July 2004

Young Athletes League-Premier Division-Cardiff Monday, July 26 2004
Despite being weakened by injuries and illness, the Tamworth team fought hard throughout the Young Athletes League Premier Division match in Cardiff and did well to finish fourth.
Setting personal bests were Michael Pierpoint (3,000m, 100m hurdles and 1,500m steeplechase), Tom Challis (200m and long jump), Jenny Evans (75m and shot), Amy Williams (150m and high jump), Ashley Smetham (shot and 1,500m), Faye McCabe (shot and discus), Rebecca Finlay (300m hurdles), Daniel Grogan (400m hurdles), Adam Bache (400m hurdles), Nathan Faulks (discus), Laura Castledine (shot), Chris Smith (hammer), Sara Benson (200m), Alex Kavanagh (1500m), Jordan Roach (200m), Michaela Webb (shot), Nicola Tarver (shot), Hannah Sargeant (long jump), Laura Lewis (800m), Adam McGee (800m), Nathan Woodward (80m hurdles), Abi Aubrey (800m), Sophie Cash (200m), Ian Finlay (shot). Athletes equalling their personal bests were Tom Burton (high Jump), Simon King (400m), Daniel Cash (high jump) and Sarah Williams (high jump).
Four Tamworth athletes chalked up a hat-trick of first places each. Tom Challis won the 100m in 13.4secs, the 200m in 27.5secs and the long jump with 4.77m.
Justine Passey won the 100m in 11.8secs, the 200m in 24.3secs and the long jump with a season's best of 5.81m.
Nathan Woodward won the 800m in 2:03.3mins, the 80m hurdles in 12.5secs and the high jump with a clearance of 1.75m.
Rebecca Findlay won her 300m hurdles in 54.8secs, the high jump with 1.40m and finished fourth in the 80m hurdles in 16.7secs.
Tom Hardman won the javelin with a throw of 43.94m and picked up two good second places in the discus and hammer with throws of 23.54m and 20.01m respectively.
Sara Benson won her long jump with a jump of 4.45m, took second place in the 100m in 14.0secs and the same place in the 200m in 28.6secs.
Richard Bown won his shot with 7.85m and took second place in the 100m in a time of 12.1secs.
Sophie Cash won the high jump with a clearance of 1.50m, took second place in the 200m in 28.9secs and third in the 75m hurdles with a time of 13.0secs.
Daniel Challis clocked 12.3secs to win his 100m race and Laura Lewis took second place in the 800m in a time of 2:58.1mins.
Nathan Faulks won his javelin with a throw of 32.28m and finished in second place in the discus with 26.32m.
Alex Berrow took second place in the hammer with a throw of 40.56m, another second in the shot with 10.30m and third in the discus with a throw of 26.53m.
Mark Brooks gained second place in the javelin with a throw of 34.72m, another second in the high jump with a clearance of 1.40m and third in the long jump with a jump of 3.99m.
Ashley Smetham took second place in the hammer with a throw of 31.23m, third in the shot with 6.85m and second in the 1,500m in a time of 6:59.9mins.
Sarah Williams took second place in the long jump with a jump of 4.65m, the same position in the high jump with a clearance of 1.35m and fourth in the 300m hurdles in 54.8secs.
Hannah Sargeant finished in second place in the 70m hurdles in 14.3secs, another second place in the long jump with a leap of 3.72m and fourth in the 75m in 11.9secs.
Nicola Tarver won her shot with 6.50m and took fourth place in the 100m in 16.6secs.
David Hudson gained second place in his 100m in 14.3secs, another second in the long jump with a jump of 3.85m and third in the shot with 5.15m.
Adam McGee took second place in the shot with 4.64m and third in his 800m in 2:47.8mins, while Nathan Christian clocked 2:57.8mins for second in his 800m.
Charlotte Elvins finished in 2:35.4mins for second place in the 800m and clocked 28.6secs for fourth spot in the 200m.
Michael Pierpoint gained second place in the 100m hurdles in a time of 19.5secs, third place in the 3,000m in 11:13.7mins and another third in the 1,500m steeplechase in 5:56.2mins.
Ian Findlay finished in second place in the 80m hurdles in 16.4secs, third in the 400m in 59.5secs and another third in the shot with 9.27m.
Simon King took second place in the 1,500m in 4:49.7mins and third in the 400m in 1:01.4mins.
John Jenkins gained second place in the 400m in 57.3secs, third in the long jump with a jump of 4.72m and fourth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:49.6mins.
Jordan Roach took second place in the 200m in a time of 30.2secs and Matthew Wood was second in the 1,500m event in 5:26.7mins.
Faye McCabe gave some promising performances in the throwing events with second place in the discus with 16.56m, third in the javelin with a throw of 17.16m and third in the shot with 7.28m.
Laura Castledine gained good points for the team with second place in the shot with 6.56m, third in the discus with a throw of 14.59m and fourth in the javelin with 20.60m.
Adam Bache finished in third place in the 400m hurdles in 1:9.0mins, third in the 400m in 1:7.2mins and fourth in the 3000m in 10:7.3mins.
Jenny Evans took third place in the 70m hurdles in 17.7secs, another third in the shot with 5.50m and fourth in the 75m in a time of 11.9secs.
Hannah Alcock finished in third place in the 75m hurdles in 16.3secs and fourth in the 100m in 14.9secs.
Tom Burton gained third place in the 100m hurdles in a time of 16.3secs, another third in the 100m in 13.2secs, and fourth spot in the high jump with a clearance of 1.55m.
Amy Williams picked up third place in the 800m in 2:54.9mins, another third in the high jump with 1.10m and fourth in the 150m in a time of 23.2secs.
Abi Aubrey gained two third places from her events clocking 2:33.3mins in the 800m and 5:31.3mins in the 1,500m with Megan Jacobs clocking a good time of 5:18.0mins for third place in her 1500m.
Alex Elson took third place in the 800m in 2:39.9mins with Michaela Webb filling the same positions in the 1,200m and shot
Newcomer Nicola Paul finished in third in her 150m with another newcomer Emily Davies in the same position in the 1,500m.
Daniel Cash gained third in the long jump, another third in the high jump and fourth in the 200m. Alex Kavanagh finished in third in the hammer and third in the discus with a throw of 17.00m.
Daniel Grogan took fourth in the 400m hurdles and the same position in the triple jump. Elyse Jinks also took two fourths in the 1,200m and long jump, while Tom Adams was fourth in the javelin.
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Heart of England at Tamworth Monday, July 26 2004
Gaining personal bests were Alex Berrow (shot and discus), Nathan Woodward (80m hurdles and high jump), Meghan Beesley (100m and shot), Tom Challis (100m and shot), Tom Adams (800m and 1500m), Daniel Cash (200m and high jump), David Collier (400m and 80m hurdles), Gareth Kavanagh (75m and 600m), Leanne Lewis (600m and long jump), Hannah Sargeant (70m hurdles and long jump), Justine Passey (200m), Tom Burton (100m), Daniel Challis (100m), David Hudson (80m hurdles), Ian Findlay (100m), Jenny Evans (100m), Laura Langowski (200m), Abi Aubrey (1,500m), Laura Lewis (high jump), Matty Wood (1,500m), Simon King (1,500m), Charlotte Elvins (200m), John Jenkins (400m), Leah Moores (400m), Rebecca Hallam (400m), Sam Webb (75m), Sophie Fairfax-Steadman (75m), Becky Evans (75m), Francesca Hughes (75m), Jo Cassar (75m), Sarah Williams (80m hurdles), Alex Elson (800m), Joanne Snowdon (800m), Ashley Smetham (discus), Rebecca Edwards (discus), Mark Brookes (shot) and Joanne Cooper (shot).
Beesley, Woodward and Cash returned from Gateshead to record some good wins for the team.
Beesley won the 100m in 12.6secs, the 75m hurdles in 12.0secs and took third place in the shot with 8.19m. Woodward won the high jump with a clearance of 1.80m and the 80m hurdles in 12.6secs with Cash winning the high jump with 1.50m and taking second place in the 75m hurdles in 13.0secs.
In the senior ladies sprint events, Passey and Langowski chalked up good points between them. Passey won her 200m in 26.5secs and took second place in the 100m in 12.8secs, while Langowski won her 100m in 12.9secs and took second spot in the 200m in 25.9secs.
Nick Crawford won his 200m in 25.2secs and took second place in the long jump with a jump of 4.80m.
Tom Challis won his 100m in13.2secs, took second place in the shot with 8.24m and fourth place in the long jump with a jump of 4.42m.
Sophie Fairfax-Steadman won her 75m in 12secs, took second place in the 600m in 2:07.4mins and sixth in the long jump with 2.69m.
Amy Frith won the 800m in 2:24.6mins and Mark Brooks won his shot event with 8.46m.
King made a welcome return to form after injuries when he won the 1,500m in 4:40.4mins. Mike Pierpoint won his 100m hurdles in 20.3secs and Daniel Challis took third place in the 100m in 12.1secs, and the long jump with 4.52m and fourth in the 200m in 25.1secs. Daniel was also making a welcome return after injury.
Adam Bache won his 1500m in 4:40.4mins and took third place in the 400m in 1:1.5mins.
Tom Adams continued to show good form when he won the 800m in 2:12.5mins and took third place in the 1,500m in 4:30.3mins.
David Hudson took second place in the 100m in 14.0secs, third place in the 80m hurdles in 15.5secs and the same position in the long jump with a leap of 3.61m.
Daniel Cash took second place in the 200m in 24.1secs, as well as the high jump with a clearance of 1.70m and fourth in the long jump with 5.26m.
David Collier picked up a couple of second places with times of 1:02mins in the 400m and 13.9secs in the 80m hurdles.
John Jenkins clocked 25secs for second place in the 200m and 56.2secs for third spot in the 400m.
Leah Moores took a good second place in her 400m in 1:03mins and Rebecca Hallam took second place in her 400m in 1:06.1mins and the same position in the 800m in 2:48.7mins. Sam Webb was runner-up in his 75m in 12.4secs and fourth in the 600m in 2:12.3mins.
Sarah Williams finished in second place in the long jump with a leap of 4.52m, fifth in the 80m hurdles in 15secs and in the high jump with 1.30m.
Alex Berrow took second place in the discus with a throw of 28.97m and third in the shot with 11.42m, with Ashley Smetham also in second place in his discus event with a throw of 14.35m.
Laura Castledine took second place in her discus event with a throw of 15.54m and Nathan Faulks finished in the same place in his discus with a throw of 22.25m.
Tom Burton took third place in the 100m hurdles in a time of 16.4secs and fifth in the 100m in 12.6secs.
Sophie Hetherington finished in third place in the long jump with a jump of 3.42m and fourth in the 100m in 14.5secs.
Kathy Snowden picked up two good second places with times of 17secs for the 80m hurdles and 5:35.9mins for the 1,500m.
Matthew Wood finished in third place in the 1,500m in a time of 5:22.1mins and seventh in the discus with 11.42m.
Alex Kavanagh took third place in the 800m in 2:35mins and sixth in the 200m in 29.6secs.
Gareth Kavanagh took third place in the long jump with 3.18m, fifth in the 75m in 13.1secs and sixth in the 600m in a time of 2:06.3mins.
Hannah Owen took second place in her 75m race in 13secs and seventh in the 600m in 2:26.7mins with Francesca Hughes third in her 75m in 11.6secs, and Jo Cassar was also third in the 75m in 13.2secs.
Stephen Tonks recorded a useful time of 2:07.7mins for third place in his 800m with Ben Prentice clocking 2:59.2mins for third place in his 800m event.
Ted White gained a third place in the 80m hurdles in a time of 17.1secs, another third in the shot with 5.41m and fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.20m.
Chris Smith took third place in the discus with a throw of 15.32m and newcomer Faye McCabe recorded two very useful performances with 7.01m, giving her third place in the shot, and a throw of 16.29m for seventh place in the discus.
Reanne Wood took third place in the shot with 6.57m with Matthew Prentice fourth in the 1,500m in 5:35.0mins.
Charlotte Elvins took fourth place in the 200m in a time of 27.7secs and Abi Aubrey took fifth spot in the 1,500m in 5:30.7mins.
Claire Free finished in fourth place in the long jump with 3.90m. Claire Perry was fourth in the shot with 6.79m and fifth in the discus with 16.35m.
Ian Findlay took fourth place in the 100m in 13.5secs, the same position in the shot with 8.83m, and fifth in the 400m in 1:05mins.
Jenny Evans picked up a couple of fourth places with 15.2secs in the 100m and 5.27m in the shot.
Michael Demeda also gained two fourth places, clocking 13.6secs for the 100m and jumping 4.20m in the long jump.
Jenna Passey finished in fourth place in the 800m in a time of 3:05.4mins and Joanne Cooper was fourth in the shot with 5.69m.
Jordan Roach took fourth place in his 200m in 31.2secs and seventh in the discus with a throw of 10.56m.
Hannah Sargent was fourth in the 70m hurdles in 13.3secs and sixth in the long jump with a jump of 3.62m.
Danielle Webb finished in fifth place in the 1,500m in 6:05.5mins, with Michaela Webb fifth in her 1,500m in 7:45.2mins and sixth in the discus with 7.37m.
Laura Lewis was fifth in her 1,500m event in 6:04.9mins and seventh in the high jump with 1m.
Amy Williams was fifth in the discus with 7.32m and eighth in the 200m in 31.9secs.
Leanne Lewis took fifth place in the 600m in 2:12.3mins and sixth in the long jump with a jump of 3.03m, while Laura Whitehouse was fifth in the 75m in 12.5secs.
Rebecca Edwards took fifth spot in the discus with 8.99m and Rachel Perry was fifth in the long jump with a jump of 3.60m.
Milly Kellyman finished in sixth place in the 70m hurdles in 15.7secs and Becky Evans finsihed in the same position in the 75m in 13.2secs.
Charlotte McDonough gained sixth place in the long jump with a leap of 4.16m with Brett Cash seventh in the 75m in 12.7secs and in the same position in the long jump with 3.21m.
Hannah Allton took seventh place in the 100m in 14.9secs and Alex Elson clocked 2:30.1mins for seventh in the 800m.
Joanne Snowden finished well inside her best time with 2:48.2mins for seventh place in the 800m.
Four newcomers to the team also did well at their first attempt.
Elyse Jinks took eighth place in the 800m in 2:59.4mins, Lucy Evans was fifth in the 200m in 30.4secs, Alethea McDonald was seventh in the 200m in 34.6secs and Zoe Allton was seventh in the 75m in 15.7secs.
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BAL Cup Semi Final Monday, July 26 2004
The Tamworth team found the going tough in the British League Cup semi- final at Derby, finishing sixth out of eight teams.
Top placings on the day were gained by Alana Smetham and Laura Langowski.
Alana took second place in the hammer with a throw of 36.59m and Laura clocked a personal best of 56.7secs for second spot in the 400m, Laura also finished in fourth place in the 200m in 26.1secs.
Andrew Wright took third place in the 10,000m in a time of 33:14.1mins and Gavin Showell was third in the pole vault with a 4m clearance, fifth in the long jump with a jump of 5.53m and sixth in the discus with a throw of 26.31m.
David Lines put in a good performance in the 400m hurdles when he clocked a personal best time of 1min for fourth place.
Gemma Wheelhouse also set a personal best in the discus with a throw of 27.15m, giving her fourth place in that event. Gemma also gained another good fourth in the shot with 8.15m and took sixth place in the javelin.
Lara Hooper finished in fourth place in the triple jump with a jump of 9.59m, fifth in the long jump with a jump of 4.14m and fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 2.30m.
Phil Clamp gained fifth place in the 1,500m in a season's best of 4:6mins and Simon Smith finished in the same place in the 3,000m steeplechase in a time of 11:31.2mins.
Martyn Naughton finished in fifth place in the 5,000m in a time of 16:11.1mins with Matty James in the same position in the 110m hurdles in 20.5secs and sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.60m.
Nick Spargo gained fifth place in the 400m in 53secs and eighth in the 200m in 24.4secs.
Adam Smith took sixth place in the triple jump with a jump of 12.34m and Ritchie McCabe sixth in the hammer with a throw of 24.21m.
Rebecca Hallam finished in sixth place in the 400m hurdles in 1:20.6mins and the same position the high jump.
John Culshaw gained sixth place in the shot with 9.39m and seventh in the javelin with a throw of 38.80m.
Paul Tasker finished in seventh place in the 800m with a time of 2:10.0mins and Neil Rudd was eighth in the 100m in 11.8secs.
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It's All Good Experience At The All England Games Monday, July 26 2004
Tamworth Athletics Club athletes had mixed fortunes at the All England Championships at Gateshead.
Two of the Tamworth athletes reached their finals, which was a fine achievement by Nathan Woodward and Alana Smetham.
Nathan took third place in his 800m heat in 2:05.0mins, then filled the same position in the semi-finals in a personal best of 2:01.74mins and then improved his personal best again to finish sixth in the final in 2:00.19mins.
Alana Smetham put up a very creditable performance with a throw of 38.74m, giving her seventh place in the final of the senior ladies hammer.
Meghan Beesley finished 16th in the junior girls' long jump and Sophie Cash was 23rd in the high jump.Meghan jumped 4.71m in her event and Sophie cleared 1.47m.
Juan de Leon Padmore finished sixth in his heat of the 100m in a time of 11.75secs.
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Williams Is Walking Back To Fitness Monday, July 26 2004
Tamworth athlete Mark Williams capped an already remarkable season when he finished ninth in the final of the men's 5km walk at the National Track and Field Championships in Manchester.
He recorded a season's best time of 23:10:07 as he again produced another strong performance against a field of the country's top race walkers.
Already the Midland 10km track champion and Welsh 3km track champion, Williams has now recorded top ten national ranking track performances over 3km, 5km and 10km so far this season.
The performances come just two years after a serious arm injury almost stopped him competing.
He only returned to action in February and he has brought his 5km time down from 34mins to just over 23mins while still receiving treatment for the injury.
Williams is next in action representing the Midlands in the 3km race at the Inter-Area track and field match at Loughborough.
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You Can Put Your Money On Women's Promotion Monday, July 26 2004
The Tamworth Ladies team made themselves odds on favourites to win their division of the Midlands Women's League when they won the latest meeting at Stourport.
The team now only need to finish in the top four in their final match to claim the title.
Making a welcome return to the team were Laura Langowski and Jenna Lander, who both chalked up three first places each.
Laura won the 100m in a season's best time of 13.2secs, the 200m in 26.4secs and the 400m in 59.1secs.
Jenna finished in first place in the hammer, shot and B discus, with throws of 38.28m in the hammer, 8.44m in the shot and 25.08m in the discus.
Meghan Beesley won the long jump with 4.90m, the 100m in a time of 12.9secs and took second place in the shot with 7.51m.
Sara Benson equalled her personal best of 1.35m to win her high jump event, then won the long jump with a leap of 4.57m and took third place in the 300m in 45.7secs.
Justine Passey again picked up good points in her sprint events, winning the 200m in 26.9secs and taking second place in the 100m in 13secs.
Sarah Williams gained three personal bests and three second places with a clearance of 2.70m in the pole vault, 1.35m in the high jump and a jump of 4.71m in the long jump.
Alana Smetham warmed up for this week's English Schools Championships when she won the A hammer with a good throw of 38.58m.
Rebecca Furber took second place in the javelin with a throw of 28.85m and team mate Laura Castledine took the same position in the B event with a throw of 19.71m.
Kathy Snowden won the 80m hurdles in a personal best time of 16.5secs, took third place in the 400m hurdles in another personal best of 73.6secs and was fifth in the 800m in a time of 2:41.1mins.
Rebecca Findlay won the high jump with 1.45m, took third place in the 80m hurdles in a personal best of 15.3secs and another third place in the discus.
Claire Perry had her usual win in the discus with a throw of 18.55m and took leap of 7.12m.
Gemma Wheelhouse picked up two good third places in the throwing events with 25.48m in the discus and 8.80m in the shot.
Rebecca Hallam took second place in the 400m with a personal best 1:07.3mins, another second in the 400m hurdles in 1:22.5mins and fourth in the 200m in 30.1secs.
Claire Free finished in second place in her 200m in 28.7secs and gained another second place in the 300m in 46.6secs.
Sophie Cash showed a lot of determination when she came back after a heavy fall in the 75m hurdles to take second place in the high jump with a clearance of 1.45m.
Danielle Webb won her 75m hurdles in a personal best time of 16secs, finished in third place in the 800m in another personal best of 2:48.4mins and took fourth place in the javelin with a throw of 13.66m.
Charlotte Elvins gained good points for the team with three third places, clocking 2:32.9mins in the 800m, 29.1secs in the 200m and cleared 1.10m in the high jump.
Meghan Jacobs set a good personal best time in the 1,500m with 5:17.6mins for third place, then took second place in the javelin with a throw of 11.48m.
Nicola Tarver finished in third place in the shot with 5.56m and fourth in the long jump with a personal best jump of 3.48m. Jenna Passey gained third place in the 1,500m in a time of 6:40.0mins, Hannah Alcock finished in fifth in her 100m in 14.7secs and newcomer Jessica Thompson took fifth place in the triple jump with a leap of 7.62m.
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Men's Team On Course For The Title Monday, July 26 2004
Tamworth Athletic Club's men's team took a step nearer to the Midland Men's League Division Two Championship and promotion to Division One after an excellent team performance gave them second place in the latest match at Brierley Hill by just two points behind winners Cannock and Stafford.
Tamworth's hardest working athlete of the day was Gavin Showell who won the pole vault with 3.80m, the hammer with23.56m and the shot with 9.33m.
Gavin also took third place in the long jump with a leap of 5.51m, another third in the triple jump with a leap of 10.92m and sixth place in the discus with a throw of 25.46m.
John Culshaw won his shot with 9.07m, took second place in the javelin with a throw of 35.37m and finished in eighth place in the 1,500m in a time of 5:17.9mins.
Nick Spargo finished in third place in the 200m in 23.7secs and fourth in the 400m in a season's best time of 52.2secs.
Ricky Hallam won the B pole vault with a clearance of 3.20m and took third place in the 110m hurdles in a season's best time of 20.2secs.
Adam Smith finished in third place in the triple jump with a leap of 12.15m, fourth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.60m and sixth in the 100m, equalling his personal best time of 12.4secs.
Matty James also had a busy afternoon finishing second in the high jump with 1.60m, fourth in the 400m hurdles in 1:07.1mins, sixth in the discus with a throw of 21.67m and seventh in the 110m hurdles in 28.1secs.
Simon Hall had his usual win in the steeplechase when he won the 2,000m event in a season's best time of 6:08.5mins, and Phil Clamp took fifth place in the 800m in 2:02.0mins.
Greg Richards picked up two good third places in the sprints, clocking 11.8secs in the 100m and 23.8secs in the 200m.
Paul Tasker took third place in the 800m in 2:03.4mins and eighth in the 5,000m in 17:22mins. Ben Jones finished in third place in the long jump with a leap of 5.89m and Ritchie McCabe was fourth in the hammer with a throw of 23.85m.
Youngster Tom Hardman produced a good throw with the heavier javelin of 40.55m for fourth place and newcomer Nick Wilkins clocked 57.6secs for fifth place in the 400m.
Howard Bush gained sixth place in the 5,000m in a time of 18:22mins and Neil Hurst took fourth place in the 400m hurdles in 1:19.4mins, fifth in the 2,000m steeplechase in 8:08.4mins and eighth in the 1,500m in 5:32.4mins.
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Beesley Is Top All Rounder Monday, July 26 2004
Meghan Beesley qualified for the All England Schools Combined Events Championships in September when she won the Midland event with one of the top scores in the county.
Meghan recorded a time of 11.8secs in the 75m hurdles, 2:30.6mins in the 800m, 7.69m in the shot, 1.45m in the high jump and 5.24m in the long jump to finish with 2,954 points.
She will now line up with club mates Nathan Woodward, Sophie Cash and Alana Smetham at this week's All England Championships, along with Midland indoor and outdoor champion Juan de Leon Padmore, who runs for the West Midlands in the 100m and 4x100m relay events.
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Town Masters Pick up British Medals Friday, July 16 2004
Five Tamworth veteran athletes took part in the British Masters National Championships, picking up two national titles and six medals between them.
Sheila Owen won the 3km walk comfortably in the personal best time of 16:52.8mins.
Colin Green picked up three medals when he won the high jump with 1.35m and finished in third place in the long jump and high jump with jumps of 4.58m and 9.80m respectively.
Phil Owen took the bronze medal for third place in his javelin with a throw of 37.13m.
Brian Sumner picked up a medal for third place in the hammer with a throw of 31.17m, took fourth place in the javelin with a throw of 24.95m and sixth in the discus with 30.32m.
Cathy Lyon-Green just missed out on the medals when she finished fourth in the 200m in 35.87secs, fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 6.70m, fifth in the long jump with 3.09m and seventh in the 100m in a time of 16.89secs.
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Men's B Team Enjoy the Winning Feeling As Well Friday, July 16 2004
Tamworth's men's B team travelled to South Wales to compete in the third Division Five match of the Midland Men's Athletic League campaign.
The team, mostly made up of youngsters, enjoyed a very successful day's athletics as they claimed victory over the first teams of Gloucester, Shrewsbury, Banbury, Harborough, Newark and Sparkhill.
The star performer for the second match running was Neil Rudd, who was again unbeaten. He was successful in the 400m A race, 110m hurdles and B 100m, as well as anchoring both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays to victory.
Daniel Cash won the A high jump, equalling his personal best, and came second in both the B long jump and triple jump.
Richard Bown won the A 200m, was second in the A long jump and fourth in the A 100m. David Lines won the A 400m hurdles and came fourth in the A 110m hurdles.
John Jenkins won the B 400m hurdles and came third in the A 1,500m.
Kirk Allen won the B 400m and came second in the B 200m, while Adam Bache won the B 1,500m.
Matt Hargreaves also took maximum points in the 800m B, also scoring useful points in the shot, javelin and discus.
Stephen Tonks came second in the A triple jump and fourth in a quality A 800m, and Tom Adams came second in the B high jump and third in the A 200m steeplechase.
Also scoring useful points were Michael Pierpoint in the steeplechase and Nigel Fisher, making his debut for the team, in the 5,000m.
The team would like to thank Pegasus Car, Van and Minibus Hire, who now operate from Fazeley as well as Burton and Lichfield, for their support.
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A Premier Display From Town Athletes Friday, July 16 2004
Tamworth Athletic Club's young stars moved a step nearer to retaining their place in the Premier Division next year with some good performances at Swindon.
The top performance of the day was from javelin thrower Tom Hardman who recorded a throw of 51.60m to win the event and achieve the qualifying standard for the National Championships in August.
Juan de Leon Padmore also recorded some good performances when he won the 100m in 12secs and the long jump in 5.70m.
He also took second place in the 200m in 25secs.
Nathan Woodward won the 80m hurdles in 13secs and took second place in the long jump with 4.91m.
David Collier took first place in the 80m hurdles in a personal best time of 13.9secs. He also claimed third in the 400m in 1:2.2mins.
Alex Kavanagh won the 1,500m in a personal best time of 5:16.0mins while Matthew Wood won the B event in 5:36.0mins.
Rebecca Furber achieved her usual win in the javelin with a throw of 33.08m while team mate Laura Castledine won the B event with a throw of 20.64m.
Alex Berrow won the discus with a throw of 27.07m with David Levett also gaining first place with 20.53m in his age group.
Justine Passey again earned good points with second place in the 200m in 26.8secs with Richard Bown earning good points with second place in the 200m in a time of 24secs.
Daniel Challis made a welcome return from injury with second place in his 100m in 12.9secs and the same position in the 200m in 26.3secs.His brother Tom claimed second place in his 200m in 28.6secs.
Tom Burton took second place in the 100m hurdles in 17.5secs, another second in the high jump with a clearance of 1.55m, equalling his personal best.He also claimed fourth place in the 200m in a time of 27.4secs.
Laura Lewis took second place in the 1,200m in a time of 4:52.5mins with team mate Michaela Webb finishing in the same position in the B event in 6:21.2mins.
Amy Williams took second place in the 150m in 24.3secs and Abi Aubrey finished in second place in the 1500m in a time of 5:50.2mins.
Claire Perry and Nathan Jones-Faulks also picked up their usual good points in the throws, with Claire taking second place in the shot with 7.05m. Nathan was third in the same event with 8.24m.
Daniel Cash again equalled his personal best in the high jump with a clearance of 1.70m, giving him third place.
Adam Bache took second place in his 100m hurdles in a time of 21.7secs and third spot in the 3000m in 10:41.8mins.
Sophie Cash finished in third place in the 75m hurdles in 13.5secs with Charlotte Elvin third in the 200m in a personal best time of 28.5secs.
Sarah Williams took third place in the 80m hurdles in 15.2secs and fourth in the 200m in 29.6secs.
Ian Findlay finished in third place in the 400m in a personal best time of 59.3secs and gained a season's best in the shot with 9m for fifth place.
Hannah Smith took third place in the 150m in 24secs and fourth in the high jump with 1.15m.
Megan Jacobs finished in third place with a personal best time of 5:20.7mins in the 1,500m and Katherine Snowden clocked 46.1secs in the 300m.
Danielle Webb picked up two fourth places with 16.6secs in the 75m hurdles, and a throw of 11.34m in the javelin.
Jenna Passey set a season's best in the 1500m with a time of 6:31.0mins giving her fourth place.
Chris Smith finished in fourth place in the discus with a throw of 16.51m, and was Hannah Alcock fourth in the javelin with 11.15m and fifth in the long jump of 3.41m.
Michael Demeda finished in fifth place in the 400m in 1:5.7mins with David Hudson and Jordan Roach in the same positions in the shot with 5.27m and 4.38m respectively.
Adam McGee finished in fifth place in the 200m in 31.2secs, Alex Elson fifth in the 1500m in 5:36.3mins and Hannah Alton was fifth in the long jump with 3.70m.
Thanks to hard working team mangers Caroline Woodward and Mandy Challis for providing these results.
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County Call Ups For Tamworth Five Monday, July 12 2004
Five athletes from Tamworth Athletic Club have been selected to represent their respective counties at the All England Schools Championships.
Alana Smetham and Sophie Cash will represent Staffordshire at the Championships held at Gateshead International Stadium.
Alana will compete in the hammer event after winning the Staffordshire Championships and the Staffordshire Schools Championships.
She was also second in the Midland Championships this year.
She represented the Midlands last year and her best performance to date is a throw of 40m.
Sophie has been selected to compete in the high jump.
Sophie, who was third in the Mason Trophy Inter Counties Schools event, cleared 1.60m at the recent Heart of England meeting at Banbury.
Meghan Beesley and Nathan Woodward are set to represent Warwickshire.
Meghan's call up is the result of winning the Midland Championships, the Warwickshire Schools Championships and the Inter County Schools meeting this year.
She also claimed second places in the Warwickshire Championships and Midland Indoor Championships to earn her place.
Nathan will compete in the 800m in the English Schools Championships after claiming second place in the National Indoor Championships, winning the Midland Indoors, the Inter County Indoors, the Warwickshire Schools and the Inter County Schools.
He also finished second in the Warwickshire Schools Championships.
The multi-talented athlete has also earned himself a place in the All England Schools Combined Events Championships in September.
He clinched his place after winning the Midland Schools pentathlon event at Stourport on Saturday, recording a personal best 2,563 points.
Nathan recorded new personal bests of 5.31m in the long jump, 7.37m in the shot, 12.8secs in the 80m hurdles; 1,73m in the high jump, and a time of 2:08.5mins to complete the competition.
Juan de Leon Padmore will compete in the 100m for the West Midlands.
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Title Joy For Ace Athletic Duo Monday, July 12 2004
Two Tamworth AC athletes retained national titles in June.
Sprinter Kirk Allen bounced back from the first injury setback of his career in style by retaining the English 400m title for a fourth successive year.
And race walker Mark Williams regained his Welsh National Race Walking title to make it a superb double for Tamworth AC.
Allen's successful outing at the National Athletics Championships for People with Learning Disability was his first appearance on the track since suffering a hamstring stain in May.
The 21-year-old was competing in the British Open Championships at the time when he was forced to pull up in the 100m after tweaking his hamstring.
That put him out of action for three weeks but, after undergoing fitness work at Peaks Leisure Centre, Allen returned in time for last weekend's prestigious event at Cannock Sport Stadium and took the gold medal in 55.5secs.
The Tamworth AC runner also claimed a 200m silver medal in 24.6secs to complete a very successful return to the track.
"We are all really proud of him," said Kirk's mother Angie. "To win the 400m title for four years running is an amazing achievement."
Allen will be looking to claim more medals next month when he travels to Sweden to represent his country in the INAS Global Games - the equivalent of the Paralympics for athletes with learning disabilities.
He has been selected for the 100m, 200m and 400m but it is currently not keen on running in the shorter sprint event following his injury last month.
Allen's travel and accommodation costs have been met for the Swedish trip but his mother is now busy raising funds for next year's Global Games - which are being held in Australia.
Anyone who can help fund Kirk Allen's thriving athletics career is asked to call Angie Allen on 01827 701916.

Meanwhile, Williams claimed the Welsh 3km title in wet, blustery conditions at Colwyn Bay.
Williams took the race on from the start and won in a season's best time of 13:17.02mins.
Williams performance in Wales came on the back of another great performance the previous day in the Alan Flear Open meeting in Coventry.
In a top class field, Williams finished second to World Cup walker and Olympic hope Andi Drake but he did claim the scalps of Great Britain internationals Luke Finch of Leicester and Daryl Stone from Steyning, recording 13:17.77mins.
As a result, Williams has been called up to the Midlands squad for the Inter-Area match at Loughborough next month.
Sheila Owen was also in medal winning form at the Alan Flear Open, taking bronze in the women's 3km in a time of 17.2mins.
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National Junior League-Stoke - TAC Girls Are Play-Off Favourites Monday, July 12 2004
Tamworth AC Ladies made themselves an odds on favourites to reach the promotion play-offs in August when they gained their third consecutive win to pull clear at the top of the Trent Division of the National Junior League at Stoke.
The men also put up some excellent performances to take second place in their match behind a very strong Stoke side and stay second in the league.
The outstanding performance in the ladies' match came from Alana Smetham who won the Athlete of the Match award when she threw over 40m for the first time in the hammer event.
Sarah Williams also put up a good performance to win the pole vault when she equalled her personal best of 2.55m to win the event. Sarah then claimed third place in the long jump with a leap of 4.40m.
Lara Hooper won the 3,000m in a personal best time of 10:38.1mins and also won the B pole vault with a clearance of 2.25m.
Jenna Lander, as usual, recorded good performances in the throwing events, winning the hammer with a throw of 43.70m, the B discus with 18.78m and taking third place in the shot with 7.69m.
Also gaining good points in the throws was Gemma Wheelhouse, who took second place in the discus with a throw of 21.01m, third in the shot with 8.76m and second in the B javelin with a throw of 14.87m.
Rebecca Furber picked up her usual first place in the javelin with a throw of 32.03m and Abi Aubrey took second place in the 1,500m in a personal best time of 5:36.4mins.
Katherine Snowden won the 400m hurdles in 1:17.5mins and took third place in the 1,500m in 5:36.4mins.
Justine Passey picked up two good places in the sprint events when she finished third in the 100m in 12.9secs and in the same position in the 200m in 26.8secs.
Amy Frith also produced some good performances, taking second place in the 800m in a personal best of 2:18.9mins, second place in the 400m in a season's best of 1:04mins and another second in the high jump with a personal best equalling clearance of 1.40m.
Rebecca Hallam won her 400m hurdles in 1:29.5mins and took another first place in the 3,000m with a personal best time of 10:38.1mins.
Leah Moores picked up two good second places, recording 2:25.9mins in the 800m and 1:09.7mins in the 400m.
Rebecca Findlay took third place in the high jump with a clearance of 1.40m and Claire Free was second in the B 200m in a time of 28.3secs.
Sarah Benson picked up a couple of third places with a time of 14.1secs in the 100m and 4.43m in the long jump.

In the men's match, David Lines earned some excellent points for the team, finishing in second place in the 400m hurdles in 1:02.2mins, first in the 400m in 54.4secs, second in the 100m hurdles in 22.3secs and fourth in the 200m in 24.6secs.
Tom Hardman won the javelin with a fine throw of 43.56m and Daniel Cash won the B high jump with a clearance of 1.65m.
Richard Bown won the long jump with 6.16m, took third place in the 100m in 11.8secs and the same position in the 200m in 23.5secs.
Adam Smith won the A high jump when he equalled his personal best jump of 1.65m and recorded 12.07m in the triple jump.
Tom Adams gained a personal best time of 1:07.9mins for third place in the 400m hurdles and picked up another personal best for second place in the 2,000m steeplechase.
Michael Pierpoint took second place in the B 2,000m steeplechase and Stephen Tonks was third in the 800m in 2:07.9mins.
Chris Mawbey took second place in his long jump with 5.43m and third in the 100m in 11.7secs.
Neil Rudd finished in second place in the 400m in 52.3secs and third in the 110m hurdles in a season's best of 21secs.
Adam Bache took third place in his 3,000m in a time of 10:30.2mins.
Alex Berrow and David Levett picked up good points from the throwing events.
Alex took third place in the shot with 8.89m and fifth in the hammer with a throw of 32.57m, while David took third place in the B shot with 7.44m and the same position in the B hammer with a throw of 17.99m.
Simon Smith finished in third place in the 1500m in 4:32.6mins and fourth in the 800m in 2:07.7mins. Martyn Naughton was fourth in the 3,000m in a personal best of 8:41.7mins and sixth in the 1,500m in 4:22.6mins.
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Berrow's Double Throw Victory Monday, July 12 2004
Tamworth AC athletes gave a good account of themselves in the second Midland Counties meeting, held at Tamworth .
Alex Berrow won the discus with a throw of 28.36m and the shot with 9.54m, with Brian Sumner winning his discus with a throw of 29.79m.
Tom Adams took second place in the triple jump with a personal best jump of 11.32m and Neil Rudd also recorded a personal best of 23.7secs for fourth place in the 200m.
Rebecca Findlay took first place in the high jump with a clearance of 1.40m and Tom Challis won the 150m event in 20.4secs.
Nick Crawford finished in second place in the 200m in 25secs ahead of Ian Findlay in fourth place in 27.6secs.
Claire Perry won the discus with a personal best throw of 20.28m and took second place in the shot with 7.23m.
Meghan Beesley won her 200m in 26.9secs, took second place in the 80m hurdles in 12.8secs and the same position in the triple jump with a leap of 10.47m.
Sarah Williams set a personal best of 2.50m in the pole vault, finished in second place in the 300m in 46secs and third in the triple jump with a season's best jump of 10.26m.
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Selection is a Possibility For Young TAC Athletes Monday, July 12 2004
Several Tamworth AC athletes kept their hopes alive of selection for the English Schools Championships when they recorded excellent performances for their counties at the Schools Inter-Counties Championships held at Leamington and Birmingham.
At Leamington, several athletes represented Warwickshire. Meghan Beesley won the 100m in 12.8secs and the long jump with a jump of 5.17m.
Nathan Woodward won the 800m in a personal best time of 2:02mins to follow up winning the athlete of the meeting award in the County Championship the previous week.
Rebecca Furber took second place in the javelin with a throw of 33.58m and Justine Passey gained a good third place in her 100m in 13.1secs.
Stephen Tonks took third place in the triple jump with a personal best jump of 12.20m and Richard Bown finished fifth in a strong 100m in 11.7secs.

In the Mason Trophy Inter County meeting in Birmingham, Juan de Leon Padmore won the 100m in 11.9secs and was part of the West Midland team that won the sprint relay.
Representing Staffordshire, Sarah Williams finished in second place in the pole vault with a personal best clearance of 2.55m, Tom Adams finished third in the 1,500m in a personal best time of 4:30.7mins and Sophie Cash took third place in the high jump with 1.50m, as well as fourth in the 75m hurdles in a personal best equalling time of 12.6secs.
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Town Athletes Claim 15 County Titles Monday, July 12 2004
Tamworth Ac athletes picked up a total of 15 county schools titles in June, with 11 athletes earning themselves places in their respective representative teams for Inter-county matches.
At the Warwickshire Schools Championships at Leamington, the top performance of the day came from Meghan Beesley in the junior girls' long jump when she won the event with a personal best jump of 5.26m.
Meghan made it a double when she also won the 100m title in 13secs and took second place in the 75m hurdles in a personal best of 12.4secs.
Nathan Woodward also won himself a couple of titles when he won the 800m in a personal best of 2:02.9mins and the high jump with a personal best of 1.75m.
Rebecca Furber, in her first competition after injury, won the intermediate girls' javelin with a throw of 33.14m.
Tamworth athletes also picked up a couple of titles in the sprint events.
Justine Passey won her first ever county title when she won the intermediate girls' 100m in 13.2secs, and Richard Bown won the intermediate boys' 100m in 11.7secs.
Stephen Tonks earned himself a place in the county team when he took second place in the triple jump event with a personal best of 12.01m.
Rebecca Findlay took fourth place in the intermediate girls' high jump with a clearance of 1.45m.

In the West Midlands Schools Championships at Alexander Stadium, Tamworth's Juan de Leon Padmore earned himself a place in next week's Mason Trophy Inter-County match.
Juan took second place in his heat of the junior boys' 100m in 11.8secs and finished second in the final when he equalled his personal best time of 11.6secs.

At the Staffordshire Schools Championships in Cannock, Sarah Williams earned herself a couple of titles when she won the intermediate girls' pole vault with a personal best clearance of 2.50m and followed it up by winning the triple jump with a leap of 9.71m.
Alana Smetham won the senior girls' hammer titles with a high standard throw of 37.73m.
Sophie Cash also produced a set of good performances when she won the junior girls' high jump with a clearance of 1.55m, took second place in the 75m hurdles heat in a personal best time of 12.9secs and the same position in the final with another personal best of 12.6secs.
Lara Hooper gained herself a couple of senior girls' titles when she won the pole vault with a clearance of 2.30m and the triple jump with 9.64m.
Also gaining a double in this age group was Sam Day, who won the 100m hurdles event in a time of 16.2secs and the 400m hurdles in 1:07.0mins.
Tom Adams earned himself a place in the county team when he finished in second place in the intermediate boys' 1,500m in 4:33.7mins.
Alex Berrow produced his best ever throw in the intermediate boys' hammer of 41.29m for third place and took fourth spot in the shot with 10.11m.
Tom Burton took third place in the 100m hurdles in a personal best equalling time of 16.1secs and Daniel Cash also equalling his personal best clearance of 1.70m with third place in his event.
Nick Crawford took second place in his heat of the 200m in 25.3secs and third place with a good run in the final. Nick also finished in seventh spot in the long jump with a distance of 4.86m.
Charlotte Elvins won her heat of the 800m in 2:52.8mins and clocked 2:37mins for fourth place in the final.
Charlotte also equalled her personal best in her heat of the 200m in 28.4secs and took fifth place in the final.
Simon King continued his comeback after injury with ninth place in a tough 1,500m final.
Claire Free equalled her personal best time for the 100m when she took fifth place in the final in 14.2secs.
In some tough 100m heats David Goodwin ran 13.1secs for seventh place.
The athletes who have been selected for the inter-athletes county championships are: West Midlands - Juan De Leon Padmore. Warwickshire - Meghan Beesley, Rebecca Furber, Richard Bown, Justine Passey, Nathan Woodward and Stephen Tons. Staffordshire - Sarah Williams, Sophie Cash and Tom Adams.
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Young Athletes League - Premier Division Tuesday, July 6 2004
TAMWORTH’S young athletes found the going tough in their latest Premier Division match at Cannock when they finished in fourth but still produced some excellent performances. Sophie Cash produced the top performance of the day when she cleared a fine 1.60m in the high jump to win the athlete of the match award. Sophie then went on to clock 13.4secs to equal her personal best for the 75m hurdles to finish in third place.
Other Tamworth athletes gaining personal bests were Sarah Williams (300m hurdles), Tom Adams (long jump), Alex Berrow (hammer), Jenny Evans (shot and long jump), Richard Perry (high jump and long jump), Milly Kellyman (75m), Hannah Sargeant (70m hurdles), David Hudson (long jump), Adam McGee (100m), Sara Benson (300m), Daniel Cash (100m, high jump and triple jump), Ashley Smetham (hammer), Chris Smith (hammer),
Nicola Tarver (discus), Hannah Smith (150m), Nathan Woodward (800m outdoors), Claire Perry (javelin and discus), Tom Burton (100m hurdles and high jump), Danielle Webb (1,500m), Nathan Faulks (javelin), Mark Brooks (high jump), Michael Pierpoint (javelin), David Collier (400m), Laura Lewis (1,200m), Claire Free (300m) and Ben Prentice (1,500m).
Midland champion Juan Padmore chalked up his usual hat-trick of wins when he won the 100m in 12secs, the 200m in 24.1secs and the long jump with a season’s best jump of 5.78m.
Nathan Woodward won the 800m easily in 2:05.4mins, the high jump with a clearance of 1.65m and took second place in the 80m hurdles in 12.8secs. Tom Challis won the 200m in 28.5secs, the long jump with 4.31m and took second place in the shot with 7.10m. David Hudson won his long jump with 4.07m, took second place in the shot with 5.95m and third in the 100m in a time of 13.9secs.
Meghan Beesley won her 100m in a time of 13.2secs and showed good form in the long jump to finish second with a leap of 5.01m. Adam McGee won his 100m in 14.3secs and finished in third place in his 200m in 30.9secs. Sara Benson won her 100m in 13.7secs, took second place in the 300m in 45secs and another second spot in the long jump with 4.37m.
Ashley Smetham continued to improve when he won the hammer with a throw of 30.13m. Claire Perry is also improving,
winning her javelin with a throw of 21.24m, taking third place in the discus with 19.65m and fourth in the shot with 7.22m.
Mark Brooks won his high jump with 1.40m and took second place in the javelin with a season’s best throw of 30.22m. Zoe Atkins won her 200m in 27.9secs and Claire Free gained second place in the 300m in 45secs. Ian Findlay took second place in the shot with 8.17m with Tom Hardman second in the javelin with 41.03m and fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 9.37m.
Rebecca Findlay finished second in the high jump with 1.45m, third in the 80m hurdles with 16secs and in the same position in the 300m hurdles in 55.1secs.
Alex Berrow produced some good performances in the throwing events with second place in the hammer with a throw of 40,04m, third in the discus with 27.75m and another third in the shot with 10.39m. David Levett took second place in the hammer with a throw of 28.84m, third in the discus with exactly 27m and fourth in the 1,500m steeplechase in 7:03.6mins.
Richard Bown took second place in the long jump with a jump of 5.90m, third in the 100m in 11.8secs and third in the 200m in 23.5secs. Justine Passey picked up two good second places in the sprint events, clocking 13.1secs for the 100m and 26.8secs for the 200m. Rachael Perry took second place in her long jump with 3.97m and third in the long jump with a clearance of 1.25m. Hannah Sargeant finished in second place in 13.4secs and fourth in the 75m in 11.8secs with Milly Kellyman clocking 11.6secs for fourth place in her 75m.
Chris Smith took a second place in the hammer with a throw of 13.67m and third in the discus with 18.53m. Charlotte Elvins took second place in her 800m in 2:35mins, fourth in the 200m in 28.5secs with Gemma Rhodes fourth in her 800m in 2:53.2mins.
Abi Aubrey finished in second place in the 1,500m in 5:45.2mins and third in the 800m in 2:38.9mins. In the throws, Nathan Faulks threw the javelin 36.14m, the discus 25.33m and the shot 8.44m for a hat-trick of third places. Laura Castledine finished in second place in the discus with a season’s best throw of 16.79m, third in the javelin with 21.57m and fourth in the shot with 6.16m. Nick Crawford gained a useful second place in the 400m in 58.2secs, third in the 200m in 25.9secs and
another third in the long jump with 4.83m.
Michael Pierpoint took second place in the javelin with 19.78m, third in the 3,000m in 11:19.7mins and fourth in the 1,500m in 5:57.7mins. Danielle Allen finished in second in the high jump with 1.45m and fourth in the 80m hurdles in 15.8secs. David Collier took second place in the 80m hurdles in 14.3secs and third in the 400m in 1:04.0mins. Sarah Williams picked up a treble of third places with 51.7secs in the 300m hurdles, 2:50.6mins in the 800m and 4.53m in the long jump. Tom Adams took third place in the long jump with 4.55m and fourth in the 400m hurdles in 1.10.2mins.
Jenny Evans took third place in the 70m hurdles in 16.3secs, another third in the long jump with 3.38m and fourth in the shot with 5.41m. Alex Elson gained third place in the 800m in 2:43.2mins and Tom Burton finished in third place in the 100m hurdles in an improved 16.1secs, fourth in the high jump with 1.55m and the same position in the 200m in 26.4secs.
Dan Challis clocked 12.8secs for third place in the 100m and Daniel Cash chalked up three personal bests when he took third place in the 100m in 12.6secs, third in the triple jump with 11.34m and fourth in the high jump with 1.70m. Laura Day took third place in the discus with a season’s best of 14.14m and fourth in the shot with 6.58m. Michaela Webb finished in third spot in the 1,200m in 6:00.4mins and fourth in the shot with 3.21m. Nicky Williams gained two fourth places with 16.1secs in the 100m and 16.8secs in the 75m hurdles. John Jenkins took fourth place in the 400m in 1min and the same position in the 400m hurdles in 1:05.8mins. Amy Williams picked up two third places with 2.54.4mins in the 800m and 1.10m in the high jump with Alex Kavanagh fourth in his 800m in 2:30.4mins. Simon King made a welcome return with third place in the 3,000m in 11:05.3mins and Nicola Tarver gained fourth place in the discus with a throw of 16.23m. Laura Lewis took third place in the 1,200m event in 4:39.2mins and Megan Jacobs was fourth in the 1,500m in 5:35mins.
Hannah Smith took third place in the 150m in 23secs, fourth in the 800m in 2:51.6mins and fourth in the high jump with 1.10m. Danielle Webb gained two fourth places with a time of 5:55.4mins in the 1,500m and a distance of 11.82m in the javelin. Ben Prentice clocked 5:32.8mins for fourth place in his 1,500m with his brother Matthew finishing in the same position in his 1,500m in 5:51.7mins. Sophie Hetherington finished in third place in the long jump with a long jump of 3.96m and fourth in the 150m in 22.5secs.

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Midland Men's B Team - Banbury Tuesday, July 6 2004
TAMWORTH’S B team finished in fifth place in their Midland Men’s League Division Five match at Banbury with several of the young athletes competing well at senior level.
Top performer in this match was Neil Rudd who won all his three events in personal best times. Neil won the 100m in 11.1secs, the 200m in 23.9secs and the 400m in 51.8secs. Kirk Allen picked up a couple of second places, clocking 24.8secs in the 200m and 56.5secs in the 400m.
David Lines also picked up three personal bests in his events. He took second place in the 400m hurdles in 1:00.4mins, third in the 110m hurdles in 19.3secs and another third in the 100m in 12secs.
Daniel Cash also put in some good performances. He gained a personal best to win the B triple jump with 11.34m, set another personal best for fourth place in the long jump with a leap of 5.48m and equalled his personal best of 1.70m in the high jump for second place.
Stephen Tonks took fourth place in the 800m in the useful time of 2:05.6mins and the same place in the triple jump with a leap of 11.68m. Glynn Brown set two personal bests in his events, finishing in third place in the 1,500m B event in 5:24.4mins and fifth in the 3,000m in 11:49.9mins with John Jenkins third in the A 1,500m in 4:36.5mins. David Levett took third place in the discus with a personal best 20.99m, a sixth in the shot with another personal best of 7.69m and sixth in the hammer with 23.58m.
Tom Adams took second place in the 3,000m in 9:41.0mins. Mat Hargreaves finished third in the 800m in 2:20.4mins, third in the shot with 6.83m, fifth in the javelin with a throw of 24.32m and sixth in the discus with 21.46m. Michael Pierpoint finished fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase in a personal best 12:14.1mins, fourth in the long jump with 4.48m and fifth in the javelin with a throw of 17.04m.
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Heart of England - Banbury Tuesday, July 6 2004
A 55 STRONG Tamworth team produced a good performance at the Heart of England League meeting in Banbury. Many of the younger athletes were making their first appearances of the season but the squad still recorded 44 personal bests on the day.
It was a good day for the sprinters as Justine Passey kept up her habit of personal bests when she won the 100m in a quickest time of 12.8secs and equalled her personal best for 200m when she finished in second place in 26.6secs. Also getting in on the act was sister Jenna, who claimed two personal bests when she finished in sixth place in the 100m in 15.3secs and the same position in the 800m in 2:59.3mins.
Making a welcome appearance in Tamworth colours was Jackie Spargo, who won the 100m in 12.8secs and the long jump with a leap of 5.73m. David Hudson won his 80m hurdles in a personal best 15.5secs and made it a double when he won his 100m in 14.2secs. A couple of personal bests also went to Zoe Albini, who won her 200m in 27.3secs and long jump with a leap of 4.33m.
Richard Bown won his 200m and clocked 11.7secs for second place in the 100m. Nathan Woodward won the 80m hurdles in 12.8secs, the high jump with a personal best equalling clearance of 1.75m and took second place in the 100m in another personal best of 12.9secs. Tom Adams also set personal bests in the 1,500m and 400m. He took second place in the 1,500m in 4:35.5mins, fourth place in the 400m in 1:03.0mins and won his 100m hurdles in 20.1secs. Tom Burton chalked up a couple of personal bests when he took second place in the 100m hurdles in 16.2secs and third spot in the 200m in 25.8secs.
Yet another athlete chalking up a couple of personal bests was Stephen Tonks who finished second in the 800m in 2:09.4mins and third in the 400m in 55.6secs. Nathan Faulks gained two personal bests in the throws when he won the javelin with a throw of 34.24m and took second place in the shot with 8.55m. Mark Brooks set two season’s best throws when he won the shot with 7.96m and the javelin with a throw of 29.70m. Alex Berrow won the under-17 men’s shot with 10.94m and took fifth place in the javelin with a throw of 19.83m, and David Levett won the B shot in a
season’s best of 9.59m.
One of the top performances of the day came from Sophie Cash with personal bests in all her three events. Sophie won the high jump with an excellent clearance of 1.55m, took second place in the 80m hurdles in 13.4secs and was sixth in the 200m in 29.6secs.
Sophie’s brother Daniel took fifth place in the long jump with 5.42m and younger brother Brett set a personal best of 3.41m for third place in the long jump as well as taking sixth place in 13secs in the 75m.
Sisters Laura and Leanne Lewis also did well with personal bests in all their events. Laura took fifth place in the 1,500m in 5:58.1mins and Leanne was sixth in both her events, the long jump and 600m in 2.89m and 2:14.3mins respectively.
Nick Crawford took second place in the 200m in a personal best time of 24.7secs, fifth in the 100m in another personal best of 12.7secs and fifth in the long jump with 4.86m. Tom Challis took second place in the 200m in 28.8secs, another second in the long jump with a leap of 4.45m and third in the 100m in a time of 13.8secs. Rebecca Findlay gained personal bests in the shot and 80m hurdles,
finishing in seventh place in both with 5.02m in the shot and 15.8secs in the hurdles. Rebecca also took fourth place in the high jump with a clearance of 1.45m while brother Ian was second in the 200m in a personal best 27.1secs. Michael Pierpoint won his 800m in 2:34.6mins and took second place in the javelin with a throw of 17.60m. Adam Bache won his 1,500m in a personal best 4:36mins and set another personal best of 3.93m for fifth place in the long jump. Sophie Fairfax-Steadman won her 600m in 2:06.9mins and Matty Wood won his 1,500m in 5:50.6mins.
Young athletes in the 75m events included Chloe Saunders, who clocked a personal best 12.1secs, Becky Evans was fourth in 13.5secs, Kim Alcock was sixth in 13.4secs, Danielle Cassar was fifth in 13.0secs, Laura Whitehouse was third in 12.4secs, Jo Cassar was fifth in 13.2secs and Lauren Saunders was second in a personal best 12.2secs. Laura Castledine took fourth place in the javelin with a throw of 22.76m and sixth in the shot with a personal best of 6.42m.
Two more athletes gaining personal bests were Hannah Owen and Joanne Cooper. Hannah finished sixth in the 600m in 2:21.6mins and Joanne was fifth in the shot with 4.45m. Ted White finished in third place in the shot with 5.98m and fourth in the long jump with 3.60m. Stephen Parkes was third in the shot with 5.19m and the same position in the 1,500m in a time of 5:42.9mins Sophie Hetherington took second place in the 200m in 30.6secs and Jenny Evans was fourth in the 70m hurdles in 16.1secs. Hannah Alcock was fifth in the javelin with a throw of 11.63m a
personal best, sixth in the 100m in 14.3secs and eighth in the long jump with 3.23m. Milly Kellyman clocked 15.6secs for seventh place in the 100m, Francesca Hughes took third place in the 75m in a personal best 11.9secs and was sixth in the long jump with a jump of 2.57m. Hannah Sargeant set a personal best of 13.8secs for fourth place in the 70m hurdles, finished seventh in the 200m in 33.6secs and then in the same position in the shot with 5.55m.
Katie Barker was third in her 1,500m in 6:26.4mins, seventh in the long jump with 2.77m and eighth in the shot with 4.03m. Gareth Kavanagh won the 600m in a personal best 2:07.4mins and clocked 13.6secs for the 75m. Anthony Parkes finished his 75m in 12.9secs, took third spot in the long jump with a jump of 2.98m and fourth in the 600m in 2:06.1mins.
Hannah Smith picked up a couple of personal bests with fourth place in the 800m in 2:49.7mins and seventh in the high jump with 1.15m. Amy Williams took third place in the 800m in 2:45.7mins and sixth in the 100m in 15.8secs.
David Collier gained two fourth places with 1:06.4mins in the 400m and 18.1secs in the 80m hurdles. Alex Elson set a personal best of 2:33mins for eighth place in the 800m and finished seventh in the 400m in 1:08.4mins. Jordan Roach picked up a couple of fifth places with 1.15m in the high jump and 16.7secs in the 80m hurdles. Gemma Rhodes finished fifth in the 1,500m in 6:13.6mins and sixth in the javelin. Bathan Christian was seventh in both his events with 2:58mins in the 800m and 10.04m in the javelin.
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Four Midland Titles and Nine Medals - Midlands Under 20 Championships Tuesday, July 6 2004
TAMWORTH athletes produced their best ever performances in the Midland under-20 Championships at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium when they picked up four Midland titles and nine medals.
Top performances of the weekend came from Juan de Leon-Padmore who won two titles, three medals and a Midland Counties trophy for the 200m event. Juan won the under-15 boys 100m title in a time of 11.72secs, completed a sprint double by winning the 200m in 24.09secs and gained his third medal when he took third place in the long jump with a leap of 5.75m.
Meghan Beesley also put in some excellent performances when she won the under-15 girls long jump title with a leap of 5.12m to also gain a Midland Counties Trophy. She was also fourth in the 100m event in 12.83secs and finished in the same position in the final of the 200m event.
In the under-20s hammer, Tamworth picked up an excellent one-two. Jenna Lander won the event with a throw of 43.82m with team mate Alana Smetham taking second place with a throw of 38.59m. Both athletes earned places in the Midlands team for representative matches later in the season.
Two Tamworth athletes picked up their first ever Midland Championship medals. Richard Bown took an excellent second place in the under-17 men’s long jump with a leap of 6.26m and Amy Frith was third in the under-20 ladies 800m final in 2:21.06mins, with team mate Leah Moores in sixth place in the same final in a time of 2:26.37mins Amy also reached the final of the 400m and finished in sixth place in a time of 1:01.34mins. Richard also clocked 11.67secs in his 100m heat.
Sarah Williams added a Midland outdoor medal to the one she gained indoors during the winter when she finished in second place in the under-17 ladies triple jump with a leap of 10.09m.
Alex Berrow produced a couple of very good throws when he took seventh place in the under-17 men’s hammer final with a best throw of 37.07m and Rebecca Findlay finished in the same place with a clearance of 1.40m in the under-17 ladies high jump final.
Meghan Jacobs took fourth place in her heat of the under-15 girls 800m in a time of 2:32.12mins and Katie Snowden finished in sixth place in her heat of the under-17 ladies 800m in 2:39.60mins.
Tom Burton set a personal best time of 16.93secs when he took fifth place in his heat of the under-17 men’s 100m hurdles.

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Williams Continues Comeback Tuesday, July 6 2004
Mark Williams and Sheila Owen both produced outstanding performances at the Birchfield Open in Sutton Park in May. Williams continued his comeback with 5th place in the 20k and Sheila took 3rd place in her first race at the same distance.
Williams was selected to represent Staffordshire at the UK inter counties track and field champs in Bedford where he won both the Staffordshire and the Midlands 10k road titles. He has now been invited to compete in the AAA’s Champs in Manchester in July and has his sites set on qualification for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
At the end of June Williams regained his Welsh National Race Walking 3k title.
As a result of his performance in the Alan Frear open meeting in Coventry, Williams has been called up to the Midlands squad for the Inter-Area match at Loughborough in July
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Midland Counties Race Walking Track Championships Tuesday, July 6 2004
TAMWORTH race walker Mark Williams has been selected to represent Staffordshire in the men’s 3km walk at the UL Inter Counties Track and Field Championships at Bedford
International Athletic Stadium.
A delighted Williams received his invitation to join the county team last weekend and his selection is a massive boost in his progress as he makes his comeback from a serious arm injury. Williams underlined his progress by winning the men’s 10km title at the Midland Counties Track Championships, held at the Tamworth Stadium. He completed the 25 laps in 50.40mins to take the title.
Tamworth’s Mark Culshaw finished fourth in 59:47.9mins after being slowed up by an ankle injury in the second half of the race.
In the 2km under-13 girls race, Michaela Webb finished second in 14:57.8mins and in the 3km under-15 girls race, Danielle Webb was third in 23:10.2mins.
In the 1km under-11 development race, Sam and Lauran Webb were the only competitors. Sam finished in 6:05.4mins and Lauran in 9:15.5mins.
In the senior women’s 5km race, Turkish guest walker Yeliz Ay broke her national record by over 30secs in a time of 22:53.6mins. Shiela Owen was third, and fourth overall, in a time of 30:37.5mins.
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Midland Men's League Tuesday, July 6 2004
THE Tamworth men’s team must be looking forward to possible promotion at the end of this season after they finished clear winners of the opening fixture of the Midland Men’s Division Two League.
Simon Hall made a welcome return when he comfortably won the 2,000m steeplechase in 6:29.6mins with team mate Tom Orton winning the B event in a personal best time of 7:15.3mins. Phil Clamp also had a comfortable win in the 1500m, when he clocked 4:09.4mins with Simon Smith taking first place in the B race in 4:29.9mins. Ricky Hallam won the B pole vault with 3.50m, took second place in the triple jump with a personal best 11.13m, another second in the 110m hurdles in 20.4secs, and fourth in the 400m hurdles to complete a busy afternoon.
Chris Mawbey set two personal bests in the sprint events with fifth in the 100m in 11.4secs, seventh in the 200m in 23.8secs and then recorded a jump of 5.71m in the long jump for third place.
Mark Humphries finished in second place for a personal best of 23.8secs in the 200m and took sixth spot in the 100m in 11.8secs. Adam Smith equalled his personal best of 1.65m for second place in the high jump and took fourth place in the triple jump with 11.95m. Richard Bown finished in third place in the long jump with a jump of 6.12m and Nick Sparge was fourth in the 400m in 53.6secs.
Paul Tasker finished in third place in his 400m in 54.6secs and fourth in the 800m in his best time for a year of 2:2.3mins. Richard Wileman took third place in the javelin with a throw of 33.05m, Ben Jones fourth in the shot with 8.15m and Howard Bush seventh in the 5,000m in a time of 17:48.3mins.
Three members of the Tamworth team made a hefty contribution to the team’s points total. Gavin Showell took second place in the pole vault with a clearance of 4m,fifth in the discus with 23.86m, seventh in the hammer with 23.74m and the same position in the shot with 9.04m. Matty James was second in the high jump with 1.65m, sixth in the 400m hurdles in 73.6secs, seventh in the 110m hurdles in 20.4secs and the same position in the hammer with a throw of 13.06m. John Culshaw took third place in the javelin with a 36.33m throw, sixth in the 5000m in 20:13.8mins and seventh in the discus with a throw of 24.09m.

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Allen Retains National Title Tuesday, July 6 2004
Sprinter Kirk Allen has retained his National English 400m title for the fourth successive year when he bounced back from the first injury setback of his career.
Allen’s successful outing at the National Athletic Championships for People with Learning Disability was his first appearance on the track since suffering a hamstring strain last month.
The 21 year old was competing in the British Open Championships at the time when he was forced to pull up in the 100m after tweaking his hamstring.
After undergoing fitness work at the Peaks Leisure Centre, Allen returned in time for the prestigious event at Cannock Sports Stadium and took the gold medal in 55.5secs.
Allen will now be looking to claim more medals at the INAS Global Games in Sweden, the equivalent of the Paralympics for athletes with learning difficulties.
He has been selected for the 100m, 200m and 400m.
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