WGwEL athletes were in action over the weekend at the McCain UK Challenge Final at Cardiff on Saturday, which saw titles for hurdlers Dan Davis and Tracey Duncan, at the Southern U/20 and U/15 Inter Counties at Copthall; at Antwerp where Jeanette Kwakye was back in action, and at Grangemouth where Andy Frost showed improved hammer form and Francis Smith produced a season’s best over 110mH.



WGwEL men’s team placed 4th in the final British Athletics League Premiership fixture of the season at Lee Valley Stadium, on Saturday and they remained in 3rd place overall in the final League standings with 23 points. Newham, who went into the meeting on level points with Birchfield, comfortably won on the day to take the League title with 29 points from Birchfield on 28, Woodford 23, Shaftesbury 20.5, City of Manchester (Sale) 18, Enfield and Haringey 13, then Windsor on 6.5 and Belgrave on 6 who were both relegated. The very windy conditions hindered the sprinters, and made many of the longer races tactical affairs. Woodford’s best individual performance was probably from Emeka Udechuku who returned to 60m form in the discus.

