Helen Godsell and Gordon Hickey both enjoyed memorable weekends at the British Masters Indoor and Throws Championships at Lee Valley. The Blackheath & Bromley duo both revised their own recently set British records.

Helen improved her British best in the over 55s 60 metres as she won in 8.57, three hundredths of a second quicker than her previous best that she set just three weeks ago. She also struck gold in the 200 metres winning in a time of 28.83. This also was a seasons best and so she approaches the European Indoor Championships full of confidence.

Out in the field Gordon Hickey was busy revising his own British over 75s shot record. He won his competition with a putt of 9.96 an improvement of seven centimetres on his previous best. He was also second in the heavy weight competition with 11.34.

The Club’s other winner was Bill Foster. The former British International Marathon winner won the over 50s 3000 metres in 9.28.68. Most bemedalled athlete of he weekend, however, was Barbara Terry who won three bronze medals in the over 60s age group in the shot, hammer and heavy weight.

There was silver too for Richard Holt in the over 35s 400 while Tom Phillips was 4th in the over 50s in 7.82 his fastest time since 2006. Ken Daniel was 5th in the over 55s 1500 in 4.42.73.