Amelia Campbell among the winners as TVH beat Harrow at the second round fixture

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP, round 2, Woodford Green, London, July 7 

Reigning champions Thames Valley Harriers were aiming to regain the initiative in this second round match after being headed by nearby rivals Harrow in the opener, but Woodford Green with Essex Ladies were hoping to spoil the party in their home fixture.

However, as the afternoon unfolded it became clear that reigning Thames Valley would eventually hold sway.

After six events had been scored, mainly on the track, they were led by Blackheath & Bromley and Birchfield, for whom Jake Minshull won the 400m hurdles in a personal best 50.47 to lead an event double. Birchfield Harriers also saw Yanique Haye-Smith add the womens race but they were soon to drift right away.

Blackheaths points came from Angus Harrington, who took the 800m in 1:51.14 and, with the blustery wind pushing Luke Dorrell to a windy 100m PB of 10.24, the Heathens scored a double.

It was stronger for the womens 100m, where Blackheath piled up more points from Jennifer Eduwus win in 11.61, a time matched by team-mate Darcy Kuipers legal personal best in the B race.

Blackheath still led after 10 events, albeit narrowly from Thames Valley, as first round winners Harrow trailed but they soon posted their first win as Terry Fawden set a personal best 5:56.63 in winning the mens 2000m steeplechase. At this stage, just three points separated the remaining five clubs.

Hosts Woodford Green with Essex Ladies won the first field event, the womens long jump thanks to Mary Elcocks personal best equalling 6.04m but then had to wait a long time before Youcef Zatat added the mens shot put with 18.25m.

The mens 110m hurdles saw Birchfield post another track win through Will Richie-Moulins 13.99.

Windsors Charlotte Payne threw a seasons best 68.97m in the womens hammer to head Thames Valleys Kayleigh Presswells 62.59m and Glasgow had a win too, as Beth Harrison took the womens 800m in 2:08.15.

After 12 events Thames Valley were now ahead in the match as Blackheath and Harrow trailed and they had to thank their Kosana Weir who just got the nod on Woodfords Bea Wood with a 9:27.25 3000m victory.

Harrow were fighting back though as Marli Jessop ran a legal 13.45 in the womens 100m hurdles, so that as the afternoon wore on, the top two clubs began to separate themselves from the rest.

Three-time league winners Thames Valley opened out 41 points over their conquerors in the first match and saw Sarah-Anne De Kramer take the javelin with 45.26m and Lily Hulland the triple jump with a seasons best 13.07m.

Glasgow was well out of it in fifth spot on the day but saw Stephan MacKenzie win a close long jump with 7.49m.

Windsor too were not challenging for a match win but had Phoebe Dowson take the womens discus with a 54.10m seasons best, as second placed Jade Lally also threw a 2024 best with 53.64m. There was also a seasons best for Windsors Jake Norris in the mens hammer at 76.71m.

After their early successes, Birchfield were not doing so well but bounced back when Efekemo Okoro won a keenly contested mens 400m in 46.72 and their Amy Hillyard the womens in 53.58.

These wins were not enough to see the Stags move up but there was another for English National junior cross-country champion Aron Gebremariam in the 1500m with 3:50.36.

Late on the wins kept coming for Thames Valley as they began to stretch out their lead on Harrow as India Weir won a tight 1500m from their rivals Suzannah Monk in 4:24.15.

Weather conditions had been difficult but a legal following wind worked to the advantage of the Valleys Muhammad Kountas 20.81 200m personal best.

But Harrow fought back as Joy Ezes womens win in 23.46 was also a personal best with the wind again just inside the limit.

Still the Thames Valley wins came and their banker Amelia Campbells 16.92m seasons best was enough to take the womens shot.

The wind also had an affect on the mens triple jump but in the absence of any known wind speeds there were four over 15-metres led by the evergreen Tosin Oke for Woodford at 15.64m.

With the match all but decided, the hosts also added the final event of the track programme as in another novel development it featured A and B strings in a mixed 4x400m relay.

At this point with a few field event results still to be added to the points total, Thames Valley still led Harrow by 46 points, but then first match winners Conor Martin took the mens javelin with a personal best 66.57m.

This was from Windsors Paralympian Dan Pembroke with 65.48m.

One of the last events to declare saw Thames Valley further increase their lead in the match thanks to second ranked under-23 Nemiash Munirs 4.12m seasons best in the womens pole vault. With a pb of 4.15m, the bar was raised to 4.22m but no new mark was achieved.

With one match win each, Thames Valley and Harrow go into the final match on the third of August to decide the championship.

Match: 1 TVH 612.5; 2 Harrow 561.5; 3 B&B 452.5; 4 WG&EL 448; 5 Glasgow 437; 6 WSEH 419; 7 Sale 375.5; 8 Birchfield 314

Men

100 (2.9): 1 L Dorrell (B&B) 10.24; 2 N Walsh (Sale) 10.35; 3 H Taylor (Harr) 10.37

200 (1.8): 1 M Kounta (TVH) 20.81; 2 L Dorrell (B&B) 2085; 3 J Broome (Sale) 21.09

400: 1 E Ekoro (Bir) 46.72; 2 D Putnam (B&B) 46.92; 3 A Cooper (Harr) 47.34

800: 1 A Harrington (B&B) 1:51.14; 2 J Owen (WG&EL) 1:52.85; 3 L Cotterill (WSEH) 1:53.84

1500: 1 A Gebremariam (Bir, u20) 3;50.36; 2 B Potrykus (WGEL) 3:51.51; 3eq A Milligan (Harr)/B Rock (TVH) 3:55.71

3000: 1 J Kavanagh (B&B) 8:18.12; 2 J Doye (WG&EL) 8:29.56; 3 C Hudson (Harr) 8:29.89

110H (no W): 1 W Richie-Moulin (Bir) 13.99; 2 S Connal (Glas) 14.20; 3 R Cottell (B&B) 14.35

400H: 1 J Minshull (Bir) 50.47; 2 B Francis (Glas) 51.79; 3 S Clarke (TVH) 51.92

2000SC: 1 T Fawden (Harr) 5:56.63; 2 J Kicera (TVH) 5:59.83; 3 V Weerakkody (WG&EL) 6:18.77

HJ: J Clarke-Khan (TVH) 2.12

LJ: 1 S MacKenzie (Glas) 7.49; 2 J Lelliott (Harr) 7.44; 3 M Fotheringham (Glas) 7.45

TJ: 1 T Oke (WG&EL, M40) 15.64; 2 S Okome (Sale) 5.45; 3 J Aki Sawyer (WSEH) 15.04

PV: 1 T Walley (Sale) 5.02; 2 J Phipps (Bir) 4.82; 3 A mCfarlane (Glas) 4.62

SP: 1 J Zatat (WG&EL) 18.25; 2 A Lockhart (Harr) 15.60; 3 D Claydon (B&B) 15.27

DT: 1 D Claydon (B&B) 51.27; 2 A Peck (Glas) 48.36; 3 M Plowman (WG&EL) 47.79

HT: 1 J Norris (WSEH) 76.71; 2 J Paget (TVH) 68.53; 3 T Campbell (WSEH) 65.26

JT: 1 C Martin (Harrow) 66.67; 2 D Pembroke (WSEH) 65.48; 3 C Evans (TVH) 63.00

4100: 1 TVH 40.79; 2 B&B 40.80; 3 WG&EL 40.88

Women

100 (3.3): 1 J Eduwu (B&B) 11.61; 2 E Modeste (TVH) 11.65; 3 P Akpe-Moses (Bir) 11.71

200 (1.9): 1 J Eze (Harr) 23.46; 2 F Aginbileje (B&B, U20) 23.63; 3 K Dubarry-Gay (WG&EL) 23.90

400: 1 A Hillyard (Bir) 53.58; 2 Z Clark (TVH) %4.42; 3 R Greve (WGEL, U20) 55.20

800: 1 B Ansell (Glas) 2:08.15; 2 A Svihalkova (TVH) 2:10.09; 3 C Sharp (B&B) 2:10.17

1500: 1 I Weir (TVH) 4:23.72; 2 S Monk (Harr) 4;24.15; 3 C Buckley (TVH) 4:27.03

3000: 1 K Weir (TVH) 9:27.25; 2 B Wood (WG&EL) 9:27.79; 3 K Olding (TVH) 9:44.68

110H (1.4): 1 M Jessop (Harr) 13.45; 2 A Broadbest-Blake (TVH, W35) 13.95; 3 F Docherty (Sale, U20) 13.97

400H: 1 Y Haye-Smith (Bir) 59.18; 2 O Brennan (WSEH) 59.73; 3 S Elliss (B&B) 60.26

2,000SC: 1 A Barbour (WSEH)6:48.72; 2 S Stoddart (Glas) 7:15.45; 3 A Paton (Glas) 7:16.86

HJ: 1 B Coulson (Bir) 1.72; 2 P Rogan (TVH) 1.67; 3 R Burrell (Bor) 1.62

LJ: 1 M Elcock (WG&EL) 6.04; 2 D Snell (B&B, U20) 5.91; 3 C Nwafor (TVH, U20) 5.88

TJ: 1 L Hulland (TVH) 13.07; 2 A Omitowoju (Harr) 12.55; 3 M Elcock (WG&EL) 12.46

PV: 1 N Munir (TVH) 4.12; 2 S Barbour (Glas) 3.92; 3 M Bailey (Harr) 3.72

SP: 1 A Campbell (TVH) 16.92; 2 C Agyepong (B&B, U20) 15.09; 3 M Joseph (Harr) 13.63

DT: 1 P Dowson (WSEH) 54.10; 2 J Layy (TVH, W35) 53.64; 3 Z Obamakinwa (B&B) 52.50

HT: 1 C Payne (WSEH) 68.97; 2 K Presswell (TVH) 62.59; 3 P Wingate (TVH) 56.56

JT: 1 S De Kramer (TVH) 45.26; 2 R Burrell (Bir) 42.53; 3 L ODell (Harr) 41.81

4100: 1 Harrow 45.63; 2 WG&EL 45.61; 3 TVH 47/08

Mixed 4400: 1 WG&EL) 3:23.53; 2 TVH 3:25.01; 3 Harrow 3:25.60

Standings after 2 matches: 1 Thames Valley 11 (1217.5); Harrow 15 (1207.5); 3 WSEH 9 (882.5); 4eq Glasgow 9 (873); 4eq WG&EL 9 (873); 6 Blackheath & Bromley 7 (797.5); 7 Birchfield 4 (702); 8 Sale 4 (747); 8 

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP NORTH, round 3, Bedford, July 7

Sheffield and Trafford came into this third-round match almost assured that they would contest the Premiership qualifier after each winning one of the earlier matches, while hosts Bedford & County wanted to try and make up for two earlier poor results.

All of that happened as Trafford and Sheffield now go to the Premiership knock out and hosts Bedford did improve to third on the day.

Trafford and Sheffield were tied on league points after the first two matches and Sheffield won the 400m hurdles through Ben Schofield in 53.1, but Trafford held sway here winning by 77 points to take the lead after three matches.

They then followed up with Callum Winchester-Wright winning the mens 100m in 10.72 and Leone Ashmeade the womens in 11.88.

Nisha Desai added the womens first event for Trafford where there were only two match runners out of a possible 12 but her club led after five events had been scored.

In a tight mens 800m Notts Nairobi Smith-Mills squeezed home ahead of Traffords Joe Hudak but takers were few in the womens two-lapper where Trafford scored through Kate Meeson.

Trafford still led after 11 events had been scored and, in a poorly supported mens 2000m steeplechase junior Joe Daly just came out on top in a slow race.

Sheffield had countered with Alice Barnsdale taking the womens hammer with 60.55m and William Lane the pole vault with 4.82m but Emily Madden-Forman had a 1.72m clearance in the high jump for Trafford as Sam Danson won the mens long jump with a legal 7.24m.

Sheffield kept trying with a double led by Henry Curtis in the 110m hurdles with 14.87m against a breeze and Kaya Walker the mens high jump with a 2.02m clearance.

Liverpool had been having a lean day until Jade Morgan won the womens 5000m in 17:25.14 and Nick Wedderman narrowly won the mens discus with 52.31m from Sheffields Chiks Osammors 52.19m. Emma Alderson then added the womens 400m for the Merseysiders in 56.43.

Notts had challenged in the first two matches but ended up fourth here but did have Imogen Smith win the womens Pole vault with 3.72m and Milan Campion the mens 3000m

Both hosts Bedford and Milton Keynes whose Lateefah Agberem won the womens long jump and then triple with a windy 13.10m as team mate James Ericsson-Nicholls added the mens hammer were putting on a better show here.

Bedford then had junior Jasmine Wilkins win the womens 200m in 24.18

As the afternoon drew to a close Trafford took both 1500m races with Kate Meeson the womens in 4:44.92. and a double in the womens javelin led by junior Neve Davenports 41.67m. They further stretched their lead as Sagesse Nguie won the mens 200m in 21.18 and had two of the only three runners in the womens steeplechase won by Bethany Reid.

Match: 1 Trafford 551; 2 Sheffield 474; 3 Bedford & C 402; 4 Notts 354; 5 Liverpool 319; 6 Milton Keynes 275

Standings after 3 matches: 1 Trafford 17 (1687); 2 Sheffield 16 (1647); 3 Notts 10 (1402); 4 Liverpool 10 (1276); 5 Bedford & County 7 (850); 6 Milton Keynes 4 (663) 

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH, round 3, Kingston, Surrey, July 7

Kingston & Polytechnic played hosts at The Weir Archer Centre as Tonbridge continued their seemingly easy march on to the Knockout round and the Kent based outfit took good early points in the opening two field events the womens long jump and hammer.

Crawley led the early points count from Tonbridge and Belgrave, thanks to Adam Drays 800m led in a double victory and Mia OHaras 12.57 womens 100m clocking before Matthew Grindrod added the steeplechase and Callum Holder the high hurdles.

Hosts Kingston scored a couple of early wins thanks to Joely Bytheways 400m hurdles and Tom Whites 10.96 100m and later had Kira Holt lead a double in the 100m hurdles.

After 11 events Tonbridge had assumed the match led from Belgrave, whose Chinedu Okereke won the mens long jump with 6.51m.

Bournemouth were last here but they had got in on the winning act with Emily Fields 2:12.35 800m before Brian Webb took the mens high jump with 2.10m.

There was a big turn around in the match by midafternoon, after 30 events had been scored, as Belgrave opened out a 75-point advantage and had had a double in the womens 5000m led by Felicity Harrison as they were the only two runners and the womens 400m through junior Arabella Wilsons 56.60.

This was over Crawley with Tonbridge the run-away victors in the first two matches a close third, despite a double win from their Kirsty-Anne Ebbage in the womens hammer and discus. Tonbridge also won the mens discus and 400m with modest performances and Bronwyn Yeandle the womens pole vault with a 3.53m clearance before Lewis Church took the mens shot.

In a steady mens 1500m Crawley had Adam Dray take the race but Belgrave piled up more points with second and third. Crawley added more points after Katie Mackisons womens javelin win with 44.65m as James Pratts 59.26m in the mens event gave them a double.

Hugo Hewitt in the mens 3000m and junior Amelia Cox in another poorly supported event the womens 1500m steeplechase, boosted the Crawley tally.

Hosts Kingston & Poly posted a win in the womens 1500m through Rebecca Keddies 4:38.78, but it was Belgrave who came out on top after two relay wins, including the new 4x400m mixed final event on the track.

They now go to the Premiership knockout match with Tonbridge. Nevertheless, the winners failed to present a competitor in two of the events. In contrast, last placers City of Portsmouth missed out on more than a quarter of the poit scoring opportunities.

Match: 1 Belgrave 548; 2 Tonbridge 491; 3 Crawley 465; 4 Kingston & Poly 389; 5 Bournemouth 342; 6 Portsmouth 299

Standings after two matches: 1 Tonbridge 17 (1744); 2 Belgrave 15 (1574); 3 Crawley 10 (1355); 4 Portsmouth 9 (1232); 5 Kingston & Poly 8 (1172); 6 Bournemouth 4 (1013) 

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WEST, round 3, Yeovil, Somerset, July 7

The Bill Whistlecroft Stadium at Yeovil again saw Swansea make the trip across the Severn Bridge, as fellow Welshmen Cardiff battled with Yate and Basingstoke & Mid Hants to determine the second spot in the mini-league.

However, as Swansea ran out match winners, it was only by 12 points over their rivals but Yate slipped up badly in a tight scoring match.

The two Welsh clubs were scoring well early on and, after eight events had been tallied it was Swansea ahead of Cardiff, whose Jacob Reynolds won the 800m.

Swansea saw Emily Jenkinson take the womens 800m and Stanislav Kivalenko the mens 100m in a legal 10.57.

Cardiffs Rebecca Chapman won the first field event on the programme, the womens long jump with 5.52m as Swansea won the womens hammer with Zoe Dakin after club mate Jack Houghton had taken the opening track 400m hurdles.

Yate were also pressing for qualification to the knock out and Lily Bailey led a double in the womens high jump with 1.62m and the mens hammer with Toby Conibear, but their quest proved to be in vain.

Nevertheless, they wheeled out UK third ranked under-17 pole-vaulter Arisa Burgess, who won the event with 3.32m but she was one of only three, from a possible dozen competitors in the event as their Katie Robbins won the 400m with 56.91.

Hosts Yeovil got in on the winning act early too as Ellen Barber won the womens 100m in 12.14 and they were one of only two clubs to enter anybody in the mens 2000m steeplechase and, after 15 events were battling with Cardiff for second in the match over 40 points behind Swansea, who had Jacob Edghill win the long jump with 6.42m. and Jake Cover the high hurdles.

Yeovils Roberto Lopez-Smith added the mens pole vault with 4.62m and Lottie Garratt the womens triple jump with 11.44m, but Cardiff had Lauren Cooper win the womens 5000m with 16:53.97 but there were only five runners instead of a dozen here.

As the afternoon wore on the scores tightened despite Swanseas Jake Cover taking the high hurdles against a wind in 14.97, junior Evan Cole the high jump and Phoebe Brown the womens javelin with 40.61m.

Junior Kinga Kudzia kept Swanseas wins coming in the 200m with 25.12 but Cardiffs   Luke Hamley won the 3000m.

Yeovil had enjoyed a series of modest wins but they closed the field event programme with top ranked under-20 Ben Jones winning the mens javelin with a best of 62.27m.

Southampton had few bright spots but they did win the mens 400m thanks to Jack Higgins 47.68.

At the end on the track Cardiff won the womens steeple with Lauren Coopers second victory and two relays to Swanseas one and it was all over with the two Welsh clubs progressing to the Premiership qualifier.

Match: 1 Swansea 499; 2 Cardiff 487; 3 Yeovil 462; 4 Southampton 416; 5 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 361; 6 Yate 348

Standings after two matches: 1 Swansea 18 (1718.50); 2 Cardiff 13 (1471); 3 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 10 (1241.50); 4 Yate 9 (1323); 5 Yeovil 8 (1222); 6 Southampton 6 (1141)