UK Women's League, Division 3, Wigan Saturday 1 August 2009
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FINAL SCORES |
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| 1 | Bedford & County | 219.5 |
| 2 | Wigan & District | 195 |
| 3 | Havering Mayesbrook | 159 |
| 4 | Newham & Essex Beagles | 156 |
| 5 | Medway & Maidstone | 143.5 |
| 6 | Thames Valley Harriers | 141 |
| 7 | Wakefield Harriers | 119 |
| 8 | Belgrave Harriers | 90 |
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The UK Women's team finished their campaign just outside the promotion places after
placing third in their third and final Division 3 match at Wigan on Saturday.
Faye Fullerton & Lauren Deadman doubled up for 1500m victory, finishing one-two in the combined race. In-form Lauren also smashed her three-day-old 800m PB to dip under the 2 mins 10 secs barrier to go into the club all-time top 12. Vicky Smith carved another chunk off her 2000m 'chase best to win the event and was also fourth in the 800m B race. Emma Christmas was another A string winner, taking the javelin honours and adding 100m points and running a relay leg. Jess Tappin (Chelmsford) competing again this year for HMAC under the league's Higher Competition rules, won both B high jump & her debut at the 400m hurdles and added 20m points. Mel Harrison had her best set of results in the league this summer, placing second in the shot and third in the discus and hammer, the latter throw improving her career best. Chloe van Wulven also had a busty afternoon, placing second in the high jump, fourth in the sprint hurdles and scoring in 200m B. Claire Brennan also added runners up spot in the B 100m hurdles and fourth in the one-lap hurdles event. Leanne Blaney equalled her pole vault best on her league debut, placing third in the B and her A string partner Karen Baldwin also added triple jump points. Zoe Young registered her second longest jump for fourth in the long jump, was fourth in the javelin and fifth in the shot. With every point vital Nina Brennan & Chekube Onwuka added to the cause as the squad held off local rivals Newham by three points. Unbeaten Bedford took the title with hosts Wigan also promoted, while Wakefield joined already relegated Belgrave Harriers down into Division 4. |

| A STRING | Pos. | Time/Dist | B STRING | Pos. | Time/Dist | ||
| 100 | Chekuba Onwuka | 8 | 14.12 | 100 | Emma Christmas | 7 | 13.99 |
| 200 | Jessica Tappin | 6 | 26.10 | 200 | Chloe van Wulven | 6 | 28.04 |
| 400 | Faye Fullerton | 8 | 61.68 | 400 | Nina Brennan | 6 | 64.25 |
| 800 | Lauren Deadman | 3 | 2:09.64 PB | 800 | Vicky Smith | 4 | 2:22.04 |
| 1500 | Faye Fullerton | 1 | 4:28.98 | 1500 | Lauren Deadman | 1 | 4:32.05 |
| 3000 | 3000 | ||||||
| 100H | Chloe van Wulven | 4 | 15.26 | 100H | Claire Brennan | 2 | 15.62 |
| 400H | Claire Brennan | 4 | 67.98 | 400H | Jessica Tappin | 1 | 64.16 PB |
| 2000SC | Vicky Smith | 1 | 7:26.83 PB | ||||
| L.J. | Zoe Young | 4 | 5.06 | L.J. | Chekuba Onwuka | 6 | 3.86 |
| H.J. | Chloe van Wulven | 2 | 1.60 | H.J. | Jessica Tappin | 1 | 1.60 |
| T.J. | Karen Baldwin | 8 | 8.87 | T.J. | |||
| P.V. | Karen Baldwin | 6 | 2.70 | P.V. | Leanne Blaney | 3 | 2.50 =PB |
| S.P. | Mel Harrison | 2 | 11.26 | S.P. | Zoe Young | 5 | 9.44 |
| D.T. | Mel Harrison | 3 | 39.59 | D.T. | Nina Brennan | 5 | 24.19 |
| H.T. | Mel Harrison | 3 | 43.23 PB | H.T. | Hannah Connor | 7 | 18.85 |
| J.T. | Emma Christmas | 1 | 40.49 | J.T. | Zoe Young | 4 | 28.11 |
| 4x100 | Chekuba Onwuka, Emma Christmas, Chloe van Wulven, Zoe Young |
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52.88 | ||||
| 4x400 | Nina Brennan, Jessica Tappin, Claire Brennan, Lauren Deadman |
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4:13.4 | ||||

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FINAL LEAGUE TABLE |
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| 1 | Bedford & County | 420 | 24 |
| 2 | Wigan & District | 553 | 19 |
| 3 | Havering Mayesbrook | 510 | 17 |
| 4 | Thames Valley Harriers | 493 | 14 |
| 5 | Newham & Essex Beagles | 476.5 | 14 |
| 6 | Medway & Maidstone | 392.5 | 10 |
| 7 | Wakefield Harriers | 360.5 | 7 |
| 8 | Belgrave Harriers | 253 | 3 |