Welsh Masters League 2005

Newport Harriers Welsh Masters League

Welsh Masters League, 10th August 2005, Cardiff

Newport’s dominance of Welsh Masters athletics continued unabated as they secured their third league title in a row. This was reflected in individual performances, where Harriers athletes rarely finished out of the top two and several season’s bests were registered.

The track programme commenced with the 400m. Pick of the performers in this event was Dave Proffitt, who used his speed to storm to victory in the B M50 with a season’s best. Pre-Vet Masters League debutant Paul Young ran an SB in the M40 1500m. This race was won in strong front-running style by Darryn McAtee, an occurrence so unusual it caused confused incredulity in the mind of Darryn’s watching son Shane (“You won Dad ??!!”). Dave Proffitt secured a personal double-victory on the night with a win the B M50 1500m. Newport recorded four wins out of four in the 100m including an SB for Steve Wadley. Meanwhile John Watkins dug deep for victory, trailing for 95 metres before overhauling Cardiff’s Patrick Webber in the final few strides.

In the throws everyone chipped in with Steve, Darryn, John and Keith Powell all scoring well in second place behind Rhondda athletes (Yes, we admit it, Rhondda have better throwers than us). Keith and Glyn Sutton dominated the pole vault from start to finish, but this was predictable as they were the only ones in it. 10 centimetres separated the first three in the M40 long jump and they were all from Newport, with Malcolm Medhurst blasting to victory with his best leap of the season.

The final event of the evening was the 4 x 400m relay. Darryn decided to give the other teams a chance by running the entire first leg in lane three. Anchorman Brett Davis was nonplussed as he had been planning all season to break the 4-minute barrier and we missed it by half a second. Well, there’s always next season.

Results

Over 40 Men

Over 50 Men

Match Results

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