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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Athletes from Halesowen Athletic and Cycling Club won the V35 British Masters Athletics Federation Cross County Relay by two seconds. The team made up of Dave Kesterton, who ran the final leg to secure victory for the team, Marc Turner, Richard White and Tom Kenderdine were delighted to pick up gold. Kesterton said: “It is these blokes that you train with every week and you appreciate the effort that we all put in. It’s a pleasure when the hard work pays off with a national title for the club.” |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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Tony Gray has won the Northern Ireland masters for the fifth time and will represent his country in the British Masters Home International Cross-Country in Swansea on 15th November, and his younger brother Pete has also made the team. It will be the first time the brothers have run together for their country as Tony was injured last year when Pete made his international debut.
Tony, who turns 64 next month, was second in the Over 60 category while Pete – who made his debut in the Over 50 team last year – was runner-up in the Over 55 age group.
"I'm delighted that we've both made it," said Tony. "Pete and I have been training very hard for this. We've been killing ourselves in training but it's all been worthwhile now that we've made the team.
"We knew we had to finish in the first four in our age groups in the trial and it was on a tough course – hilly, hard and mucky – but we ran well and we're in the team again."
Nene Valley Harrier Stan Owen will also be in the England team in the Over 55 age group, his 10th appearance for England but his first in the Over 55 age group. Owen's best position in the masters international was third place as an Over 40 but he has never been outside the top seven.
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 |
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DOUBLE delight for Doncaster Athletic Club saw multi-eventers Troy Kennedy and Liam Ramsey scoop gold medal success in two prestigious competitions. Kennedy, 35, won the V35 British Masters Decathlon in Oxford, while teenager Ramsay finished first in the Under 17 Men's Octathlon at the Yorkshire Championships.
Competing for Northern Vets Kennedy scored a magnificent 5,015 points from the ten events to push team-mate Andrew England into second. Another Doncaster athlete, and also a member of the successful Northern Vets squad, Dave Long took the bronze medal.
Kennedy's excellent all-round performance, which included a 12.90secs 100m, 5.60m long jump, 10.76m shot putt, 1.54m high jump, 56.50secs 400m, 18.23secs 110m hurdles, 29.70m discus, 2.80m pole vault, 36.83m javelin throw, and 4:54.15 1500m swiftly followed his success in an international competition. |
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