A throwing treble for ace Andrea at the British Masters Championships, plus big race round-up
Andrea Jenkins confirmed her standing as one of the top veteran throwers in Britain when winning three over 50 gold medals at the British Masters Track and Field Championship in Derby over the weekend.
The Peterborough & Nene Valley Harriers ace, who has previously won many national, world and European medals, collected gold in the discus, hammer and weighted throw. She threw the discus 32.59m, and was just short of 50m in the hammer with a throw of 49.67m. She won the weighted throw with a distance of 15.89m. Jenkins just missed out on a medal in the shot, in which she finished fourth.
PANVAC athletes picked up a total of 11 medals with sprinters Claire Smith and Kelly Sutton winning a silver and a bronze apiece. There was a showdown between them in the over 50 400m where Smith picked up silver with a time of 1:01.95 with Sutton winning bronze with a 1:04.74 clocking. Sutton won the 300m hurdles silver with a time of 54.96, while Smith won 200m bronze in a time of 27.28. Smith ran season best times in both events.
Kevin Bates won over 70 shot silver with a throw of 10.50m, and John Spriggs picked up over 70 triple jump bronze with a distance of 6.91m. Spriggs placed fifth in the long jump.
Kevin Ellis won over 50 100m silver with a time of 11.87 and Simon Achurch threw 37.21m to collect the over 50 discus bronze. Dave Knighton clocked 5:37.87 when finishing 12th in the over 60 1,500m.
GREAT NORTH RUN PANVAC’s Simon Fell was the quickest local in Sunday's Great North run finishing 292nd in a time of 1:20.15.
Werrington Joggers had three runners in action with Tristan Revell going round in a time of 1:56.54. Laura Harwood clocked 2:36.36 and Keila Hickton finished in a time of 2:44.11. Yaxley's Saffaraaz Zaheed clocked 1:54.47.
Bernadette Fitzharris of Eye Community Runners ran 1:59.27 while her teammate John Airey crossed the finish line at South Shields in 2:01.18. Three Bushfield runners travelled North. Shane Goldsmith finished in 2:03.59 while John Berrisford and Kathryn Berrisford both clocked 2.08.04.
ROUND-UP
Brian Corleys of Bushfield Runners finished 10th and first over 60 in Sunday's Worcester Half Marathon. He completed the course in a time of 1.14.41. Eye Community Runner Nigel Sunman was the eighth over 65 with a 1.41.13 clocking.
Three Werrington Joggers made the short journey to Northampton to compete in the town's half marathon. James Curt clocked 1:33.20 with Chris Phillips finishing with a time of 1:40.48. Claire Curt ran a time of 2:10.58.
PANVAC’s Henry Jarvis won the Vale of York 10k in a time of 31.53. Jarvis finished 75 seconds clear of the runner up on the fast and flat course.