On Saturday 4th August the Harriers travelled to Woking, in Surrey, for their last Southern Men's League (Division One) match.  Again the team were relentless in their pursuit of excellence. The match was won and so was the League Title - for the first time in the Harriers 103 years of existence.

 

Match details: Exeter 143.5 points,  Ashford 124, Woking 105.5, Brighton 89, Nene Valley 55.

 

The team recorded 16 firsts, 8 seconds, 8 thirds out of 34 events.

 

Hammer - Jon Milum (47.42m) & Rob Woodger (39.43m - season best)

Discus - David Dawson (37.43m) & Peter Howard (36.68m)

110m hurdles - Glen Etherington (15.4 secs) & James Cook (16.8 secs)

 

Owen Walpole - 800 metres personal of 1 min 57.0 secs

Phil Almond - 400 metres personal of 50.4 secs

Tom Elworthy - high jump personal best of 1.90 metres

Simon Lewis - triple jump season best of 11.40 metres

David Dawson - shot season best of 14.64 metres

Dave Robinson - pole vault equal season best 2.80 metres

Lee Salter - pole vault equal season best 2.40 metres

 

Matt Smith - Javelin 57.10 metres

Jon Milum - Javelin 34.13 metres

Rob Woodger - Shot 11.59 metres

Callum Skelley - 100 metres 11.4 secs

Rich Derrick - 200 metres 23.9 secs, 400 metres hurdles 60.4 secs

George Robinson - 100 metres 11.4 secs , 200 metres 23.8 secs

Simon Rusbridge - 1500 metres 4 mins 2.3 secs

Neil Broadbent - 1500 metres 4 mins 14.1 secs

Nick Woollett - 5000 metres 17 mins 1  sec, 3000 metres steeplechase 10 mins 46.7 secs

Peter Stockman - 5000 metres 16 mins 47.4 secs

Simon Minting - 400 metres 50.4 secs

Jack Bancroft - 800 metres 2 mins 2.3 secs

James Cook - triple jump 12.78 metres

Simon Lewis - long jump 5.84 metres

Ian Allen - long jump 5.96 metres, high jump 1.75 metres

Lee Salter - 400 metres hurdles 56.4 secs

Rob Woodger - 3000 metres steeple chase 15 mins 37.1 secs

 

4 x 100 metres relay -  1st  43.8 secs (George Robinson, Rich Derrick, Callum Skelley, Glen Etherington)

4 x 400 metres relay - 1st  3 mins 22.8 secs (Lee Salter, Geoff Hill, Callum Skelley, Simon Minting)

 

 

"It's been a roller coaster of a league season. Winning the Championship was so very important and a true reward for sustained hard efforts by the athletes and their coaches. We have 34 great athletes in the team squad and 25 competed on Saturday, This large squad of enthusiastic & dedicated athletes enables us to always 'field' a very strong team whenever some team members are injured or not available for other reasons. We now have to start thinking about the BAL Jubilee Plate Final at Bedford on Saturday August 18th an the British League Qualifying Match at Abingdon on Saturday 15th September"

 

Maurice Ault  Team Manager