The Premiership sits this spherical out because the remaining 24 golf equipment battled to determine who will proceed to the knock-out on the finish of the season and see who advances to the highest flight.
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP EAST, spherical 2, Hendon, June 22
Shaftesbury Barnet have been hoping that house benefit on the Stonex Stadium would allow to them to once more come out on prime and it proved to be the case.
Nonetheless, after 4 occasions Havering led marginally because of fourth ranked under-17 Alicia Fairmaner taking the opening occasion, the ladies’s lengthy bounce. Shaftesbury have been shut however Herts Phoenix have been effectively forward of the remaining as Edward Legal guidelines and Louise Grenfell each received over the low hurdles, albeit in modest instances.
The hosts had assumed the lead after 15 occasions had been declared and led Herts Phoenix by sixty factors with Havering and Chelmsford not too far adrift.
Shaftesbury had Sam Wiggins win a good males’s 800m, in 1:54.42 over Havering’s 15-year-old Findlay McLaren’s private greatest 1:54.81. Then junior Mya Mairs-Ingram made it a double by successful the ladies’s occasion in 2:12.20, simply squeezing out Havering’s Gemma Kersey.
Herne Hill completed final within the opening match however right here drafted in under-17 Emma Rennie, who then received the ladies’s 100m in 12.23.
Newham & Essex Beagles additionally obtained in on the successful act as Emma Nwofor received the ladies’s 100m hurdles in 13.86 earlier than Robert Crowley and Charley Brisley have been first and second in a good 1500m.
Nonetheless, their membership have been nonetheless trailing in final total within the tables, regardless of Shemar Boldizsar benefiting from a 1.8m/sec wind to win the boys’s 200m in 21.17.
Havering have been third final time and Matthew Agnimel win the 400m in 47.86 as Herts Phoenix’ Lauren Rule added the ladies’s with 54.31, earlier than Jodie Judd received the ladies’s 1500m in 4:40:63.
The hosts’ Ethan Walsh received the pole vault and Paul Ogun the boys’s lengthy bounce in a good competitors with 7.14m, earlier than Alexander Baltazar-Corridor added the ladies’s discus with 49.02m.
Because the afternoon wore on Shaftesbury continued to pile up the factors as banker Greg Thompson led a double within the males’s discus with a better of 54.01m, earlier than later nonetheless including the shot with 14.84m.
Fourth ranked Akin Howard then received the excessive bounce at 2.12m for Shaftesbury and fourth ranked underneath 17 Tami George the ladies’s 200m in 24.77 towards a modest breeze.
As within the first match, Newham have been down the pecking order however did have a couple of modest wins earlier than Aaron Ashmead-Shoye received the received the boys’s triple bounce with 14.48m.
Chelmsford AC have been second within the opening match and, in the direction of the top of the afternoon had Jess Hopkins, the BUCS indoor champion, once more win the ladies’s shot with 14.18m.
Because the afternoon drew to a detailed, Tom Butler ran away with the boys’s 5000m for Shaftesbury with 14:29:77, earlier than the ultimate subject occasion noticed second ranked Daniel Bainbridge dominate the boys’s Javelin with a 67.45m effort, maybe the perfect efficiency of the day, though effectively wanting his season’s greatest 73.55m.
Shaftesbury then rounded off their marketing campaign with victory within the males’s lengthy relay and all however assured a spot within the August knockout.
Match: 1 Shaftesbury 650; 2 Havering 493; 3 Chelmsford 471; 4 Herts Phoenix 460; 5 Herne Hill 424; 6 Newham & Essex Beagles 235
Standings after two matches: 1 Shaftesbury Barnet 12 (1250); 2 Chelmsford (9) 1017; 3 Havering 9 (1018); 4 Herts Phoenix 6 (960); 5 Herne Hill 3 (779); 6 Newham & Essex Beagles 3 (652)
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP NORTH, spherical 2, Leigh, Better Manchester, June 22
The northern golf equipment got here out on prime within the opening match and the 2 golf equipment within the basement after spherical one have been compelled to make a protracted journey up the motorway to attempt to enhance their state of affairs.
Trafford made probably the most of house benefit to take the assembly from Sheffield and Notts AC, whereas Milton Keynes and Bedford suffered badly.
Sheffield had received the opening match and obtained off to an excellent begin right here, as James Greenhalgh led a double within the males’s 400m hurdles with a slim 53.82 victory.
Then their Robert Shipley added the boys’s 800m in 1:52.30, however they trailed Trafford after three occasions, because of the ladies’s 400m hurdles, because the first-round runners-up had two of the one three starters from a attainable 12.
After seven occasions, Notts AC’s Sharhnee Skervin received the ladies’s 100m with 11.82 they usually took a slim lead over Sheffield, regardless of narrowly shedding out within the first subject occasion. That was the ladies’s hammer the place Alice Barnsdale’s 58.72m was the perfect effort, however that they had the 2 subsequent greatest throwers.
By mid afternoon and after 18 occasions, the highest three groups have been nonetheless vying for supremacy, with hosts Trafford simply edging it, after Freya Dooner took the ladies’s discus.
Sheffield & Dearne have been one and two in a poorly supported males’s dash hurdles as Trafford have been additionally 1 and a pair of in one other badly supported occasion, the ladies’s 3000m. One other double then got here for Trafford within the males’s 1500m, which was additionally brief on takers.
It was higher within the ladies’s 100m hurdles as Sheffield’s Alicia Barrett battled a 3m/second headwind to win in 13.83, as Hakan Dalbal added the boys’s 400m in 48.52 to additional enhance the Yorkshire membership’s efforts.
After 28 occasions Trafford continued to narrowly lead Notts, whose Milan Campion received the steeplechase (later including the 5000m), however Sheffield, with a double within the males’s dash hurdles and Liverpool, who had first and second within the males’s lengthy bounce, have been nonetheless in with a shout.
Sheffield took first within the males’s discus, which was simply edged by Chuks Osammour’s 57.09m, from Liverpool’s Nick Wedderman, as Faye O’Hare received the ladies’s 1500m in 4:42.11.
Sheffield additionally had junior Casey Musgrave take the ladies’s 400m in 56.33.
Liverpool AC weren’t within the hunt for a match win, however their James Kelly received the boys’s shot with 16.90m, but it surely was under the Irishman’s better of 17.33m earlier than Oliver Wright added the javelin with 7.44m.
Later, England champion Felicia Miloro received the ladies’s pole vault for Notts with 4.00 metres. It was adopted by 15-year-old Taejan Blake, in his first season of recorded competitors, who added the boys’s excessive bounce with 2.06m from Notts crew mate Harry Whyley, to enhance his place on the prime of the under-17 rankings.
The 200 metre races have been later within the afternoon and Sheffield recorded a double led by David Chapman’s 21.52 however Notts responded with Skirvin’s 24.42 within the ladies’s 200m to finish a dash double.
Trafford continued to pile up wins as Daniel Akinradewo added the triple bounce with 14.52m towards a wind however, regardless of their stable total win, they too didn’t subject athletes within the ladies’s pole vault and males’s excessive bounce.
Late on, Trafford fielded the one two runners within the ladies’s 1500m steeplechase as their Jasmine Wright received in 5:23.97 they usually then received the following occasion too: the ladies’s 4x400m relay.
Liverpool received each dash relays however nonetheless wound up a mid-table fourth on the day.
Milton Keynes failed to attain in 16 occasions and Bedford, who have been a sorry final after failing to subject a competitor in 24 of the 38 occasions, introduced up the rear.
Match: 1 Trafford 585; 2 Sheffield & Dearne 526; 3 Liverpool 517; 4 Notts 497; 5 Milton Keynes 245; 6 Bedford & County 129
Standings after 2 matches: 1 Sheffield 11 (1173); 2 Trafford 1136; 3 Notts 7 (1048); 4 Liverpool 7 (957) ; 5 Bedford & County 3 (448); 6 Milton Keynes 3 (388)
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH, spherical 2, Crawley, West Sussex, June 22
The K2 Leisure Centre was the venue for Crawley to spice up their factors rating and residential benefit would absolutely allow them to not lose factors once more for not fielding a full complement of officers as they did within the first-round match.
It was run-away first match winners Tonbridge who scored a repeat win and obtained off to the perfect begin with a double within the males’s 400m hurdles earlier than their Jordan Chambers simply prevailed within the males’s 800m over Portsmouth’s Jonny White in 1:50.85, for an additional double, in order that, after 5 occasions, they led by 18 factors from Belgrave, who stayed second for the entire afternoon.
After eight occasions Tonbridge now led by 19 factors because of wins within the males’s 100m by way of Darian Moore, with a windy 10.69 and junior Lucy Tallon within the ladies’s dash in a authorized 11.99. Extra modest wins got here for the primary match winners, in ladies’s lengthy bounce and hammer.
In that occasion, under-17 visitor, prime ranked Alice Howie the double English Faculties champion, threw the lighter 3km ball and chain out to 61.10 metres
After 18 of the occasions had been contested, Tonbridge had drawn immediately from the remaining in the identical method that they did within the opening match, as Belgrave have been now a cushty second. They have been helped by junior Lucy Tallon’s 100m win in 11.99 and Kieran Eland’s 48.26 400m victory.
Nonetheless, his time was bettered by his B string crew mate Ben Gardiner’s 48.11 and there was one other Tonbridge double as Asha Root received the ladies’s one-lapper in 55.32.
Bournemouth have been final within the first match however right here had Alex Stewart win the boys’s 2000m steeplechase in 6:09.24, because the shorter distance noticed higher uptake than in that opener, whereas the hosts noticed Ciara Muzio win the ladies’s 3000 metres.
Tonbridge continued to revenue because the afternoon wore on and have been 70 factors away from Belgrave after 27 occasions had been scored however the robust distance working membership have been stunned by Crawley’s Adam Dray’s 1500m win, albeit in a modest 3:57.78, earlier than Hugo Hewitt did the identical with a 5000m win in 15:15.49.
The Crawley whole was then improved within the males’s dash relay however they nonetheless trailed third behind Belgrave. Tonbridge scored within the ladies’s pole vault with Bronwyn Yeandle’s 3.31m, following 3.40 within the opening match.
Kingston had made solely a minor impression till late within the day however Rebecca Keddie gave them a rating within the ladies’s 1500m with 4:41.13.
Wins typically eluded match runners-up Belgrave however they did see Peter Wild take the boys’s excessive hurdles after which Ester Fuja the ladies’s 200m late within the day.
There was a successful visitor within the ladies’s javelin as prime ranked under-17 Harriet Court docket threw the smaller 500g spear out to 47.84m. There was one other visitor within the ladies’ shot as prime ranked under-17 Issy Stamp tossed the lighter 3km ball out to fifteen.15m.
Portsmouth had been clocking up modest wins all through the afternoon earlier than Joesph Mason received the boys’s javelin with 60.66m.
Tonbridge accomplished one other stable day’s work with a few relay wins and now look sure to go to the premiership qualifying match as South champions.
Regardless of having simply two A string wins, Belgrave completed second within the match and will effectively be part of their conquerors.
Match: 1 Tonbridge 626; 2 Belgrave 541; 3 Crawley 518; 4 Portsmouth 407; 5 Kingston & Poly 381; 6 Bournemouth 350
Standings after two matches: 1 Tonbridge 12 (1253); 2 Belgrave 9 (1026); 3 Portsmouth 8 (933);4 Crawley 6 (890); 5 Kingston & Poly 5 (783); 6 Bournemouth 2 (671)
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP West, spherical 2, Yate, Gloucestershire, June 22
Swansea made the brief journey throughout the Severn Bridge to take their second match victory and did so from hosts Yate & District and Cardiff.
Yate have been hoping to make use of house benefit to maneuver up and problem Swansea and first match second placers Basingstoke, however they didn’t subject a runner within the males’s 400m hurdles as first spherical leaders Swansea took the race and scored a double within the ladies’s.
Their Kane Leigh then received the 800m in 1:54.25 to guide a double as they led Swansea after 5 occasions within the crew stakes and their 800m ladies additionally posted a double.
Cardiff AC have been third within the opening match however right here their Sam Gordon received the boys’s 100m in 10.49 however Yate narrowly led after seven occasions had been scored, regardless of a ladies’s hammer win for Zoe Dakin.
In that occasion, under-20 visitor Phoebe Milburn the 2023 England Athletics champion, threw the junior 3kg implement out to 55.73m.
After 20 occasions had been scored it was nonetheless tight on the prime as Yate nonetheless narrowly led Swansea, with Cardiff 27 factors down, however Basingstoke, second final time have been struggling.
The hosts had 17-year-old Freya Bradley defeat Swansea’s Megan Carter-Davies, who later received the 1500m, within the ladies’s 3000m in 9:33.98, to go sixth on the under-20 rankings for the 12 months.
Maybe the perfect efficiency of the day got here from Yate’s Isaac Cory’s 46.78 400m flat victory over Southampton’s Jack Higgins to go fourth on the UK under-23 rankings for the 12 months, earlier than 17-year-old Eleanor McIntosh made in a double by including the ladies’s occasion with 56.30.
The youthful runners stored performing for Yate, as third ranked under-17 Isabelle Walkey received the ladies’s 200m in 24.46.
Cardiff had been helped by England 2023 heptathlon bronze medallist Lauren Evans’ 13.70 100m hurdles, albeit helped by a 1.7m/sec wind at her again.
Yeovil have been a lowly fifth within the first match however right here had an excellent win within the males’s lengthy bounce by way of 400m hurdler, Harry Barton’s authorized 7.29m private greatest, within the first of his simply a few efforts. Then their Matthew Alvarez received the 200m in 21.25.
Southampton introduced up the rear within the first match however right here had Sam Callaway out to 50.08m in closing spherical of the ladies’s discus.
After 29 occasions Swansea had taken a transparent lead within the match, 28 factors away from Yate and needed to thank Carys Jones’ 4.01m within the ladies’s pole vault. In addition they received the boys’s dash relay, however Yate fought again to take the ladies’s occasion.
Yate had a double within the males’s excessive bounce by way of 2023 England junior champion Luke Ball’s third time clearance at 2.10m and Adam Brooks 2.07m, a peak additionally claimed by Southampton’s Adam Jones.
The hosts additionally had Greg Hayward take the boys’s 1500m however Swansea fought again to take the ladies’s by way of Carter-Davies and Phoebe Brown the javelin.
Earlier, Swansea’s Pat Swan had received the boys’s discus after which returned so as to add the shot with a closing spherical 17.89m to go along with his 5 Welsh outside titles. Southampton’s Andrew Knight had a primary spherical 16.02m, for second.
Yeovil had a day of sincere endeavour and noticed win the boys’s triple bounce, for Lewis Visitor, with 14.33m and Jacob Dibble the boys’s javelin with a second spherical 60.36m late within the day.
Cardiff remained in third and had Luke Hamley win the 5000m in 15:13.93 and Lauren Cooper the ladies’s 1500m steeplechase, but it surely was not sufficient to catch Yate who received three of the relays.
Nonetheless, it noticed them get to second within the league on occasion factors regardless of shedding some as they have been with no full complement of officers.
Match: 1 Swansea 593; 2 Yate 549; 3 Cardiff 509; 4 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 400; 5 Yeovil 381; 6 Southampton 380
Standings after two matches: 1 Swansea 12 (1219.50); 2 Cardiff 8 (984); 3 Yate 8 (975); 4 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 8 (880.50); 5 Yeovil (4 (760); 6 Southampton (2) 725
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