Southport Waterloo A C
NEWS REPORTS - SEPTEMBER 2009
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26 September 2009: Senior
Men qualify for National road relays
In the second of the season's road relays, our Senior Men travelled to Carnegie
Campus of Leeds Met University for the Northern Road 6-stage Relays; and were
rewarded with a qualification for the English National Road Relays in Sutton
Park in Birmingham on Saturday 17th October.
With some of the club's best runners in action, in-form Richard Shearer led
off with a fast 18:47 for a 1st-stage 32nd place. An ever-improving and stronger
Joe Vis was next, running 19:21 to claw back 3 places, then Michael Evans, running
on his own university grounds, ran 20:38. Gerry Lenehan ran 20:27 before handing
over to Rob Berry who got us back to 31st with 19:17. Finally, Jay Tartt took
up the challenge and pulled back an incredible 8 places to finish 23rd of 77
teams with our fastest run of the day - 18:44.
Full results
20 September 2009: Locals
welcome 2nd place Rob in Langdale Marathon (by
Rob McGrath)
A
very sunny Sunday morning in September and Rick Bowker and Rob McGrath went
to the Lake District to take on the challenge of the Langdale 1/2 and full marathon
respectively.
The marathon has been described as the hardest road marathon in the world. The
weather was ideal for long distance running, and the setting just beautiful.
With a fairly flat first mile to start with before starting a very tough 2nd
mile which even saw some of the leading runners walking. I settled into what
seemed like a very gentle pace on a downhill section as Rick ran off into the
distance. The course was never flat and some of the undulations would be described
as hills in other races. At 8 miles we were greeted with a sign that said 1
in 4 hill ahead, and that was followed by another couple of uphill miles. 10
miles down and 72 mins gone, perhaps a little too quick.
The 1/2 marathon runners began to peel off to the finish, with Rick taking 11th
place, and 1st V45 in 1 hr 29 min. A cracking result.
For the marathoner runners it suddenly became the "loneliness of the long distance
runner". I was in joint 4th place, with a man called Steve who used to live
in Southport. As we went up the first big hill for the second time he managed
to walk alongside me as I ran! We could just see the 3rd place man ahead and
we gradually closed him down by mile 17. I increased my pace on the downhills
and found myself running very much alone. 20 miles and 2hr 25min on the clock
and a 1 in 4 hill to take on. As I approached the hill a 2nd place came into
view, struggling ahead of me. Into 2nd place at 22 miles and only a killer downhill
section and 3 undulating miles to go. Legs aching after the downhill, I surprisingly
found myself with enough energy to make the finish in 2nd place and in 3 hr
11 min 25 secs to rapturous applause from a large pub crowd.
Put this one in your diary as even the 1/2 is well worth doing.
Results Great Langdale
Half Marathon Great
Langdale Marathon
19 September 2009: Good
haul of medals at North West Road Relays (by Rob
Clark)
The
North West Road Relays where held this year in Blackpool, well something major
had to be held there after no TUC or Party Conferences were on. Southport Waterloo
were able to raise at least one team in most of the age groups with all of the
teams achieving medals with only one exception.
Stanley Park was the venue on a pleasant afternoon for the middle of September,
and it provided near ideal conditions for runners and spectators alike. The
races were starting and finishing on the track with loops of various lengths
(under 13s 1800m - u15s 3K & Seniors 4.8K) running through the park and around
the lake.
The under 13 Girls finished with a Merseyside Bronze for their efforts and had
Erin Donagh (7.04) on the first leg followed by Alice Cribb (7.23)and Ellie
Robert (7.34) on the anchor leg. The girls where in the next-to-largest field
with 28 teams involved with several clubs putting out two or even three teams
on the day. The girls all ran consistently well and held a top 12 position for
the entire event to finish 11th (22.01) on the day and 3rd Merseyside team behind
Liverpool Harriers (20.38)and St Helens (20.41) who where 3rd & 4th overall.
Our under 13 boys were our highest placed medallists on the day, with Merseyside
Gold ahead of Liverpool Harriers and St Helens and 4th overall from 16 teams.
The team of Luke Tyson (6.16) Andrew Kershaw (6.37) and Michael Panes (6.37)
have 
been
a force to be reckoned with through out the track season, were well placed in
each leg against some of the North's quick guys. On this showing and with some
support they should have no problem finishing in the medals at the end of the
cross country season.
We were unable to field a team in the under 15 Girls even though we have several
good quality runners in that group.
The under 15 boys race was another event were we came away with a Merseyside
medal, this time a Silver. The under 15 boys this year have had a reasonably
hard time during the season with most of Ron Scott's group being made up of
1st year under 15's. This, however, does not mean they haven't tried their best
throughout the year and today was no exception. Standing on the start time the
team of Liam Ellis (10:17), Owen Williams (11:27) and Gary Clark (10:48) looked
like little lost boys as most of the field towered above them. As each of the
lads finished it was obvious that each of them had bust a gut to do well, the
area behind where everyone had settled for the day was testament to this. Owen
it should be remembered had spent most of the track season running 400m and
had only ran one 800m all season and turned out to help the club yet again.
Considering the number of U15 boys on the books it was a surprise that we could
only muster 1 team of 3. It's hoped that we can 
get
a few more out for the cross country, but who knows.
Silver was our reward in the U17 Women's race with Katie Morris (13:02), Catherine
Hulme (12:27) and Jenny Girdler (12:03). Katie is another of the club's athletes
that no matter what the club asks her to do for it, she will. Today was no exception,
as we only had a few runners available Katie ran despite having struggled for
several weeks with a thigh injury she turned up and ran in her usual gutsy style
so as not to let her friends and team mates down.
Senior Men was the last event of the day and also had the biggest field
with 43 teams taking to the line. We still managed to plunder more medals with
Merseyside Silver added to the haul. Our "A" team of Richard Shearer (15:46),
Joe Vis (16:15), James Tartt (16:08) and Rob Berry (16:50) where a very creditable
8th overall and Merseyside Silver behind Liverpool Harriers and due to their
consistency finished higher than some clubs that had current internationals
in their squads. Our "B" team also finished in the top half of the field with
21st slot from the efforts of : Gerry Lenehan (16:57), Steve McLean (17:52),
David Hamilton (17.49) and Rob Ashworth (17:03) on the anchor leg.
We were again not represented in either Senior Women or the U17 men.
Full results
19 September 2009: Several
new PBs set at Wigan's Arnold Seddon meeting (by
Steve Boreham)
With
competition from the North West Counties road relays at Blackpool and the open
throws and jumps meet at Wavertree the turn out was the smallest for a good
while at Robin Park for the Arnold Seddon Memorial Open T&F medal meeting.
Just 6 SWAC athletes turned out today covering U9s to U15s with four of these
from the Southport squad under Norman Marshall's wing.
In the U9 Boys we had Benjamin Apps competing again, obviously
having enjoyed the open at Litherland. Ben easily got through the heats of the
75m finishing second in his heat with a time of 12.9. In the final he achieved
a new PB time of 12.2 taking joint Silver medal and increasing his lead at the
top of the (U13) SWAC rankings.
Following on with the long jump of 3.06m and finishing his events with a heat
winning 26.7 in the 150m, for 4th overall.
In the U11 Boys, James Royden competed in the 600m finishing in
2:12.9. Following on with a leap of 2.7m in the long jump and finishing with
26.6 in the 150m.
In the U11 Girls (and the only girl out for the club today) we
had Tessa Bruce who ran a 600m in 2:14.8 that propelled Tessa to No. 2 in the
SWAC (U13) rankings. Tessa then ran 25.7 in the 150m and finally threw the cricket
ball 17.84m.
U13 Boy (s) today saw Patrick Donker returning post Litherland
for some more action. Just 2 events for Pat which saw 2 new PBs Firstly 15.2
in the 100m then 3.58m in the long jump.
For the U15 Boys, we had a debutante for the club. Richard Alty
ran 5:34.2 for Gold in the 1500m, then putt the 4kg shot 8.13m for a Bronze
medal, which sent Richard to the top of the club rankings.
Finally running 29.5 in the 200m for a Silver medal. Well done Richard !!
Finally Graham Boreham, with a very bad cold did not run any planned races,
threw the discus 17.14m following on with 6.29m in the shot.
This is a great meeting for age groups U9 to U15 and a great venue. Please look
out for next year's date on our fixture list next year. Full
results available from www.wiganharriers.org.uk
13 September 2009: Some
good PBs at Blackpool open
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There weren't many Southport Waterloo athletes there but those who did come along did well and the 9 athletes produced 9 new personal bests.
In terms of performance, Sally Wareing and Andrew Kershaw were our best athletes, both producing grade 2 standard performances, Sally in the 200m and Andrew in the 800m.
The meeting provided competition for Under 9s and above and Under 9 Ellen Deane competed for Southport Waterloo. For 80m, she ran 15.1 and she long jumped 2m 34. She cleared 2 metres at the Litherland open last weekend so 2m 34 was a nice increase in PB.
In the Under 13 girls, Ellen's sister Lauren also achieved a PB in the long jump, clearing a best today of 3m 17. She also had a good run in the 1500m. 5:48.8 was not
far off a graded standard.In the Under 15 girls we had Amy Aitchison and Sally Wareing competing. Amy has been concentrating on hurdles and field events this year but competed today in the 100m, finishing in 15.6. Over 75m hurdles, she was 5th in her heat in 16.1 secs and in the shot she threw a new personal best of 6m 14.
Sally was 3rd in her heat of the 75m hurdles, in a new personal best time of 13.2 secs. In the shot, she got over 7 metres for only the 2nd time this year, a good new personal best of 7m 38 - a 35 cms improvement. In the 200m, she finished in the bronze medal position in a grade 2 time of 26.8 secs.
Under 11 James Royden, who trains with Norman Marshall's group at Greenbank High, made his first competitive appearance. 2:18.2 for 600m was a good start and he achieved a best long jump of 2m 81.
Michael Panes and Andrew Kershaw represented the club in the Under 13 Boys' competition. Middle distance runner Michael ran 5:02.2 for a graded performance in the 1500m, but it was in the 100m where he recorded a new PB of 14.5 secs to take the bronze medal. Interestingly, the runners ranked 2 to 5 in the club's 100m rankings for this year are all middle distance runners! Andrew Kershaw was just out of the medals in the 800m but an excellent time of 2:26.2 rewarded him with a new PB - and a grade 2 standard.
Under 15 Graham Boreham was competing in his third open meeting in 8 days and would be well pleased with two PBs and a gold medal. The medal came in the hammer with a best throw of 13m 50. Then, in the shot, he improved on his PB of 6m 33 set at the Litherland Open. His best today was an impressive 6m 58. Finally, in the 200m, the last event of the day, he pushed through in 28.0, another PB!
Finally, Under 17 James Armstrong, who has had such a difficult season, seems to be much recovered and was keen to get some late season competition. He ran in both the 100m and the 200m, finishing 2nd in both and recording times of 11.4 and 23.1. Hopefully, James will be able to look forward to a good indoor season with plenty of time to prepare for next year's championships.
Results for club athletes.
The second Blackpool open meeting is on Sunday 27th September - the last of the season - and there is an open meeting next Saturday at Wigan for those not involved in the NW Road Relays at Blackpool.
6 September 2009: A dreich day in Glasgow (by Mark Ashby)
Andy Hudson
and Vicky Harvey made their annual trip north of the border for the Great Scottish
Run on Sunday 6th September. Two things about the Great Scottish Run are predictable
- the first is that it will be raining and the second is that Andy will be carrying
an injury - and this year was no exception. This year's event was the biggest
ever with over 15000 runners in total competing in the 10k and half marathon distances.
The three of us, as always, chose the longer distance. The rain that held off
until the race started made for excellent running conditions and helped some fast
times all round. I have had some disappointing road seasons over the last few years and following a poor run at London this year I decided to look again at my training and stretching regime. This has paid dividends and my times have been improving all year. This morning, I was determined to better the 1.22.41 I ran at Helensburgh a month ago. Despite a few difficult miles I managed to run pretty much to target and finished in 86th position overall and 4th vet 45 - running my fastest half marathon since June 2001 to cross the line in 1.20.17. If I can keep this form going it is looking good for going into the vet50 category next March! Having been de-chipped I stood about half a mile from the finish anxiously looking for Andy and hoping his injuries had held out. No sign of him but just as I was starting to get worried he was stood next to me all finished in 1.28.53 - 306th position and Andy's quickest half for two years! We didn't have to wait very long to cheer Vicky over the line, pleased to have beaten her sub1.40 target to finish in 1.39.18 and 1130 position.
We all came away pleased with our times in what is a great course and a well organised race but I was left wondering whether I can manage a sub 1.20 time this year!
6 September 2009: GB at Pendle Open (by Steve Boreham)
For
what was once a very well attended open meeting at the Seedhill stadium, Pendle,
by SWAC athletes, today's attendance of one athlete and one official was a little
disappointing, if not expected as is was the day after our own open meeting at
Litherland. Still, a good days competition was had by all.
As the officials and competitors gathered it looked ominous weather wise with our Time Keeper, Dave "The Eskimo" Whitehead (see Photo) dressed for some Arctic weather. However, the weather beat Dave as we had a Warm Sunny afternoon and by 1 O'clock his wooly hat was finally removed.
So to the activities on the Track & Field, Only one competing today and flying the flag for SWAC that being U15 Graham Boreham. What a good day he had too. Concentrating on the throws mainly he pushed his Discus PB out to 17m 43cm and picked up the Silver Medal. Next for a little fill in came the 200m Sprint completed in 28.7 and another Silver Medal. Finally in the Hammer, with a throw of 14.03m achieving a new PB and also the Gold Medal.
6 September 2009: Rufford 10K (by Rick Bowker)
After days of strong gusting wind and rain the weather improved just in time for the Rufford 10k. Numbers were well up this year and as we blasted away from the start Rob Mcgraph, Ben Johnson and myself found we still had 20 runners in front of us after a 5.38 first mile. I stayed with Rob until 2 miles when he pulled away - to a 10 sec advantage by mile 3. Rob then charged through the field to finish an excellent 8th in 35.48. I ran with Ben until 5 miles but managed to gain a slight lead in the closing mile finishing with a frustrating 37.02, just off my target of 36 mins. Ben set pbs at 3, 4, 5, and 10k to finish 2 mins faster than last year with 37.06.
Flying Doctor Ian Kilshaw said he enjoyed the race once it was over! He recorded a respectable 42.15, Angela Delaney looked somewhat tired at the finish and was not best pleased with her 44.32. After all her hard work she hoped for a better time! Chris Cutner on the other hand was happy with her 48.43 effort and Sheila Marshal finished with a smile and 1.00.23 just missing the magic sub hour!
NEWS FLASH Ex SWAC runner Katherine Ward [one of Southports best XC runners] gave birth to a little baby boy on the 1st September just before midday. Mother and young Joseph are doing fine. Congrats go out to Katherine, Kevin and baby Joseph.
5 September 2009: Numbers up at Southport Waterloo Open - 5 x Mile club records set
Despite
a rainy start, our open track and field medal meeting at Litherland attracted
good entries on the day. Numbers were up for the 3rd year running and made for
a good meeting with athletes competing from local clubs and further afield, such
as Rochdale, Holmfirth, Cheltenham and Swansea. The meeting was well supported by our own athletes, with 58 swelling the number of entries, but what was most impressive was the large number of younger athletes, many of whom had not competed before. And there were some gems amongst them. Under 13 Hayley Meredith, in her first race in club colours, won the opening 70m hurdles race in 12.6 secs before impressing in the flat 75m and the high jump. Sally Laughton is a middle distance star in the making. 2:13.1 for 600m by an under 9 girl is very impressive! The open meeting too gave an opportunity for many of the youngsters attending Sefton's summer athletics camps and gifted and talented squads to take part in club level competition. Hopefully many of them will migrate to the club and maybe we will see several of them in this Autumn's sportshall athletics league. And more established club athletes produced 17 personal bests; and the inclusion of a track 1 mile event gave us an opportunity to fill 5 gaps in the club record book. The new record holders are under 17 Jenny Girdler (6:06.2), under 13 Michael Panes (5:27.4), under 15 Gary Clark (5:36.5), under 20 Joe Vis (4:53.8) and senior James
Tartt
(4:47.0). There are too many club athletes to report on all achievements but all are in the published results. On the track, the meeting started with a series of hurdles races and Hayley Meredith won the U13 girls' 70m hurdles in 12.6. Lydia McGill was 2nd in the U15 girls' 75m hurdles in 15.1 secs. Our U13 boys took 1st and 2nd in the 75m hurdles. Daniel Winkle ran 16.3 and Charlie Peacock 18.1. Eleanor Newton unfortunately crashed into her 80m hurdles and had to retire. Fortunately she was unhurt and able to compete in other events.
In the 75m, Sally Laughton was 2nd in the under 9 girls in 13.1 and Hayley Meredith was 3rd in the Under 13 girls in 11.2. The 1st three in the Under 11 girls' race were unattached but at least 2 are from Sefton's gifted and talented squad. The first 2 in the under 9 boys' 75m were from Southport Waterloo. Ben Apps ran 12.6 and Tom Peacock 13.1.
Established athlete Sally Wareing had no difficulty winning the under 13 100m in 13.3 secs Lydia McGill, 3rd in 14.4, ran a personal best. In the under 17 women's 100m, Beth McBride was just run out of 1st place, both girls being given 13.0 secs. Eleanor Newton was 3rd in a PB 13.4 - which compares with a previous best of 14.1!
In
the Under 13 Boys' 100m, we took 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Adam Laughton was the fastest
in 13.76, then middle distance runner Luke Tyson ran a PB 14.9 and Patrick Donker
in his first race for the club ran 15.3. Jake Hogg won the under 15 boys' race
in a PB 13.5 secs and Jordan Kelly and Craig Wilson took 1st and 2nd in the under
17s, in PB times of 11.9 and 13.0.Under 9 Sally Laughton did well again in the 150m, finishing in the 2nd fastest time of 26.5. Adi Ashworth was our fastest under 11 girl, 30.1, and Chloe Highton our fastest under 13 girl in 27.0. For the boys, Ben Apps won the under 9 event in 26.5, with jack Shearer - son of Richard Shearer - 2nd in 28.2 and David Spencer 3rd in 33.0. Harry Peacock was our fastest under 11 boy in 24.4.
Beth McBride won the Under 17 women's 200m in 27.5. Zac Hogg and Adam Laughton were 2nd and 3rd in the under 13 boys' 200m in 30.3 and 30.7. Graham Boreham ran in the under 15 boys' race clocking 29.7. Craig Wilson ran 27.2 in the under 17 category and seniors Jay Tartt and Rob Ashworth ran 25.0 and 28.9.
Moving up to 300m, Ellon Hart won the Under 15 girls' race in 45.2 and under 15 Jake Hogg ran 61.3 for 400m.
The middle distance races attracted good numbers and this was evident from the 15 under 9 and under 11 runners in the 600m. Sally Laughton won the under 9 girls' race in 2:13.1 and Harry Peacock was our fastest under 11 boy, getting around in 2:03.5. Alice Cribb did well to finish 2nd in the under 13's 800m in 2:51.5 and Ellon Hart was the clear winner in the under 15 girls' race, in 2:34.1, giving her 2 gold medals. For the boys, Zac Hogg and Tom Lodge took 1st and 2nd in the under 13 boys' 800m, in 2:33.6 and 2:35.7. Graham Boreham was 2nd in the under 15 boys' race in 2:37.1 and George Ingram 3rd in 2:42.8. We were fortunate that the meeting was supported by a number of our senior men and we had three in the 800m, warming up for longer races ahead. Richard Shearer was fastest over 800m, in 2:18.7, following in by Steve McLean in 2:20.1 and Peter Roome, 2:27.1.
Several
runners were attracted to the track 1 mile races, in memory of our past Chairman
Larry Hyland, with the added bonus that most 1 mile club records were empty and
so age group winners today would take a club record. But first, the under 13 girls
would run 1200m. They were set off with the girl mile runners to make a better
race and Erin Donagh won in 4:15.5 with Lauren Deane 2nd in 4:53.5. The mile race
gave Jenny Girdler a club record in the Under 17 women category, running 6:06.2.
Unfortunately we had no under 15 girls available so had to leave that race to
the girls from Liverpool Harriers.Three of our lads contested the under 13 boys' mile race, but Michael Panes never looked likely to relinquish his lead. He won in 5:27.4, taking the club record, with Luke Tyson having to settle for 2nd place in 5:28.2 and Andrew Kershaw 3rd in 5:37.4. Gary Clark was on his own in the under 15 boys' race, winning his place in the record book with 5:36.5.
In the seniors' mile race, James Tartt took the honours with a fine run in 4:47.0. Joe Vis took the Under 20 title and club record with Richard Shearer finishing in 4:58.6 and Rob Ashworth 5:11.5. If I was a betting man, I would have favoured James for the 800m and Richard for the mile. Richard won the 800m and competed in the 3000m but Jay, perhaps tactically, concentrated on the mile and came though to win in good style.
Over
3000m, Lauren Clarehugh had a good first-time run and 11:49.8 for 2nd place was
a good result. Maybe she is thinking of pushing out to longer distance. Richard
Shearer won the men's race in 9:40.7 with Gerry Lenehan 2nd in 9:55.9, Peter Roome
3rd in 10:28.1 and David Gough 4th in 10:44.1.Many of our field eventers recorded new personal bests today, perhaps because they were less affected by the early afternoon breeze. In the high jump, under 13 Hayley Meredith cleared 1m 25 for her 3rd medal of the day, a silver on this occasion. Under 15 Lydia McGill also cleared 1.25 for silver and Amy Aitchison cleared 1.15 for bronze, both heights 10 cms improvements to previous bests. Under 13 George Sutton equalled his previous best with a clearance of 1m 20 for gold and Adam Highton took under 15 bronze with 1m 10.
In the javelin competition, under 13 Lucy Hunter threw 7m 59, Amy Aitchison took silver in the under 15 competition with a new PB of 20m 22 and Eleanor Newton won the under 17 event with 19m 66. I can't remember Eleanor competing in javelin before but she does seem to have a good throwing arm there!
For the boys, Liam Harrison took under 13 gold with a fine throw of 22m 76 with George Sutton taking silver with 20m 79, a 3
metre
improvement on his previous best! Under 15 Adam Highton took silver in his competition.The long jump is always the most popular event and so it proved again today. Southport Waterloo athletes competed in all categories with a number of medallists. Erin Donagh won the under 13 competition with 3m 96 and Sally Wareing won the under 15's event with 4m 72, a massive 32 cm improvement on her previous best, only recently achieved. Tom Peacock and David Spencer took gold and silver in the under 9 boys, Tom with an excellent 3m 03 and David clearing 1m 69. We had no medallists in the under 11 boys, Joe White and Luke Spencer being our best with 2m 90 each, but Luke Tyson did well in the under 13 boys' competition taking the silver medal with a 40 cms improvement in his PB to 4m 10. Adam Highton took silver in the under 15s with 3m 25 and under 17 Jordan Kelly just failed to clear 6 metres, taking gold with 5m 98.
Shot was a late addition to the programme and attracted 13 athletes. Under 15 Sally Wareing took another medal here, a silver with a best throw of 6m 64. Michelle Spencer competed in the senior event, winning that with 6m 26.
Under 13 Liam Harrison was another winner, with 7m 94. In fact, Southport Waterloo took all the medals in the under 13 boys' shot competition. Matthew Lawson took silver with 7m 44 - improving his previous best by nearly a metre! - and George Sutton was 3rd with 5m 98. Graham Boreham took the under 15 gold with another PB - 6m 33!
Finally, the vortex ball was a new addition to the programme, giving a throwing event for the U9s and U11s. Tom Peacock and David Spencer took gold and silver in the under 9 category, Tom throwing over 18 metres. Jack O'neill was our best under 11 boy, throwing 21m 91 with both Joe White and Luke Spencer throwing around 16 metres.
Despite some last minute withdrawals from the officials list, the meeting went well and a special thanks must go to everyone who helped to make it a success: Mike Wardle, Sandra Waters, Sue Ingram, Jim Smith, Wally Bridson, Rob Clark, Mark Kershaw, Dave Whitehead, Pam Appleton, Tim Smith, Bertie Knowles, Paul Yates, John Procter, Dave Taylor, Diane Wareing, Gillian Hart, Steve James, Louise Leek, Jenny Girdler, Lesley Scott, Steve Boreham, Paula Kelly, Tina Pilkington & family, Bill Smith, Linda Smith, Paul Rudkin, Bill Rudkin, Norman Marshall, Sheila Marshall, Sue Cooper, Christine Cutner, stadium staff, St John Ambulance and anyone else I may have missed. A special thanks goes to Robbie Clark for getting us out of a fix by taking on the results task at the last minute! Robbie is, of course, our Volunteer of the Year 2008.
Thanks, too, to so many of our own and visiting athletes who supported the event. We hope to see you all again next year!
Full Results
