TVH Vets finish fourth in Southern League

Posted on 20 July 2016 |

TVH Vets men travelled to Perivale on a fine Wednesday evening for the 4^th and final installment of the SCVAC Vets league Mid-London division. A couple of injuries left the team slightly depleted but no less determined to hold on to the solid 4^th place attained over the previous three outings.

200m

In the M35A Greg Bennett ran 4^th in 28 sec flat and Paul Woodgate ran 3^rd M35B in 33.3 seconds. Nick Michael was 6^th in the M60 with a time of 34.6 seconds.

800m

Paul Woodgate ran 5^th M35B in 2:33.5 and Richard Hooley running a shorter distance than usual was 4th M50 in 2:31.1

3000m

Christian Neilson was 5^th M35A finishing in 10:38.2 and Paul Woodgate was 5^th in the M35B with a time of 10:58.2. John Husbands worked hard for a 12:14.6 3^rd place in the M50.

Long Jump

Greg Bennett jumped into 3^rd M35 with 4.69m and Trevor Wade showed his class by jumping 4.02m in the M60 giving TVH vets their only 1^st place of the series!

High Jump

Trevor Wade jumped in the M50 category for a 2^nd place 1.25m.

Javelin

Greg Bennett threw a 2^nd place 34.42m in the M35

Hammer

In the M35 Greg Bennett was 4^th with 14.26m and John Husbands 5^th in the M50 with 12.17m

To finish off the evening, TVH men finished 5^th in the 4x 100m relay.

After the 4 meets the final standings for the men’s teams are:

1^st Herne Hill Harriers 589pts

2^nd Hillingdon 515pts

3^rd Serpentine 514pts

4^th Thames Valley Harriers 246pts

5^th Metros 208pts

6^th Highgate Harriers 176pts

7^th British Airways 53pts

Congratulations to HHH and Hillingdon who now progress to the finals.

Special thanks to those who gave up their time to help with the field events and officiate including Barry Saunders, Geoff Hawes, John Husbands and Dave Wilkinson.

Well done and thanks to all the athletes who competed over the 4 meets, it’s been great fun and I’m looking forward to challenging the top 3 next time around.