Better weather greeted the men for their third match of the season at Bromley but a much weakened team could only manage 5th place on the day

There was another good team effort with a number of athletes filling in with unfamiliar events and there were still some excellent performances and a number of pb’s. The result still leaves Walton in 10th place of the 25 clubs in the league with both the next matches at home and a five week gap  before the first of them which should allow some of the injured athletes to recover.

There were only two event wins for Walton, Adam McCarthy ran a new pb to win the sprint hurdles and Mark Partridge, in his first senior match, won the B string 200m and came 2nd in the B string 100.
In the absence of regular vaulters Craig and Stuart, Jon Ladley and Adam McCarthy filled in well with a 4th and 3rd place. Jon also produced a pb in the long jump for 2nd place. Courtney Codrington equalled his seasons best in the high jump and increased his triple jump pb by 42cm.
Phil Lacey returned to action with 3rd place in teh B string 400m.
There were some good distance runs. Alex Ferrelly was just outside his pb in the 800 and 1500 and John Redshaw was just outside his best time claiming 2nd place in the 5000m. Jon Brine continued his comeback running 30s quicker than last time for 3rd in the 5000m  and Phil Bearman made a welcome first appearance of the season claiming 3rd place in the A steeplechase. Steve Mills had a busy day ,making his debut at 400m hurdles and sprint hurdles, running the 800m and still managing to come 3rd in the B string steeplchase at the end of the match.
Kevin Shepherd improved his seasons best in the javelin for 3rd and Robin Roach managed 4th place in the discus.

Match Result

Hastings	144
Ipswich	123
Kent	105
Blackheath & Bromley	88
WALTON	79

Individual Results (missing results will be added once we receive them)

100m	Adam McCarthy	11.7	5A	Mark Partridge	11.6	2B
200m	Adam McCarthy	24.3	5A	Mark Partridge	23.4	1B
400m	Jon Ladley	55.3	5A	Phil Lacey	55.3	3B
800m	Alex Ferrelly	2.06.8	5A	Steve Mills	2.18.3	5B
1500m	Alex Ferrelly	4.26.5	5A	John Redshaw	4.26.7	3B
5000m	John Redshaw	16.50.9	2A	Jon Brine	17.35.5	3B
110m Hurdles	Adam McCarthy	16.6 PB	1A	Steve Mills	21.7	4B
400m Hurdles	Steve Mills	69.2	5A	Jon Brine	71.0	5B
3000m Steeplechase	Phil Bearman	11.38.5	3A	Steve Mills	11.59.9	3B
High Jump	Courtney Codrington	1.75	4A	Mark Partridge	1.50	4B
Long Jump	Jon Ladley	5.79 PB	2A	Courtney Codrington	5.03	3B
Pole Vault	Jon Ladley	3.00	4A	Adam Mccarthy	2.80	3B
Triple Jump	Courtney Codrington	11.42 PB	5A	Alex Ferrelly	9.85	4B
Shot	Adam McCarthy	9.99	4A	Kevin Shepherd	8.68	4B
Discus	Adam McCarthy	26.40	5A	Robin Roach	23.86	4B
Javelin	Kevin Shepherd	37.83	3A	Jon Ladley	27.89	4B
Hammer	Jack Rutherford	22.10	5A	Craig Timmings		4B
4 x 100m Relay	Lacey, Ladley,   McCarthy, Partridge		5th
4 x 400m Relay	Lacey, Redshaw, Ferrelly, McCarthy		5th

Next match is on 8th July at WALTON,   against Channel Islands, Newbury, Abingdon and Luton.
Results of the other matches and league table can be found at SML Division 2