On Friday evening it was another Southern Counties veterans League, this time it was at Sutcliffe Park. Just two ladies were competing for Paddock Wood AC W40 Elizabeth Bignell won the W35 javelin 20.16m,she also won the pole-vault 1.70m, she was 3rd in the 2K walk with a PB 16m 20.3s and 3rd in the shot 6.05m. W60 Teresa Hinton covered the W50 javelin coming 4th she came 2nd in the W60 shot 7.15m. In the men’s competition M60 Mark Woods in the M60 javelin came 2nd with 23.71m. He did the M50 high jump 1.30 and the shot 8.19m. M55 Trevor Simms finished 3rd in the M50 200m 28.7s and covered the M35 shot 6.74m. M60 David Sampson came 2nd in the 1500m 5m 20.3s.
The previous weekend saw the younger members of the club competing in the Kent Young Athletes league at Medway Park Gillingham. The club had a few more completing on Saturday with some good results. In the U 13 girl Ellen Simmons continued to earn personal bests in most of her events in her first event 70m hurdles she ran 13.76s In her 75m she finished a strong 3rd 11.28s and the final event the 150m she won the B string race in 22.25s a PB Kelsie Alcorn came 2nd in the same race in 21.16 a PB. Kelsey won the shot put with 6.53 m and was 2nd in the long jump with 3.59 m. The third member of the U13 team was Jola Fasakin who won the B string 75 m in 11.20s equalling her PB Jola also won the B shot with 6.12m a PB and came 2nd in her javelin with 10.78 m.
In the U 13 boys team Jonah Fernandes run his 100m in 14.56 a PB and then went on to do the 200 m in 30.43s a second PB and the long jump 3.64m, he was joined in the long jump by Harrison Roberts, who came 2nd the A string with 3.69 m. Harrison came 2nd in his javelin with 19.86m and third in the B 100 metres 15.04s.
U15 Kathleen Knight Misson won the long jump 4.79m she came 2nd in the 100m 13.43s and claimed another 2nd in the shot 7.79m. She was joined in the shot by Lucy Burrows-Cloude 6.44m. Lucy ran a PB in her 100m 14.20s and earned another PB in her hammer finishing 2nd with 22.06m.
In the under 15 boys Max Rein in his first competition of the season ran a PB in his 100m 15.27s, he gained another PB in his 200m 31.72s, in his long jump he jumped a SB 3.60m. Thomas Mellor in his first competition with the club ran a 800m in 2m 34.05s and jumped 4.32m in his long jump. The third boy competing was Ciaran Laws who competed in the shot with a PB and the javelin 11.63m
On Sunday Melisa Ferns competed in the North Downs 30K in a time of 3hr 40m 45s. The same day in the northern part of England Becky Morrish ran in the Derby Ramathon finishing 2nd lady in a time of 1hr 24.m59s.
