There were mixed fortunes for WGwEL athletes selected in the relay squads for the European Championships in Barcelona. Although not part of the team that picked up silver in Sunday's final, Graham Hedman ran in the 4x400m squad that comfortably qualified for for that final. Joice Maduaka ran in the heats of the 4x100m, contributing a sound first leg, but the second athlete seemed to take off far too early, and this poor change, and the subsequent change also poor, contributed to an overall time that was not fast enough to progress.
Barcelona - RelaysOpen Graded Meeting at Ashton, Tuesday August 3rdPerhaps it was the success of the British team at the European Championships |
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WGwEL’s men’s team placed 3rd in the 3rd BAL Premiership fixture of the season. After winning the first fixture and placing fifth in the second they lie 3rd overall with one fixture remaining. Newham and Birchfield each have 21 points, Woodford 18, and Shaftsbury Barnet 14.5. At the bottom, relegation looks likely for both Windsor and Belgrave. At Eton on Saturday, with a far from full strength team Woodford started slowly but as the afternoon progressed gradually moved up, finishing with 278 points, ahead of Shaftesbury on 268, but a long way off of Newham on 368 and Birchfield on 349. Amongst the Woodford highlights was Robert Wolski winning the athlete of the meeting award with his high jump victory, another 400m personal best from Nick Leavey, a personal best equaling pole vault for Alasdair Strange, and a return to form for Tim Abeyie following an injury troubled early season.
WGwEL’s women finished a pleasing 5th in their final UKWL Premier Davison fixture of the season at Eton on Sunday. They scored 164 points as Sale won with 189, and placed 5th overall in the division with 12 points. This was a pleasing result with the team having been relegated from this top flight in 2008, and immediately returning in 2010 after winning Division Two in 2009. Credit should be given to John Stow, who stepped in at very short notice to take over as team manager this season from Keith Hopson who was unable for health reasons to be active as he would have liked, and to Bernadine Pritchett, who did much of the organizing of the team in the background. The performance at Eton was a solid all-round one, with many athletes doubling up, and amongst the more notable individual efforts a season’s best over 400mH from Tracey Duncan stood out, as did a fine victory for Diana Kennedy in the 2km s/ch, originally but erroneously announced as a league record.
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