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7th June 2019

Midlands Division 4 Senior League Report

Burton Ac senior athletes kicked off their season in the Midlands division 4 men and women’s league with a home match at Shobnall. With strong teams from Charnwood, Newport and Tipton in the league , They were looking to make home advantage count and they did just that , finishing in a fantastic Third place despite a depleted women’s team.

With the Women’s team short on numbers, A heavy reliance was placed on the field events to pick up the valuable points.

First up was Mia sherriff who took 4^th Place in the Hammer throwing 30.90m

Jess Lear took 1^st in the (B) Hammer 28.55m, jess also took 2^nd in the Discus with a throw of 20.96m 

Zara Acton was the star performer in the women’s team taking maximum points in her two events, in the Shot she took 1^st with a distance of 10.31m, She also blew away the field in the discus taking 1^st Place with a distance of 34.64m and breaking Diane Wortleys Long standing club record from 1985.

Francesca Sharpe Continued her dominance in the javelin moving up to a senior weight javelin taking 1^st place with a distance of 33.77m, in the 100m she took 6^th Place.

Harriet Buxton took 3^rd 400m with a time of 64.3s and in the Long Jump took 4^th with a distance of 3.96m

Wendy Sharrett produced a masterclass and rolled back the years by taking 1^st in the 1500m with a time of 05:09.8, Taking 9 seconds off her club Vet45 record.

Anette Webster took 3^rd Place in the Javelin throwing 20.85m and then took 5^th place in the shot.

Nicola Long collecting valuable points for the team in the 100m took 6^th place, in the 800m 3^rd , 4^th 1500m

Beth Barker took 7^th in the 200m with a time of 30.6s

Lauren Ford took 4^th place in the 800m with a time of 2.46.8s

Charlotte Jones in the shot took 2^nd place with a seasons best of 9.80m , she took  1^st in the(B) Javelin with a distance of 29.56m

Harry Handsaker set a blistering time in the 100m and took 2^nd with a time 11.3s.

Edward Sheffield Continued the trend in the 200m he took 2^nd with a time of 22.2s and breaking Phil Hickingbotham long standing u20 club record and Jonathon Hornblows Senior club record in the process, in the 400m he took 2^nd with another blistering time of 50.2s.

Jon Dumelow , the new men’s team Manager, led by example by taking on 5 events , in the 2000m S/C he took  3^RD with a time of 8.55.5S, he took 3^rd 400m Hurdles ,he took 3^rd 110m Hurdles , in the  Triple Jump he took 3^rd with a distance of 9.79m, and he took 5^th Pole Vault.

Jack Poxon in the Long jump took 3^rd with a distance of 5.57m, he took 6^th in the High Jump and in the Triple Jump he took  4^th with a distance of 10.17m

Anthony Humphries in 100m took 3^rd in a time of 12.0s, in the 200m he took 3^rd in a time of 23.9s, he took 5^th in the High Jump.

Robert Obrien in the 400m took 4^th with a time of 56.1s

Matt Lear in the 5000m took a fantastic 2^nd place with a time of 16.58.7s

Ben Howard took 5^th place in the shot with a distance of 9.75m, in the discus he took 2^nd with a distance of 27.35m , he took 4^th Place in the  Hammer  and in his favourite event the javelin he took  3^rd and a seasons best with a distance of 39.30m

Steve Hollis took 2^nd place in the (B) Javelin with a season best of 28.95m

Ben Acton in the (b) Shot 1^st with a distance of 9.23m, in the Discus he took 4^th with a distance of 28.15m ,he also took 5^th Place in the Hammer

Jack Shorten in the 800m took 5^th with a time of 02:12.5 , in the 1500m he took 6^th with a time of 04:48s and in the Long jump he took 2^nd with a time of 5.16m

Ben Shawbridge in the 800m took 2^nd with a time of 02:14.7 , in the 1500m he took 3^rd with a time of 05:03.3,in the 5000m he took 2^nd with a time of 18.00.06s

Tom Benfield in the 400m Hurdles took 3^rd with a time of 73.7s

4 x 100m relay team of Handsaker, Sheffield, Obrien and Humphries took first place with a time of 46s , missing out on the club record by 0.10s

Over in boston at the north of England League match , Aimee Fellows Took 1^st in the B discus with a seasons best of 31.78m, In the Shot she took 1^st in the b with 8.81m and in the hammer she took 2^nd in the B.