Midland Masters Track & Field League

Fixture 2

Abbey Stadium, Redditch

Thursday 11th June 2009

Above: Clive Brown throws the javelin for another club Men's 60 record.

Bromsgrove and Redditch AC hosted the second Midland Masters Track and Field Southern Division fixture. Enjoying ideal conditions the B & R athletes produced a series of excellent individual and team performances, claiming 13 new club records during the evening.

The first series of races on the track saw Pete Mould make a welcome return to competition over 200m to claim first place and the first record of the evening. Also competing over the same distance Mike Neylon and Alan Elsmere scored well in their races.

Above: Rob Mole was 3rd in the M35 800m in 2-18.1.

Above: Calvin Scoltock matched Rob's time to be 3rd in the M40 800m.

Over two laps Rob Mole and Calvin Scoltock both finished third in their races with Simon Bowen claiming important team points.

Above: Kevin Lanckham, Paul Collins and guest Russell Rawlings in the 3000m.

Above: Len Quartly and Rob Mole find time to share a joke in the 2km walk.

Mole went on to post a record time in the 2km walk with Len Quartly claiming a record in his race too.  Also on the track there were third place finishes over 3000m for both Paul Collins and Kevin Lanckham and a fourth for Elsmere.

Above: Mike Neylon was to clear a club age record of 1.55m in the high jump.

Highest scoring B & R man on the evening was Clive Brown who benefited from being able to focus on the field events as he claimed a trio of records in the long jump, triple jump and javelin. Mike Jones threw well to claim second place in both the shot and discus. Neylon was also a runner up with a new record height in the high jump while Phil Anderson claimed valuable points in the javelin.

For the women’s team there was a win for Polly Gerner over 200m, Yasmine Al Daftary posted a very promising time in her debut 200m race to finish second while Dagmar Prinzing scored well.

Above: Betty O’Gorman lines up at the start of the W50 800.

Mel Hepke claimed a club record and second place in her triple jump and finished third in her 800m race. Also competing over two laps Jane Anderson and Betty O’Gorman both scored well.

Above: Sharon Tonks on her way to another win in the 2km walk.

Above: Yvonne Priestman walking to a new club record.

Above: Jeanette tracks the Sparkhill athlete in the 3000m as the light fades.

Over the longer distances there was a win for Sharon Tonks in the 2km walk plus a second place and a record for Yvonne Priestman. Enjoying her move to the distance events Priestman also claimed first place and a record in her 3000m race. Over the same distance there were excellent performances from Jeanette Malin who crossed the line first in her race with Jayne Parsons placed second in her event.

Above: All-rounder Rita Brownlie claims a club javelin record.

In the field Julie Wakelam was able to concentrate on the high jump to take first place.  With failures from the remaining competitors at her winning height the judges raised the bar to enable Wakelam to claim a new record.  There was a win also for Gerner in the long jump while Rita Brownlie sealed an excellent series of field performances with a record distance in the javelin.

As darkness closed in on the Abbey stadium Scoltock lead the 4 x 400m relay team off to a first lap lead. Collins stretched the lead to well over 50 metres but Phil Anderson was caught and passed by the Worcester 3rd leg runner on the home straight. Anchorman Mole, to the delight of the home supporters, reclainm the lead early on the first bend and was able to hold off a strong finish from the Worcester competitor in the home straight to claim victory.

Al Daftary made a blistering start to take the lead in the first leg of the women’s relay to enable Prinzing, Hepke and Anderson to enjoy running in front to claim a comfortable victory in their race.

The final score cards showed a win for the women’s team while the men, continuing to improve under the guidance of Al Daftary, finished as runners up to Worcester. B and R were also placed first on combined scores.

At the half way stage of the season the women top the table with a two point advantage over defending champions Birchfield. The men’s table has Worcester in the lead with B & R joint second alongside Birchfield.

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