Southern Men's League Division 1 – Round 2 – Lee Valley 17th May 2008

Match Result
Position Club Total points League points
1  Havering Mayesbrook AC

136

5
2 Exeter

134

 4
3 Kent AC

   87

 3
4 Ipswich

    86

 2
5 Windsor, Slough E & H

  79

 1

 

A terrific all-round team effort saw the Southern Men's league team snatch victory from Exeter in the final two events at a damp Lee Valley on Saturday, even though the Devon club had led by 25 points at the halfway stage.

Track wins were provided courtesy of Luke Stott & Matt Russell's 200m double, Ian Anthony's 5000m B string victory and Anthony Williams' hurdles PB which won the B event. Williams notched another PB to win the Triple jump, and Joe Ramie added B string maximum points, after winning the B long jump.

Another javelin double from Bonne Buwembo and Georgie Bean helped to reduce Exeter's lead and the sprint relay quartet of Matt Russell, Scott Spencer, Joseph Ramie and Luke Stott closed the gap further still. 

With just two events remaining the HMAC squad were still six points behind and even after a double success from Grant Twist and Jason Lendon in the A & B 3000m steeple chase gave the club a one point lead a win in the final 4 x 400m relay was still needed to ensure outright victory.

The foursome of Joe Ramie (54.0), Mark Bishop (52.5), Scott Spencer (51.7) and anchor Luke Stott (49.2) did the club proud by coming home in front to ensure the first men's Division 1 victory for a number of years and keep the team on track for promotion.

.Full results

 

A STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist   B STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist
100 Luke Stott 4 11.4   100 Matt Russell 2 11.4
200 Luke Stott 1 22.1w   200 Matt Russell 1 23.3
400 Scott Spencer 2 51.8   400 Toma Davies (U20) 3 60.5
800 Grant Twist (U20) 2 2:01.9 PB  800 Matt Bland (M40) 3 2:07.4
1500 Rob Dickenson 4 4:18.5   1500 Matt Bland (M40) 3 4:21.6
5000 Chris Coates 4 16:17.5   5000 Ian Anthony 1 16:42.0
3000 s/c Jason Lendon 1 10:00.0   3000 s/c Grant Twist (U20) 1 10:09.4 PB
110H Mark Bishop (M40) 3 16.4 110H Anthony Williams (U20) 1 16.4 PB
400H Mark Bishop (M40) 3 64.0   400H Jason Lendon 4 69.5
L.J. Vincent Lazaro (U20) 4 6.22 L.J. Joseph Ramie (U20) 1 6.21
H.J. Jay Ryan (U20) 3 1.70

H.J. Mark Bishop (M40) 2 1.65
T.J. Anthony Williams (U20) 1 13.09 PB T.J. Joseph Ramie (U20) 1 13.06
P.V. Stuart Tufton (M55) 2 3.00 P.V. Jay Ryan (U20) 3 2.60
S.P. Mark Bishop (M40) 3 11.25   S.P. Jay Ryan (U20) 2 10.38
D.T. Mark Bishop (M40) 3 32.21   D.T. Danny Gamester 4 26.19
J.T. Bonne Buwembo (U20) 1 63.26   J.T Georgie Bean (U17) 1 53.22
H.T. Danny Gamester 3 43.60   H.T. Bradley Reece (U20) 3 36.60
4x100 Matt Russell, Scott Spencer, Joseph Ramie, Luke Stott  1 44.1
4x400 Joseph Ramie (54.0),  Mark Bishop (52.5), Scott Spencer (51.7), Luke Stott (49.2)  1 3:27.4