Walton came 3rd scoring 169.5 points (missing out on 2nd place by half
a point) which placed us 11th in division 2.

The drive to Brighton was treacherous in poor weather conditions, but
upon arrival the rain stopped.  The competition got off to a bad start
with pole vault equipment missing meaning the event could not be run.
This disappointed Lauren Garhard of Walton AC who travelled to Brighton
solely for this event.  This did not improve when the track events were
due to start, as the only track official was from Walton AC which is
insufficient volunteers to run the competition.  Parents and spectators
came to the rescue from both the men’s and ladies competition to assist
at this joint fixture.

Walton ladies had a very enjoyable day with many athletes gaining
personal best performances.  In the junior ladies, Ellen Sellwood won
100m, 200m and came 2nd in the long jump gaining personal bests in all
her events.  Carla Letheby also threw 3 personal best throws in the
discus, javelin and shot put, which placed Carla 2nd in all 3 events.
Kim Dawkins and Abbie Wroth both jumped personal best heights in the
high jump at 1.40m and 1.30m respectively, and Abbie then went on to
75m
hurdles with Kaylin Purvor to both run best times, placing them 3rd in
the A and B strings.  Kaylin also won B string shot put, putting 6.64m.
Britt Hijkoop came 2nd in both the long jump and discus B strings, and
3rd in the B string 100m running 14.5 seconds.

The very disappointing turn out and the poor weather were offset to some extent by some very good individual performances from those athletes who did compete.
There were event wins for Ramon Wright in the A string 100m, Mark Partridge in the B string 100 and in the 200m and for Carla Letheby in the shot. A number of other athletes produced personal best performances.

1	Ealing, Southall & Middlesex	781
2	Thames Valley Harriers	620
3	St Mary’s Richmond	429
4	Hillingdon	423
5	Brunel Juniors	414.5
6	Camberley	407
7	London Heathside	281
8	Walton	204.5

Under 17 Boys
100m
Ramon Wright	11.4	1A
Mark Partridge	11.6	1B
200m
Mark Partridge	23.4	1A
Anthony Wall	26.4
400m
Ryan Scothern	59.9
1500m
Ben Lawrence	5.40.0
High Jump
Mark Partridge	1.45
Long Jump
Ramon Wright	5.11
Shot
Ramon Wright	8.90
Anthony Wall	7.63
Discus
Ben Lawrence	13.57
Under 15 Boys
800m
Harry Marchbank	2.38.0
Long Jump
Harry Marchbank	3.91
High Jump
Harry Marchbank	1.25
Under 13 Boys
75m Hurdles
Josh Corrigan	15.2
High Jump
Josh Corrigan	1.31
Casy Purvor	1.05
Long Jump
Josh Corrigan	4.08
Casey Purvor	3.26
Shot
Casy Purvor	5.98
Under 13 Girls
75m
Shannon Kay	12.5
800m
Carla Letherby	2.52.5
Shannon Kay	3.12.0
1200m
Abi Wroth	4.56.9
Alice Holmes	5.04.7
70m Hurdles
Abi Wroth	15.1
Alice Holmes	15.2
High Jump
Abi Wroth	1.20
Carla Letheby	1.15
Long Jump
Charlotte Toms	3.44
Alice Holmes	3.18
Shot
Carla Letheby	7.97	1A
Charlotte Toms	6.29

 

The home Rosenheim match took place in cold and very wet conditions on Wednesday night at Stompond Lane. Many thanks to all the officials who braved the elements to run an efficient if soggy match.

The turnout of home athletes was low, not surprising after such a busy few weeks of competition but the ladies managed 3rd place and the men 6th.
Kaylee Price and Maria Hanshaw ran the same time to come 1st and 2nd in the 100m and Kaylee was also 2nd in the 200. Hannah Gray ran a pb in the non scoring 200 just ahead of Ros Aylett who also ran the 400m
The men had one winner in John Redshaw who took the 800m. Mark Patton, in his first track race, came 4th with Jack Marchbank 7th.
Mark Partridge was a very close 2nd in the 200m and Anthony Wall 2nd in the long jump. Jon Ladley  was 3rd in the shot and the javelin and the relay team of Mark Partridge, Jack, Anthony and Jon rounded off the evening with a 2nd place.

The journey to the Cambridge University track was rewarded with an excellent win for the senior men.

Some superb individual performances backed up by by a good all round team effort made light of the very poor conditions. As a result of the win Walton move up to 5th place in the league, our highest position since being promoted two years ago. 
Craig Timmings had an amazing day, long jumping and triple jumping further than he has done since his return to athletics eight years ago. He won the long jump and pole vault and was second in the high jump and triple jump. Stuart Fawcett won the B pole vault and triple jump and was equal second in the B high jump. Jon Ladley was third in the B long jump.
The star of the sprints was 15 year old Ramon Wright in his first senior match who won the B string 100m and 200m recording personal best times in both events. Multi eventer Adam McCarthy was 4th and 3rd in  the A string sprint events. Adam also won the sprint hurdles in a personal best time with Stuart Fawcett winning the B race.
The throws were a lot stronger with the return of Josh Davis. Josh was 2nd in the javelin, 3rd in the hammer and discus and 2nd in the B shot, there were wins in the B javelin and hammer for Kevin Shepherd and Jack Rutherford.
Walton cleaned up in the long distance track events with James Harvey winning the 5000m and the steeplechase and Steve Mills winning the B string chase with Jon Brine winning an excellent last lap battle to claim 2nd place in the 5000m.
John Redshaw and Alex Ferrelly ran well agianst strong opposition in teh middle distance races. The match was rounded off with two 2nd places in the relays events.

Match Result

WALTON	138.5
Cambridge & Coleridge	123.5
Royal Navy	109
Portsmouth	90.5
Worthing	70.5

Individual Results

100m	Adam McCarthy	11.5	4A	Ramon Wright  PB	11.4	1B
200m	Adam McCarthy	23.5	3A	Ramon Wright  PB	23.2	1B
400m	Jon Ladley	56.2	4A	Steve Mills	58.1	2B
800m	John Redshaw	2.11.2	5A	Steve Mills	2.20.0	3B
1500m	John Redshaw	4.35.0	5A	Alex Ferrelly	4.36.7	3B
5000m	James Harvey	16.12.3	1A	Jon Brine	18.03.3	2B
110m Hurdles	Adam McCarthy	16.7 PB	1A	Stuart Fawcett	19.0	1B
400m Hurdles	Stuart Fawcett	65.2	3A	James Harvey	71.7	2B
3000m Steeplechase	James Harvey	10.29.1	1A	Steve Mills	12.19.9	1B
High Jump	Craig Timmings	1.70	2A	Stuart Fawcett	1.50	=2B
Long Jump	Craig Timmings	6.09	1A	Jon Ladley	5.55	3B
Pole Vault	Craig Timmings	3.80	1A	Stuart Fawcett	3.40	1B
Triple Jump	Craig Timmings	11.67	2A	Stuart Fawcett	11.30	1B
Shot	Adam McCarthy	10.48	3A	Josh Davis	9.83	2B
Discus	Josh Davis	32.27	4A	Adam McCarthy	28.38	1B
Javelin	Josh Davis	39.00	2A	Kevin Shepherd	37.58	1B
Hammer	Josh Davis	33.13	3A	Jack Rutherford	22.83	1B
4 x 100m Relay	Ladley, Wright, Timmings, McCarthy	47.7	2nd
4 x 400m Relay	Redshaw, Fawcett,   Ladley, McCarthy	3.51.8	2nd

Next match is on 3rd June at Norman Park,  Bromley against Blackheath & Bromley, Kent AC, Ipswich and Hastings.
Results of the other matches and league table can be found at SML Division 2

Only 12 Walton athletes entered the Surrey Champs this year but they produced a decent haul of medals and personal bests.

Star of the weekend was Carla Letheby. Carla entered all three throwing events in the under 13 girls age group and came away with two pb’s and three gold medals. On Saturday Carla won the shot with 7.64 and then improved her pb four times in the javelin finshing with 24.81. On Sunday she came back to win the discus with another pb of  22.75. In doing so Carla set a new championship best performance, beating the existing one, which had stood for five years,  by over two metres!

Also in the under 13 age group Lauren Highton improved her best 800m time to 2.46.68 for 5th place in her heat.

Nathalie Jones ran 13.55 to finish 2nd in her heat of the under 15 girls 100m and came 6th in the final, Nat also ran 2.39.64 for 5th place in the 800m heats.

Claire Pearce ran a pb of 5.54.30 to finish 3rd under 20 women in the 1500m.

Helen Williams was 3rd in the senior women’s 100m (13.59) and 4th in the long jump (5.64). Jo Locker finished 6th in the senior women’s 800m (2.24.55)  closely followed by Nathalie Warren who improved her best time to 2.25.81 for 7th place.

In the under 17 men’s age group Alex Ferrelly knocked 5 seconds off his best time for 800m to finsh 4th in his heat, and then improved the time again to 2.05.56 for 5th place in the final.

Craig Timmings was the most successful senior man, his 4.00m vault gaining him a silver medal. Adam McCarthy was the busiest with 5 events producing a bronze medal and a pb (17.16) in the sprint hurdles, three 4th places, vault 3.10, shot 9.78, Discus 30.52 and a 6th in the 400m in 53.34.  Phil Lacey improved his seasons best to 55.03 for 7th in the 400m and Chris Wright ran 24.35 in the heats of the 200m.

The only disappointment of the weekend was the low number of entries from Walton athletes. Based on the results from the  Walton Open the previous weekend Walton athletes could have won another fifteen medals.

Full results are available on the Surrey Athletics website  County Champs Results