Our senior athletes made the short trip to Eton at the end of July for the Golden Jubilee Cup semifinal. This is a national knockout cup involving clubs of all standards fincluding the top British League clubs. It is also the only mixed match that our seniors take part in with mens and womens events counting towards the teams total score.
We were drawn in a semifinal match with 5 British League clubs, and two other Southern League clubs, one from division one and the other in our division so we were just about the lowest ranked club in the match. As a result our 5th place finish was an excellent achievement as our athletes responded well to the level of competition.
We had two event wins, Helen Williams ran a seasons best to win the 200m and Jon Hamblen led almost from the start and lapped all his competitors to win the 10000m.
Helen also picked up two 2nd places in teh 100m and the long jump and Craig Timmings vaulted 4.00m for 2nd place.
There were two pb’s for Walton athletes, Nat Warren knocked 1.5s off her 800m best and John Redshaw improved his 1500 best by an impressive 11s.
In all it was a very good all round team performance. Full details below.
We were drawn in a semifinal match with 5 British League clubs, and two other Southern League clubs, one from division one and the other in our division so we were just about the lowest ranked club in the match. As a result our 5th place finish was an excellent achievement as our athletes responded well to the level of competition.
We had two event wins, Helen Williams ran a seasons best to win the 200m and Jon Hamblen led almost from the start and lapped all his competitors to win the 10000m.
Helen also picked up two 2nd places in teh 100m and the long jump and Craig Timmings vaulted 4.00m for 2nd place.
There were two pb’s for Walton athletes, Nat Warren knocked 1.5s off her 800m best and John Redshaw improved his 1500 best by an impressive 11s.
In all it was a very good all round team performance. Full details below.
Match Result
| 1 | Team Southampton | 240 |
| 2 | Blackheath & Bromley | 224.5 |
| 3 | Thames Valley Harriers | 222.5 |
| 4 | Reading | 200.5 |
| 5 | WALTON | 155 |
| 6 | Aldershot Farnham & District | 128 |
| 7 | Newbury | 111.5 |
| Kingston & Polytechnic withdrew |
Performances
| Women | Pos | Performance | |
| 100m | Helen Williams | 2 | 12.24 |
| 200m | Helen Williams | 1 | 25.00 |
| 400m | Hannah Gray | 7 | 73.2 |
| 800m | Nathalie Warren | 4 | 2.23.37 PB |
| 1500m | Nathalie Warren | 5 | 5.51.45 |
| 3000m | |||
| 100m hurdles | Kaylee Price | 4 | 16.96 |
| 400m Hurdles | Jo Regan | 6 | 78.721 |
| High Jump | Kaylee Price | 3= | 1.40 |
| Long Jump | Helen Williams | 2 | 5.45 |
| Pole Vault | Tina Howell | 4 | 1.10 |
| Triple Jump | Tina Howell | 6 | 9.58 |
| Shot | Debbie Singleton | 5 | 7.63 |
| Discus | Debbei Singleton | 5 | 26.09 |
| Javelin | Tina Howell | 6 | 14.07 |
| Hammer | Debbie Singleton | 5 | 24.27 |
| 4 x 100m Relay | Howell, Price, Regan, Williams |
3 | 53.08 |
| 4 x 400m Relay | Warren, Williams, Regan, Gray |
5 | 4.33.82 |
| Men | |||
| 100m | Ramon Wright | 5 | 11.6 |
| 200m | Adam McCarthy | 6 | 23.79 |
| 400m | Phil Lacey | 6 | 55.7 |
| 800m | Jon Ladley | 7 | 2.10.15 |
| 1500m | John Redshaw | 5 | 4.12.16 PB |
| 5000m | James Harvey | 4 | 15.58.22 |
| 10000m | Jon Hamblen | 1 | 33.0762 |
| 110m Hurdles | Adam McCarthy | 5 | 16.67 |
| 400m Hurdles | Adam Mccarthy | 6 | 61.77 |
| 3000m Steeplechase | Jon Brine | 6 | 10.58.33 |
| High Jump | Courtney Codrington | 5= | 1.70 |
| Long jump | Jon Ladley | 5 | 5.57 |
| Pole Vault | Craig Timmings | 2 | 4.00 |
| Triple Jump | Courtney Codrington | 5 | 11.58 |
| Shot | Jon Ladley | 7 | 7.99 |
| Discus | Jon Ladley | 6 | 24.19 |
| Javelin | Kevin Shepherd | 5 | 37.76 |
| Hammer | Jack Rutherford | 5 | 20.97 |
| 4 x 100m Relay | Timmings, McCarthy, Codrington, Wright |
5 | 46.82 |
| 4 x 400m Relay | Lacey, McCarthy, Ladley, Redshaw |
6 | 3.43.61 |