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MASTERS ATHLETICS WORLD MASTERS INDOOR.
The W45 was run as heats and two finals where Sally
Read Clayton got 5th, Jacqui Hodgson 7th, Pamela Murrey
11 and Tracy Bezance 12th. Laura Mahady and Jane
Hoarder 2nd were well clear in their W55 final. It was sweet
revenge for Caroline Powell as she raced away from her
Canadian pursuer to a new 64.76 World record. Two years
ago when she was at the end of her age group she also
broke the WR in Jyvaskyla. To achieve this time in her
ninth race of these Championships was truly remarkable.
Caroline Marler closed in for 3rd and Fiona Argent 6th.
Long serving International James Thie took his second
World Masters Indoor M35 title winning the 800m in
1.53.56sec from Wilfredo of Venezuela (1.54.00sec) and
Gil of Spain on what he said is the same track as he ran on
at the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a Senior. The
track was in a different hall, but I prefer the other track here
– the 4-lane Hall B where he had won the 3000m in a
British record the previous evening – you are so close to
the spectators, he added. When asked for his impressions
on the Masters Championships he said: ”it is all about
competition, it does not matter if you are competing as an
8-year old or an 83-year old, I just love the competition. I
am really enjoying the camaraderie, I will spread the word!”
He went on to take the 1500m in 3.54.38, a British record.
Olympian and sub-4 minute Masters miler, Tony Whiteman,
had to run a heat, semi and final in his M40 800. Well
positioned throughout the final he sprinted to the front
before the bell drawing away from the chasing pack to
cross the line in l.52.60 from the Spaniard Aragon 1.56.22.
Like Thie, Tony had also won his 3000m. From the chasing
bunch it was Mike Toal, who was 2nd in the BMAF Indoor,
who snatched 3rd here (1.57.19) ahead of Richard Scott
1.58.38sec in one of the most riveting races. When told his
victory looked easy, Tony replied that it certainly was not,
“that was proper 800m running, hard out from the front, the
Brazilian (Paulo Paiutto) went out fast, he was to pay for it
later”. Adding that he prefers to race younger guys and is
looking forward to the Leagues but said he enjoyed that
race and he does not want to do too many races. He went
on to take the 1500m in 3.57.00 on the final day. In the
other age categories Adrian Haines collected an M45 800
bronze and 2nd in the 1500m. M65 Peter Molloy did
likewise, Mike Mann, 7th and Bruce Henry 8th did well to
reach the 800m final from a 20 strong field. SWVAC
members John Newcombe won his second gold in the M75
800m, Helen Reynolds medalled in the W35 race, W45
Bernadine Pritchett lost by 1/10th to Charmaine Roberts,
USA and Anna Critchlow came in 4th. It was no surprise to
see our two prolific record breakers W50 Clare Elms and
W65 Angela Copson come away with a clean 800, 1500m
and 3000m sweep. Angela also won the cross-country and
came 3rd in the 400m.
1500m races are run on times, W35 Louise Rudd got
overhauled on the line by Anna Bovey of Spain. Joan
Locker faded to 5th. Bernadine Pritchett made sure of
victory in the W45 race as Susan Ridley 4th and Lisa Webb
7th closed in. W50 Fiona Mattheson did most of the spade
work in her 1500/3000 but had to settle for silver behind
Clare Elms.
Simon Williams took over 4seconds off his BMAF winning
time with a solid 2nd in the M50 1500m behind the Swede,
Gunner Duran and Stephen Smith’s birthday fell just the
wrong side of the closing date, he had to run as an M50.
New recruit John Thomson also looped seconds off his
BMAF winning time, clocking 4.28.56 behind the Russian,
Zhavdat in the M55 group. The M60 pitted some of the
fastest American and European men together resulting in a
WR from Brian Lynch of Ireland in 4.26.62sec ahead of
Dutchman Martinus Van Der Hoorn and fellow Irishman
Joe Gough, faster than the M55 final. Alastair Dunlop 5th,
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Kevin Archer 8th and David Oxland finished 10th. The
3000m the day after the cross-country tested stamina but
W35 Joan Locker 3rd, W45 Susan Ridley 2nd, Anna
Critchlow 3rd, W60 Ros Tabor all got on the rostrum.
The M40 60mH final was a classic with the former South
African international Shaun Bownes clashing with Don
Drummond, USA. Bownes went on to take his first Masters
title in 8.12 from Drummond 8.19 and Joe Appiah, much
faster than his BMAF Indoor victory, 3rd in 8.21. Clear
victories followed when Greg Dunson won the M50 title,
James Tennyson the M55 from John Mayor, M65 Tony
Wells back in pole position again and M70 Barry Ferguson
missed out on a medal by a whisker as the German Rolf
Geese sped to a 9.76 WR (!) from the Japanese Yasui,
Steiner of Austria got 3rd in 10.48 and Barry 4th in 10.49.
Sally Steggles ran the American Joy Upshaw close in the
W50 event, Carole Filer appeared to be racing every day
managing 2nd W55 behind Sigrid Bose of Germany, Jane
Horder got 3rd. Emily McMahon is back in the fold with 2nd
W60.
Team Manager Maurice Doogan assembled strong teams
for most relay age groups on the final day and did they
deliver! With Owusu and Ellena Ruddock in a team and
Susan Young and Susie McLaughlin drafted in, the W35
record went as did the W55 team and the M55 team
records in front of packed stands.
We had fewer entries in the jumps but the women all
reached the podium, Carole Filer won the W55 LJ from
Averil McClelland, Iris Holder got 3rd W70 LJ and TJ. 3rd
placings followed in the TJ from W35 Fiona Davidson, W40
Theresa Eades, W65 Pat Oakes and Anne Martin was 2nd
in the W75 jump. In the HJ, the Romanian Pantelimon
soared over 1.80 for a W40 WR, Ayamba Akim got 2nd.
Wendy Laing cleared 1.54 in the W50 group and surely
must have the 1.57m WR within her reach. Carole Filer got
her second gold 1.44m, the same height as Bose cleared
for 2nd. It was a WR again for W45 Irie Hill as she soared
over 3.55m in the pole vault, a fantastic victory. Alison
Murray cleared 2.80m for 2nd. W35 Jemma Eastwood had
to settle for 4th W40 Trudi Carter 3rd but it was gold for W55
Theresa Eades and W60 Sue Yeomans. M40 Mark
Johnson cleared 4.50 from the Spaniard Hernandez Rivero
4.20m, Alan Leiper 3.80m for an M50 2nd and M60 David
Blank behind the supreme Wolfgang Ritte of Germany, 60
and still soaring over 4m.
Daily temperature hovered towards 19ͼ field events
exponents welcomed the warm sunshine. Surprisingly we
had no competitors in the javelin. W35 Andrea Jenkins
picked up two silver medals in the hammer and weight.
Claire Cameron got 2nd in the W55 discus, Vilma
Thompson 3rd in the Weight and it was gold for our Jersey
member Carole Derrin in the hammer and 3rd in the discus.
It was a very successful trip for M50 Steven Whyte, he set
a WR mark in the weight, finished 2nd in the hammer and
shot and 3rd in the discus. Stuart Thurgood won the M35
weight.
The walkers delivered on cue. M65 Ian Richards set a new
World 14.23.80sec. Record mark in the 3000km and took
the 10km road walk. John Hall got 2nd in both. W65 Noel
Blatchford, M70 Colin Turner and M75 Arthur Thomson
completed the double. Our oldest competitor, 86-year old
James Farrar walked to a bronze medal in the 10k and 4th
in the 3k.
Bright sunshine with a keen wind (11ͼ) greeted the cross-
country runners to the flat zig-zag 8km cross country in the
city park on the first day where John Shapland won the first
individual gold leading the M60 team , David Oxland and