Hall wins gold in Glasgow
4:40pm Tuesday 6th December 2011 in Athletics By Rosemary Champion
DARTFORD Harrier David Hall had a busy weekend when he travelled to Glasgow's Kelvin Hall Indoor Arena for the schools international pentathlon championships.
Competing at the event on Saturday were teams from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Hall was selected for the English schools team of four, who were highly successful in winning the gold medal.
The pentathlon is composed of five events: 60m hurdles, shot, high jump, long jump and 800m.
Hall is currently ranked in the UK Rankings list at second in the octathlon and fourth in the high jump.
Elsewhere, Sparrows Den in Beckenham was the venue for the latest of the Kent cross country league fixtures on Saturday.
The weather was sunny with the course somewhat muddy with two steep hills in the wooded section.
Results: Girls U13: Chloe Sharp 14th, Holly Page 21st, Jasmine Anderson36th, Rebecca Daly 40th - team 4th.
U17: Cassie Benson 17th, Rebecca Wilby 21st.
Boys U13: Jamie Green 27th.
U15: Callum Ward 10th, Levi Taylor 33rd, Dylan Adkinson 43rd.
Men U17: David May 22nd, Alex Cameron 23rd.
Seniors: Sam Coombes 4th, Andy Pickett 28th, Tony Durey 58th, Stuart Waterman 75th, Steve Hickmott 125th, Bob Coombes 159th.
Dartford Harriers’ awards presentation was held on Friday at the club’s Central Park headquarters.
Trophies were presented for 2010 and 2011, as the ceremony was cancelled last year due to snow.
Winners for best overall performances are 2010 first and 2011 second: Male track - Adam Chalk, Lewis Jackson.
Female track - Kirstie Taylor, Lucy Hickmott.
Male field - Tim Billings, David Hall.
Female field - Gemma Brown for both years.
Male cross country - Tony Durey for both years.
Female cross country - Ruth Nunn, Cara Oliver.
Male road - John Kraushaar, Tony Farmer.
Female road - Julie Hibberd, Maureen Farmer.
Male overall - Casey Johnson, David Hall.
Female overall - Grace Clements, Hannah Searing.
Male master - Mike Nunn, Gary Capon.
Female master - Christine Clements, Teresa Eades.
Team awards - masters women, Dartford half marathon committee.
Dartford dasher (U11s) - Hannah Carrington, Megan Groombridge.
Most dedicated athlete - Stephanie Wood, Alex Lee.
Club man of the year - Tony Durey, Steve Hickmott.
Club woman of the year - Pat Halstead, Anne Goad.
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