| Club Make Impressive Start to the British Athletics League Season |
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| Sunday, 14 May 2006 | |
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City of Sheffield AC had an outstanding opening fixture on Saturday 6th may an Barnet Copthall Stadium in Hendon. The team were in the lead by 40 points at one stage during the match but finished a well deserved 2nd at the end of the day.
The match opened well with Steve Small winning the A string long jump in 7.05m Tom Grantham opened the track events with a 3rd place in the 400m hurdles A string and a PB and this was backed up by Aidy Wilson comfortably winning the B string. Moments later new recruit Sam Ellis and Steve Evison gained maximum points in the 800m A and B string events. Things got even better when teenage sprint sensation Gerald Phiri blasted his way to a win in the A string 100m in a time of 10.53 which was ably backed up Raphael Alleyene who finished 2nd in the B string event. Switching to the field events, Jamie Williamson and Daniel Brunt both finished 2nd in the Discus A and B strings. David Budd and Graeme Matthews did likewise in the triple jump . Good things were still happening on the track with John Kelly storming to 2nd place in the A string 400m .Sam Ellis followed up his earlier success by winning the B string Back in the field events Luke Cutts defied the bad weather conditions to easily win the A string Pole Vault whilst veteran Decathlete Alex Kruger won the B string. The Shott putt brought a 2nd place in the A string for Jamie Williamson and a 1st for Daniel Brunt in the B string. Two great performances in both the 4 x 100m relay and the 4 x 400m relay rounded off the day in great style. It should also be noted that veteran steeplechaser Chris Ireland had an outstanding run to finish 4th in the A string at this event 1 Trafford AC 381 2 City of Sheffield AC 376 3 Border Harriers 323 4 Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 298 5 Blackheath & Bromley 236 6 Cardiff AC 211 7 Bedford & County 172 8 City of Edingburgh AC 156 Outstanding Performances 100m A 1st Gerald Phiri 10.58 100m B 2nd Rafael Alleyne 11.10 400m A 2nd John Kelley 48.61 400m B 1st Sam Ellis 48.76 800m A 1st Sam Ellis 1:53.05 800m B 1st Steve Evison 1:56.64 400h A 4th Tom Grantham 54.70 400h B 1st Aidy Wilson 57.40 110h A 3rd Charlie Kavanagh 15.24 110h B 3rd Phil Jarrett 15.63 Discus A 2nd Jamie Williamson 46.69 Dscus B 2nd Daniel Brunt 42.99 Shot A 2nd Jamie Williamson 15.98 Shot B 1st Daniel Brunt 14.08 Long Jump A 1st Steve Small 7.05 Long Jump B 4th Jamie Russell 6.24 Triple Jump A 2nd Dave Budd 14.45 Triple Jump B 2nd Graeme Mathews 14.15 Pole Vault A 1st Luke Cutts 4.80 Pole Vault B 1st Alex Kruger 3.80 4x100m Relay 2nd 43.15 4x400m Relay 3rd 3:18.88 |
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