Southern Athletics League - Match 1 - Bedford, 13th April 2019
Frankie Johnson's jump of 5.15m was not just a club record and SAL League record but also the European u20 qualifying standard!
Photo courtesy of Brian Graves
The day saw plenty of A and B string wins, in addition to a number of returns and promising results.
We dominated the 800m and 1500m, finishing first and second in both. Jamie Webster and Aiden Killeen taking the A string wins, closely followed by Joe Strange and Ed Blythman (in a new PB of 4:20).
Richard Martin won the Hammer with a throw of 55.44m
Jamie Webster Albert Mikajo, Tom Powell and Joe Strange won the 4x400m by a considerable margin (03:42.93).
The high jump saw Scott Johnson take the A string win with 1.85m, Dan Steel (the ironman of the match, competing in 7 events) took the B string with 1.60m. Dan also won the B string long and triple Jump.
Other B string winners were: Javier Ferrer Ferrando in the pole vault (3.90m), Pete Benedickter in 400mh (62:80 sec), Tom Powell in the 110mh, Richard Martin in the discus (28. 25m) and Joe Strange in the 400m (53:49 sec)
Note we were the only team not to get full officials points - and we were the home team. If you or anyone you know is able to provide some officiating assistance in future matches it will be greatly appreciated, and does make a difference to the overall match score.
Overall we’ve had a good start to the season, which we can definitely build on!
Attention now turns to our opening BAL fixture on the 12th of May, at Bedford. Please let Craig or Graeme of your availability as soon as possible.
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