Records tumbled as PANVAC Ladies stormed into the Eastern Masters League Final

Records tumbled as the PANVAC Ladies team stormed into the Eastern Masters League Final after dominating the last league fixture of the season.

They will join the men's team in the finals at Milton Keynes in September.

Kayleigh Longfoot on her way to victory in the Over 35 800m at the Embankment,

placeholder image — Kayleigh Longfoot on her way to victory in the Over 35 800m at the Embankment,

The ladies team’s emphatic win in the home fixture at the Embankment track ensured they won the division. They were winners of 12 of the 25 events, and astonishingly, especially as the competition has been running for 48 years, set four all-time league records during the evening.

Claire Smith dropped down an age group to compete as an over 35, but was still a double winner finishing first in both the 200m and the 400m hurdles. Smith ran 27.8 in the 200m and which is a new record for an over 50 age group athlete. She clocked 80.3 over the hurdles. Kelly Sutton joined in with the record breaking, winning the over 50 300m hurdles in a time of 53.4. Sutton also won the over 50 200m with a time of 29.2.

PANVAC'S Dave Brown on his way to a second place finish in the over 35 800m race.

Both the over 35 and over 50 four x 100m relay teams pulled off emphatic wins, both setting new league records. The over 35 team of Claire Smith, Kayleigh Longfoot, Nicola Gibson and Sam Eve Marsh won in a time of 56.6 with an astonishing victory margin of 11.3 seconds. The over 50 team comprising Wendy Day, Kay Gibson, Judith Jagger and Kelly Sutton won their race in a league record time of 66.0.

Judith Jagger won three events, the over 60 javelin, discus and triple jump. Jagger threw the javelin 21.88m and the discus 24.08m. She achieved a distance of 7.34m in the triple jump.

Andrea Jenkins stepped down an age group and won both her over 35 events. She threw the discus 31.98m and the javelin 17.72m.

Kayleigh Longfoot won the over 35 800m in 2:31.2 while Elisabeth Sennitt Clough clocked 12:16.3 to win the over 50 3,000m.

The men finished second to Cambridge & Coleridge AC, as they did in the final League table. The top two teams go to the final and PANVAC were well clear of West Norfolk AC in third.

Simon Achurch won the over 50 javelin with a throw of 34.75m and the discus with a 33.81m throw. Jim Gillespie threw 26.89 to win the over 60 discus while Mohinda Singh Rana won the over 70 discus with a 25.38m throw.

On the track Julian Smith won the over 50 200m in 26.5 while Andrew Stowe clocked 2:25.1 when winning the over 50 800m. Malcolm Tuff won the over 60 3,000m in 10:41.9.

A team comprising Julian Smith, Dave Collier, Andrew Stowe and Gerry Watson won the over 50 4 x100m relay with a time of 54.1, a winning margin of eight seconds.