The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
No other athletes move like Jagger
Peterborough & Nene Valley AC’s masters athletes got their track & field season off to a great start with resounding wins in the opening fixture of the 2024 Eastern Masters League.
The ladies are defending a title, and were helped to victory by Judith Jagger who won the over 60 shot, long jump and 100m. Jagger achieved a distance of 3.36m in the long jump while Alison Dunphy had a best jump of 3.57m when winning the over 50 competition. Dunphy also won her age group 100m race.
Andrea Jenkins was first in the over 35 hammer and shot. Sally Pusey won the over 50 hammer.
The men made a clean sweep of the three 800m races. Simon Fell was the first over 35 in 2.13.7, with Malcolm Duff winning the over 50 race and Dave Knighton the winning the over 60 event. Knighton also won the 3,000m in 11:38.8.
Julian Smith clocked 12.9 for his over 50 100m win and Sean Reidy won the over 35 long jump with a leap of 5.34m. Karl Eve threw 10.00m to win the over 60 shot. He also won the pole vault. There were wins for Tim Needham in the over 50 hammer and for Simon Achurch in the over 35 shot.
Helpston Harriers made their league debut and concentrated on the track events.
Kerry Goymour won the over 35 100m in 14.3, while Ben Heron was a comfortable winner of the over 35 3,000m with a 9:29.9 clocking. Phillipa Taylor won the over 50 3,000m.
LANGTOFT 10K
Langtoft turned yellow as Helpston Harriers dominated the village's annual 10k road race providing an unprecedented six of the first seven finishers.
Yaxley Runners, who also race in yellow, added to the theme by supplying three of the first four ladies home.
Ben Heron of Helpston won the race in 32.12 ahead of Peterborough & Nene Valley AC teenager Thomas Preston who posted 32.45.
It was then Helpston all the way with three-times race winner Aaron Scott third in 33.59 clocking two seconds ahead of James Gelsthorpe.
Scott Cameron finished fifth in 34.32, just five seconds ahead of first veteran Steve Robinson. Tim Bradley completed Helpston’s dominance by finishing seventh in 34.48.
Kayleigh Longfoot won the ladies race in 40.06. Team-mate Ellie Piccaver was runner-up in 41.32 with a third Yaxley runner Abi Kefford taking fourth place in 42.08.
Darren Wells was Yaxley's top man placing 13th in 36.58, while Ros Loutit was first over 60 finishing as the seventh lady in 43.04.
PANVAC had two men in the top 10 with Kai Chilvers, who clocked 35.34, eighth. Alison Staines was the highest placed PANVAC
lady finishing ninth in 44.23. Thorney's Kelly Maddy finished sixth in 42.56.
PANVAC’s Finlay Smith was runner up in the junior 3000m race. Elena Faulkner
of Thorney was the first under 11 girl home.
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
PANVAC results: 1500m Harry Hewitt lost in semi-finals after a 3.49.8 PB in heat. Craig Al-Rousi 4:19.48 in heat. 400m hurdles: Alastair Phelan 63:39 in heat. Pole vault: Angus Bowling 9th, 4.28m.