The Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Harry Maguire lookalike in good form

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Nene Valley’s men were in British Athletics League Two action at a balmy Bedford on Saturday and now sit third in the standings after a secondplac­e finish.

Team captain, and England World Cup star Harry Maguire lookalike, Dave Bush led by example as he finished second in the B 400m hurdles with a time of 58.98.

A team runner Sean Reidy also came in as runner-up with a 58.50 clocking.

Latvian internatio­nal Edgars Sumskis won the 3,000m hurdles in a speedy 9:12.88 and shot putting star Martin Tinkler threw 14.74m for his first place.

Tinkler also scored valuable points in the B hammer where he finished runner up with a distance of 36.66m.

Sam Richards won the long jump registerin­g a leap of 6.85m, and then finished second in the B triple jump with a distance of 13.10.

Newly graduated Birmingham University student James McCrae ran 4:07.78 for third place in the 1500m.

McCrae also finished third over 3,000m in a time of 8:33.37.

Aaron Hunt ran his way into the runners-up spot in the B 1500m with a 4:12.93 clocking.

WHISSENDIN­E SIX

Brian Corley had a night to remember in Rutland last Friday as he picked up a rare race win in the Whissendin­e Six.

Bushfield Jogger Corley led from the off and crossed the line in a time of 34.03 beating Jason Barton from Melton Mowbray-based club Stilton Striders by some 39 seconds.

Phil Martin of Peterborou­gh AC was third in 34.49, and, on what was a good day for Bushfield, Martin Gichuhi was fourth in 35.10 with Stamford Strider Mark Popple eight seconds further back.

There was also local success in the ladies race which was won by Peterborou­gh AC’s Birmingham University student Hannah Chapman in a time of 39.49, an improvemen­t of four minutes on her time in the same race last year.

Yaxley’s Anna Devine was third in 42.41 with her teammate Gina Crane fifth with a 43.26 clocking.

 ??  ?? Whissendin­e Six winners Hannah Chapman and Brian Corley
Whissendin­e Six winners Hannah Chapman and Brian Corley

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