Left: Rita leaps to victory in the women’s long jump. Right: Clive hits the sand in the men’s event. (Photos by Lewis) 

Report on men’s team

For most of the day the fair people of Redditch had been experiencing what must have been a very damp day in a sub-tropical rainforest.  Everyone was expecting a wet, cold and miserable evening.  Fortunately by tea-time the rain stopped and the evening was unexpectedly fairly mild.

A depleted team (Phil Carbutt had work commitments and Alan Elsmere was suffering with a chest complaint) arrived to take on seven other teams from the area.

To his credit Alan Elsmere, although unable to run, took part and gained valuable points in both the Shot Putt and Javelin events.  In the other field events Clive Brown was third in the Discus and fourth in the Long Jump.

On the track, both Russell Rawlins and Dave Kesterton produced their usual solid performances.  Both gained second place in their respective 3000m races and scored points at 800m.  Russell also gained points in the 200m.  Clive was third in both the 200m and 800m in the M50 races.  Len Quartley, at the last minute, agreed to take Alan’s place in the M60 3000m and scored four points for the team.

Also on the track Dave Henley produced the men's only victory of the evening in the M50 2K Walk beating the second placed athlete by over a minute.

The final event of the evening for the men was the 4x400 relay.  Phil Anderson agreed to run although he had turned up to officiate.  The team made up of Russell, Dave, Clive plus Phil came a creditable fourth place.

On the night a good team performance meant that B&R Men’s team finished fourth overall.

(Clive Brown)

Left: Sharon opens up a lead early on in the 2k walk. Right: Yvonne rounding the bend alongside DASH athletes in the walk.

B&R women’s performances

Event	Age group	Name	Performance	Pos.
200m	W35	Polly Gerner	30.7	2
200m	W45	Julie Wakelam	33.5	2
2k walk	W35	Sharon Tonks	10:27.7	1
2k walk	W50	Yvonne Priestman	14:14.9	1
800m	W35A	Jane Anderson	2:56.5	5
800m	W35B	Caroline Cummings	3:16.2	4
800m	W45	Betty O’Gorman	3:17.2	2
3000m	W35A	Ann Stuart	12:43.2	5
3000m	W35B	Sharon Tonks	13:14.6	4
3000m	W50	Betty O’Gorman	14:04.5	6
4x400m	W35		5:43.9	4
TJ	W35	Julie Wakelam	7.23	2
HJ	W50	Yvonne Priestman	1.18	1
Jav	W35	Julie Wakelam	21.64	2
LJ	W50	Rita Brownlie	2.72	1

Click here for full women's match results (pdf)

Left: Five events in one night for Clive! Right: Dave & Alan trackside.

B&R men’s performances

Event	Age group	Name	Performance	Pos.
200m	M40	Russell Rawlins	34.7	5
200m	M50	Clive Brown	32.2	3
2k walk	M50	David Henley	10:51.4	1
800m	M40A	Dave Kesterton	2:28.8	4
800m	M40B	Russell Rawlins	2:27.3	5
3000m	M50	Clive Brown	2:37.8	3
3000m	M35	Dave Kesterton	9:36.7	2
3000m	M40	Russell Rawlins	9:55.2	2
3000m	M60	Len Quartly	13:01.6	4
4x400m	M40	Russell Rawlins, Dave Kesterton, Clive Brown, Phil Anderson	4:47.6	4
Shot	M35	Alan Elsmere	4.41	6
Discus	M50	Clive Brown	20.55	3
LJ	M50	Clive Brown	2.98	4
Jav	M60	Alan Elsmere	16.94	4

Click here for full men’s match results (pdf)

Women’s team results

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Bromsgrove & Redditch	92
2	Sparkhill Harriers	79
3=	Birchfield Harriers	74
3=	Halesowen	74
5	Worcester	73
6	Dudley & Stourbridge H.	38

Men’s team results

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Worcester	108
2	Halesowen	88
3	Birchfield Harriers	86
4	Bromsgrove & Reddicth	76
5	Sparkhill Harriers	67
6	Dudley & Stourbridge H.	51
7	Droitwich	23