On Sunday 10th June the Harrrier's Mens Team travelled to Portsmouth for the preliminary regional round of the British Athletic League Jubilee Cup Competition.  This is 'knock out' type of competition with a restricted range of athletic events requiring a smaller group of athletes.. In this competition British League Clubs and non-BAL clubs (Exeter Harriers) go 'head to head'.

 

We had a great match finishing just one point behind a British League Club - Team Southampton. The other clubs trailed a long way behind. As a result The Harriers now march on to the regional semi-finals at Eton (Windsor) which take place on Sunday 22nd July.

 

Out of the 11 events the Harriers had 5 firsts, 5 seconds & 1 fourth.

 

The individual results:

110 metres hurdles  Glen Etherington 2nd  15.6 secs

100 metres              Dan Buss 1st 11.3 secs

200 metres              Rich Derrick 2nd 23.7 secs

400 metres              Phil Almond 2nd 51.1 secs

800 metres              Simon Minting 1st 1 min 58.4 secs

1500 metres            Simon Rusbridge 2nd 4mins 7.8 secs

Javelin                    Matt Smith 1st 57.44 metres

Shot                       Dave Dawson 1st 14.34 metres

Long Jump              Simon Lewis 2nd 5.92 metres

High Jump              Tom Elworthy 4th 1.80 metres

Medley Relay (400,200,200,400)  Phil Almond, Rich Derrick, Dan Buss, Simon Minting 1st  2 mins 27.9 secs.

 

This match was the first time we went 'eye balls to eyeballs' with a British League Club. The result augurs well for our ambitions of getting into the British League sooner rather than later.