Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic is not new to this, he's true to this.

By "this" we clearly mean Jokic's affiliation with the team he just led to an NBA title.

For those of you who are late to the party, in 2022, his agent Misko Raznatovic took to Instagram to share a photo of a 5-year-old Jokic donning a Nuggets sweatshirt in the now 28-year-old's hometown of Sombor, Serbia. Alongside the image, Raznatovic conveyed an unlikely story of how the eventual two-time NBA MVP -- who had just signed a landmark $272 million contract extension with the Nuggets -- came into possession of the Denver merch some 23 years ago.

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Raznatovic acknowledged that the "chances of a kid from a small Serbian town having a sweatshirt from a lesser known American team back in 2000 were minimal" and that the "chances of anyone knowing about the Nuggets in a small Serbian town were next to nothing."

We would argue those chances were on par with said kid growing up to lead the lesser-known American team in question to its first-ever championship while becoming the lowest draft pick in NBA history to earn Finals MVP honors.

The Nuggets later shared a photo of Jokic holding the old photo with the caption, "born to be a nugget."

Born to be a Nugget

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— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) July 9, 2022

To add another layer of destiny-laced innuendo, the photo was taken the same year that Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke closed a deal to buy the franchise -- which was coming off a 35-47 record in the 1999-2000 season, having missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year -- along with the Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Center, which is now Ball Arena.

You know, the butterfly effect and all that.

SOMBOR, Serbia -- It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic's hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted MVP, MVP and celebrated the Denver Nuggets' first NBA title.

Denver trailed Miami Heat at halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89, with the two-time league MVP Jokic posting 28 points and 16 rebounds and collecting the trophy for the Most Valuable Player of the Finals.

Every shot, rebound or block the Serb center made sparked loud cheers and shouts in a decrepit sports hall in the small and otherwise sleepy northern Serbian city near the borders with Croatia and Hungary, where fans local watched the Finals on a large screen.

The loudest ovation came when typically humble and stone-faced Jokic said in a postgame on-court interview: "It's time to go home."

Soon, those fans who spent sleepless nights watching the NBA Finals will see him in person as he returns home to take care of his racehorses.

For the small Balkan state of just over 6 million people, June has been a month few will ever forget. A Serbian sweep gave Jokic his first NBA ring and Novak Djokovic a record-setting 23rd Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open final on Sunday.

"It's just amazing," Jokic's father, Branislav, who runs a local harness racing club on the outskirts of Sombor, said in an interview. "I don't think this great accomplishment can ever be repeated again."

The stables are called the Dream Catcher after the name of the first racehorse that Jokic ever purchased years ago, as he developed a strong passion for horses and horse racing.

Not far away is a basketball court where Jokic first trained near his elementary school, which features a large wall painting of him in a Nuggets' No. 15 jersey and an inscription: "Don't be Afraid to Fail Big."

Branislav Jokic, wearing a blue Denver Nuggets jersey, said that nobody could have predicted Nikola's success as a basketball player as he progressed from a small-town talent, "who was a bit overweight at one point," to moving to the regional league and then signing his first contract with the Nuggets.

"He had something special within him. I rarely mention it today, but I simply knew that he would be a good basketball player," he said. "But as to what heights he would reach, nobody could have known then."

Branislav Jokic said that although his son has trained hard to reach the top levels, his mind was always set on a love of horses.

"He started growing, both in height and in size, and he started to become aware that he could be a basketball player, but he had a great desire in those days - he would say 'Dad, I want to become a horseman.' And I used to tell him: 'Son, become a basketball player first, and you'll become a great horseman later,'" Branislav Jokic said.

Jokic became the lowest-drafted player -- 41st overall in the second round in 2014 -- to win the Finals MVP. He also became only the third second-round pick to win Finals MVP.

Jokic also became the first player in NBA history to lead the playoffs in points scored, rebounds and assists. With 600 points, 269 rebounds and 190 assists in total, he led in all three categories.

Jokic and Djokovic, once in-a-generation athletes who grew up about a 2½-hour drive apart in a country not much more populous than Colorado, have been in the hunt to win titles and reach records that stamped their names in the history books.

"Sport is something that is special in Serbia. We have Novak, who is probably the best ever, Novak is the best ever for us, now we have an NBA champion," Jokic said in a news conference. "It's a very good feeling to be a Serb now."

DENVER -- Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.

The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. local time -- about 3½ hours after the game -- and three of the injured were in critical condition, the Denver Police Department said in a statement. The suspect, a man, was one of the six people who suffered injuries believed to be non-life-threatening.

The shooting happened about a mile from Ball Arena, where the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.

"As far as what led up to this altercation that resulted in the shots being fired, that's still under investigation at this time," police spokesperson Doug Schepman said. "It did occur in the area where we had largest gathering of folks celebrating during the night."

A small crowd was in the area at the time of the shooting, he said, but had "diminished quite a bit at that point." He said the shooting was in an area where a lot of people might have come out of bars after the game.

Police were interviewing witnesses, and Schepman described the ongoing investigation as "expansive."

The Kansas City Royals have lost seven in a row and are just 18-48, and while they'll almost assuredly be sellers at the Aug. 1 trade deadline, one man who won't be on the move is Salvador Perez.

"We don't have any intention of trading Salvy," Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said Monday.

Picollo's comments came after a report in The Athletic said one team spoke with the Royals about trade scenarios and that team came away with the impression that Kansas City might want to trade the All-Star catcher.

"It's not something we're looking to do. But it doesn't mean that teams won't ask about him," Picollo said. "I will confirm the report was accurate, that the team called and asked about him. But unfortunately, it was leaked. Those conversations should remain private. In this case, it didn't. The unfortunate thing is, he's a player on our team, he's trying to lead our team."

Perez, who signed a four-year, $82 million extension in 2021, addressed the trade rumors after Monday night's loss to the Cincinnati Reds -- a game he tied with a home run in the ninth to force extra innings.

"I don't know what's going to happen, to be honest with you guys," Perez said. "I know tomorrow we're going to be here and I'm going to play hard again."

Perez, 33, has spent his entire career with the Royals since breaking in in 2011. As a player with 10 years of MLB service and at least five consecutive seasons with one team, Perez can veto any trade.

A seven-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner, Perez was named the 2015 World Series MVP, and in March became the fourth captain in team history.

This season he leads the team in batting average (.275), home runs (14), RBIs (37) and hits (65).

Willson Contreras, off to a nightmare start with the St. Louis Cardinals, acknowledged he is going through the worst slump of his career and said he is still "looking for answers."

Contreras went hitless in three at-bats during Monday's loss to the Giants, dropping his batting average to .201 -- more than 50 points below his career mark. The three-time All-Star is just 5-for-63 over his past 19 games for the last-place Cardinals.

"This is my first time since I've been in the big leagues that I have struggled this bad," Contreras told MLB.com after Monday's 4-3 loss. "I think I've lost my confidence and I lost my trust, and lost the trust that I came into the season with. It just went away."

Contreras, 31, signed a five-year, $87.5 million deal with the Cardinals in December after spending his first seven seasons with the rival Cubs but has struggled to replace franchise icon Yadier Molina.

Contreras said he has been "hitting the ball hard" and running into some bad luck, as evidenced by his expected batting average of .246, according to MLB Statcast. But he also said he has to "keep going" in order to help the disappointing Cardinals (27-40) turn around their season.

"I don't think, I know I have to keep going," he told MLB.com. "Right now, I have to find ways to get myself going. I've been hitting the ball hard, but right to people. That's something that is out of my control, but man, I just have to keep playing hard one play at a time and be the best that I can for the team and my teammates."

Contreras, who reclaimed his spot as the Cardinals' everyday catcher after being temporarily removed from the role last month, said he is trying to remain positive in what has been a rough season.

"It's been really hard, like a roller coaster," he told MLB.com. "I don't know if baseball is trying to show me something I'm not seeing, or maybe I just need to look at it a different way.

"But I'll tell you what -- every time I come here, I'll come with a smile and try to find ways to win a game. I'm trying to be better for our team."

An unusual thing happened Monday night in Seattle: Miami Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez failed to get a hit.

It was an occurrence that hadn't happened in more than a week. In fact, it was one of just 11 contests all year in which the 26-year-old hasn't dropped one into the outfield grass, which helps explain why he heads to the midpoint of the season in the rarest of territories: with a batting average hovering near .400.

It's been 82 years since Ted Williams was the last hitter to accomplish the feat for an entire season and 20 years since any player hit better than .400 through his team's first 64 games (Chipper Jones did it in 2008).

"This is big for me," Arraez said last weekend after a four-hit series against the Chicago White Sox. "I'm hitting .400 right now. It's June. I want to continue to play like that and help my team because we're playing good baseball right now.

"It's fun because everyone is talking about me."

They're talking about him because from the time Arraez went 2-for-4 on Opening Day he's been a hit machine. His batting average didn't drop below .400 until early May and has never fallen below .371 this season. Though batting average is not the all-encompassing mark of success it perhaps once was -- it has taken a backseat to other more revealing statistics about a hitter -- and that hasn't stopped anyone in the Marlins' dugout from celebrating it.

"Batting average still matters to the players," Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. "When I went to the field, I wanted a 3 in front of my name. That was special when I saw that. OPS is trendy but the players know exactly what their batting average is. They also know what Luis is hitting."

Said Marlins infielder Jon Berti: "Every day, it's more hits, more hits, more hits. The other day when we played, it dropped below, then it went above, then below then above again. It's been crazy. And fun."

After a hitless game on June 2, his teammates were all over him.

"We're in hitters' meetings and ... we'll say things like, 'Only one hit today? Are you OK?'" catcher Jacob Stallings said. "He went hitless the other day and [shortstop] Joey Wendle said to him, 'So are you going to get five hits today?' He said no, probably four. He ended up getting five."

The five hits on June 3 were followed by nine more over the following four games, pushing his average over .400 for the first time since early May. A 1-for-5 day against the White Sox last weekend dropped him just below the magic mark again, but that's not likely to keep the attention off Arraez for long. He knows what .400 means.

"The social media is the worst," Arraez said with a smile. "They send me a lot of texts and DMs. I don't want to see my numbers, but they put it there every time, so that's why I know.

"I just try to put the ball in play every time. I practice that during batting practice, then I take that to the game."

Arraez won the American League batting title in 2022, hitting .316 with the Minnesota Twins before an offseason trade to the Marlins. In some ways, his batting average success should come as no surprise. With this year's shift restrictions in place, batting averages are up across the league. In April, the league's overall batting average was up by as many as 16 points higher than the first month of the 2022 season.

But Arraez's .400 flirtation isn't just about the shift rule change. He works at it. A lot. Batting practice begins way earlier -- and is way different -- than perhaps anyone else in the league.

"He does a routine at the hotel before he comes to the field," Stallings said. "He always travels with his bat, doing dry swings in his room. His attention to detail is unbelievable."

Said Schumaker: "The kid literally wakes up and hits. No, he literally does. Then he gets to the field and hits. He's just so different than the guys that slug and have high batting averages. He's literally looking at the defense and picking a hole where he's trying to hit it. I've never seen that."

Arraez's bat-to-ball skills are becoming the talk of baseball and the secret to his success is in many ways simple: being able to place the ball where he wants to. His spray chart looks like a Jackson Pollock painting.

"During BP, if I'm standing at third or shortstop," Berti said, "he'll look at me for a round and he'll hit me 4-5 line drives, 4-5 ground balls, right where I'm standing. Even though it's BP, it's still impressive."

That's where another side effect of the banned shift could come into play: More hard hit balls should get through the infield, and infielders being required to start on the dirt could increase bloop hits, if they're placed as well as Arraez is able to place them. On balls hit between 150 and 300 feet, he is hitting .657.

What seems impossible for other players is the norm for Arraez.

"There's no weakness," White Sox outfielder Gavin Sheets said. "There's no certain way to pitch him. There's no certain way to play defense against him because he's hitting it everywhere. He's like a softball player. It's pretty cool to watch. It's something special right now."

Most unusual might be his abnormally low hard-hit rate. Usually, a high hard-hit rate correlates with more hits. And yet 98% of qualified MLB hitters hit the ball harder than Arraez. According to ESPN Stats & Information, only seven players since 2015 hit .300 or better with a hard-hit rate under 25%. Arraez -- whose rate is 23% -- is sitting at .391 after Monday's 0-for-4 against the Mariners.

White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger didn't pitch against the Marlins this weekend but faced Arraez many times while both were in the AL Central. He knows firsthand how difficult it is to get Arraez out.

"He doesn't swing and miss," Clevinger said. "So you're hoping he mishits the ball. He's a pest. It's never living in one spot. With him, you throw out the scouting report. Just try to trick him with what I'm throwing and in what part of the zone."

Though the importance of batting average might have changed since Williams' famous chase in 1941, Marlins general manager Kim Ng still believes Arraez's play speaks for itself.

"It's never good to look at just one statistic," she said. "We've pulled back the layers on that. [But] as far as hitting .400 -- over the hood, under the hood, it's still pretty impressive."

If Arraez stays in the vicinity of that seemingly unattainable threshold as the year progresses, the chase will get only more attention. Arraez knows it. So do his teammates. There's a long way to go in the season, but there's nothing wrong with dreaming of history.

"If I'm healthy, I can do a lot of good things," Arraez said, with another smile. "Let's see what happens."

One of the greatest and most historic athletics meetings in the world takes place at the Alexander Stadium on June 30 and July 1

Tickets are now on sale for the English Schools Track & Field Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

Friday, June 30 – Adults – £15.00; Concessions (under-16, over-65, disabled) £5.00 (carer receives a free ticket). Family ticket – £35.00 (2 adults & 2 children). Tickets are valid for any available public seating in the stadium.

Saturday, July 1 – Adults – £20.00; concessions (as above) £10.00 (carer receives a free ticket). Family ticket – £50.00 (2 adults & 2 children).

Car parking – £5.00 per car each day with parking available in Perry Hall Park (will be signposted). Blue Badge car parking is available close to the stadium by emailing [email protected] when you order tickets.

Admission to the stadium is by ticket only. Tickets only available online – you cannot buy a ticket on the day.

Buy your tickets and car park tickets here.

Olympic champion has his eyes on Hicham El Guerrouj’s world record of 3:26.00 at a Bislett Games on Thursday that is packed with quality line-ups

It has been rumoured for some time that Jakob Ingebrigtsen will attack Hicham El Guerrouj’s long-standing world 1500m record on home soil at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday (June 15). After smashing Daniel Komen’s world best for two miles a few days ago, the Norwegian looks in supreme record-breaking form, too.

Ingebrigtsen, 22, has a best of 3:28.32, which was set when winning Olympic gold in Tokyo two years ago. His target of 3:26.00 has survived for the past quarter of a century. But after taking four seconds off Komen’s similarly longstanding two miles mark in Paris with 7:54.10, Ingebrigtsen looks poised to challenge the Moroccan’s record.

El Guerrouj set the record in Rome in July 1998. The pacemakers led through the first and second laps in 53.6 and 1:50.7 (with El Guerrouj timed at 54.3 and 1:50.7). Noah Ngeny led through 1000m in 2:18.5 (El Guerrouj 2:18.8) before El Guerrouj took over, passing 1200m in 2:46.4 and covering his final lap in 53.5 and last 300m in 39.66 to create history.

The following year El Guerrouj set a mile record of 3:43.13 at the same Italian venue which has also lasted until today. No doubt Ingebrigtsen already has his eyes on that mark too.

Firstly, however, Ingebrigtsen has a race to win and a superb field has been assembled. Ironically Ingebrigtsen is “only” No.8 on the world all-time rankings and one of the athletes ahead of him is in the Oslo race.

Timothy Cheruiyot has a best of 3:28.28 and won the world title in 2019. Also in the field is fellow Kenyan Abel Kipsang, who has a PB of 3:29.56.

Yared Nuguse of the United States has a best of just 3:33.02 but the American has been in superb form in 2023 and finished runner-up to Ingebrigtsen on his Diamond League debut in Rabat recently.

Olli Hoare was third in the Rabat race and has a best of 3:30.12. The Australian was an impressive winner of last summer’s Commonwealth Games final too.

Neil Gourley and Josh Kerr provide considerable British interest. Gourley was a close runner-up to Ingebrigtsen in the 1500m at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March and opened his season with a 5000m PB of 13:11.44, whereas Kerr won Olympic bronze in 2021 and has a recent 800m victory from the Portland Track Classic under his belt.

Then there is the Spanish duo of Mo Katir and Mario Garcia. Katir has run 3:28.76, won world bronze last year in Eugene and took a brilliant 5000m win in Florence recently in 12:52.09, while Garcia has run 3:30.20 and was fourth in the World Champs last year.

As for wild cards, look out for Narve Gilje Nordås, who is coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen and has seen his PB tumble down in recent seasons to 3:32.39.

The great tradition in Oslo of the Dream Mile continues with a women’s race over the distance. The field features Ciara Mageean, Hirut Meshesha, Winnie Nanyondo, Josette Andrews, Gabby DeBues-Stafford, Nikki Hiltz and Katie Snowden among others.

Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Imani Lansiquot clash over 100m in what will be a prelude to the UK Championships next month. After Lansiquot improved to 11.03 earlier this season, it means they are the three fastest British females in history over the distance, although they won’t have the race to themselves as the field includes, among others, world 200m champion Shericka Jackson of Jamaica and Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast.

In his first race since winning European indoor 400m gold in March, Karsten Warholm returns to action in the 400m hurdles. The Norwegian will be competing in front of his home crowd and his opposition includes CJ Allen, Khallifah Rosser and Trevor Bassitt of the United States, plus Wilfried Happy of France.

Femke Bol is another big-name athlete in Oslo and, like Warholm, she tackles her specialist event of 400m hurdles.

In the men’s flat 400m a strong field is led by world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk, plus Britain’s Matt Hudson-Smith and the man who beat Hudson-Smith to Commonwealth gold last year, Muzala Samukonga of Zambia.

READ MORE: Karsten Warholm interview

Elsewhere Erriyon Knighton leads the men’s 200m line-up and Margaret Kipkemboi of Kenya heads a women’s 3000m field that has British interest with Jess Warner-Judd.

Mondo Duplantis is in the men’s pole vault, while Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece features in the men’s long jump, Valarie Allman of the United States is in the women’s discus and Maggie Ewen and Chase Ealey of the United States are in the women’s shot put.

After opening her season at a low-key Spanish clubs competition in Madrid, Yulimar Rojas, the Olympic and world champion, also returns to Diamond League action in the triple jump.

For UK viewers the meeting is on BBC3 from 7-9pm and you can see the full entry lists here.

Teenager runs stunning two-lapper plus news of British League events, BMC at Loughborough and CJ Ujah’s comeback in our latest UK track round-up

BRITISH MILERS’ CLUB GOLD STANDARD RACES, Birmingham (Uni), June 7

Reece Sharman-Newell won the men’s 800m in a PB of 1:45.54 while fellow 20 year-old Henry Fisher also set a PB of 1:46.56.

Under-20 David Race improved to 1:47.74.

Isabelle Boffey took the women’s 800m in 2:01.06 as in fourth Shaikira King improved her UK age-14 best by well over a second to 2:04.47.

It’s worth noting though the world age best will need a further improvement and former world 1500m and 3000m champion Mary Decker ran 2:02.43 at the age of 14, half a century ago in July 1973.

Under-20 James Dargan won the 1500m in 3:44.47 – an 11-second PB – as he gained a European under-20 standard. He already has the 3000m mark.

Men: 800: A: 1 R Sharman-Newell (BMH) 1:45.54; 2 H Fisher (B&B) 1:46.56; 3 C Da’Vall Grice (Phoe) 1:46.64; 4 D Howells (AFD) 1:47.55; 5 D Race (Gate, U20) 1:47.74; 6 T Keen (C&C) 1:48.24; 7 B Gardiner (B&B) 1:49.68. B: 1 A Parkinson (Corby) 1:49.48; 2 S Coppard (Ton) 1:49.53; 3 J Tuffin (BRAT) 1:50.14; 4 C Crick (Ton) 1:50.35; 5 E Hunter (Leeds C) 1:50.97; 6 R Howorth (Bath) 1:51.18; 8 C Mcleod (Pit, U20) 1:54.29. 1500: A: 1 J Dargan (AFD, U20) 3:44.47; 2 I Williams (Carm) 3:47.50; 5 G Rowland (C&C) 3:49.38; 6 J Keir (Inv EK, U20) 3:49.84; 7 R Miell-Ingram (Rad, U20) 3:49.95; 14 J Reynolds (Card, U20) 3:57.02. B: 4 J Vaughan (Bir, U20) 3:53.05; 6 N Bennett (R&N, U20) 3:54.04

Women: 800: A: 1 I Boffey (E&H) 2:01.06; 2 S McDonald (Bir) 2:02.26; 3 S Driscoll (Liv H) 2:04.21; 4 S King (W&SV, U17) 2:04.47; 5 G Vans Agnew (Phoe) 2:05.14; 6 M Hudson (Der) 2:06.44; 7 A Bennett (Kett, U20) 2:07.20; 8 A Wright (Phoe) 2:07.44. 1500: A: 1 A Millard (Inv EK) 4:11.87; 2 L Belshaw (Col H, U17) 4:17.51; 3 A Samuels (W&B) 4:19.97; 4 K Willis (Norw) 4:20.70; 5 S Millard (Herne H) 4:22.03; 6 A Bates (Kett, U20) 4:22.14; 7 J Spilsbury (Sale) 4:24.61; 8 S Livingstone (Exe, U20) 4:24.71; 9 H Anderson (E Kilb) 4:26.67; 10 M McClelland-Brooks (I’clyde, U17) 4:26.92; 11 E Marmion-Williams (Kett) 4:27.53; 12 O Clarke (Cors, U20) 4:27.92

BMC GRAND PRIX – WORLD ATHLETICS CHALLENGER, Loughborough, June 10

The 2017 European under-20 800m champion Khahisa Mhlanga broke her three-year-old PB of 2:01.91 by over a second as she won the women’s race by over three seconds in 2:00.87.

Her stepsister Jessica Warner-Judd, who ran a 67:19 half-marathon PB in March, showed her track speed is returning as she won the 1500m in 4:09.49. Behind her there were a number of PBs including Alex Millard (4:11.78) and Megan Davies (4:12.76).

In the B race there was an eight-second PB for North of England under-20 cross-country champion Ella Greenway as she went top of the UK rankings in becoming the sixth athlete to break the European under-20 standard of 4:22.0.

Reece Sharman-Newell was close to his three-day old PB from Birmingham with 1:45.60 with former world junior finalist Alex Botterill setting a PB of 1:46.31 in second.

Archie Davis won a competitive men’s 1500m in 3:41.28 ahead of the PBs of James Henaghan (3:41.50), Joseph Tuffin (3:41.51) and Jeremy Dempsey (3:41.85).

English National junior champion Will Barnicoat won the D race in a quicker time than the B and C races in a five-second PB of 3:44.60.

Alfie Manthorpe won the 5000m in a PB but slightly frustrating 14:00.07 while Ellie Wallace (16:03.84) won the women’s race.

Men:

800: A: 1 R Sharman-Newell (BMH) 1:45.60; 2 A Botterill (York) 1:46.31; 3 T Randolph (Tam) 1:47.00; 4 J McMurray (St Alb) 1:47.45; 5 P Copeland (P’pridd R) 1:47.91; 6 B Claridge (Abing) 1:48.45; 7 L Alves Prates (BRA) 1:48.50; 8 D Howells (AFD) 1:48.72; 9 D Locke (Card) 1:50.25. B: 1 N Landeau (Walton) 1:48.82; 2 T Dodd (Bir) 1:50.11; 3 E Savage (Sale, U20) 1:50.18; 4 R Elston (Charn) 1:50.34; 5 S MacKay (Shet) 1:51.76. C: 1 S Anthony (C&C) 1:49.53; 2 M Waterworth (Phoe, U20) 1:50.01; 3 S Davey (Worc) 1:50.11; 4 T Patrick (SB) 1:51.08; 5 L Richardson (B&R, U20) 1:51.55; 6 S O’Loughnane (BMH, U20) 1:55.00. D: 1 J White (Ports) 1:50.42; 2 N Smith-Mills (Notts) 1:51.88; 6 H Ware (BMH, U20) 1:54.30. E: 1 O Denson (WSEH, U20) 1:53.84; 3 J Reeve (R&Z, U20) 1:54.26; 4 J Vaughan (Bir, U20) 1:54.29; 5 T Shaw (York, U20) 1:55.38; 6 J Organ (Brec, U20) 1:55.48. F: 1 V Nutakor (NEB, M35) 1:54.67; 4 W Steadman (Chelm, U20) 1:55.64. 1500: A: 1 A Davis (Phoe) 3:41.28; 2 J Heneghan (P’pridd R) 3:41.50; 3 J Tuffin (BRAT) 3:41.51; 4 J Dempsey (SB) 3:41.85; 5 L Shaw (AUS) 3:42.24; 6 T Nyabadza (Harm, U20) 3:42.33; 7 W Lewis (AUS) 3:42.86; 8 J Wigfield (Wirr) 3:43.19; 9 D Bebbington (B’burn) 3:43.44; 10 T Bilyard (Gt Yar) 3:43.87; 11 K Elliott (Falk) 3:43.96; 12 B West (MKDP) 3:44.00; 13 J Cann (NEB) 3:44.60; 14 J Davies (Bath) 3:44.85; 15 A Hampson (Mans) 3:46.52. B: 1 M Heyden (AFD) 3:45.40; 2 D Brookling (WSEH) 3:45.73; 3 S Mills (Exe, U20) 3:45.78; 4 A Beer (AUS) 3:46.68; 5 B Potrykus (WG&EL) 3:46.84; 6 R Zaman-Browne (Manc H) 3:46.92; 7 J Gumm (Phoe) 3:47.79; 10 S Coppard (Ton) 3:49.15; 11 A Riley (B&H, U20) 3:50.57. C: 1 J McCrae (Hallam) 3:46.84; 2 H Cox (Chilt) 3:47.07; 3 A Smith (Leeds C) 3:47.55; 4 G Smith (Cambus) 3:47.59; 6 M Price (Bir) 3:48.91; 7 R Serif (Vale R) 3:49.32; 8 Z Freeland (Mil K, U20) 3:49.69; 13 O Patton (Kilb, U17) 3:58.85. D: 1 W Barnicoat (AFD) 3:44.60; 2 T Chamberlain (Holm) 3:47.15; 3 B Davies (Bed C) 3:48.17; 4 N Potter (NEB) 3:48.73; 8 H Dover (SB, U20) 3:53.89; 12 L Small (Ashf, U20) 3:55.96; 13 R Marshall (Fife, U20) 3:56.69. E: 4 E Primett (Herts P, U20) 3:55.48. 5000: A: 1 A Manthorpe (Shef/Dearn) 14:00.07; 2 A Milligan (NBH) 14:01.86; 3 H Milner (Der) 14:03.95; 4 A Leprêtre (High) 14:06.54; 5 T Cooke (Win) 14:09.47; 6 K Taylor (B&W) 14:20.93; 7 O Bell (Herts P) 14:22.85; 8 T Graham-Marr (Centr) 14:23.34; 9 D Casey (IRL) 14:25.32; 10 A Kinloch (Ton) 14:26.46; 11 I Hirshman Chandler (SB) 14:29.12; 12 F Hessian (Notts) 14:29.21. B: 5 J Tilley (RunThrough, M35) 14:51.38; 18 J Tuttle (Mil K, M35) 15:42.69

Women

800: A: 1 K Mhlanga (Herts P) 2:00.87; 2 S Driscoll (Liv H) 2:04.33; 3 M Hudson (Der) 2:04.51; 4 R Hawker (Card) 2:04.78; 5 E Simpson (Shef/Dearn) 2:05.02; 6 G Vans Agnew (Phoe) 2:05.51; 7 I King (Wig D, U20) 2:06.23; 8 M Mitchell (AUS) 2:06.98. B: 1 I Ives (Bas) 2:09.76; 2 A Bennett (Kett, U20) 2:10.78; 4 C McCloy (Roth, U17) 2:14.01. C: 1 L Saxon (SSH, U20) 2:08.92; 6 K Devereux (N Som, U20) 2:12.47. D: 4 A Merchant (Card, U17) 2:15.66. 1500: A: 1 J Warner-Judd (B’burn) 4:09.49; 2 R Greene (NZL) 4:11.49; 3 A Millard (Inv EK) 4:11.78; 4 M Ekiru (KEN) 4:12.55; 5 M Davies (Sale) 4:12.76; 6 S Calvert (Living) 4:13.17; 7 P Stone (M’bro) 4:15.98; 8 A Wright (Phoe) 4:16.08; 9 C Sweeney (IRL) 4:16.29; 10 B Morley (Leeds C) 4:19.98; 11 A Mann (Win, U20) 4:21.28; 12 C Adams (AUS) 4:21.68; 13 J Spilsbury (Sale) 4:26.21; 14 A Stratton (B’burn, U20) 4:28.19. B: 1 E Greenway (Clee, U20) 4:14.56; 2 A Samuels (W&B) 4:20.37; 3 I Jones (W&B, U17) 4:21.32; 4 A Nerurkar (Phoe) 4:23.09; 5 I McGowan (Banb, U17) 4:24.02; 6 B Barlow (Manc H) 4:26.59; 8 M McClelland-Brooks (I’clyde, U17) 4:30.01; 9 A Wallace (Mull, U20) 4:31.18; 11 A Bates (Kett, U20) 4:39.42. C: 8 E Shaw (W’borne, U20) 4:33.94. D: 1 E Powell (Abing, U17) 4:33.03; 7 J Leggate (C&C, U20) 4:39.75. 5000: A: 1 E Wallace (N Som) 16:03.84; 2 R Johnson (High) 16:07.79; 3 P Barker (Ton) 16:10.25; 4 M Da Silva (BRA) 16:22.29; 5 B Gunn (Bir) 16:23.56; 6 H Hall (Win, W35) 16:25.80; 7 G Carson (Mid U) 16:26.21; 8 K Wood (York) 16:34.64; 9 S Pennycook (Fife) 16:39.09; 10 E Ruane (Norw) 16:48.64; 11 I Borba (POR) 16:52.25; 12 N Donegan (IRL) 16:55.07; 13 H Seager (Charn) 16:56.06; 14 A Eykelbosch (Dac) 17:03.11; 15 D Donegan (IRL) 17:06.72; 16 L Hall (AFD) 17:09.61; 17 S Potter (Leeds C) 17:11.67; 18 M Harris (Chelm, U20) 17:39.32

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP,

Round 1a, Manchester, June 11

Thames Valley Harriers looked to make it three in a row after a close win from Blackheath and Bromley last season and started well with a 62.92m hammer throw from Kayleigh Presswell but this was headed by Jessica Mayho’s 64.62m for Birchfield.

When thunderstorms called an end to proceedings the Valley were well ahead in the match after a series of good performances.

The match began at an unusually early time of 9:30am with the threat of thunderstorms during the day, which proved to be the case.

The men’s hammer followed before the track programme got underway and there, Blackheath’s Ben Hawkes was the only thrower of 60m with a 67.14m best effort.

The track programme got underway at noon and Sam Clarke gave the holders a good start with a 52.17 clocking but the B race was of a lower standard with just a single athlete inside 60 seconds.

Nicole Kendall gave the Valley a second win in the women’s low hurdles seeing off a challenge from Birchfield’s Ese Okoro in 57.76.

The 800m saw Angus Harrington come out on top for Blackheath, with 1:51.05 as his club added the B string too. Thames Valley kept piling up the points as 17-year-old Adele Svihakova set a marginal PB of 2:09.21 to take the women’s event.

Another early start was in the women’s long jump where 2021 Olympic Games seventh placer Abigail Irozuru leapt 6.42m, for Sale, to defeat clubmate, 16-year-old Thea Brown’s 6:01m PB and a 7.18m from Samuel Ebonine helped Sale to another double in the men’s match.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jade Lally for TVH and Kirsty Law, for Sale, battled out the women’s discus before Lally won by over two metres with 58.52m.

Sale were also up for it in the A string men’s 100m as a 1.4m/second wind blew Nicholas Walsh to 10.30, but the wind turned for Sheffield’s first win of the day as Leonie Ashmeade was given 11.53 against a breeze.

Birchfield’s Jake Porter just squeezed home ahead of Ewan Bradley as both were given 14.32 in the 110m hurdles.

On the flat, Niamh Bridson-Hubbard took the 3000m in 9:32.34 for Blackheath but her club lagged behind Thames Valley and Sale after 13 events and the Valley increased their marginal lead as Angelina Broadbelt-B;lake took the women’s sprint hurdles in 13.64.

One of the bankers for Thames Valley is always Amelia Strickler and a 17:35m season’s best shot putt victory maintained the status-quo but she was pushed by Adele Nicoll’s 17.00m heave for Birchfield, which was also a season’s best.

Despite the Valley streaking away, Blackheath had not given up and their Louise Evans set a PB when taking the 400m in 53.39. Also in PB form was Sheffield’s 15-year-old Casey Musgrave with 56.08 to take the B race. Her club then had Alfie Manthorpe win the men’s 1500m in 3:50.79 but Thames Valley were always handily placed in these events where they missed out on a win and they were now 18 points clear of Sale after 22 events as Birchfield and Blackheath trailed.

One of the most competitive events was the women’s triple jump where the top four were all over 11.90m but a first round bound from Thames Valley’s Montana Jackson of 12.21m was never bettered

The following events were called off: men and women’s pole vault, men’s and women’s high jump, men’s shot, men and women’s javelin, men’s 3000m ,both 200m and all the relays.

At the time of the early abandonment the team scores were:

TEAM: 1 TVH 352; 2 Sale 322; 3 Birchfield 279; 4 Blackheath & B 246; 5 Trafford 231; 6 Swansea 214; 7 Sheffield 212; 8 Chelmsford 196

Men:

100: r1 (1.4): 1 N Walsh (Sale Harriers Manchester) 10.30; 2 D Offiah (Thames Valley Harriers) 10.45; 3 D Beadsley (Swansea Harriers) 10.59. r2 (2.1): 1 K Gowan-Wade (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 10.62; 2 B Brown (Sale Harriers Manchester) 10.72; 3 R Earle (Thames Valley Harriers, U20) 10.79. ns1 (-0.6): 1 L Dorrell (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 10.47; 2 D Beadsley (Swansea Harriers) 10.63; 3 J Broome (Sale Harriers Manchester) 10.67; 4 M Damoah (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 10.68. ns2 (0.1): 1 J Gbagbo (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 10.73. 400: r1: 1 V Dos Santos Soares (Thames Valley Harriers) 47.64; 2 J Hocking (Trafford AC) 48.32; 3 A Harrington (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 48.32; 4 T Hunter (Sale Harriers Manchester) 48.71; 6 A Fox (Chelmsford AC, U20) 49.33. 800: r1: 1 A Harrington (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 1:51.05; 5 M Bishop (Thames Valley Harriers, U20) 1:54.48; 6 P Grange (Chelmsford AC, M40) 1:55.32. 1500: 9 P Grange (Chelmsford AC, M40) 4:06.49. 110H: r1 (0.4): 1 J Porter (Birchfield Harriers) 14.32; 2 E Bradley (Sale Harriers Manchester) 14.32; 3 J Watson (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 14.92; 4 S Clarke (Thames Valley Harriers) 15.16; 5 J Cover (Swansea Harriers) 15.20; 6 K Brown (Chelmsford AC) 15.58. r2 (1.0): 1 W Ritchie-Moulin (Birchfield Harriers) 14.32; 2 L Lima (Trafford AC) 15.71; 3 N Abraham (Sale Harriers Manchester) 15.91; 6 F Vogel (Thames Valley Harriers, M40) 17.59. 400H: r1: 1 S Clarke (Thames Valley Harriers) 52.17; 2 J Greenhalgh (City of Sheffield AC) 52.81; 3 W Ritchie-Moulin (Birchfield Harriers) 52.87; 4 L Dronfield (Blackheath & Bromley HAC, U20) 54.44; 6 F Leaney (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 57.55. 3000SC: 1 J Hopkins (Swansea Harriers) 9:00.53; 2 A Other 9:39.36; 3 R Vallance (Thames Valley Harriers) 9:44.36; 4 O Newton (Thames Valley Harriers) 9:53.74. PV: 1 T Walley (Swansea Harriers) 5.10; 2 J Phipps (Birchfield Harriers) 5.01; 3 E Bradley (Sale Harriers Manchester) 4.61; 4 A Ashurst (Sale Harriers Manchester, M55) 4.00; 5 S Vilga (Thames Valley Harriers, M40) 3.40; 6 P Owen (Chelmsford AC, M35) 3.40. LJ: 1 S Ebonine (Sale Harriers Manchester) 7.18/0.7; 2 S Okome (Sale Harriers Manchester) 7.08/0.0; 5 J Livingston (Trafford AC, U20) 6.71/-1.6. DT: 1 C Osammor (City of Sheffield AC) 54.11; 2 J Tomlinson (Birchfield Harriers) 52.27; 3 D Claydon (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 49.55; 4 J Hedger (Birchfield Harriers, M35) 49.48; 5 B Hawkes (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 47.41; 6 J Taylor (City of Sheffield AC, M40) 46.46; 7 K Wilson (Chelmsford AC) 44.90; 8 P Swan (Swansea Harriers) 43.10; 9 J Ward (Thames Valley Harriers) 40.53; 10 A Pereira Carneiro (Thames Valley Harriers) 40.04; 15 R Bate (Trafford AC, M40) 34.10. HT: 1 B Hawkes (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 67.14; 2 C Shorthouse (Birchfield Harriers) 57.75; 3 J Hamblin (City of Sheffield AC) 55.70; 4 S Clifton (Sale Harriers Manchester) 53.53; 5 S Mace (Thames Valley Harriers) 51.79; 6 J Taylor (City of Sheffield AC, M40) 48.07; 7 R Bate (Trafford AC, M40) 46.62; 8 J Flitcroft (Trafford AC) 46.38

Classic Manchester ?

31 degree heat ☀️

Biblical shower ?️

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— Alex Seftel?️ (@seftelevision) June 11, 2023

Women:

100: r1 (-0.9): 1 L Ashmeade (City of Sheffield AC) 11.53; 2 T Powell (Sale Harriers Manchester) 11.57; 3 D Walker (Birchfield Harriers) 11.62; 4 R Miller (Thames Valley Harriers) 11.71; 5 A Pawlett (Trafford AC) 11.73; 6 K Mensah (Chelmsford AC, U20) 12.05. r2 (0.1): 1 A Tagoe (Thames Valley Harriers) 11.67; 2 S Griffiths (Birchfield Harriers) 12.11. ns (0.0): 1 L Ashmeade (City of Sheffield AC) 11.62; 2 D Walker (Birchfield Harriers) 11.68; 8 C Agwu (Trafford AC, W40) 13.25. 400: r1: 1 L Evans (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 53.39; 2 N Kendall (Thames Valley Harriers) 53.85; 3 H Kelly (Trafford AC) 54.16; 4 H Brier (Swansea Harriers) 54.57; 5 M Powell (Birchfield Harriers, U20) 55.85; 6 T McHugh (Sale Harriers Manchester) 56.41. r2: 1 C Musgrave (City of Sheffield AC, U17) 56.08; 2 C Reynolds (Thames Valley Harriers, U20) 56.89. 800: r1: 1 A Svihalkova (Thames Valley Harriers, U17) 2:09.21; 4 E Inch (City of Sheffield AC, U20) 2:13.41; 5 E Bartalotta (Trafford AC, U17) 2:14.56. 3000: 1 N Bridson Hubbard (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 9:42.34; 2 K Olding (Thames Valley Harriers) 9:46.31; 3 B Straw (Birchfield Harriers) 9:48.32; 4 K Weir (Thames Valley Harriers) 9:49.21; 5 K Roberts (Swansea Harriers) 9:59.73. 100H: r1 (0.2): 1 A Broadbelt-Blake (Thames Valley Harriers, W35) 13.64; 2 J Duncton (Birchfield Harriers, U20) 13.66; 3 J Clark (Trafford AC) 14.02; 4 F Dockerty (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 14.24; 5 Z Austridge (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 14.53; 6 A McCauley (City of Sheffield AC) 14.86. r2 (1.3): 1 D Hales (Thames Valley Harriers) 14.22; 2 V Morgan (Trafford AC) 14.45; 3 E Fryer-Francis (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 15.15. 400H: r1: 1 N Kendall (Thames Valley Harriers) 57.76; 2 E Okoro (Birchfield Harriers) 57.94; 3 S Elliss (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 59.26; 4 H Mason (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 60.68; 5 S Lisk (Swansea Harriers, U20) 62.45; 6 C Esegbona (Trafford AC) 64.46. r2: 1 A Hill (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 61.80; 2 R Weekes (Sale Harriers Manchester) 65.41; 3 C Buckley (Thames Valley Harriers) 65.92; 4 L Halliday (Trafford AC, U20) 66.64. HJ: 1 T Brown (Sale Harriers Manchester, U17) 1.84; 2 H Ferguson (Trafford AC, U20) 1.81; 3 E Madden Forman (Trafford AC) 1.75; 4 G Garber (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 1.70; 5 J Browne (Birchfield Harriers) 1.70; 5 P Rogan (Thames Valley Harriers) 1.70; 7 R Burrell (Birchfield Harriers) 1.70. LJ: 1 A Irozuru (Sale Harriers Manchester) 6.42; 2 T Brown (Sale Harriers Manchester, U17) 6.01; 3 L Robinson (Trafford AC) 5.97; 4 L Truupold (Thames Valley Harriers) 5.79; 5 L Clifford (Birchfield Harriers, U20) 5.74. TJ: 1 M Jackson (Thames Valley Harriers) 12.21/0.0; 2 M Booth (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 12.16/0.8; 3 R Otaruoh (Thames Valley Harriers, U20) 12.00/0.4; 4 L Robinson (Trafford AC) 11.92/-0.4; 5 C Earl (Trafford AC, U20) 11.41/-0.8. SP: 1 A Strickler (Thames Valley Harriers) 17.35; 2 A Nicoll (Birchfield Harriers) 17.00; 3 S Thompson (Sale Harriers Manchester) 14.08; 4 S Merritt (City of Sheffield AC) 13.87; 5 J Hopkins (Chelmsford AC) 13.76; 6 A Amadin (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 13.38; 7 M Hopkins (Chelmsford AC, U20) 12.81; 8 C Rimmer (City of Sheffield AC) 11.34; 14 J Bate (Trafford AC, W40) 9.91. DT: 1 J Lally (Thames Valley Harriers, W35) 58.52; 2 K Law (Sale Harriers Manchester, W35) 56.10; 3 Z Obamakinwa (Blackheath & Bromley HAC, U20) 53.04; 4 A Nicoll (Birchfield Harriers) 45.63; 5 S Mace (Thames Valley Harriers) 45.01; 6 F Dooner (Trafford AC) 43.45; 7 S Merritt (City of Sheffield AC) 41.89; 8 C Rimmer (City of Sheffield AC) 37.34; 9 L Harris (Swansea Harriers, U20) 37.11; 10 J Hopkins (Chelmsford AC) 36.02; 11 J Bate (Trafford AC, W40) 33.90; 12 M Hopkins (Chelmsford AC, U20) 33.69; 13 A Amadin (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 32.66. HT: 1 J Mayho (Birchfield Harriers) 64.62; 2 K Presswell (Thames Valley Harriers) 62.92; 3 H Blood (Sale Harriers Manchester) 55.72; 4 A Stewart (Blackheath & Bromley HAC) 46.29; 5 Z Dakin (Swansea Harriers) 46.21; 6 J Richardson (Sale Harriers Manchester, U20) 45.57; 7 J Bate (Trafford AC, W40) 41.59

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP 1b, Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Eton

The thunderstorms also struck the second Premiership match at Eton after 33 events had been completed when Harrow were the surprise leaders ahead of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow, Martin Duff reports.

The hosts got off to a good start in the first event, the women’s long jump as Jodie Smith came from behind with a 6.19m final leap, as their match began at the more civilised hour of 11am.

Also starting at 11am was the women’s hammer and Katie Head won the match event with 67.27m but this was overshadowed by Charlotte Payne’s 72.51m PB which closed the gap to Anna Purchase’s 73.02 April throw on the all-time list.

Windsor had another win when a third-round effort of 71.89m, by Jake Norris, the UK second ranked hammer thrower, saw victory over Shaftesbury’s Chris Bennett by over to metres.

Payne missed her Reading club’s National one match not too far further down the M4.

The men’s discus saw a routine win for Shaftesbury’s Greg Thompson but 18-year-old Rhys Allen competed as a guest and threw 55.28m, which would have been a big PB if the 2kg plate was used but just below his best if he threw the junior implement.

The opening track event saw Woodford Green’s Jack Lawrie win with a time just outside his best of 50.80, for the 400m hurdles.

Shaftesbury had their second win when Jeremy Dempsey took the 800m in 1:51.56 and, in the women’s event, Olympian Revee Walcott-Nolan ran her second-best time of 2:01.06 for a 50-metre victory for Newham.

John Otugade then added the 100m for Shaftesbury with 10.42, as Hilary Gode gave Harrow their first win with a 100 11.73, but generally her club’s tally was kept high by a series of minor placings. Then Harrow scored a double in the women’s 400m through Poppy Malik’s 55.01 and Rebecca Andrei’s 55.35.

Woodford had their second win as Adam Kirk-Smith won the steeplechase in 9:06.73 but, as in the 1a match, just four bettered 10-minutes. There were seven vacant spots and Crawley’s two men were an M45 Tim Ellis and an M60 in Rob Creed.

Woodford also scored in the high hurdles through Cameron Fillery’s 13.70, while Marli Jessop took advantage of a 1.8m/sec wind to win the women’s 100m hurdles. The Shaftesbury runner, who topped the junior rankings last year, clocked 13.46.

Woodford had another win when Youcef Zatat had a good men’s 18.22m shot putt victory

Crawley also got in a win when Olympic Games relay runner Niclas Baker won the men’s 400m in 46.69.

Windsor narrowly took the men’s 1500m through Daniel Brookling’s 3:50.32, as Harrow’s Suzanna Monk won the women’s race in 4:24.06. The hosts then saw Alex Haydock Wilson, the European 400m bronze medallist, add the men’s 200m in 20.92, before Harrow scored again in the women’s event as 19-year-old Joy Eze won in a PB 23.61.

The men’ high jump was called off after five athletes had cleared 1.90m then, just before the abandonment Harrow had a  one-two in the men’s 3000m through Andrew Milligan and Jonathan Collier.

Missing events were the men’s and women’s pole vault and women’s high jump, men’s triple jump, men’s javelin, women’s shot and all of the relays.

At the time of the early abandonment the team scores were as follows.

TEAM: 1 Harrow 500.68; 2 WSEH 432.68; 3 WG&EL 415.18; 4 Glasgow 349.43; 5 Shaftesbury 334.93; 6 Newham &EB 326.93; 7 Notts 262.18; 8 Crawley 234

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

1a, Bedford, June 11

The match was declared over despite only 33 of the 39 events being noted as confirmed as the match ended, Martin Duff reports.

There was controversy over the eligibility of athletes in some events and these matters will need to be resolved before the match is declared official but Cardiff led from Belgrave and hosts Bedford in the uncontested events.

Cardiff had got off to a good start with a women’s long jump double led by Rebecca Chapman’s 6.17m and they won again in the women’s 800m through Ester Adikpe and men’s 100m double led by Josh Brown.

The Welsh club continued to score as Hannah Longdon’s 11.75, against a wind, led another Cardiff double.

Bristol & West only sent a small team to the match but Alex Stewart won the men’s 2000m steeplechase in a hand timed 6:10.3.

Belgrave had new discovery Kate Axford, return to the home of her former club Bedford & County, to yield a women’s 3000m victory in 9:29.68.

Bedford then had a win through Etienne Maughan, who moved up to sixth on the under-20 rankings for the year, with a PB 100m hurdles win in 14.25 against a strong wind.

Long time member of the league, Liverpool got a win in the men’s shot with James Kelly’s 16.90 heave, as their Brandon Arrey won the 400m in 47.89.

Herne Hill were having a difficult time at the bottom of the standings but Esther Fuji set a PB 54.77 to win the women’s 400m.

Herts Phoenix had also been having a difficult afternoon before 18-year-old Jacob Kinchin-Smith improved his best 200m time by nearly half-a-second to 21.72 for victory.

The BUCS indoor champion Hannah Longden then won the women’s event for Cardiff with 24.35 to lead another double for her club.

Portsmouth too had been taking few podium places but England champion Sarah Vincent then took the women’s shot with 16.23m to head Cardiff’s Michaela Walsh’s 15.4m.

The meeting closed with Cardiff winning the sprint relays and Belgrave the one lap events but there were some issues still to be decided.

Results in men’s and women’s pole vault, men’s and women’s high jump and the women’ triple jump remained to be confirmed.

Without these, the team scores were:

TEAM: 1 Cardiff 411; 2 Belgrave 374; 3 Bedford C 336.5; 4 Liverpool 317; 5 Herts P 298; 6 Bristol & W 295.5; 7 Portsmouth 275; 8 Herne H 214

1b, Basingstoke, Hampshire, June 11

The only National league match to complete without incident was at the Down Grange Centre on the outskirts of Basingstoke, Martin Duff reports.

There, Tonbridge who have been putting together a track and field team to go with their middle-distance running strength were comfortable match winners ahead of hosts Basingstoke & Mid Hants.

Tonbridge had Ben Murphy and Charles Crick score wins in the men’s 800m before their Darian Moore took advantage of a 2.0m/sec win to win the men’s 100m in 10.57. Then 17-year-old Lucy Tallon added the women’s race in 12.15. They also scored in the 200m through Harry Kendal’s 21.74.

Peterborough & Nene Valley who languished at the bottom of the standings, were penalised for supplying too few officials but did have a win in the opening event the women’s hammer through World Masters runner-up Andrea Jenkins. She improved her position at the top of the Masters W45 rankings with a 45.17m victory before also winning the discus.

Southampton wound up mid-table but had Chris Scott lead a double in the men’s discus with 50.37m before Andrew Knight led another Southampton double with a 16.98 shot victory.

Havering too had the odd victory as Joseph Agbodza confirmed his third spot on the under-23 lists with a 14.05 110m hurdles win. Then in the women’s 400m, team mate, 17-year-old Madeline Smith went fifth on the under-20 lists with a 55.00 personal best.

Gemma Kearsey then added the women’s 1500m for Havering with 4:29.29, while second under-23 ranked Peter Brinton Quinn took the final field event, the men’s javelin with 63.88m.

MATCH: 1 Tonbridge 603.4; 2 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 515.9; 3 Kingston & Poly 501.9; 4 Havering 452.4; 5 Southampton 399.4; 6 Yeovil 369.4; 7 Bournemouth 368.4; 6 Peterboro & NV 174

National 1, Palmer Park, Reading, Berkshire, June 11

Reading were leading mid-afternoon, but some good performances from Yate saw the West Country outfit squeeze home, Martin Duff reports.

Perhaps it was a pity that the hosts were unable to call on perhaps their best athlete, Charlotte Payne, who was competing just down the M4 at Eton as a guest where she threw 72.51m to go second on the all-time British lists. Had they done so, victory would have been theirs.

One of Yate’s early winners was Welsh indoor 800m silver medallist Kane Lee who ran a 1:54.18 in a close race.

In what is effectively a tier five competition, there were few top rankers but Yate scored repeatedly and had Daniel Brooks take the 100m in a 10.55 PB, as Raquel Tjernagel added the women’s race for Enfield with 11.85 and, later, the 400m in a PB 55.36.

Yate topped the rest in the men’s high jump when Adam Brooks had a 2.10m third time clearance. He was matched early on by 2022 top ranked junior and team mate, Luke Ball, whose was over 2.05m.

There was a close battle in the women’ pole vault as former top ranked under-13 and under-15 athlete, Arisa Burgess moved up to fourth on the 2023 lists with a 3.10m leap but was headed by a 3.30m by Wigan’s Fiona Hockey.

Yate later scored a double win in the 200m races as Isaac Cory took the men’s in 21.52 and Amy Pye the women’s in 24.98.

MATCH with 34 out of 39 events scored: 1 Yate 467.5; 2 Reading 458.5; 3 Milton Keynes 278.5; 4 Enfield 275; 5 Wigan 180.5

HUMBER COUNTY AA OPEN SERIES 1, Hull, June 11

U15 mixed events: HJ: 1 J Callau (York, U13W) 1.40. DT: 1 L Cowling (Scunthorpe Harriers AC, U13) 26.14

U13: LJ: r1: 1 J Macquin-Jones (York, U13W) 4.32

Mixed events: 400: 1 L Baird (KuH, M45) 53.33; 6 C Kennedy (Dur, M55) 59.23. 10,000: 5 J Dagnan (Brid, W40) 40:42.79

Men: SP: 1 J Twiddle (KuH, M50) 13.75; 2 G Pell (Scunt, M50) 13.29. DT: 1 E Abara (KuH) 46.00. DT: 1 J Twiddle (KuH, M50) 38.74; 2 G Pell (Scunt, M50) 34.63. HT: 1 J Twiddle (KuH, M50) 43.99; 2 G Pell (Scunt, M50) 35.85

M60: HT: 1 D Gibson (KuH) 35.89

Women: DT: 1 H Broadbridge (KuH) 40.94; 2 J Waters (Shef/Dearn) 37.29; 3 M Wright (KuH, U17) 31.38. HT: 1 H Broadbridge (KuH) 55.00

U20: JT: 1 B Moodie (KuH) 38.58

U13: 70H (1.9): 1 S Horsfall-Samb (York) 11.56; 2 J Callau (York) 11.92. SP: 1 R Kingston (Leeds C) 9.53. DT: 1 P Moore (KuH) 25.50. JT: 1 S Horsfall-Samb (York) 30.04

BERKSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Reading, June 10

U20 men: 2000SC: 1 J Barnes (B&B) 6:22.0; 2 J Mingoia (WSEH) 6:37.2. LJ: 1 J Taylor (WSEH) 6.74. DT: 1 O Ford (Team K) 41.20. HT: 1 F Hanham (Read) 50.00. JT: 1 H Domingos (Read) 55.77; 2 M Gurney (WSEH) 48.32

U17: 400H: 1 A Crerar (Read) 57.0; 2 N Rollins (WSEH) 59.0; 3 B Dewar (WSEH) 59.2. LJ: 1 G Down (Newb) 6.44. SP: 1 C Anthony-Uzoeto (Berk Sch) 13.91. HT: 1 S Simpson (Team K) 55.43

U15: 300: 1 T Okoro (WSEH) 36.8; 2 S Babis (WSEH) 37.9; 3 Y El-Nager (Read) 38.4; 4 W Shell (Brack) 38.4. Ht2: 1 T Okoro (WSEH) 37.4; 2 W Shell (Brack) 38.4. 800: 1 M Pointon (Brack) 2:05.7. TJ: 1 M Woozley (Brack) 12.01. DT: 1 D Bartosik (Som Sch) 41.06. HT: 1 E Guta (Read) 34.24

U20 women: 3000: 1 H Haldane (Read) 10:13.2. 1500SC: 1 O Brown (Wyc P) 5:05.5; 2 E Chappell (C’ley) 5:13.3

U17: 100: Ht2: 1 S Olaseinde-Rhodes (WSEH) 12.4. 300: 1 P Armah (Read) 40.7; 2 M Barnes (Read) 41.1. 1500: 1 M Fieldsend (WSEH) 4:44.3. 300H: 1 S Mclachlan (M’head) 47.3. 1500SC: 1 E Davey (WSEH) 4:57.6; 2 J Heller (WSEH) 5:23.7. PV: 1 M Staunton (WSEH) 2.70. TJ: 1 Y Wasterfall (Newb) 10.89. HT: 1 C Harris (WSEH) 45.08

U15: 300: 1 G Sikora (Brack) 40.5; 2 L Metcalfe (Read) 41.5. Ht1: 1 G Sikora (Brack) 42.2. Ht2: 1 L Metcalfe (Read) 42.9. 75H: 1 I Rae (Brack) 11.5. PV: 1 L Orywal-Sykes (WSEH) 2.50. DT: 1 R Dannatt (WSEH) 26.93. HT: 1 V Scully (WSEH) 35.49

CHESHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ellesmere Port, June 10

U20 men: 110H (3.5): 1 D Bradley (C&N) 15.3. HJ: 1 H Blunn (Macc) 1.90. JT: 1 R Livesey (Sale) 55.00

U17: 100H (1.5): 1 C Beechall (Liv H) 13.5; 2 R Bradley (C&N) 14.0

U15: 200 (2.9): 1 C Adelani (Warr) 23.2; 2 T Shepherd (W Ches) 23.3. 300: 1 O Johnson (C&N) 38.2. SP: 1 J Swanepoel (Ches Sch) 12.90

U20 women: LJ: 1 S Jones (Sale) 5.79. DT: 1 C Braka (Traff) 38.64

U17: 800: 1 J Lark (W Ches) 2:11.6; 2 S Harding (Vale R) 2:13.9; 3 E Jha (Vale R) 2:14.3. 1500: 1 E Heavey (Warr) 4:41.1. 300H: 1 M Walker (Wirr) 45.6. LJ: 1 L Salter (Stock H) 5.47. HT: 1 K Stoll (W Ches) 44.68. JT: 1 H Wheeler (W Ches) 50.05

U15: 300: 1 R Phillips (Wirr) 42.0; 2 B Manson (W Ches) 42.5. Ht2: 1 B Manson (W Ches) 42.1. 75H: Ht1 (2.3): 1 O Crawford (Warr) 11.7

CLEVELAND SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Middlesbrough, June 10

U15 boys: 100 (-0.4): 1 F McKittrick (New M) 11.4

DURHAM SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Jarrow, June 10

U17 men: 100: 1 M McGuire (Gate) 11.0. PV: 1 T Hill (Darl) 3.60

U15: TJ: 1 B Cunningham (Gate) 11.69

U17 women: 100: 1 M Wilkinson (Gate) 12.3. 300H: 1 A McAuley-Zechner (Gate) 47.3. JT: 1 D Metcalf (Gate) 36.52

U15: 100: 1 C Obinna-Alo (Sun) 12.4

GREATER MANCHESTER SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Stretford, June 10

U20 men: HJ: 1 W Jackson (Wig D) 2.00; 2 M Ogedenbe Dobies (Greater Manchester Schs) 1.90. TJ: 1 B Zola (Salford) 13.04. SP: 1 C Unsworth (Stockport) 15.05. DT: 1 C Unsworth (Stockport) 40.87. JT: 1 L Forster (Wigan) 58.58

U17: 100: 1 M Kwok (G Man Sch) 11.13. 400: 4 J Walton (Heat, U15) 55.10. 800: 1 B Burton (Salf) 1:57.90. 400H: 1 P Gardner (Bury) 58.71. PV: 1 P Zapantis (Greater Manchester Schs) 3.60

U15: 100: 1 J Tcheck (Bolt) 11.55. Ht1: 1 J Tcheck (Bolt) 11.57. 200: Ht2: 1 I Aitanu (G Man Sch) 23.68. 300: 1 C Wood (G Man Sch) 38.10. 800: 1 E Grime (Oldham) 2:02.56; 2 F Dobson Emmas (Greater Manchester Schs) 2:04.45; 3 T Amaral (Trafford) 2:05.97. 1500: 1 A Fraser (Salford) 4:16.47; 2 P Aron (Salford) 4:18.28; 3 T Ye (Greater Manchester Schs) 4:18.45. TJ: 1 E Odi (Tameside) 12.23

U20 women: 100: 1 L Murphy (E Ches) 11.91. 800: 1 I Burke (Trafford) 2:13.43; 2 O Brown (Trafford) 2:13.85; 3 M Byrnes (Greater Manchester Schs) 2:14.95. PV: 1 S Wilkinson (Trafford) 3.10. SP: 1 A Amadin (Bury) 12.87; 2 N Davenport (Greater Manchester Schs) 11.33. HT: 1 J Richardson (Greater Manchester Schs) 48.98; 2 S Moss-Turner (Wigan) 42.50

U17: 100: 1 C Ufuoma (Bolt) 11.98. Ht1: 1 C Ufuoma (Bolt) 12.25. 200: 1 B Idoko (Bury) 25.49. 300: 1 E Bowker (E Ches) 40.56. Ht1: 1 E Bowker (E Ches) 41.14. 800: 1 A Gisbourne (Bury) 2:09.71; 2 E Bartalotta (Bolton) 2:13.44. 1500: 1 S Clough (Traff) 4:37.85; 2 S Roiditis (Salf) 4:42.51. 3000: 1 F Murdoch (Stock H) 10:13.92; 2 A Clough (Traff) 10:16.79. 1500SC: 1 D Slattery (Tameside) 5:10.08. TJ: 1 A Hewitt (Wig D) 11.67. SP: 1 E Gomez (Traff) 13.63. JT: 1 L Oldale (Trafford) 36.14

U15: 100: 1 N Ridler (Sale) 12.38; 2 A May (Bolt) 12.46. 300: 1 M Mills (Stock H) 40.96. Ht1: 1 M Mills (Stock H) 41.57. 800: r1: 1 I Hill (Stockport) 2:15.59. 75H: 1 G Aimiuwu (Stockport) 11.49; 2 E Elliott (Bury) 11.70. DT: 1 B Pendlebury (Wigan) 32.38. HT: 3 L Forster (Wigan) 58.58; 1 J Wilkins (Traff) 43.79

LANCASHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Blackpool, June 10

U20 men: 110H (-1.2): 1 J Elphick (BWF) 14.9. 2000SC: 1 B Hall (Horw) 6:32.7. SP: 1 I Delaney (Prest) 15.78. HT: 1 G Williams (B’burn) 37.09

U17: 200 (-1.3): 1 C Unsworth (B’burn) 22.3. 400: 1 L Ryan (O&R) 50.6. 1500: 1 M Clark (Prest) 4:03.6. 3000: 1 M Fraser (Prest) 8:55.6

U15: HJ: 1 E Griffiths (Liv H) 1.77. DT: 1 B Roberts (Prest) 41.82

U20 women: HJ: 1 H Ferguson (Traff) 1.67. DT: 1 N Saunders (Liv PS) 32.12. HT: 1 E Harrison (B’burn) 44.56

U17: 100: 1 Q Nguta (Prest) 12.4. 300: 1 K Dacosta (B’burn) 39.8. HJ: 1 S Owens (Liv PS) 1.64

U15: 800: 1 I Goodman (Chor ATC) 2:15.0; 2 A Taylor (B’burn) 2:15.8. PV: 1 T Osborne (B’burn) 2.60. HT: 1 M Casey (Liv PS) 41.26

NORTH YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, York, June 10

U20 men: 2000SC: 1 C Wright (York) 6:31.3. JT: 1 I Henson (York) 48.57

U17: HT: 1 B Farmer-Beasley (York) 43.37

U15: 300: 1 R Whittaker (York) 37.0. HJ: 1 B Foulger (York) 1.72. LJ: 1 J Chunye (Hill) 5.90. TJ: 1 B Foulger (York) 11.98

U20 women: 400H: 1 F Hogg (York) 65.3; 2 S Chechik (York) 65.9

U17: 300H: 1 L Birch (York) 46.4. SP: 1 K Clague (York) 12.04

U13: 70H: r1 (-0.3): 1 J Callau (York) 11.7; 2 S Horsfall-Samb (York) 11.7

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Newark, June 10

U17 men: 200: r1: 1 M Smart (Mans) 22.2. JT: 1 M Young (Mans) 56.22

U15: 300: 1 M Henry (Nott Sch) 37.7

U17 women: 800: 1 M Taylor (Notts) 2:15.9. 300H: 1 Z Smith (Newk) 44.9. 1500SC: 1 K Gardner (Der) 5:10.5. DT: 1 S Joynt (Mans) 37.93. JT: 1 D Kaye (Amber) 39.86

U15: JT: 1 S Slater-Rowley (Ret) 37.05

SOUTH YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Doncaster, June 10

U20 mixed events: PV: 1 W Lane (Shef/Dearn) 4.60; 2 R May (Shef/Dearn, U17) 4.20; 4 G James (Shef/Dearn, U15W) 2.60; 5 O Isherwood (Hallam, U15W) 2.60. TJ: 1 T Wesseh Nah Konteh (Shef/Dearn, U17) 13.31; 2 C Coates (Shef/Dearn, U20W) 11.20

U17 men: 400: 1 R Stovell (Hallam) 49.7; 2 H Parker (Roth) 50.3. HJ: 1 T Wesseh Nah Konteh (Shef/Dearn) 1.91

U15: 800: 1 A Bedford (Roth) 2:01.5. 1500: 1 T Thake (Hallam) 4:18.6. SP: 1 H Beard (Shef/Dearn) 15.02. DT: 1 H Beard (Shef/Dearn) 34.67

U20 women: HJ: 1 C Coates (Shef/Dearn) 1.71. SP: 1 D Adebayo (Shef/Dearn) 12.89; 2 E Kynoch (Shef/Dearn) 11.15

U17: 300: 1 C Musgrave (Shef/Dearn) 39.8

U15: 200: 1 V Ndambakuwa (Barns) 25.7. 1500: 1 G Igoe (Roth) 4:46.8. LJ: 1 J Turner (Hallam) 5.39

STAFFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Stoke, June 10

U17 men: 800: 1 J Whittingham (Stoke) 1:58.3; 2 L Smith (Stoke) 1:59.7
U15: 300: 1 S McCafferty (Burt) 38.4. Ht1: 1 S McCafferty (Burt) 38.4
U17 women: 300: 1 I Swindlehurst (Burt) 41.2. 80H: 1 K Brant (Burt) 11.9

WARWICKSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Nuneaton, June 10

U17 men: HJ: 1 A Onyekwe (Leam AA) 1.95. PV: 1 F Williams-Stein (Leam) 3.90
U15: 1500: 1 A Lane (Leam) 4:08.4. 80H (-0.9): 1 J Vural (R&N) 11.8
U17 women: 100 (-1.1): 1 E du Bois (R&N) 12.4. 300H: 1 L Boyes (R&N) 45.4
U15: 100 (-0.5): 1 G McCollin (R&N) 12.4. 300: 1 M Taylor (R&N) 42.6. 75H (-0.5): 1 G McCollin (R&N) 11.3

WEST YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Leeds (B), June 10

U20 men: 800: 1 K Green (C&C) 1:55.51

U17: 100 (2.5): 1 O Armitage (Leeds C) 10.92. 800: 1 R Mirfin (Sky) 1:55.16; 2 C McAndrew (York) 1:58.80. HJ: 1 J Holmes (Shef/Dearn) 1.93

U15: 100 (1.0): 1 D Bayly (R’well) 11.56. HJ: 1 J Akintolu (Wake) 1.75. TJ: 1 O Agho (WY Sch) 11.65

U20 women: 800: 1 E Inch (Shef/Dearn) 2:14.58. 1500: 1 I Richardson (Holm) 4:36.14

U15: 300: 1 M Rhodes (Spen) 42.65. 800: 1 M Schofield (Roth) 2:14.66; 2 K Harrison-Sargent (Hal) 2:17.53

ALDERSHOT, FARNHAM & DISTRICT OPEN, Aldershot, June 8

Mixed events: 200: r3: 7 R Watkins (BMH, M70) 31.21. r6: 6 S Loades (Brack, W45) 27.64. 1500: r4: 3 G Bone (G&G, U13) 4:45.07; 6 N Walmsley (AFD, U13W) 4:55.58; 12 P Guest (AFD, U13W) 4:59.12. r5: 12 Z Allan (WSEH, U13W) 4:49.51. r6: 2 M Risden (Soton, M35) 4:13.91; 5 M Symes (AFD, M50) 4:21.27; 6 S Cooper (AFD, M50) 4:24.51; 12 L Quinn (AFD, U17W) 4:32.89. r7: 1 L Stone (AFD, U20) 3:55.77; 2 C Norman (AFD, U20) 3:57.84; 12 J Quinlan (AFD, M35) 4:08.11; 17 H Maclean (AFD, M40) 4:10.85. 3000: r1: 6 L Locks (AFD, W45) 10:45.64; 8 K Ealden (AFD, U15W) 10:55.25. r2: 3 J Pearce (AFD, U17) 8:50.45; 5 A Whitwam (Morp, M45) 9:15.81

U13 boys: DT: 1 N Holden (W’ley) 26.28

M50: DT: 1 P Evans (Woking) 37.68; 2 P Kelly (Woking, M55) 33.52

U13 girls: DT: 1 S Haine (W’ley) 24.12

TRIPADVISOR HERCULES WIMBLEDON 3000m FESTIVAL, Wimbledon, June 7

Mixed events: 3000: r1: 10 D Williams (G&G, M60) 10:29.74; 11 D Ogden (S Lon, M60) 10:39.74; 13 C Grima (HW, W45) 10:50.01. r2: 2 S Winstone (Soton, W35) 9:36.37; 3 K Hughes (AFD, W) 9:37.60; 9 J Gonzalez-Armas (26.2, M50) 9:47.86. r3: 10 V Hopkins (Ton, W) 9:31.23; 13 N Scott (AFD, W) 9:33.70. r4: 7 S Lewis (Lon Hth, M40) 9:12.06. r5: 11 N Bridson Hubbard (B&B, W) 9:07.08; 12 N Browne (Serp, M40) 9:08.65. r6: 2 T Chandler (AFD, U20) 8:35.65; 3 L Jolly (Read, M40) 8:37.64; 10 J Hotham (VP&TH, M35) 8:59.04; 12 N Impey (Dulw, M40) 9:01.33. r7: 3 F Grierson (High) 8:37.33; 4 H Silverstein (HW) 8:37.99; 8 J Brook (SMR) 8:38.76. r8: 1 W Perkin (TVH) 8:23.48; 2 G Ogden (S Lon) 8:26.14; 3 A Hamud (SB, U20) 8:27.50; 4 E Chuck (Dulw, M35) 8:27.88; 5 R Wood (BMH) 8:28.78; 6 J Rennie (Read) 8:28.93; 7 C Haywood (High) 8:29.15; 8 W Bryan (Soton) 8:29.83; 9 H Gear (M&M, U20) 8:32.99; 11 M Pickering (AFD, U20) 8:34.08; 13 R Wilson (High, M35) 8:34.70; 14 S Nesbitt (AFD, U20) 8:36.44. r9: 1 A Leprêtre (High) 8:11.40; 2 J Sanderson (G&G) 8:11.91; 3 J Kavanagh (Holl S) 8:14.31; 4 B Alcock (Bed C) 8:16.58; 5 F Hessian (Notts) 8:17.04; 6 S Gebreselassie (Belg) 8:20.01; 7 J Cornish (HW) 8:21.30; 8 J O’Hara (Soton) 8:21.58; 9 C Eastaugh (HW) 8:22.76; 10 M Clisham (Cov) 8:23.22; 12 F O’Brien (NEB) 8:31.81; 13 S Stevens (Norw) 8:33.18

ISLE OF WIGHT THROWS SUMMER SERIES, Sandown, June 7

Men: SP: 1 G Newton (IoW, M45) 12.97

LEE VALLEY SPRINT NIGHTS, Lee Valley, June 7

CJ Ujah, returning to action for the first time since failing a drugs test at the Tokyo Olympics, ran a wind-assisted 10.12 and a legal 10.20.

“I was nervous,” he told the Guardian. “I felt like I was back in primary school getting ready to race for the first time ever again.

“I wasn’t sure it was going to be that fast, but it’s pretty good to know I’m in some decent shape. Going forward, hopefully I’ll build on it.”

Mixed events: 100: A1 (2.3): 1 C Ujah (E&H) 10.12; 2 D Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 10.16; 3 A Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 10.30; 4 B Mingeli (Camb H) 10.31; 5 J Quainoo (B&B) 10.42; 6 J Williams (Harrow) 10.49; 7 C Miller (HW) 10.50. A2 (2.5): 1 J Harding (Bas) 10.49; 2 K Opara (Linc W) 10.52; 3 C Lawson (SB) 10.61. A3 (1.3): 1 M Damoah (B&B) 10.56; 2 J Ennis (Croy) 10.73; 3 J Browne (Kent, M40) 10.88. A5 (1.0): 3 K Obeng (BFTTA, U17) 11.03. A7 (1.9): 5 A Hunt (Charn, W) 11.53; 8 J Wood (Harrow, M45) 12.02. A8 (1.3): 3 D Kuypers (B&B, W) 11.83; 4 S Wright-Taipow (Harrow, U20W) 11.85. A9 (1.7): 2 R Tjernagel (E&H, W) 12.10; 4 L Tallon (Ton, U20W) 12.20; 7 C Grant (Herne H, W35) 12.70. B1 (1.1): 1 C Ujah (E&H) 10.20; 2 D Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 10.24; 3 B Mingeli (Camb H) 10.29; 4 A Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 10.37; 5 J Harding (Bas) 10.45; 6 J Quainoo (B&B) 10.51; 7 J Williams (Harrow) 10.55; 8 C Miller (HW) 10.58. B2 (1.2): 1 K Opara (Linc W) 10.56; 2 M Copeland-Naulty (Herne H) 10.71; 3 O Grant (Harrow) 10.72. B3 (0.9): 4 J Browne (Kent, M40) 10.93. B7 (1.5): 7 A Hunt (Charn, W) 11.65. B8 (1.3): 2 S Wright-Taipow (Harrow, U20W) 11.81; 3 D Kuypers (B&B, W) 11.85; 5 R Tjernagel (E&H, W) 12.15; 7 J Wood (Harrow, M45) 12.20. B9 (2.0): 1 L Tallon (Ton, U20W) 12.19; 6 R Wright (WG&EL, U17W) 12.47. A10 (1.7): 2 R Wright (WG&EL, U17W) 12.48. A12 (2.1): 5 A Long (Herne H, M80) 15.58. B10 (2.4): 3 C Grant (Herne H, W35) 12.64

OXON & BUCKS MIDWEEK OPEN MEETING, Horspath, June 7

Mixed events: 300: r1: 3 M Barough (Oxf C, M45) 39.18. 400: r1: 7 L Unwin (Reig, U17W) 58.01. TJ: 1 M Noufal (Unattached, U20) 15.08/1.0. DT: 1 K Woodcock (Oxf C, W) 47.91; 2 A Jeacock West (Rad, U20W) 39.38

Men: DT: 1 M Quigley (Seat, M45) 44.23; 2 J Bell (Oxf U, M35) 43.60

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SERIES, Birmingham (U), June 7

Mixed events: 400: r1: 1 E Jeffery (W’borne, U20W) 57.26. r2: 3 A Freeman (K&S, U17W) 58.64. r3: 1 J Colclough (BRAT, M40) 52.28. r4: 1 C Bailey (Ips) 47.91; 2 F Hutchinson (Notts, U20) 49.36. 1500: r3: 7 M Pollard (BRAT, M40) 4:19.08. 5000: r1: 3 F Stapleton (SB, W) 16:44.84; 4 D Robinson (B’ville, M50) 16:44.94. r2: 4 A Burgess (Bir, U17) 15:13.79; 13 N Mitchell (Read, W) 15:57.91; 16 M Ince (BRAT, M45) 16:19.94. HJ: 1 K Jack (SB, U20) 2.12; 2 C Husbands (B&R) 2.04; 4 H Mills (And, W) 1.76; 6 L Holt (SB, W) 1.68. HT: 1 A Merritt (NEB, W) 56.23; 2 K Ebbage (Ton, W) 43.75. JT: 1 H Lewington (WSEH, U20W) 46.19. JT: 1 H Wheeler (W Ches, U17W) 50.61

Men: HT: 1 S Clifton (Win) 50.83. HT: 1 J Berry (Hale, U20) 53.99

Women: 400H: 1 Z Austridge (B&B) 61.98; 2 S Fisher (B&B) 62.04; 3 M Willis (Norw, U20) 62.44; 4 R Zaghloul (Lough S) 63.32; 5 K Hulme (Shrews) 63.56; 6 G Majer (University of Birmingham AC, U20) 64.38

British Grand Prix of Race Walking, Leeds, June 10

Heather Warner and Chris Snook took the titles in the fierce heat of Leeds over 20km.

Snook clocked a track PB of 1:35:10:08 to take the UKA, England and Race Walking Association Championships.

Despite the hot conditions the women’s all time list was rewritten. Warner moved to second on the UK all-time list, behind Davies as she clocked 1.40.29:39 to take the UKA title.

Davies clocked 1:43:24:85 to take the silver.

Despite the heat Abigail Jennings clocked her second best performance over the 20km/20,000 metres distance to clock 1:47:50:29 to take the bronze medal in the UKA Championships and the England and RWA Championships to move third on the UK track list.

The runner-up in the England and RWA Championships Pagen Spooner in her debut over the 20km/20,000 metres distance battled the brutal conditions to clock a UK Under-23 record of 1:55:23:18. This also moves her to fourth on the UK all-time list behind Warner, Davies and Jennings.

In the under-20 10,000m Jonathan Ellerton battled the hot conditions to take the UKA and England Championships in 61.43.86.

Men: 10000W: 1 C Corbishley (M&M) 47:12.97
U20: 10000W: 1 J Ellerton (B&B) 61:43.86
Women: 10000W: 1 H Hopper (Camb H) 54:57.62

Lewisham-based club defeat Pontypridd after runner collapses in heat while there are notable wins elsewhere for Calum Johnson and Gemma Steel in our UK endurance running round-up

39th WELSH CASTLES RELAY, June 10/11

For much of the second half of the race, eventual winners, Kent AC and locals Pontypridd Roadents battled for supremacy, but the latter slipped up badly on stage 19 as their Adam Payne collapsed due to the hot conditions to let in their rivals, Martin Duff reports.

Newcomers Highgate Harriers had started their campaign with a victory on the 9.1 miles from Caernarfon Castle to Penygroes and established themselves as early favourites for the overall title and led after four stages, but it was not to be.

The North Londoners’ Jack McVann took advantage of the absence of last year’s winners, Swansea Harriers, who missed the event, distracted by the wedding of long-time servant Dewi Griffiths, but still, 63 teams started the long trip south.

Salford’s Harry Wakefield took the stage 2 race to put his club ahead after two legs but they then slipped when Highgate’s Jacob Allen won the stage 3 race.

More than half-way through the opening day and with a balanced squad, Kent AC were gradually opening up an advantage and had Callum Fraser take stage five to Barmouth. Their vets were doing well in their open team so that, by the end of stage six at Dolgellau, were three minutes to the good of Chorlton, as Highgate had slipped out of contention.

Les Croupiers were heading Ealing Eagles by more that 20 minutes in the veterans’ category and also led in the women’s only team stakes by 18 minutes from Sale and Chorlton.

Highgate had their second stage win on number seven from Dolgellau to Dinas Mawdwy, as Robert Wilson was just 13 seconds outside the stage record, with 56:36 for the tough 10.1 miles with its 449-metre climb up from the river Mawddach.

The top three teams, Chorlton, Kent and Highgate were now covered by just a little over two minutes.

Stage eight saw the first record of the 2023 race when, despite the hot weather, Luisa Candiol improved the 2017 mark for the 10.8-miles and 310m climb by 27 seconds with 67:45, for Cheshire Dragons.

As the race ended the first day in Newtown, Team Bath’s Leon Chevalier was just four seconds outside the tough 13.1-miles and 338m stage record with 69:59. However, it was stage record holder Paul Graham, in second, who saw Pontypridd Roadents take a narrow lead into the overnight stop. Kent, Chorlton and Highgate were close on their heels, as Les Croupiers still led both the veteran’s and women’s categories.

Day two started with another hill climb up to Llanbardan Fynydd and Team Bath’s Alex Carter and Highgate’s Flurry Grierson battled out the 10.8 miles with its climbs, with the former just getting the nod in 58:05, to slash more than a minute from the stage record.

Then Matthew Speed enjoyed a near three-minute victory on stage 12, for Kent, on the run up to Crossgates, with a 57:58 clocking for the 11.2-miles. There was a stage record here for Parc Bryn’s Lauren Cooper after a 63:43 split, nearly a minute inside the previous best.

The leading teams were all headed by Stroud’s Lee Stopford’s 55:23 clocking for the 10.6-miles-long 13th stage on to Builth Wells and this all meant that Pontypridd and Kent were separated by just 11 seconds as Highgate now trailed by more than 10 minutes.

Highgate moved up to third overall on stage 15 as Charlie Hayward took the race but they were now 24 minutes down on the lead. The gap then narrowed as Alexander Lepretre won the next stage race, for Highgate, over the 12.5-miles to Torpanaun in 67:30 for a two-minute improvement on the stage record. Alice Wright then did the same for the women’s stage best with 84:56 but the best performance came from British masters W55 marathon record-holder Angharad Mair, now 60, who clocked 92:49.

With three stages left to race, Kent were pulling out all of the stops and their Joseph Yee (Alex’s younger brother) took the stage after a 49:05 clocking for the 9.1-miles.

On the penultimate stage to Nantgarw, however, Pontypridd’s challenge evaporated as they were penalised for “outside assistance,” so second placed Chris Mullin (M45) swept his Kent team ahead.

Race director Marcus Meyrick said: “The Pontypridd runner (Adam Payne) collapsed from the heat and was then picked up by spectators and carried to the line.”

He continued: “Under the rules of the race the penalty had to be applied.” This cost the team 45 minutes on the lead.

James Heneghan’s stage record 50:14 for Pontypridd over the 10.1-mile stint on the run between Caerphilly and Cardiff Castles, was too late and their rivals came home with a flourish thanks to Ben Hope’s fourth spot but it is true that Pontypridd would have won the event had Payne not got into difficulties.

Overall (209M): 1 Kent 19:46:34; 2 Highgate 20:19:24; 3 Pontypridd 20:29:39; 4 Chorlton 20:28:43; 5 Salford 20:36:04; 6 Les Croupiers 20:36:18
M40: 1 Les Croupiers 22:58:15; 2 Pontypridd 23:38:06; 3 Ealing Eagles 24:01:47
King of Mountains (stages 3,7,10,11,14&16): 1 Highgate 6:30:44; 2 Pontypridd 6:35:49; Kent 6:44:12
M40 Mountains: 1 Ponypridd 7:42:25
Women: 1 Les Croupiers 24:36:31; 2 Sale 25:21:29; 3 Chorlton 25:30:07
Queens of Mountains: 1 Les Croupiers 8:16:12; Sale 8:24:53; 3 Pontypridd 8:43:14
Business Team: 1 Burgess Salmon 25:00:38
65 teams finished

Day 1 (June 10)
Stage 1: Caernarfon Castle to Penygroes (15.01km, 138m): J McVann (High) 53:15
M40: J Savage (Chorl) 54:42
Women: R Maw (SWRR) 58:52

Stage 2: Penygroes to Criccieth Castle (16.93km, 113m): H Wakefield (Salf) 56:25; K Hunt (Sale) 59:57
Women: T Anderson (Win, W40) 66:05

Stage 3: Criccieth Castle to Maentwrog (19.32km, 288m): J Allen (High) 66:45
M40: R Bentley (Kent) 70:05
M50: R Grantham (Wirral) 72:21
Women: A Evans (Les C) 80:47

Stage 4: Maentwrog to Harlech Castle (14.92km, 149m): T Stevenson (Sale, M40) 54:28; G Bennett (High) 54:32
M40: N Phillips (Kent) 55:38
M50: T Greenald (Alt) 56:52
Women: E Cockcroft (SWRR) 66:22
W45: S Perry (Win) 66:36

Stage 5: Harlech Castle to Barmouth (15.08km, 139m): C Fraser (Kent) 55:12; D Wyeth (Chorlt, M40) 55:16
M50: G Landon (T Bath) 58:23; S Davies (Parc Bryn) 58:29
Women: J Rambaldi (Buckley, W35) 66:03

Stage 6: Barmouth to Dolgellau; Distance (14.29km, 201m): N Gilchrist (Ealing E) 50:49
M40: B Day (Kent) 51:19
M45: B McCormack (Chorlt) 52:52
M55: L Aherne (Parc Bryn) 53:10
Women: J Doughton (Buckley, W45) 63:59

Stage 7: Dolgellau to Dinas Mawddwy (16.36km, 449m): 1 R Wilson (High) 56:36; O Thorogood (SWRR) 57:33
M45: V Edwards (Les C) 65:48
M50: S Wood (Cleve) 66:18
Women: C Walters (Pt Talbot, W35) 69:35

Stage 8: Dinas Mawddwy to Foel (16.95km, 310m): D Bodman (P Bryn) 59:44; D Dibaba (Kent) 61:05
M40: S Murphy (P’pridd) 61:38
M45: A Haney (Chorl) 63:40
Women: L Candiol (Chesh Dr) 67:45

Stage 9: Foel to Llanfair Caereinion (14.97km, 98m): R Holt (Les C) 45:01
M40: D Jones (P’pridd) 45:54
Women: A Gascoigne (T Bath, W40) 49:08

Stage 10: Llanfair Caereinion to Newtown (20.65km, 338m): L Chevalier (T Bath) 69:59; P Graham (P’pridd) 70:40; G Tomlinson (Chorl, M40) 71:56; N Barry (Sale) 72:43
M45: C Greenwood (Kent) 73:20
Women: O Tsim (P’ridd) 84:37

Day 2 (June 11)
Stage 11: Newtown to Llanbadarn Fynydd (17.07km, 378m): 1 A Carter (T Bath) 58:06; F Grierson (High) 58:08; S Richards (P’Pridd) 59:44; R Sesemann (Kent) 59:56
M40: J Crooker (P Bryn) 60:40
M45: C Callaghan (Buckley) 63:37
Women: E Dimond (Llis, W35) 68:21
W50: S Gurney (Win) 73:20

Stage 12: Llanbadarn Fynydd to Crossgates (17.51km, 154m): 1 M Speed (Kent) 57:58
M40: K Waterhouse (Salf) 61:10
Women: L Cooper (P Bryn) 63:43
W40: L Jones (Les C) 70:32

Stage 13: Crossgates to Builth Wells (16.52km, 158m): 1 L Stopford (Stroud) 55:23; H Giardet (Les C) 55:27
M50: R Jones (Llis) 58:00; H Evans (P Bryn) 58:42
Women: M Garner (Strag) 69:46

Stage 14: Builth Wells to Drovers Arms (16.77km, 493m): T Cornthwaite (Salf) 60:32; D Hamilton (P’pridd) 61:47
M45: J MacKie (Wirral) 67:56
Women: M Williams (Aberdare) 78:15

Stage 15: Epynt Visitor Centre to Brecon (20.39km, 151m): C Hayward (High) 70:32; J Parry (P Bryn) 71:36; B Clarke (Kent) 71:44
M45: S Rees (Neath) 72:47
Women: K Fitzpatrick (Chorl, W35) 84:08

Stage 16: Brecon Canal Basin to Torpantau (20.34km, 360m): A Lepretre (High) 67:30; T Charles (Chorl) 70:46
Women: A Wright (Sale) 84:56
W60: A Mair (Les C) 92:49

Stage 17: Taf Fechan Station, Torpantau to Cyfarthfa Castle (13.61km, 127m): A Faulty (Win) 47:23
Women: P Cameron (Alt, W50) 58:42

Stage 18: Rhyd-y-Car Centre to Abercynon (Navigation Park) (14.37km, 123m): 1 J Yee (Kent) 49:05; G Medcraft (P’pridd) 49:45
M40: DJ Williams (Les C) 50:56
M45: S Brace (T Bath) 51:59
Women: C Jones (A’dare) 59:39

Stage 19: Navigation Park to Nantgarw (12.27km, 85m): O Williams (Les C) 42:11; C Mullin (Kent, M45) 44:31
M50: J Corrie (Win) 47:07; M Govier (Les C) 47:20
Women: D Phillips (Les C, W35) 54:18

Stage 20: Caerphilly Castle to Cardiff Bute Park (116.15km, 63m): J Heneghan (P’pridd) 50:14; T Ghafari (High) 51:21; P Matthews (P’Bryn, M40) 53:02; B Hope (Kent, M45) 53:17
M60: R Reader (Strag) 65:28
Women: R Felton (Stroud, W45) 58:45

ST ALBANS HALF MARATHON, St Albans, June 11

On a very hot morning, finishing eighth overall, Kate Rennie was first woman by over eight minutes while M40 Phil Adams was the men’s winner.

Overall: 1 P Adams (St Alb S, M40) 75:47; 2 J Yeates (Barn) 76:31; 3 N Besson (Serp, M40) 80:26

Women: 1 K Rennie (Dac, W45) 83:14; 2 T Beloou (Best Athletics, W45) 91:17; 3 N Cobb (Harp A) 93:14

SOUTHEND HALF-MARATHON, June 11

Men:
1 David Smale 71:49
2 Shane Boxall 71:49
3 Thomas Beedell 72:08

Women:
1 Katie King 83:36
2 Jen Baird 85:22
3 Rebecca Oækill 86:55

PURBROOK LADIES 5, Hampshire, June 11

Women:
1 N Moxham (Gosp, W50) 31:12; 2 K Riches (Fareham, W35) 32:31; 3 A Morgan (Stubb, W35) 34:19

W60: 1 H Dean (Chich R) 36:08

SOLENT AIRPORT 5, Hampshire, June 11

Overall:
1 T Evans (Win, U17) 16:17; 2 B Cuell 16:21; 3 J Clarke 16:22

Women:
1 K Slater (Fareham, W35) 18:33; 2 S Barbary (Havant, U20) 19:43; 3 K Daish (W35) 21:42

MARKET HARBOROUGH CARNIVAL 10km, Leicestershire, June 10

Overall:
1 A Quigley (W End, M50) 33:44; 2 J Yarwood (Wrex) 34:12; 3 J Chennell (Harb) 34:44

Women:
1 E Clarke (Trent P) 40:30; 2 J Hemmings (L Goat, W40) 43:41; 3 K Lister (W40) 43:42

COASTAL DASH MT, Dawlish, Devon, June 7

Overall (4M hilly):
1 M Lesniac (S Moult) 21:28; 2 J Madison (Exe) 21:32; 3 T Pratt (Teign) 21:40

M45: 1 A Menter (Haldon) 21:43; 2 J Howard (SWRR) 21:52

Women:
1 M Brooks (Dawlish, W45) 24:50; 2 S Gough (Teign) 25:08; 3 C Weeks (Torby, U20) 26:32

BLAYDON 5.8, June 9

This famous race saw a men’s victory for former English National and UK Inter-Counties champion Calum Johnson who won by over 200 metres from Cameron Allen.

M40 Graham Rush was a clear third.

Leeds gained a women’s one-two through Camilla Mcknespiey and Heather Townsend with McKnespiey taking the event by eight seconds.

Men:
1 Calum Johnson Gates 26:44
2 Cameron Allan Hough 27:22
3 Graham Rush M40 Leeds 27:33
4 Carl Avery M35 Morp 27:47
5 Alex Brown Morp 27:49
6 Lawrence Mccourt Morp 27:54
7 Michael Cameron TVH 28:00
8 Jarlath Mckenna M40 Tyne B 28:21
9 Lewis Gamble-Thompson M35 New Marske 28:26
10 Luke Davis U19 28:29

Women:
1 Camilla McKnespiey Leeds 31:06
2 Heather Townsend Leeds 31:15
3 Jasmine Wood Durh 31:28
4 Aly Dixon W40 Sund Stroll 31:51
5 Eilidh Bell Leeds 32:05
6 Danielle Hodgkinson W35 Wallsend 32:07
7 Lucy Crookes Tyne B 32:16
8 Sophie Harris Elswick 32:38
9 Charlotte Penfold NSP W35 32:43
10 Amy Fuller Tyne B 33:38

EMGP BLISWORTH 5, Oxfordshire, June 9

Gemma Steel made a surprise appearance to take the women’s section of this long-standing race which is part of the summer long East Midlands series, Martin Duff reports.

The 37-year-old was slower than her 26:27 win in the Alsager 5 from earlier this year but was home in 27:55, for ninth spot overall.

Hayden Arnell, the winner of the opening event the series and then second in race two, bounced back to claim his second win of the Grand Prix with a 25:56 clocking.

Men: 1 H Arnall (R&N) 25:56; 2 F Ward (R&N) 27:01; 3 L Knight (Dav) 27:06

M40: 1 D Ball (R&N) 27:23; 2 A Siggers (R&N) 27:53

M45: 1 J Wayland (W’boro) 28:20

M50: 1 P Langer (Sphinx) 29:19; 2 C Bell (North Tri) 29:35; 3 P West (Kett) 29:50

M60: 1 T Hughes (Leic C) 29:21; 2 B Whitehead (W’boro) 31:45

M70: 1 R Searle (Kett) 35:00; 2 S Knennas (R&N) 36:47

TEAM: 1 R&N 1:48:14; 2 Milton Keynes 1:55:26; 3 Bucks & Stowe 1:57:05

M40 TEAM: 1 R&N 1:54:18; 2 Wellingborough 2:00:04; 3 Bucks & Stowe 2:04:47

Women: 1 G Steel (Charn, W35) 27:55; 2 K Barnett (Dav) 31:01; 3 A Walters (Corby, U20) 31:05; 4 K Godof (Olney, W45) 31:49

W40: 1 H Gibbs (Shenly) 34:06

W45: 2 A Sarkies (R&N) 32:32; 3 Z Kemp (Human E) 32:46; 4 S Ghisu (Bucks & Stowe) 34:39

W55: 1 S Davis (Higham) 35:34

W60: 1 K Bond (Dav) 36:51

W65: 1 N Haggart (Bed H) 37:36

W75: 1 A Copson (R&N) 42:19

TEAM (3 to score): 1 Wellingborough 1:44:36; 2 R&N 1:47:51; 3 Bucks & Stowe 1:49:27

W35 TEAM: 1R&N 1:47:51; 2 Bucks & Stowe 1:49:48; 3 Wootton RR 1:59:00

SCOTTS TRAVEL MIDWEEK LEAGUE 10km, Div 1, Race 3, Trent Park, June 8

On an evening when times were significantly slower than in the opening two rounds of the league, Katie Harbon won for North Herts Road Runners but was more than two minutes down on her winning time from the previous race of the series, Martin Duff reports.

Michael Waddington began the series with a third place before moving up to second in race two to win this third event, albeit in a much slower time.

Overall:
1 M Waddington (Ware) 34:24; 2 B Hadman (NHRR) 35:04; J Fox (NHRR) 35:22

M50: 1 S Aiken (Trent P) 38:07; 2 K Sambridge (Ware) 38:15; 3 B Judge (Gard CR) 36:44

M55: 1 P Harvey (Gard CR) 38:49

TEAM: 1 NHRR 329; 2 Trent P 367; 3 St Albans 402
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 66; 2 Trent P 88; 3 NHRR 116

Standings after 3 races
Men TEAM: 1 St Albans 16; 2 NHRR 13; 3 Trent P 11
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 15 (241); 2 NHRR 15 (256); 3 Trent P 13

Women: 1 K Harbon (NHRR) 38:13; 2 J Vine (Gard CR, W35) 39:42; 3 L Parry (Gard CR) 40:24

W45: 1 Z Oldfield (Orion) 41:44

W50: 1 P Habbick (St Alb) 43;34

TEAM: 1 St Albans 124; 2 NHRR 166; 3 Trent P 174
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 32; 2 St Albans 41; 3 NHRR 50

Overall
Senior TEAM: 1 NHRR 495; 2 St Albans 313; 2 NHRR 475; 3 Trent P 783
Vets TEAM: 1 St Albans 107; 2 Trent P 120; 3 NHRR 166

Standings after 3 races
Women TEAM: 1 St Albans 16; 2 NHRR 14; 3 Orion 12
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 14 (124); 2 NHRR 14 (152); 3 St Albans 13

Overall
Senior TEAM: 1 St Albans 32; 2 NHRR 27; 3 Trent P 22
Vets TEAM: 1 NHRR 29; 2 St Albans 28; 3 Trent P 27

RUNTHROUGH LEICESTERSHIRE CHASE THE SUN, Prestwold, June 8

Overall (5km): 1 D Magalela (Long E, M40) 16:20; 2 P Bradshaw (B’burn, M35) 16:53; 3 J Blount (Unatt) 19:34

Women: 1 H Cornu (Rolls, W35) 20:16; 2 K Jackson (Lough S) 20:17; 3 S Knight  23:21

Overall (10km): 1 A Mayne 34:42; 2 P Nind (Holme P) 34:46; 3 J Vandersluis (ICARUS) 34:49

Women: 1 O Harris 40:50; 2 L Tallis 46:51; 3 E Beck (Spa) 47:45

Overall (10M): 1 C Horton (Badgers, M45) 60:07; 2 D Greenwood (Holme P, M45) 60:57; 3 J Hutchison (M45) 71:31

Women: 1 L Broom (Steel, W45) 71:49; 2 S Murphy 79:44; 3 K Knight (W45) 84:54

CARLISLE TRI CLUB 10km, Carlisle, June 7

Overall: 1 P Graham (C’land, M45) 35:04; 2 J Kelly (C’land) 36:44; 3 S Taylor (Unatt) 36:53

Women: 1 F Todd (Bord H, W45) 40:32; 2 E Zielinska (Carl Tc) 42:16; 3 M Harrison (Kesw, W35) 42:25

ARUNNERS BEACH RUN MT, Littlehampton, West Sussex, June 7

Overall (wet and sandy 5M):
1 M Houston (Chich R) 26:25; 2 L Briscoe (Fitt) 26:37; 3 J Penfold (T Zone) 27:04

Women:
1 L Bourne (Hove) 31:48; 2 L Tugwell (Worth) 32:04; 3 A Robinson (Worth) 32:31

TEAM (M&W): 1 Horsham J 445; 2 Chich R 250; 3 Worthing 241

BITTON SUMMER SERIES 5km, Avon Valley Railway, Bristol, Avon, June 7

Overall: 1 W Sweet (B&W, M45) 17:00; 2 P Trask (B&W, M45) 17:06; 3 P Reddaway (Ware, M60) 18:15

M60: 2 G Hughes (T Bath) 19:53

Women: 1 C Jolliffe (B&W, W55) 19:59; 2 E Jolliffe (B&W) 20:58; 3 R Evans (Emersons G) 21:15

W60: 1 W Reddaway (Ware) 26:14

SCOTTS MIDWEEK LEAGUE 10km, Div 3, Race 3, Harpenden, June 6

Overall: 1 A Edgworth (Dac) 34:19; 2 P Oddy (Dac) 234:50; 3 P Morgan (Brox) 34:58

M50: 1 T Atkinson (Harp) 38:03; 2 A Mills (Dac) 38:06

M60: 1 P Hobson (Harl) 40:57

Div 3 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 232; 2 Hitchin 333; 3 Harpenden 3385
M40 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 34; 2 Harpenden 55; 3 Hitchin 113

Women: 1 T Gray (Dac, U20) 39:23; 2 H Turner (Dac, W40) 40:52; 3 T Woodhouse (Herts, U20) 41:07

W65: 1 J Morris (Harp) 52:04

Div 3 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 52; 2 Harpenden 184; 3 Hitchin 209

W35 TEAM: 1 Dacorum 13; 2 Hitchin 35; 3 Harpenden 38

WHIT’TH WHIPPETS COWM RESERVOIR MT 5km, Whitworth, June 6

Overall: 1 W Smith (Hali, M40) 16:28; 2 T Hodgson (Hali) 16:28; 3 M Mannings (O&R) 16:43

M50: D Bennett (Roch) 17:15

Women: 1 I Brandon (Roch) 20:42; 2 S Burns (Clay, W65) 21:29; 3 J Johey (Royt R, W45) 21:33

FELL RACES

BARNSLEY BOUNDARY WAY TRAIL RELAY, Barnsley, June 10

Overall (72M/7350ft – leg 1 5.1M/528ft, leg 2 10.4M/768ft, leg 3 6.6M/459ft, leg 4 6.4M/196ft, leg 5 5.1M/486ft, leg 6 11.4M/1620ft, leg 7 6.5M/1074ft, leg 8 5.7M/814ft, leg 9 10.5M/1188ft, leg 10 4M/210ft):
1 Barns 8:11:29 (J Bird 32:40, S Hinchcliffe 59:48, S Wilson 49:35, M Grain 40:31, G Briscoe 31:15, P Montgomery 86:34, J Sweetnam-Powell 51:51, R Price 39:54, G Cooke 70:47, M Haverhand 28:34); 2 P’stone FPR (mixed) 9:18:33; 3 Denb D 9:19:16; 4 P’stone FPR (M50) 10:21:18; 5 Barns H (mixed) 10:02:28; 6 Barns (mixed) 10:04:43

M60: P’stone FPR 32:39:17

Fastest: all Barns as above except
Leg 3: R Cottam (P’stone FPR) 45:57
Leg 4: S O’Neill (K’worth) 39:50
Leg 8: P Johnson (Barns H) 38:49

Women: 1 P’stone FPR 10:57:20; 2 P’stone FPR (W40) 12:37:07; 3 Ack 13:08:39; 4 Manvers 13:37:39

SWALEDALE MARATHON, June 10

Overall (23M/3586ft, h:m only):
1 K Wigley (Swale) 3:01; 2 J Stephenson (R&Z) 3:07; 3 J Rutherford (Totley) 3:24; 4 T Grimwood (Swale) 3:25; 5 E Cowper-Coles (Denb D, W) 3:27; 6 G Baker (Amble) 3:28; 7 J Simpson 3:29; 8 Z Jennings (Sett) 3:33

M50: M Hayes (E Hull) 3:40

M60: J Hartley 4:21

TEAM: 1 Swale 59; 2 E Hull 170; 3 Swale (W) 256

Women: 1 Cowper-Coles 3:27; 2 S Stephen (W40) 4:00; 3 K Gaughan (Pick) 4:00; 4 E Thompson (Elvet, W40) 4:08; 5 J Young (Swale) 4:17

W60: V Clarke (Darl) 4:55

TEAM: Swale 256

WEETS, Barnoldswick, June 10

Overall (8.8km/150m): 1 C Holdsworth (Clay) 36:40; 2 A Mason (Dark Pk) 38:03; 3 J Holgate (B’burn) 38:07; 4 A Wale (Clay, M40) 40:52; 5 S Watson (Wharf) 41:30; 6 D Mirfield (Barl) 41:36

M45: S Shorrock (Barl) 41:51

M50: S Constatnine (Holc) 48:51

M55: C Nevison (Barl) 48:57

M60: M Keys (Ross) 50:09

M70: I Smith (Ribb) 60:24

Women: 1 H Page (Calder V) 43:37; 2 E Hopkinson (Wharf, W40) 45:14; 3 N Jackson (N Leeds FR) 48:06; 4 J Wells (Ross) 52:07

W45: K Griffiths (Ribb) 56:30

W50: J Davies (Ribb) 58:47

W55: C Tregaskis (Ross) 60:18

W60: J Toswnson (Traw) 61:08

WALSH TWO LADS, Horwich, June 8

Overall (5.25M/900ft):
1 B Coop (Bury) 32:05; 2 R Hope (P&B, M45) 33:14; 3 R James (Royt R) 33:49; 4 S Greenwood (Ross) 34:25; 5 N Leigh (Horw, M45) 34:39; 6 S Fairhurst (Horw) 34:47; 7 A Ford (Calder V, M40) 34:54; 8 M Nicholson (Sale) 35:28

M50: D Raby (Chorley) 36:59

M60: N Holding (Horw) 42:32

M70: J Maxfield (N’burgh N) 45:58

M75: J Hall (M’ton) 56:50

Women:
1 K Macfarlane (C’thy) 42:01; 2 A Pilkington (Chorley) 42:58; 3 A Fraser (Penny L) 43:29;4 S Edwards (R Rose) 44:46

W40: L Vidamour (Penny L) 45:27

W50: J Greenhalgh (Lost) 45:57

W55: F Dyson (Sadd) 47:49

W60: N Hamerton (Lost) 50:53

LOUGHSHANNAGH, N Ireland, June 8

Overall (5M/1700ft):
1 A Crutchley 42:42; 2 J Mcatee (Mourne) 42:48; 3 A Tees (BARF, M40) 44:46; 4 K Johnston (Armagh) 44:46; 5 J Millar (Mourne) 44:58; 6 E O’Kane (U20) 44:58; 7 J McKee (Mourne) 46:00; 8 D Hicks (Newc, M40) 46:04

M45: M Harte (Newry) 46:28

M50: C Bailey (Mourne)

M55: S Hoey (Jog Lisb) 51:15

M60: Deon McNeilly (Newc) 52:58

M70: P McGuckin 63:56

M75: J Adgey (N Down) 83:36

Women:
1 E Dickson (Newry) 51:20; 2 D Wilson (Drom, W50) 52:32; 3 M Hell (M Belf) 53:21; 4 S Mcintyre 55:28; 5 S O’Kane (Lagan V, W55) 56:20

W60: P Shields (Murl) 65:11

U20: C Savage (Newc) 61:18

BLENCARTHA, Mungrisedale, June 7

Overall (13km/825m):
1 J Cox (Eden) 64:09; 2 H Holmes (Mat) 64:41; 3 T Simpson (Amble) 65:16; 4 M McGoldrick (Sett, M40) 66:29; 5 T Gill (Mat, U21) 66:57; 6 J Kenny (Helm, H) 67:30

M45: S Jacques (Amble) 68:37

M50: D Birch (Kesw) 70:44

M60: D Prosser (Kesw) 75:11

M65: K Loan (Kesw) 93:24

Women:
1 K Maltby (B Combe) 71:01; 2 E Stuart (N Fells) 80:42; 3 R Douglas (Bord) 81:04; 4 A Kelland (Eden) 81:57

W40: E Debenham (Heugh H) 82:46

W50: J Chatterley (C’land F) 92:33

W60: A Chimmings (C’land F) 1:42:01

BOAR’S HEAD, Poynton, June 7

Overall (12.9km/403m):
1 S Harding (Macc) 48:01; 2 L Braby (Chorlton) 48:54; 3 B Hicks (Macc) 49:03; 4 T Barry (Penn) 49:44; 5 B Archbold (Wilm, M50) 49:57; 6 M Burley (Macc) 50:19

M60: J Bale (Ches HB) 62:53

M70: A Watts (Ches HB) 67:01

Women:
1 T Lyon (Poyn, W40) 60:25; 2 H Thompson (Poyn) 60:57; 3 L Bednall (Bux) 61:24; 4 R Till (Macc, W40) 61:31

W50: J Bednall (Bux) 64:51