Bedford & County hammer throwers were out in force at the Dickenson Classic Memorial Hammer competition in Windsor on Saturday 11th April, honouring former hammer thrower and BBC commentator Paul Dickenson.
Mia returned to form in style, throwing back over 50m to win the U16 girls’ event and take home an impressive haul of prizes.
Darren experienced a mixed competition but saved his best for last, digging deep in the final round to produce a new personal best and club M55 record, launching the 6kg hammer to 49.07m.
Glen delivered a solid series just shy of 56m, but one of the standout moments of the day came away from the circle. The team caught up with Hungarian Olympic champion Krisztián Pars. Glen and Pars previously competed together back in 2003 while Glen was on international duty for Scotland in Slovenia. Remarkably, Glen still has the original scorecard from that event - a piece of history featuring three Olympic champions: Pars (2012), Adrián Annus, and Primož Kozmus.
Picture of Glen, Krisztian, Darren and Mia.
