Southern Men’s League 28th June at Walton

Walton’s senior men were at home for their latest Southern Leaue match and it was another of the close matches that have been a feature of this season.

This time eighteen points seperated 2nd from last and Walton managed 4th place, enough to leave them in 13th place in the league of 25 clubs.

 The match started well on the track with a 2nd place for Adam McCarthy in the 400m hurdles followed by a B string win in his first race of the season for Andrew Kennard in a new club veteran record time of 56.7. Walton’s only other track win was from James Harvey who ran away with the steeplechase. James was also 3rd in the 5000m with Jon Brine also doubling up for 2nd and 3rd in the B string events . In the high quality sprint races Ramon Wright and Lawrence Munro were 3rd and 4th in the 100m and Alex Fraser and Mark Partrudge 4th and 2nd in the 200m. Jack Marchbank ran a pb for 3rd in the B string 400m.

Alex Ferrelly and Jon Ladley did the 800m/1500m double and Julian Langley & Stu Fawcett managed two 3rds in the sprint hurdles. The day on the track finished well with seasons bests and 2nd places in both relays.

The throws saw the return of Josh Davis for his first match of the season and he leapt to the top of the club rankings in shot and hammer and to second place in the other two throws. Adam McCarthy won the B string discus and Joe Eastwood was 2nd in the B javelin.

The jumps were tough but in the vault Stu Fawcett was 3rd and Jon Ladley 2nd B string and in the long jump Andrew Kennard increased his lead at the top of the club rankings.

Match Result
 Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets  134.5
 2  Ryston Runners  108
 3  Luton  103
 4  WALTON    97.5
 5  Dacorum & Tring    90

Performances
100m   Ramon Wright u20 11.4   A3  Lawrence Munro    12.1  B4 
 200m  Alex Fraser  23.5  A4  Mark Partridge u20  23.9  B2
 400m  Adam McCarthy  52.8  A5  Jack Marchbank u20  53.4 pb  B3
 800m  Alex Ferrelly u20  2.06.2  A4  Jon Ladley  2.06.6  B4
 1500m  Jon Ladley  4.33.4  A5  Alex Ferrelly u20  4.34.0  B3
 5000m  James Harvey  16.36.9  A3  Jon Brine  17.49.6  B2
 110m Hurdles  Julian Langley  20.4  A3  Stuart Fawcett  19.4  B3
 400m Hurdles  Adam McCarthy  56.8  A2  Andrew Kennard m40  56.7  B1
 3000m Steeplechase  James Harvey  10.25.0  A1  Jon Brine  11.35.7  B3
 Long Jump  Andrew Kennard m40  5.84  A4  Justin Haynes u20  5.46  B3
 High Jump  Stuart Fawcett   1.60  A5  Jon Ladley  1.50  B4
 Triple Jump  Stuart Fawcett  10.74  A5  Stuart Channon  10.37  B5
 Pole Vault  Stuart Fawcett  3.40  A3  Jon Ladley  2.60  B2=
 Shot  Josh Davis m45  10.37  A3  Lawrence Munro  8.78  B5
 Discus  Josh Davis m45  29.18  A5  Adam Mccarthy  28.57  B1
 Javelin  Josh Davis m45  39.57  A5  Joe Eastwood m55  34.21  B2
 Hammer  Josh Davis m45  34.71  A4  Jack Rutherford m50  25.89  B3
 4 x 100m Relay
 Wright, Fraser,
 Munro, Partridge
 44.6  2      
 4 x 400m Relay
 Partridge, Fraser,
Wright, McCarthy
 3.29.6  2      

Walton non scorers

100m

Alex Fraser 11.9

Mark Partridge 12.2

Stuart Channon 12.5

David O’Connell 13.5

200m

Jack Marchbank 25.4

David O’Connell 26.5

Triple Jump

Justin Haynes 10.47