Many of Blackheath & Bromley’s athletes were in action at the Loughborough International fixture. Adam Gemili was representing the Great Britain Junior team and he won the 100 metres in 10.43 despite running into a -1.2 metre per second headwind. Tremayne Gilling was third in 10.49.

Izzy Jeffs set a new best of 54.60 as she placed second in the javelin and Pippa Woolven was also a runner up in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her time of 10.21.24 was a massive improvement on her previous best.

Shaunagh Brown was third in the shot with 15.71 and 6th in the hammer with 59.43. Sam Milner was just outside her best in the discus with a throw of 44.89, while Jermaine Olasan was 7th in the long jump with a leap of 7.12.

The meeting contained a number of invitation events and, despite the windy conditions, the results were good. Anike Shand Whittingham ran 12.41 for the 100 metres into a headwind and Dina Asher Smith clocked 24.20 for the 200 metres. Megan Southwart timed 60.25 for the 400 hurdles and Yimika Adewakun 57.99 for the 400 metres.

Dina represented the Great Britain Junior team in the 4x100 metres. Unfortunately they did not get the baton around but she ran a good leg.

Ed Harrison missed the meeting with a cold but he did compete during the week at Namur in Belgium where he timed 53.25 for the 400 hurdles.

Blackheath & Bromley were comfortable winners of their second Southern Athletics League match of the season. Both fixtures so far have been held at home ground at Norman Park, so, while this is a promising start, the team should not get complacent and assume they will automatically get promoted at the end of the season.

Remarkably the team only dropped one point in the men and womens throws competitions. It was a similar story on the track where a single point was dropped in the 100,200, 400 and both relays. In fact in the womens track events the Club just dropped one point the whole afternoon. Even where individuals did not win events, many set personal bests. Full results can be found on the Club website.

Final result. 1. Blackheath & Bromley 242. 2. Croydon Harriers 181. 3. Lewes & Haywards Heath combined 149. 4. Holland Sports 80. The Club head the Mens Division One of the Kent Masters League after winning the second match of the season at Canterbury. Most impressive performance of the evening came from Keith Ewing who won the over 50s 1500 metres in 4.28.0. This won the race by nearly 28 seconds.

It was also nearly 27 seconds quicker than the time Richard Hall ran in winning the over 35s race. This was something of a sprint for Richard as he is recovering from having run the London Marathon.

Mike Van Den Dobbelsteen was a comfortable winner of the over 35s javelin with a throw of 47.39 and Steve Langdon won the over 50s event with a throw of 43.26.

Graham Coates won the over 60s 1500 metres in 5.26.2.

The Club have won both matches now and, with the places below them shuffling around, they now have a three point lead at the top of the division.

The womens A team finished second in their Division One match and are third in the table just half a point behind second placed Cambridge Harriers.

Helen Godsell showed that even though she ran the London Marathon she has not lost all her sprinting speed. She won the over 50s 200 metres in 31.4.

The Club’s other individual winner was Barbara Terry in the over 60s shot putt. Her distance was 7.86.

There was also a win for the over 35s 4x100 team of Maureen Miller, Shirley Rowbotham, Angela Duffy-Smart and Helen Godsell.

The B team were also runners up in their Division Two match and remain second in the table.

The Club completed a hat trick of team victories this week with a win in the second Young Athletes League meeting of the season at Croydon. Full results are not yet to hand. Further details will follow while pictures from the meeting can be found on the Club website.

Three of the Club’s young girls broke the magic 5 minute barrier for 1500 metres at the Watford Open Meeting. Under 15s Jessica Keene and Shannon Riskey timed 4.51.32 and 4.59.71 respectively while under 13 Naomi Kingston clocked 4.59.59.

The second of the Parris Handicap 5km Road Handicap races took place at Hayes and winner on this occasion was Jenny Dalton with Glen Read second and Karen Delahoy third. Fastest male of the evening was Tim Ayres with 18.07 followed by Tom Desborough and David Beadle. Fastest female was Justine Eastbury in 20.52 with Sarah Belaon second and Sally Haffenden third.

Peter Tucker was a comfortable winner of the latest Bromley 5km Park Run at Norman Park. He timed a swift 16.13. Andy Tucker (no relation) was second Club member home in 11th with Graham Coates 26th. First female finisher was Georgina Piper in 80th place with Joanna Clowes 123rd and Chloe Kibblewhite 144th.

At the event at Wormwood Scrubs Glen Turner finished in second place while at Bexley, Chris Pike was 16th. Adrian Haley was 48th at Eastleigh and Colin Rowe 57th at Crystal Palace.

Peter Rogers and John Turner completed their epic journey from John O’Groats To Lands End at six minutes past two on May the 21st. The duo have run up to 30 miles each day since the 23rd of April to raise funds for The Cure Parkinsons Trust.

They have covered 860 miles during this time, with the height gains and losses equal to three times up and down Mount Everest. Buoyed by the sound of Dave Thomson’s bagpipe playing, they covered the last four miles in 34.38.

The duo have raised nearly £10,000 so far and there is still time to sponsor them by visiting http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/TheJogleBrothers Full details of their journey can be found at www.offexploring.com/Jogler As the Club fields teams in all age groups, from under 13s upwards to the Masters age groups, it always welcome new members. The Club has a Competition Policy which aims to provide appropriate levels of competition to all athletes of all abilities.

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