	Mark Bishop	2	3.80		P.V.	Stuart Tufton	1	3.40
S.P.	Leo Barker	4	11.55		S.P.	Danny Gamester	4	9.97
D.T.	Leo Barker	5	37.10		D.T.	Mark Bishop	2	32.99
J.T.	Leo Barker	3	49.08		J.T	Sam Harrison	1	46.78
H.T.	Kevin Deacon	2	46.31		H.T.	Danny Gamester	1	45.14
4x100	Matt Russell, Phil Sadler, Stuart Wells, Leo Barker,						3	45.5
4x400	Rob Dickenson (56.4), Martin Heys (52.4), Ruaidhri Geraghty (54.5), Gavin Maley (58.40)						5	3:41.7