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28/09/08 Cirencester 10k Gresswell in form, Ryan wins first county Gold Medal and Super Spackman is back. Thirteen runners from Gloucester Athletic Club made up the 491 field at the Cirencester 10km race on Sunday which was also the Gloucestershire 10km Road Race Championship. The new one lap course must have been to Dave Gresswell’s liking as he was first home for the club in a new PB of 36:20. Gresswell was 17th overall and afterwards said he was pleased to be back in form just in time for the cross country season which he is now the new Gloucester AC cross country captain. Lorraine Ryan repeated her great run of last weekend at the Midlands Relays to finish 4th lady (66th overall) and won her first county Gold medal as first senior women. Michelle Stark won a county Bronze medal in the LV35 category. Peter Lloyd who had not competed much recently had a good run in 30th place and Alistair Wakefield was pleased that he was close to catching team mate Jeremy Mower until Dave Gresswell told him that Mower had run a 50km race the day before. Some runners were surprised to even see Super Vet 60 athlete Dave Spackman even on the starting line let alone finish 3rd in his age category. Only three weeks ago Spackman’s foot was run over at work by a forklift truck, just goes to show that they breed them tough in Gloucester. Amazingly Spackman’s foot was just severely bruised and no bones broken as it was squashed by the truck’s wheel.
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27/09/08 Boddington 50k Mower’s third in a three horse race. On Saturday Jeremy Mower ran his 7th ultra race of the year and finished third over 50km at Boddington near Cheltenham and beat his previous best time on the course finishing in 3 hours 42 min 36 secs. However there were only three runners as this was one of two invitational events set up by UK Athletics for athletes to prove their fitness prior to the 100km World Cup in Italy. Mower found himself lining up with World female number one Lizzy Hawker and Jez Bragg the UK’s leading male ultra runner. Mower said “After 10km I lost sight of them and then it was really difficult to concentrate as it was like a training run and every now and then I kept loosing focus and dropping off my goal pace. But I was pleased with the time being only thirteen minutes behind Lizzy and to finish in good shape.” Mower tackles his first 24 hour race on October 18th and hopes to run 200km in order to qualify for the Commonwealth Games. Mower is looking for a helper for the event and if anyone is interested they can contact him on 01452 506174.
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23/09/08 Midland Road Relays 2008 Gloucester Athletic Club had one men’s team in the Midland Road Relays and for the first time in over ten years had a ladies team. The ladies team made a fine account of themselves finishing 30th out of the 60 finishing teams especially as the team had little experience of competitive road running. Emma Jeffery ran a solid first leg over the 4.315 km course and handed over to Lorraine Ryan who only joined the club four weeks ago. Lorraine had a fantastic run recording 17min 4sec and in doing so overtaking 18 other runners which was the highest total of the day by any one individual. The third leg was run by Anne-Marie Edwards who was taking time out from her training for the Abingdon Marathon in four weeks time. Gemma Collier ran the last leg overtaking 4 runners and finishing strongly nearly catching a couple more. All the ladies said they enjoyed the experience and felt that they could improve their times as they thought they could push themselves harder as it was difficult to judge the pace as they were not used to running over the distance. All the ladies are coached by Ian Summers and he was more than pleased with their efforts. Gloucester has seen an increase in lady participants over the last year and now has a group of eight ladies who regularly train on club nights. The men’s team was depleted of four of there first choice team and had to call on four veterans who all had good runs as they showed experience can often make up for lack of pace. The men were 51st out of the 80 finishers (105 teams started, but 25 incomplete). Under 20 Richard De Camps had a good run for the first leg but was held up in the mass start. The surprise run of the day was from ultra runner Jeremy Mower who ran his fastest time since 2002 over the distance and recorded the club’s fastest leg. Welsh U23 international Andrew De Camps unfortunately had a stitch one mile into the race and struggled over the remaining distance. Keith Short aged 58 showed why he is one of the top 800m runners in his age group in Europe running well over what was a long distance for him. Lee Smith pulled back four places on the penultimate leg and handed over to Dave Gresswell for the final leg. Gresswell had to run most of the race with no one in site and battled hard up the uphill finish and had the club’s second fastest time.
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21/09/08 Midlands Young Athlete Road Relays (Sutton Park, Birmingham) Watson leads the way for Gloucester AC Gloucester AC's youngsters put in an excellent performance at the Midlands Young Athletes Road Relays in Sutton Park on Sunday. In the Under 15 girls, Amber Watson put in a superb performance to come home with a commanding lead over the rest of the field with 14:33, recording the overall second quickest time of the day in the age group. Sam Roberts took over on second leg and ran a solid race to keep the club in contention with a 16:31 leg, handing over to Becky Summers who clocked 15:55 on the final leg to bring Gloucester home in 9th overall, the highest placed team in the county. In the Under 15 boys, Gethin Richards brought the team home 22nd after the first leg with a time of 14:47, passing on to Adam Thrall who progressed through the field with a time of 13:56, to move the team up 6 places. Jack Evans ran 13:45 on the final leg to bring the team further up to 14th overall at the finish, with the 6th quickest time on that leg.
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11/09/08 & 14/09/08 at Paralympic Games, Beijing Gloucester AC member Beverley Jones has finished just outside the medals in the Paralympic Games in Beijing. Beverley competes in the F37 category (ambulant disabled, cerebal palsy, one half of the body affected by the palsy). The F37 and F38 compete together as 38 is for minimal palsy effect and the distances are converted to points to work out the medals. Beverley threw 27.27m in the discus to finish 7th, which is an outright personal best and club record, beating her 26.58 set in Singen, Germany in 2007. Her shot was only 14cm short of her F37 club record and 59cm short of her pb and meant she finished 5th in a strong final, where two world records were set.
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14/09/08 Gloucester AC members took part in the Chippenham Half Marathon on Sunday with mixed results. Dave Gresswell finished a creditable 54th out of almost 1100 finishers, but was disappointed with his time of 1:24:45. Terry Onions came home in 1:37:38 for 244th while Bogdan Jochym and Martin Chopping had a great tussle to finish in 1:45:08 and 1:45:50 respectively, to both finish high up in the Vet 50 category. Cath Nicholl was pleased with her run to finish in 2:06:02 and Gill Gresswell ran her second quickest time ever over the distance to run 2:10:32 |
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14/09/08 Michelle Stark had a great run at the Bristol Half Marathon, also on Sunday, finishing in a personal best time of 1.45.10. Her strong run showed the benefits of the talented womens training group currently being assembled at Gloucester AC, while Emma Jeffery had another good run at the 'very hilly' Woodchester Trail race in Stroud on Sunday, results had yet to be published. |
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07/09/08 Beacon 10k Several Gloucester AC runners achieved personal bests in the Beacon 10k Road Race and the Ladies achieved their highest team placing in this race finishing second to Bourton Road Runners. Ultra Distance specialist Jeremy Mower gained 12th place with 37:54 unusually losing out to Andy Chapple from Bourton over the final 800 metres. 55th place saw Emma Jeffery leading the Lady's team home to second place with and gaining 44:36 2nd Lady Veteran place. Michelle Stark (46:25) in 71st place ran a steady race overtaking in the last 2k. Anne-Marie Edwards completed the team in 91st with an improvement of over 1 min. finishing in 49:04. Paul Loveridge's 47:33 (V50) saw him raising his pace over the last kilometer improving his position to 77th after overtaking 4 runners. Bogdan Jochym V55 and Martin Chopping V55 both had a battle over the last gradual uphill 1500 metres and long finishing straight with 48:12 and 48:25. The challenging course saw Arnie Yeoman finishing in 99th with 50:55 followed Christine Parkin in 110th 52:41. In her first season racing, Christine Campbell LV35 achieved 120th with 54:13 and newcomer to the area Celia Winstanley (LV50), in her second 10k race, took over 3 minutes off her personal best finishing 131st in 62:08. The depth and competitiveness of the Lady's team augurs well for the coming Cross Country season. |
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04/09/08 This year's final running of the Fitness Four from the Pilot Inn, Hardwicke saw most GloucesterAC participants make significant developments. U17 Ben Gregory realised the value of keeping with the early pacemakers as a slightly relaxed start saw him drift off the pace and although finishing in 11th and first U17 well done on last months time in 26:00. Conversely veteran O/55 Arthur Daley running his second race after a long lay off was dragged to too fast a pace for the first mile but pulled back some of the distance from Gregory by running even pace over the last two miles finishing 12th in 26:07 Gloucester AC's leading lady road runner Emma Jeffery was 2nd lady home in 16th with a time of 27:27 followed by an ecstatic Tim Evans who took over 3 minutes off his previous personal best by finishing 32nd in 29:27. Anne-Marie Edwards came in 44th with 30:38 over a minute faster than her previous time despite, in preparation for the Abingdon Marathon, emphasising stamina in her training. Two new signings completed the Gloucester AC racers: Andrea Preedy finished 53rd in 33:07 and Lady Vet 0/50 Celia Winstanley broke the 40 min barrier completing the course in 39:11 for 73rd place. Daley, who has been struggling with hamstring problems, last week ran his first race since May at Club La Santa in Lanzarote. Despite running an even paced race he finished 3rd in a out and back 5k event with 20:38 - his slowest time for that distance for 6 years. |
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03/09/08 Gloucestershire County Track Relays Teams from Gloucester dominated the Gloucestershire County Track Relays at the Prince of Wales Stadium in Cheltenham last week in appalling conditions of torrential rain. Winning three out of the four contests and a second place in the other. A composite U20 Severn & Gloucester team won the men's 4 x 100m in 47.3 seconds. The team consisted of Marcel Lynn, Jason Gower, and James Browning from Severn AC and the individual county champion Ashleigh Naylor from Gloucester AC. Gloucester senior ladies took gold for the second consecutive year in the 4 x 100m at in a time of 54 seconds. The quartet consisting of Alex Purcell, Sarah Williams(U20), Julia Loveridge(U20) and Cleo Lambert(U17) showed the way for the club's up and coming generation. Under 13s Harriet Hunter and Lurenda Mudd moved up an age group to join Rachel Davies and Melissa Baverstock to make up a 4 x 100m U15 team. Their performance was clocked at 55.7 seconds, a full nine seconds ahead of their nearest and older rivals and were second ladies team overall. The most comfortable winners on the night were the 4 x 400m men's team from Gloucester winning by 34 seconds from their closest rivals. The time of 3 min 43.8 sec was slower than they hoped for but it was difficult to run in the worsening weather conditions and not having anyone to push them. The team had an average age of 19 and consisted of Andrew De Camps, Richard De Camps, Ben Jones and Dale Price. Gloucester entered an U15 ladies team of Becky Summers, Sam Roberts, Melissa Baverstock and Rachel Davies in the ladies 4 x 400m race and were beaten by sixth tenths of a second by an U17 team from Bourton. Gloucester AC has a fine young sprint squad coached by Bob Purcell and Paul de Camps has some of the best young 400 and 800 athletes under his wing. |
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31/08/08 Avon Track & Field League Match 4 Gloucester/Severn AC Composite Team collects more silverware!! The Gloucester AC and Severn AC composite track and field team have finished the season with a flourish, winning the senior/veteran mens and womens titles at the Avon League for the fifth successive year. Fresh from winning the Midlands Division 3 title, the two clubs have continued to combine well to collect more trophies. In the mens section there were wins for Andrew de Camps in the A string 1500m and 400m hurdles, Richard de Camps in the 400m with a personal best, Simon Fortnam in the 5000m, Mike Tommey in the hammer and Dale Price in the B string 400m and Javelin. Also weighing in with valuable points were Jeremy Mower, Nick Walker, Paul Loveridge and Garry Hunter. The senior women comfortably defended their title with several athletes scoring well in a variety of events. Gemma Collier stepped down in distance to finish 2nd in the 100m, 400m hurdles and 3000m and won the B string long jump. Julia Loveridge won the B string over the 400m hurdles and 200m and Kate Yhnell won the discus and finished 2nd in the shot. There were also wins for Paula Whitcher in the masters shot and discus, while Emma Jeffery ran strongly to win the masters 3000m. In the age groups, Tim Williams dominated in the U17 throws, winning the hammer and gaining 2nd in the discus. Lewis Cavanagh capped off a typically busy afternoon in the U15 boys, with a debut in the triple jump which puts him into the national rankings. Charlie Simmonds and Scott Price also contributed good points in the U15 boys section. In the U13 girls, Harriet Hunter won the 100m A string and scored well in the 200m and Long Jump, while Lurenda Mudd had a first in the B string 200m and 2nd places in the 100m and 800m. Rachel Davies won the U15 girls shot and had top three placings in the 100m and 200m, as did Sam Roberts in the 800m and Melissa Baverstock in the 100m, 200m and shot. |
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23/08/08 Jeremy Mower used the Boston Six Hour Track Race as preparation for his 24 Hour Race debut in a few months time. Mower decided to try out a new carbohydrate/ protein drink but two hours in he found he was unable to digest the protein which caused stomach cramps and to add to that he suffered a back spasm which both meant long bouts of walking. However he still covered 39 miles in 6 hours to take second place and also take the race series title for both the Boston & Crawley Six Hour Races with a combined mileage of 85 miles. Mower was disappointed not to win at Boston but admitted that in races that are not too important, you have to test new things that may work in training but not in a race. So Mower came away with two things - a trophy and a valuable lesson. |
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17/08/08 GLOUCESTER AC'S MEDAL HAUL! Several of Gloucester AC's athletes made their way to a blustery BATH OPEN meeting at the University of Bath track on Sunday 17th August 2008. Lewis Cavanagh led the way, winning three Gold medals in the U15 boys 100m, 200m and Long jump with fellow team mate Ashley Phipps winning the Silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m races. Harriet Hunter won Gold in the U13 girls 100m and silver in the girls Long Jump to continue her excellent season. Team mate Lurenda Mudd won silver in the U13 girls 200m having narrowly missed out on the medals in the 100m. Rising stars Joe Morgan and Sam North put in tremendous efforts in the U11 boys Quad Challenge, competing in the standing long jump, 75m sprint, ball throw and the 600m. Joe held off strong competition to come away with the Gold medal having won the ball throw outright! Sam was unlucky to finish just outside the medals, as was Adam Thrall in the Under 15 boys who also put in a great effort but narrowly missed a top three placing.
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17/08/08 Standish Woodland Chase (about 10 miles) results of Gloucester AC runners out of 122 finishers. Richard Moor: 18th 1:09:02 Terry Onions: 47th 1:18:29 (4th MV50) Emma Jeffery: 55th 1:19:59 (5th lady, 1st LV35) Arnold Yeomans: 75th 1:23:52 (8th MV50) |
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17/08/08 Gloucester Athletics club's Dom Malsom finished in third place out of 170 finishers in the Isle of Wight Half Marathon. The course is one of the toughest in the country with 692 feet of ascent and unfortunately one of his fellow club members had told him it was not hilly. After completing the first two miles which were flat in eleven minutes he was then confronted by rise after rise and he did tire in the final mile loosing out on second place. |
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10/08/08 Avon Track & Field League Match 3 The Gloucester and Severn composite team put in some good performances in the third fixture of the Avon Track and Field League. Both the senior men’s and ladies team were comfortable winners on the day and are both on course to retain there titles for a record sixth consecutive time. Top female performer of the day was under 13 girl Harriet Hunter winning two races and achieving age grade 2 times in recording 13.64 for 100m and 28.46 for 200m which was a rare dead heat. Harriet also achieved age grade 2 when coming second in the 70m hurdles in 12.7 seconds. Top male performer of the day was Gareth Winter from Severn AC who was the only athlete to achieve a Grade 1 rating when coming second in the U17 shot with 14.08m. Winter has recently been receiving some advice from Lorraine Shaw of Gloucester AC which is a fine example of how the two city clubs have been working together this year. Highest points scorer on the day was Severn veteran athlete Nick Walker with 30 points just ahead of Gloucester veteran Jeremy Mower on 26. Walker achieved two first places in the shot and discus, plus two second places in the pole vault and veteran 100m. Walker recorded 3.50m for the pole vault and 12.84 for the 100. Dave Gresswell won the 3000m vets race which was very tactical and Gresswell surprised everyone with a sprint finish to take victory and Jeremy Mower backed Gresswell up winning the vet 'B' race. Andrew De Camps was the outstanding athlete in the men’s 800m and only 1.5 seconds off the league record and Richard De-Camps won the 'B' 800. The last race of the day was touch and go as the men's 400 relay team which has been winning Midland League matches was short of a recognized runner so had to use ultra runner Jeremy Mower. Mower handed the batten over to Andrew De Camps about 40m down on the lead athlete. Andrew ran a storming 400m and handed a slender lead to Ben Jones who then extended it by a few metres. Richard De Camps held a five meter lead all the way round and then kicked with 150 to go to win by 20 metres. Other notable performances were: Lurenda Mudd, U13G 100m, 14.26, Grade 3 Lurenda Mudd, U13G 200m, 28.9, Grade 2 Marion Loveridge, Hammer, 32.46m Ashley Phipps, U15B, 100m, 12.15, Grade 3 Ashley Phipps, U15B, 200m, 24.46, Grade 2 Gareth Winter, U17M, Shot, 14.08m, Grade 1 Gareth Winter, U17M, Discus, 37.85m, Grade 2 Andrew De-Camps, Men’s, 800m, 1:59.9 Richard De Camps, Men’s 800m, 2:03.6 |
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09/08/08 Cranham Boundary Chase 5.8m In the pouring rain and wind David Gresswell was Gloucester’s first finisher in the Cranham Boundary Chase over 5.8 miles of undulating roads with an incredible finish up one of the steepest roads in the county. Gresswell was 3rd in 35:05 beating club mate Jeremy Mower who was 9th in 36:35. Paul Nash made up the team coming 20th in 38:54. Gloucester were fourth team. Ben Gregory was the first junior man in 39:47. Emma Jeffery was first Vet 35 lady in 43:48 ahead of team mate Michelle Stark who was second LV35 in 45:01. |
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06/08/08 Bugatti 10km Jeremy Mower finished 19th out of 378 finishers over a tough undulating 10km course from the Bugatti Inn at Gretton near Cheltenham and is now second placed Vet 40 in the County Series. In two weeks time Mower travels to Boston, Lincolnshire to take part in the second of two 6 hour races which make up a series. After winning the Crawley event with 46.8 miles he will be favourite for the overall title. The other Gloucester runners were Bogdan Jochym V50 145th, Martin Chopping V50 169th and Christine Parkin L 295th. A free cool beer and a “burger” were most enjoyable afterwards. |
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05/08/08 Midland Track and Field League Gloucester and Severn Track & Field Team won the final match at Tipton and were crowned Division 3 champions of the Midland League but it was a strange outcome before the result was confirmed. Gloucester needed to beat Kettering by 33 match points on the day and early on it looked like this was not going to happen. However enter to the affray the famous Tipton Harriers battling against relegation that turned up with a strong team. The three teams were battling for the top three positions all day. With the Relays and Javelin to go Tipton were in the lead and Gloucester/ Severn five points adrift. Before the official results were announced Tipton believed they had won the match which meant Kettering were champions. Scenes of jubilant celebration by Kettering were seen and their team manager given the traditional soaking in the steeplechase water jump. Gloucester/ Severn just sat with dignity hoping that the other two clubs had got their arithmetic wrong. The final results were read out and Gloucester/Severn were declared match winners by 2.5 points. Kettering were shattered and Gloucester/ Severn elated after having a few minutes earlier having to take some friendly banter from Kettering. Team manager Jeremy Mower was then promptly dispatched to the steeplechase water jump for the same soaking. Mower praised the hard work put in by all the athletes, officials and coaches that made it happen. Mower said “on paper the Midland League had ranked us the weakest team in the Division 3 due to them not taking into account our combined strength but I knew this was wrong and felt we had been given a raw deal and we showed everyone that the City of Gloucester has some of the finest athletes in the Midlands. Justin Sysum and Wayne Powell got the team off to a good start easily winning both hammer events. The home club forgot that the pair are two of the top throwers in the country and as a result the competition had to be held up as they did not have a tape measure long enough to record the distances. An official had to drive from Tipton to Dudley to obtain a suitable tape measure. The pair then finished the day off the way they started both winning the final event of the day in the javelin. It was a welcome return for multi eventor Brendan Goss. The former Northern Ireland international back from injury was slightly below par but gained valuable points in the “A” string which meant his fellow field eventors had easier pickings in the “B” events. This was in fact a general theme for the day with the team picking up many firsts in the “B” events showing the great depth that exists in the club. For instance in the steeplechase Simon Fortnam the team’s normal “B” runner was only narrowly beaten in the “A” steeplechase event and Jeremy Mower on paper the clubs sixth fastest chaser won the “B” event setting a new Gloucester Vet 40 record. Andrew De Camps was the only male winner of an “A” track race as he came through with a late finishing surge to take the 400m and he was also a comfortable winner in the 800m “B” race. Tim Dalton was unexpectedly beaten in the 800m “A” race loosing it on the line by the Tipton athletes dip. In fact was a day of to many second places, sixteen in all and with missing the extra bonus point for a win made things hard work for the team. Josh Lilly returned from a long injury lay off to help the cause and was only beaten by a very good Tipton athlete in the 3000. Lloyd Andrews again was in fine form as he won both the “B” 400m hurdles and long jump. Huccelcote rugby player Andrews has shown great determination all season and picked up first places all season in the “B” events. Ollie Cooper lost his Triple Jump spikes but still managed to win the “B” event although a metre off his best. Under 17 Gareth Winter showed maturity beyond his years after two no throws in the “B” discus he managed to get a throw in for 3rd place and then went on to win the “B” Shot. Under 20 athletes Nico Constanti, Richard De Camps, Gareth Howells, and Alex Maton all achieved 2nd places which bodes well for the future. Dave Hoskins found some hurdling form back to take 2nd in the 110m hurdles. Veteran decathlete athlete Nick Walker was a vital scorer in 3rd place in the pole vault. Walker has had to travel to places like Yate and Cheltenham to train at his own expense over the years as Gloucester has never had a pole vault facility. The men’s 400m relay team of Tim Dalton, Richard De Camps, Andrew De Camps, Nico Constanti won by a large margin and were less than 3 seconds of the division record which is held by Gloucester/ Severn. The ladies saved their best performance of the season for this last match. The Lambert sisters Sophie and Cleo did well in the sprint events. Sophie won the “A” race in 13.1 running into a head wind. In the closet event of the day Cleo Lambert was in a three way tie for 2nd place in the high jump. Lorraine Shaw was enjoying herself winning the Shot but was beat by the Corby athlete who set a new division record. Kate Yhnell and Marion Loveridge made it a clean sweep winning both the womens hammer events. Kate went on to win the “B” discus. Sarah Williams, Amy Whitcher and Alex Purcell who have been ever presents over the last few seasons managed to pick up 2nd and 3rd places through out the day. Sarah Willliams recorded her first victory of the season in the 100m hurdles. Julia Loveridge was second in the “B” 400m hurdles during which two athletes walked over the hurdles instead of hurdling. This practice is allowed although not seen in the spirit of the event. An official compliant has gone into Midland Athletics to try to prevent this practice in the future by putting a time limit on all hurdles events at senior level. The ladies 100m relay team came through from last after leg two to 2nd place with two great runs by the Lambert sisters. In all it has been a fantastic season for the joint Gloucester and Severn team. The team spirit has been second to none and there has been more cohesion between the two clubs than there is in single clubs who have plenty of their own internal political problems. Everyone has turned up to fixtures even if they knew they were only reserve they came with their spikes. The determination has come through as all want to show they are proud to represent Gloucester and to prove doubters wrong who said the clubs could not work together. On confirmation of the final result two days later it turned out Gloucester and Severn had managed to beat Kettering by 34 points which would have given them the league title without the help of Tipton splitting the two teams.
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20/07/08 Young Athletes League, Carmarthen From the fifteen athletes Gloucester took to the Young Athletes League at Carmarthen there were 20 personal bests and 4 new club records. Lewis Cavanagh recorded three wins and a new PB of 11.6 seconds in the 100m. With performances like that he will break into Gloucester’s Senior Track Team next year when he becomes eligible to compete as should Becky Summers who won her 800m race by a margin of 13 seconds. U13 Boys Tom Beckett. HJ = 1.30m PB + CR, 75mH = 15.5 s PB + C/R. 100m= 14.4 s Sam Evans. 200m = 32.0 s. Shot Putt = 4.69 PB. 1500m = 5.16:2 PB U13 Girls Harriet Hunter. 70mH = 12.6s PB. LJ = 3.79. 75m = 10.4s PB Lurenda Mudd. 150m = 20.2s PB + CR. Shot Putt = 6.79m PB. 75m = 10.4s PB. Jade Price. 150m = 23.9s PB. Shot Putt = 4.94m PB LJ = 2.88m PB. U15 Boys Lewis Cavanagh. 200m = 24.5s. LJ = 5.57m. 100m = 11.6s PB Ashley Phipps. 200m = 25.0s. 100m = 11.9s PB Gethin Richards. 800m = 2.14.1s. 400m = 58.1s PB Javelin = 13.39m Charlie Simmonds. 800m = 2.59:0 PB Tim Campion. Discus = 28.41m. Shot putt = 10.90m PB. Javelin 26.55m Adam Thrall. Discus = 13.36 Shot putt 6.38m PB. 1500m = 4.53:7 U15 Girls Becky Summers. LJ = 3.59 200m = 29.5s PB. 800m = 2.31:5s U17 Man Gareth Winter. Shot putt = 13.70m PB + C/R, Javelin = 36.05m U17 Ladies Amy Waite. 200m = 28.8s. 300m = 48.6 s Rozalia Gombera. 200m = 29.3s. 80mH = 16.6s 100m = 14.2s |
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19/07/08 Nike Grand Prix at Trafford: 19th July 2008 Andrew and Richard De Camps were both in action at the BMC/Nike Grand Prix at Trafford, Manchester on Saturday over the 800m distance. Andrew is running into some sort of good form and was 2nd in his race with a PB of 1:52.52. Richard finished 4th in his race and was eleven hundredths outside his best in 1:59.13. Both were a bit unfortunate as their races were near the beginning of the meet when conditions were wet and squally, later in the evening conditions were near perfect. |
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19/07/08 Summit Medical One Mile Race, Bourton-on-the-Water: 19th July 2008 Second claim Gloucester AC athlete Chris Reynolds (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies) was the convincing winner of the Summit Medical One mile race at Bourton on the Water on Saturday. Emily Pidgeon was narrowly edged out into second by Stroud based Rachel Felton of Shaftsbury Barnet by one second. Lee Smith was the second Gloucester male home in a new PB of 5:06 just holding off veteran runner Jeremy Mower. Under 15 Jack Evans looked impressive finishing in 5:15 ahead of Keith Short who took home first MV55 prize and a County Gold Medal. Short who is a MV55 Great Britain international at 800m was pleased with his run but said he had started off to slow and was actually behind Becky Summers at 400m who was the first U15 lady in 5:50.
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14/07/08 In near perfect conditions five Gloucester runners ran in the Frampton 10km race. Having run four track races the previous day in the Avon League Jeremy Mower was off his usual pace but finished strongly to finish well up the field in 35th out of the 474 finishers. Michelle Stark continues her improvement as she ran a PB finishing ahead of Bogdan Jochym. 35th 37:23 Jeremy Mower MV40; 76th 40:33 Matthew Wade SM; 188th 46:42 Michelle Stark LV35; 196th 47:08 Bogdan Jochym MV50; 332nd 53:39 Fiona Roberts SL |
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Hammer Group Success Gloucester AC's hammer throwing squad have been making their presence felt on the national stage in the past two weeks, winning numerous medals and setting countless personal best performances. Coached by former Commonwealth Champion Lorraine Shaw, the group came away with a gold and silver from the AAA's Championships which incorporated the Olympic Trials. Zoe Derham won the title with a distance of 67.27m and is waiting to hear whether she will be selected to go to the Beijing Olympics. Carys Parry won silver with 65.34m, almost 5m clear of third and cemented her position as UK number two. Bola Ogun completed the success with 51.24m for eighth place. Further north in Gateshead, at the English Schools Championships, the group claimed gold, silver, bronze and a fifth place. Alex Warner took gold in the Senior Boys with 60.96m, while Mike Tommey threw a big personal best of 52.37m to finish fifth despite being bottom of the age-group. Tim Williams threw 56.99 in the Inter Boys competition to win bronze, narrowly missing out on the silver medal.Kate Yhnell won silver in the Senior Girls category with 48.24m and still has another year left in the age group. In the recent British Masters Athletics Championships held in Birmingham, Wayne Powell (M35) won gold with 57.18m while Marion Loveridge also won gold in the W45 category with a seasons best throw of 36.82m. |
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12/07/08 Gloucester Athletic Club ran well at last Saturdays Pilot Inn 10 Mile road race, which this year also incorporated the County 10 Mile Road Race Championships. First home for the club, in 5th place overall was V40 Dave Gresswell in a new PB of 59min 17sec. Gresswell was amazed with his time, as it was the first time he had broken the 60 minute barrier. He attributed his fast run to his new lightweight racing shoes, and that he had ran the first 3 miles in the company of Cirencester AC’s international runner, Wendy Nicholls. Gresswells run was good enough for a county bronze medal in the V40 category. However, the real highlight of the day was very strong running from Glos AC’s up and coming batch of female veteran runners. Emma Jeffery was first back for the club, earning herself a County Silver Medal, and in her first ever 10 mile race, Michelle Stark (1hr 19min) ran herself into County Bronze Medal position for the V35 ladies. Completing the winning women’s team, was Cath Nicoll in a new PB time, and continuing her fine run of form since completing the London Marathon earlier this year. This was an excellent performance from the ladies, who have all been training very hard this year. Male veteran runner Martin Chopping also took time out from organizing this year’s Gloucester Half Marathon to run. |
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05/07/08 Midland Track & Field League The Gloucester and Severn Track & Field Team are virtually assured of promotion from Division 3 of the Midland League after the third of the four matches. With one remaining match Yate their nearest rivals for the final promotion spot would have to win the last fixture and Gloucester and Severn would have to finish last which is highly improbable. The city team will fight it out with Kettering for the divisional title in the final meeting. This is a great achievement for city team which made up of athletes from Gloucester AC and Severn AC especially when you consider that they are presently unable to train for the pole vault, long jump, triple jump and high jump due to the poor facilities in Gloucester. Had they enjoyed the facilities that all the other teams in their division have then they surely would have been able to walk away with the league title. The team spirit of Gloucester and Severn team has been great all season with everyone giving their all. A fine example of this was on Saturday when Richard De Camps stepped in for the 800m race at the final moment when it was realized transport carrying some of the athletes was going to be late. Richard ran a courageous race leading all the way only getting pipped on the line. Andrew De camps secured a fine double winning his 800m and 400m both by a good margin. Tim Dalton again was untouchable in his 1500m race and the return of Ryan Preddy in a 400m race was great to see as he clocked secs even though he eased of in the final 30 metres. Another returning athlete was Peter Kellie who won the 2000m “A” steeplechase by 20 seconds and was followed in by team mate Ben Coldray who won the “B” race. Kellie was pleased to get the race out of the way but admitted he was still someway off full fitness. Coldray’s run should give him plenty of confidence for the English Schools 1500m steeplechase next week. Justin Sysum and Wayne Powell totally dominated the Hammer both winning “A” and “B” respectively. Sysum had a great day producing PB’s in the Discus and Shot as did Under 17 Gareth Winter who won his first Midland League event in the Discus. Veteran Nick Walker was the teams only pole vaulter and finished in 3rd place and he later injured himself in the 110m hurdles but carried on to the finish. The versatility of Lloyd Andrews was important to the team as he competed in five of the technical events and just missed out on a win in the 400m hurdles by tenths of a second. The city’s ladies team is probably the youngest in the division and has held up well against the more experienced teams. Ladies team manager Bob Purcell has been pleased with his team and knows next year they will be a year older and stronger. Former Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Lorraine Shaw turned out due to the late withdrawal of Nikita Morgan (broken wrist) and despite having not picked up a discus or shot for over three years won both the “A” events. Lorraine said that she had enjoyed the day, being part of the Gloucester and Severn combined team and would compete again if her busy coaching schedule allowed. Under 20 Kate Yhnell won three of her four events and won the Hammer by a margin of more than 15 metres. Alex Purcell and Amy Whitcher were the busiest athletes of the day both covering 6 events each and saving their best performance for the triple jump. The three youngest ladies Sarah Williams, Rozalia Gombera and Amy Waite all faired well in the sprint events gaining valuable points.
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03/07/08 Cheltenham Harriers Mid Summer Open Meet 3rd July 2008 Gloucester AC's youngsters came away with several pb's and numerous strong performances from the first Cheltenham Harriers Mid Summer Open Meeting. Highlights came from Becky Summers in the U15 800m with a 6 second improvement of 2:30.7, Adam Thrall on his return from injury with a 5 sec improvement in the U15 boys 800m where he finished 2nd with 2:19.5. Amber Watson posted a 4 sec pb in the mile with a strong second half to clock 5:09.6 and Sam Evans finished 2nd in the U13 boys 800m with 2:40.8. In the sprints, Melissa Baverstock equalled her pb of 47.2 in the U15 girls 300m and Gethin Richards timed an impressive 60.2 in the U15 boys 400m, following it up an hour later with 27.4 in the 200m. Not to be outdone, Andrew De-Camps won the Senior Mens 400m in 51.3 finishing ahead of Midlands 800m Champion James Miller (Cheltenham Harriers). Keith Short ran a strong 5:12.6 in the V55 mile and prolific road racer Dave Spackman took the V60 honours with 6:07.2 |
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28/06/08 Gloucester Athletic Clubs road runners were out in force at the Bourton Hilly Half Marathon on Saturday 28th June 2008. Ran in warm conditions over an undulating scenic course with two long steep uphill sections times were never going to be fast. Ian “Lofty” Summers and Jeremy Mower worked hard together throughout the race. Both started off conservatively and moved up through the field in the last 6 miles. It was an intriguing battle between the long time training partners as Summers is the stronger of the two uphill and Mower is known to be a downhill specialist (Lofty says he’s just had his brain removed). At 9 miles Summers made a break of 100 metres as Mower was exhausted from running uphill the previous two miles. Mower said “I just tried to hang onto Lofty for the next few miles and hoped I was in contention for the downhill finish over the last two miles”. Mower managed to catch Summers in the last mile and another runner to finish 16th, Summers was 18th and both runners won prizes 3rd and 4th Vet 40 male respectively. Next home for the club was Vet 60 David Spackman who made up the scoring team of three for Gloucester to take second team place behind the home club Bourton Road Runners. Spackman was fifth Vet 60 overall and second Vet 60 in the County Road Race Series.
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22/06/08 YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE Match 4 at NEWPORT Result: 1st Bridgend 384.5; 2nd Marlborough 268.5; 3rd Newport: 232.0; 4th Gloucester 120.0 Twenty Gloucester AC athletes took part in the fourth fixture of the Young Athletes League in sunny, but very windy conditions at Newport the previous weekend. Most of those competing either won or were placed in the top three in the events they participated in. The other three teams had far larger teams than Gloucester and were able to score more points by filling up most of the events In the U17 men Tim Williams and Jimmy Coleman took the honours in the Hammer by a large margin, and also gained valuable points in the other throwing events. In the U15 Boys Gethin Richards ran a PB in the U15 400m race with 60.4 seconds and Tim Campion threw two PB's in the Discus (26.32m) and Shot (9.11m). There were further PB’s set by Scott Price in the Discus (15.03m) and Dan Meheran in the long jump (3.87m). Returning from injury Adam Thrall picked up valuable team points, as did the versatile Charlie Simmonds, both athletes now having competed in five different events over the course of the four meetings. The U15 Girls Melissa Baverstock and Becky Summers managed to gain valuable points with Becky gaining a PB for her 75mHurdles (16.6 seconds). U13 Boy Sam Evans gained a PB in shot (4.36m) in one of his three events. Abi Hulls the club’s only U17 Lady recorded 14.43 for the 100m. Hannah Jones (U13G) had to endure the wind more than most on the home straight as she recorder 4:46.2 in the 1200m. Harriet Hunter (U13G) shone won all three events she competed in for the fourth meeting in a row. Jade Price (U13G) battled well against the wind in her 150m and 75m races and gained a PB in her Shot (4.89m)
event age-group string position performance name Shot U17M A 3 9.89 Tim Williams Discus U17M A 3 25.58 Tim Williams Hammer U17M A 1 57.82 Tim Williams Hammer U17M B 1 45.84 Jimmy Coleman 100 U15B A 3 13.3 Ed Kingston 100 U15B B 3 13.7 Tim Campion 200 U15B A 1 25.6 Lewis Cavanagh 200 U15B B 2 27.2 Ed Kingston 400 U15B A 3 60.4 Gethin Richards 400 U15B B 3 74.2 Charlie Simmonds 800 U15B A 2 02:17.8 Gethin Richards 800 U15B B 1 02:21.3 Kieran Meheran 1500 U15B A 2 04:45.0 Jack Evans 1500 U15B B 2 05:05.1 Adam Thrall 80mH U15B A 3 21.5 Charlie Simmonds Shot U15B A 1 9.11 Tim Campion Shot U15B B 2 6.08 Adam Thrall Discus U15B A 2 26.32 Tim Campion Discus U15B B 2 15.03 Scott Price Javelin U15B A 2 16.69 Aaron Jones Javelin U15B B 2 15.71 Gethin Richards Hammer U15B A 2 15.46 Scott Price Long J U15B A 3 4.32 Aaron Jones Long J U15B B 3 3.87 Dan Meheran 200 U13B A 3 33.7 Sam Evans 1500 U13B A 2 05:30.8 Sam Evans Shot U13B A 4 4.36 Sam Evans 100 U17W A 4 14.4 Abi Hulls 100 U15G A 4 15.2 Melissa Baverstock 200 U15G A 3 30.8 Melissa Baverstock 800 U15G A 2 02:38.7 Becky Summers 75mH U15G A 4 16.6 Becky Summers Shot U15G A 4 6.05 Melissa Baverstock Javelin U15G A 4 11.14 Becky Summers 75 U13G A 1 11.0 Harriet Hunter 75 U13G B 3 13.0 Jade Price 150 U13G A 4 26.2 Jade Price 1200 U13G A 3 04:46.2 Hannah Jones 70mH U13G A 1 13.1 Harriet Hunter Shot U13G A 3 4.89 Jade Price Long J U13G A 1 4.25 Harriet Hunter
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07/06/08 City Team cling on to top place in Division 3 of Midland Track & Field League. The Gloucester AC and Severn AC composite team remain on target for promotion from Division 3 of the Midland Track & Field League. After narrowly finishing in second place behind the home club Kettering they remain top but only on match point difference. The city team got off to a flying start in the first two events of the day in the lashing rain. The pole vault competition had to be interrupted half way through but this did not put off veteran Nick Walker who won the “A” string and Justin Sysum took second in the “B” string only doing the event for the third time in his career. In the men’s hammer it was wins for Wayne Powell and Justin Sysum, they threw so far ahead of the others that it was only a competition between themselves. Nikita Morgan another Lorraine Shaw trained athlete won the women’s hammer and this was to be the only “A” string victory for the women all day. The ladies also had “B” wins for Cleo Lambert in the long jump and Julia Loveridge in the 400m hurdles. Tim Dalton was a class above everyone in the 1500m winning very comfortably in 3:54.8 and more remarkable three quarters of an hour later ran a 3000m in under nine minutes to take second place behind well known athlete John Millington of Tipton Harriers. Lloyd Andrews managed to find his form of 2006 and produced victories in both the “B” 400m hurdles and long jump. In the 400m hurdles Andrews was 10m behind the Corby athlete with 100 to go and finishing strong his dip won him the race by inches. Andrew De Camps returned from University and despite running two fast times could only take second places in the 400 and 800. Nico Constanti won the “B” 400 finishing strong off the final bend. Simon Fortnam was a comfortable 2nd in the “A” steeplechase and backed up by veteran Ian Summers who had an easy win the “B” race. Gareth Howells made his debut and having never ran a 1500 took third place in the “B” race in 4:41.7 and the way he finished the last lap there is more to come from the 17 year old. Sophie Lambert was the top lady performer on the track recording a very respectable 12.7 seconds for the 100 finishing second. Sophie also recorded good times in the 200 and 100 hurdles. A very special mention must go out to Michelle Stark and Fiona Roberts who due to very late unavailabilities they volunteered to run in order the 800, 3000 and 1500. Both ladies picked up valuable points and managed to set PB’s in the 3000. The men’s 400m was the race of the day with the Gloucester/Severn team putting the slower of their four runners on the first leg with the intention of giving the faster ones something to chase. Ben Jones ran 56.7 on the first leg, Tim Dalton then ran 53.3 to slightly close the gap, then Andrew De Camps ran 50.5 taking the lead, Nico Constanti extended the lead to 20 metres only to pull his hamstring in the final straight. Constanti clutching his hamstring managed to reach the finish winning by 5 metres and running a 52.3 individual lap. Constanti will be out for a few weeks but hopefully will be fit again for the Welsh Schools next month. Bad luck struck again in the men's triple jump, last match Brendan Goss pulled a hamstring, this time round Curtley Phillips turned his ankle and Ollie Cooper bruised his heel. Team Manager Jeremy Mower took the decision to pull both athletes out with two jumps remaining in order prevent further injury. Justin Sysum was the team’s top scorer with 25 points. During the day Justin threw just short of his own hammer PB whilst competing in the pole vault at the same time, he threw near to a PB in the Discus when finishing 1st “B”, and to finish the day he threw a PB in the javelin of 49.95 beating his previous by 5 metres. Team managers for the day Jeremy Mower and Bob Purcell were both pleased with the dedication and effort of all the athletes and look forward to the next match at Corby.
League Division 3 positions after two matches: Gloucester & Severn 11(752), Kettering 11(750), Yate 8(656.5), DASH 6(587), Tipton Harriers 3(493.5), Corby 3(441) |
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05/06/08 Pilot 4 Mile Fitness Run Five Gloucester AC runners avoided a regular training session this evening and tested their fitness at The Pilot (race 2 of 5). Paul Loveridge V45 led our men home in 29:06 followed by Bogdan Jochym V55, 29:22, Martin Chopping V50, 30:20 and Tim Evans V40, 31:01. Christine Campbell our only lady present, clocked 34:51. |
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18/05/08 Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km, Cardiff 18th May Representing Wales in the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km for a fourth consecutive time Gloucester Athletic Club's Jeremy Mower knocked 33 minutes off his previous personal best for the 100km distance. Mower recorded a time of 8 hours 54 min 19 sec and finished in his highest position in 13th place. During the race Mower suffered a hay fever attack and had trouble breathing. Mower said I always take a nasal spray before a race and normally that's enough but the length of the race and the heavy pollen brought on an unexpected attack and I lost some time as I did not recognise the attack coming on to treat it earlier. Mower was pleased that he finished the race strongly and closed the gap on the two runners in front of him. At present the Welsh Athletics has not set a time standard for the 100km for the Commonwealth Games to be held in 2009 at Keswick, but nine hours has been mentioned so Mower has a good chance of reaching a boyhood dream. Mower will probably move up to do a 24 hour race later in the year for some experience and also to give him a chance of also making the Welsh 24 hour team for the Commonwealths. The 42 year old from Elmbridge has recorded four personal bests this year at various ultra distances and is hopeful of better things to come as he tries to build his weekly mileage up. One of the key's to Mower's good year has been Sports Therapist Catherine O'Carroll whose treatment and advice has been invaluable. |
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11/05/08 Tewkesbury ½ Marathon Thirteen Gloucester Athletic Club runners attended the 26th Tewkesbury Half Marathon held on a modified course, for a race that was dominated by the hot weather and a lack of water on the course. First home for the club, and in an exceptional 5th position was Dominic Malsom, with a time of 1:21:15. Malsom was very pleased with his placing but the difficult conditions prevented his hopes for a PB. Next home for the club in 21st position was Lee Smith in a time of 1:26:30, closely followed by Ian Summers (Vet 40), finishing 8th in his category in a time of 1:27:14. Smith and Summers worked well together during most of the race, however a small gap developed by mile 8 at the second water station, which Summers was unable to close. First lady home for Gloucester was Emma Jeffery, who managed a time of 1:46:59 placing her in 288th position. Two casualties of the race were Martin Chopping and Anne-Marie Edwards. Both suffered badly with dehydration and wisely dropped out of the race. Other Gloucester finishers were (time/position) John Mcclean (Vet60) 1:42:15 / 196, Terry Onions (Vet 50) 1:46:23 / 289, Bogdan Jochym (Vet50) 1:49:32 / 342, Steve Murden 1:50:37 / 408, Michelle Stark 2:14:09 / 896, Pippa Medcalf (Vet 50) 2:13:50 / 906, Josie Thomas 2:31:23 / 1095. 1222 runners finished. 11/05/08 Tewkesbury 5 mile race Becky Summers was the only Gloucester AC representative for the Tewkesbury 5 mile race, however the thirteen year old athlete produced a strong run over the tough course finishing in 33 minutes 57 seconds and 12th overall out of 222 finishers. |
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11/05/08 County Track & Field Championship 11th May 2008 Gloucester athletes performed well at the Gloucestershire County Track & Field Championships coming away with 36 medals in total. Ashleigh Naylor won both the Junior Men’s (JM) 100m and 200m races making the number one junior sprinter in the county. Naylor also added another gold in the Triple Jump (JM) and a silver medal in the long jump (JM). Gloucester’s two top male Hammer throwers battled it out for Gold with Justin Sysum getting the better of Wayne Powell just by three metres. With no steeplechase in the county championship Steve Millward proved he has the speed over the flat winning the men’s 5000m with a fast time of 15:26.1 Ollie Cooper won the Triple Jump title for a second year in a row and collected silver in the Discus and bronze in the high jump. U13 Girl Harriet Hunter collected gold medals in both the 100m and long jump and had a silver in the 70m hurdles. Lewis Cavanagh continues to show that he is an athlete to keep an eye out for the future winning both the U15 Boys 100m and long jump. Ryan Preddy won a very keenly contested 400m in a time of 49.0 seconds showing that he is not far off his best. Other winners were Richard De Camps in the JM 800m., Amber Watson U15G 800m, Arthur Daley M55 5000m, Rachel Davies U15G shot putt, Marion Loveridge F45 shot putt, Scott Price UB hammer, and Tim Williams U15B hammer. |
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10 May 2008 Sophie Lambert represented her university, Birmingham at the BUSA games last weekend and made the semis - just missing out on a finals place in the 200m in 26.12sec. She then contributed to the 4x100m team which came 5th in the finals.
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