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Harriers Veterans March (run, jump & throw) to Another Divisional Victory.

Monday 20/06/2016 Mid-London Division Match 3 SVT&F, Battersea Park Millennium Arena.

The Monday morning downpours and England’s last Euro group game did not bode well for competition tonight but by 18:00hrs we had surprisingly serene conditions, sun and blue sky. England may have let us down somewhat but the men in red and black hoops did far from that.

The programme took off with the High Jump. Our flying RAF man, Dave Adam (launching into another discipline), Paul Marriott won his M50 tussle and Waldy Pauzers closed in to set a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Next door in the Javelin a welcome to this year’s eventing to Nic Nicola and Garth Francis, both in age group below their actual years established a pair of 2nd places leaving us placed a second by one match points to Hillingdon and Serpies three point behind.

An 100m squad, which resembled the night’s Hodgson England team changes, was not controversial but rather essential for the team missing several of our real sprinters. But marathon man Mohammed Ismail, Lloyd Collier (who completed a half Ironman triathlon 9 days earlier), coupled with real sprinters Paul Marriott and Allan Long to put any concerns to what little wind there was. Respectively, two firsts (both 13.4 seconds) and two seconds got the Hill over the hump of what was perceived to be our weaker events selections for the evening. Matchwise, an overall six point HHH lead was already established.

Those same endurance men took on the 400m, Mo in 2nd, Lloyd in 1st, supplemented by M50 Gary Ironmonger with another consistent 1st and sub-60 secs display of front running whilst Mike Mann stepped down distance for a solid 3rd spot in the M60’s to consolidate the team position.
The triple jump was well covered by Paul Marriott (new event) and Allan Long showing the M50’s how it’s done by an excellent 1st place over jumpers 20 years his junior!

The Harriers marched on with three 1st’s from three with Waldy Pauzers, Andy Millbamk and Bob Healey ably covering the M35, M50 and M60 two kilometre walk stretching that match lead to a full eighteen points.

The discus gave Garry Power an easy win in the M35 event and for his benefit he then trained in competition with the M50 implement. The ever consistent Des Austin took another M50 1st. Andy Lea-Gerrard took a solid third for the M60 category where there was also a welcome return to competition for Derek Prentice, now getting over injury.

Back on the tartan we had a mass 1500m race consisting of all 28 scoring and non-scoring athletes! Difficult to track scorers but Simon Coombes had to work for the lead with non-scorer future Highgate Harrier Mark Griffin stalking and taking Simon at the last. (Simon had set his season’s best on Saturday at the SAL.) Nevertheless, a great race from Simon and indeed also Simon Thompson, pb, (M35B), Keith Newton (M50) and Mike Mann (M60) who between them gave us another full sweep of 1sts for the match competition. Robin Sanderson, Jon Key and Dave Adam made up the super seven HHH men who toed the 1500m line, just what we wanted.

If the R’n’B Hoops weren’t now rocking in the stands, they certainly were during the men’s (and women’s) 4x400m relays. A great start by Mo Ismail gave HHH the lead after the first leg, volunteer, on his 4th event, Jon Key was taken by Hillingdon but retook the 2nd leg lead at the changeover in his now characteristic final-straight sprint handing over to Gary Ironmonger where, once again the lead changed twice for Lloyd Collier to close out for HHH, only being outdone by Hillingdon’s Andy Wood, the fastest 400m man there on the day.

A fine finish to our match and a comfortable team victory.

Not quite so straightforward or convincing for England that evening but it looks like both HHH and England are through to the next round. Both our teams’ fates will be confirmed by Wednesday 13th July where, at Perivale, HHH meet again in Match 4. Let’s hope England can progress as well as HHH men’s veterans.

Match Result:
HHH 166, Hillingdon 139, Serpentine 136, Thames Valley H 61, Metros 52, Highgate 40, British Airways 2

Event Results below: (non-scorers at the end.)

Match 3 MEN June 20, 2016 Battersea
1 Herne Hill Harriers 166
2 Hillingdon 139
3 Serpentine 136
4 Thames Valley Harriers 61
5 Metros 52
6 Highgate Harriers 40
7 British Airways 2
100m M35A 1 Mohammed Ismail M35 Herne Hill Harriers 13.4
2 Jeremy Freer M40 Serpentine 13.5
3 Jason Steel M40 Hillingdon 13.5
4 Greg Bennett M40 Thames Valley H 13.5
5 Mike Morris M45 Metros 16.2
6 x x
7 x x
M35B 1 Lloyd Collier M40 Herne Hill Harriers 13.4
2 Jeremy Cullis Hillingdon 13.5
3 David Robinson Serpentine 13.8
4 x
5 x
6 x
7 x
M50 1 Neil Middleton Highgate Harriers 13.0
2 Paul Marriott M50 Herne Hill Harriers 13.1
3 Kevin Smart Metros 13.5
4 Richard Jenkin M55 Hillingdon 14.0
5 David Ford Thames Valley H 14.9
6 Brian Pickles M55 Serpentine 17.5
7 x x
x
100m M60 1 David Hinds M65 Serpentine 14.2
2 Allan Long M70 Herne Hill Harriers 14.4
3 Mike Ransome Metros 15.1
4 Roy White Hillingdon 15.2
5 Nick Michael Thames Valley H 16.9
6 x x
7 x x
400m M35B 1 Lloyd Collier M40 Herne Hill Harriers 58.4
2 Jason Steel M40 Hillingdon 59.6
3 William McAvock M45 Serpentine 66.8
4 x x
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
M35A 1 Andy Wood Hillingdon 55.8
2 Mohammed Ismail M35 Herne Hill Harriers 56.7
3 David Robinson Serpentine 61.9
4 Emmanuel Lumineau M40 Highgate Harriers 66.2
5 Christian Neilson M40 Thames Valley H 72.1
6 Mike Morris M45 Metros 75.7
7 x x
M50 1 Gary Ironmonger M50 Herne Hill Harriers 59.6
2 Neil Middleton Highgate Harriers 63.2
3 Richard Jenkin M55 Hillingdon 64.7
4 Kemuel Solomon M55 Serpentine 64.7
5 Kevin Smart Metros 65.4
6 David Ford Thames Valley H 70.9
7 x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
400m M60 1 David Hinds M65 Serpentine 68.2
2 Mike Ransome Metros 73.9
3 Mike Mann M65 Herne Hill Harriers 74.6
4 Roy White Hillingdon 77.3
5 Nick Michael Thames Valley H 78.5
6 x x
7 x x
1500m M35A 1 Simon Coombes M40 Herne Hill Harriers 04:16.0
2 Martin Bateman M40 Hillingdon 04:23.2
3 Simon Barrett M40 Serpentine 04:24.7
4 James Johnson Highgate Harriers 04:40.7
5 Christian Neilson M40 Thames Valley H 05:02.2
6 Ian Haylock M45 British Airways 05:17.2
7 x x
M35B 1 Simon Thompson M35 Herne Hill Harriers 04:32.1
2 Andy Moore Hillingdon 04:40.5
3 Luke Parker Serpentine 04:48.0
4 Phil Whetton M40 Thames Valley H 05:06.9
5 Emmanuel Lumineau M40 Highgate Harriers 05:24.3
6 Mike Morris M45 Metros 05:57.5
7 x x
M50 1 Keith Newton M50 Herne Hill Harriers 04:47.5
2 Martin Bright Highgate Harriers 05:12.0
3 Kemuel Solomon M55 Serpentine 05:12.8
4 Richard Hooley Thames Valley H 05:29.0
5 John Dobbs Hillingdon 05:33.8
6 Kevin Smart Metros 05:56.6
7 x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
1500m M60 1 Mike Mann M65 Herne Hill Harriers 05:32.5
2 John Fassnidge Serpentine 05:53.3
3 Andy Torrance Hillingdon 06:03.7
4 x x
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
2000m M35 1 Valdis Pauzers M60 Herne Hill Harriers 11:17.0
Walk 2 Nicola Barberis Negra Serpentine 12:38.3
3 Andrew Mitchell M40 Thames Valley H 12:40.4
4 x x
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
2000m M50 1 Andrew Millbank M55 Herne Hill Harriers 11:54.7
Walk 2 Dave Martin M55 Hillingdon 13:56.9
3 Martin Bright Highgate Harriers 13:56.9
4 Andrew Maynard M55 Serpentine 16:40.9
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
M60 1 Robert Healey M60 Herne Hill Harriers 13:34.2
2 Doug Milsom M75 Hillingdon 13:55.7
3 Ashok Jamdagni M70 Serpentine 14:52.9
4 x x
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
4 x 400m 1 x Hillingdon 03:56.1
2 Ismail 55.9s, Key 64.2s, Ironmonger 59.4s, Collier 59.2s. Herne Hill Harriers 03:58.7
3 x Serpentine 04:22.5
4 x Thames Valley H 04:29.1
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
High M35 1 Vaughan Ramsay Hillingdon 1.51
Jump 2 David Robinson Serpentine 1.48
3 David Adam M45 Herne Hill Harriers 1.45
4 Andrew Mitchell M40 Thames Valley H 1.30
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
M50 1 Paul Marriott M50 Herne Hill Harriers 1.40
2 Keith Seldon M55 Hillingdon 1.25
3 Tony McGahan M60 Serpentine 1.20
4 x x
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
M60 1 Roy White Hillingdon 1.15
2 Valdis Pauzers M60 Herne Hill Harriers 1.05
3 Mike Ransome Metros 1.00
4 Ashok Jamdagni M70 Serpentine 0.95
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
Triple M35 1 Vaughan Ramsay Hillingdon 11.38
Jump 2 Greg Bennett M40 Thames Valley H 10.20
3 David Robinson Serpentine 9.85
4 Paul Marriott M50 Herne Hill Harriers 8.22
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
M50 1 Allan Long M70 Herne Hill Harriers 7.88
2 Tony McGahan M60 Serpentine 7.84
3 Martin Bright Highgate Harriers 7.51
4 Dave Martin M55 Hillingdon 6.95
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
Discus M35 1 Garry Power M50 Herne Hill Harriers 31.63
2 Frank Womelsdorf Serpentine 20.34
3 Greg Bennett Thames Valley H 19.38
4 Steve Thompson M50 Hillingdon 18.93
5 Kevin Smart M50 Metros 15.61
6 x x
7 x x
M50 1 Des Austin M50 Herne Hill Harriers 29.20
2 Keith Seldon M55 Hillingdon 27.40
3 Mark Mulvenna Metros 18.98
4 Ashok Jamdagni M70 Serpentine 9.89
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
Discus M60 1 Roy White Hillingdon 23.55
2 Tony McGahan Serpentine 23.09
3 Andy Lea-Gerrard M60 Herne Hill Harriers 23.06
4 Mike Ransome Metros 17.49
5 Nick Michael Thames Valley H 16.61
6 x x
7 x x
Javelin M35 1 Frank Womelsdorf Serpentine 30.42
2 Nic Nicola M50 Herne Hill Harriers 27.69
3 Greg Bennett M40 Thames Valley H 24.38
4 Steve Thompson M50 Hillingdon 18.11
5 Mark Mulvenna M50 Metros 14.85
6 x x
7 x x
M50 1 Keith Seldon M55 Hillingdon 35.49
2 Garth Francis M60 Herne Hill Harriers 32.97
3 Tony McGahan M60 Serpentine 23.28
4 Kevin Smart Metros 21.57
5 x x
6 x x
7 x x
x x           Totals
x x
Non-scorers x x
100m M35 1 John Key M40 Herne Hill Harriers 13.5
2 Darren Over M40 Serpentine 14.0
3 Frank Womelsdorf Serpentine 14.5
4 Ian Haylock M45 British Airways 14.6
5 Dan Spinks Hillingdon 14.8
M50 Gary Ironmonger M50 Herne Hill Harriers 13.7
x x
Non-scorers continued x x
400m M35 1 John Key M40 Herne Hill Harriers 61.9
2 Jeremy Cullis Hillingdon 63.3
1500m 1 Mark Griffin M40 Highgate Harriers 04:13.1
2 Robin Sanderson M35 Herne Hill Harriers 04:52.8
3 John Key M40 Herne Hill Harriers 05:03.3
4 David Adam M45 Herne Hill Harriers 05:05.2
5 Darren Over M40 Serpentine 05:08.2
6 Scott Farley M40 Hillingdon 05:09.3
7 Stuart Arundel M45 Hillingdon 05:34.5
HJ M35 1 Richard Taylor M40 Serpentine 1.35
2 Luke Parker Serpentine 1.25
TJ M35 1 Frank Womelsdorf Serpentine 9.23
2 Vinh Lam Serpentine 9.13
3 Nicola Barberis Negra Serpentine 8.40
4 Dan Spinks Hillingdon 8.16
Discus M35 1 Alex Malzer M45 Serpentine 19.12
2 Vinh Lam Serpentine 18.79
3 Richard Taylor M40 Serpentine 14.53
M50 Garry Power M50 Herne Hill Harriers 38.35
M60 Derek Prentice M60 Herne Hill Harriers 26.33
Javelin M35 1 Vaughan Ramsay M40 Hillingdon 24.78
2 Richard Taylor M40 Serpentine 21.65
3 Nicola Barberis Negra Serpentine 16.29
M50 Des Austin M50 Herne Hill Harriers 19.58