Welsh Masters League 

Newport Harriers
Welsh Masters League

Round 3 Neath 20th July

I don't know if the Welsh Masters League has upset the gods, but we were back at the Neath track in the pouring rain again. Despite the dreadful weather the turnout was pretty good and we got off to a fair start in the 200m races. Steve came home second just behind the Rhondda athlete, but Geoff Miller took the B string just behind Steve. Glyn was his usual dominant self in the over  50's. The rain was getting so bad by now that we were well behind the program so the High Jump was cancelled, most were happy not to have to jump onto the flooded bed.

After the match we found ourselves on 770 points to Rhondda's 603, the 4th round will still be interesting as we will be missing a couple of key members of the team due to holidays.

Over 40's

Event A String Performance B String Performance
100m Steve Wadley 1st 13.5 Keith Powell 1st 13.7
200m Steve Wadley 2nd 26.9 Geoff Miller 1st 27.4
800m Brett Davies 2nd 2:11.8 Steve Wadley 1st 2:30.9
5000m Dave Proffitt 5th 20:33.0 **  
Triple Jump Geoff Miller 1st 10.09m Keith Powell 1st 9.22m
Javelin Geoff Miller 1st 28.14m Keith Powell 2nd 23.447m
Hammer Geoff Miller 3rd 14.90m Keith Powell 2nd 13.63m

Over 50's

Event A String Performance B String Performance
100m Glyn Sutton 1st 12.9 John Watkins 1st 14.7
200m Glyn Sutton 1st 26.7 John Watkins 1st 29.1
800m John Watkins 1st 2:32.4 **  
5000m Colin Bradley 3rd 22:05.0 **  
Triple Jump Glyn Sutton 2nd 8.71m John Watkins  
Javelin Glyn Sutton 4th 19.65m John Watkins 4th 15.85m
Hammer John Watkins 4th 12.53m Glyn Sutton 3rd 11.93m

Match result

Pos Club Points
1. Newport 248
2. Rhondda 174
3. Port Talbot 118
4. Cardiff 102
5. Neath 72
6. Les Croupiers 66
7. Swansea 22
8. Cwmbran 12
9. Barry & Vale 10

 

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