Report for Vets League 29th April 2013.  

A sunny evening at Lee Valley was the venue for the first match of the season for the Vets team.

The evening started on the track with the 100m. Henry Ricketts finished 5th in 13.1 and Peter Clinch also placed 5th in 13.2 in the A and B string. Edward Skinner in his first outing for the club finished 4th in 15.4 in the 50 plus category. John Batchelor covered the 60 plus category coming home in 17.1 for 6th place.

In the A string 400m Peter Clinch put in a fine performance with 56.7s for 3rd. Malcolm Muir covering B string also finished 3rd in 60.7. Eddie Skinner in his first 400m since school age performed admirably to finish 4th in 68.7.

Malcolm Muir battled all the way home in the 1500m to take 2nd in the 1500m in 4.25.8. Peter Clinch came in 7th in 4.54.4. Stephen Philcox running as a guest split the two scoring athletes with a run of 4.36.1 coming home 4th. Kevin Wootton representing Ilford for the first time finished in 4.49.6 for 9th, Kevin Newell finished 12th in 4.54.5 and Gary Floate 16th in 5.30.4 all as non-scorers.

David Butler came down an age group to compete as a 50 plus athlete to finish 3rd in 4.47.6. Neil Crisp ran as a guest to finish 6th in 5.15.4. John Batchelor finished 2nd in the 60 plus category in 5.35.2.

Francisco Reis dominated the 2000m walk to secure 1st place in 9.19.7. Stuart Bennett finished 2nd in the 50 plus category in 10.58.6.

In the field events Henry Ricketts leapt 5m exactly for 2nd, placed 5th in the discus with 23m 69 and 7th in the shot put with 8m 22.

Peter Whiting placed 5th in the long jump with 3m 68, 6th in the discus with 19m 49 and 5th in the shot put with 7m 81.

The mens 4×100 relay team of Kevin W, Henry, Malcolm and Stephen brought the baton round in 56.0 for 5th.

The men’s team on the evening finished 3rd.

In the ladies 1500m Breege Nordin and Diane Crisp ran as guests to finish 2nd and 4th in their age group in the times of 5.46.1 and 6.09.7 respectively. Is this the start of Ladies Vets team?

Thanks to Claire Levey who officiated with the track timings.

Results are recorded on power 10.

The next match is Monday 20 May at Lee Valley.