Overall is back
7:49am Monday 7th November 2011 in Athletics By Pat Calnan
Scott Overall showed that he is returning to form after his exploits at the Berlin Marathon as he finished in 7th place in the BUPA Great South Run. The Blackheath & Bromley athlete is currently waiting for the Great Britain selectors to see if they pick him for the Marathon at the London Olympics. They announce their first selections on the 5th of December with the remaining places chosen at the end of April. He is currently over three minutes quicker than any other Briton this year.
The field at Portsmouth was a high class affair with 17 athletes timing under 50 minutes. Scott’s 48.23 was 46 seconds slower than last year but then he is only just back into gear after his efforts over the longer distance.
Blackheath & Bromley’s womens squad moved up to second place overall in the Kent League after the team finished in second place in last Saturdays race at Somerhill School in Tonbridge. Fourth in the first fixture earlier in the month, they needed a decent result to give themselves a chance of retaining the League title they won last year.
Joint team manager Jane Bradshaw led by example as she was the Club’s first finisher in 8th followed by Katie Murray in 10th, and Sarah Dowling 17th .
The men remain in fourth place as they finished in this position for the second race running. Andy Rayner was first home in 8th place with joint team manager David McKinlay23rd, under 20 Greg Proctor 24th and Alan Camp 35th. They are in second place in the 12 to score contest.
Michelle Fewster and Chelsea Crouser were the only two runners in the under 20 womens race and they finished together in 23.14.
In the under 17s age group Amber Reed finished in 4th place in a time of 19.14 and with Bethany Frost 8th and Jessica Jones 13th the team were second which is where they are placed in the overall standings. Will Ruiz was 18th in the mens race.
Both the under 15 boys and girls teams placed third on the day. Niamh Bridson Hubbard was 6th in her first year in the age group with Leah Everson in 14th and Greta Sharp 17th completing the scoring. William Fuller was 6th for the boys while Bailey Stickings was 10th and Thomas Desborough 27th.
Most successful squad of the day was again the under 13 girls where with Naomi Kingston 2nd Jessica Keene 3rd and Mary Guy 11th they won the team contest for the second match running. The boys were a good third with Josh Davidson 7th place, Charlie Davis 12th and Will Pope 20th.
Andy Tucker was the Club’s first finisher at the latest Bromley Parkrun at Norman Park finishing in 4th place in 18.31 with David Beadle 11th and Steve Pairman 12th. First woman was Justine Eastbury in 62nd.
In the Steyning 10km walk Peter Hannell was 8th in 1 hour 3 minutes and 35 seconds while Shaun Lightman was 1.04.46.
Mark Skelly was the Club’s first finisher in the Barns Green Half Marathon in 91st place in a time of 88.20. Peter Burford 160th and Kevin May 161st both timed 93.19 while the first woman was Lisa Page in 205th in 95.58 with Julie Reynolds 258th in 98.16.
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