Club seal promotion to SAL Division 1

Historic result at last home league match of the season

In by far the strongest of our 4 SAL matches this season, the club came a very close 2nd behind South Bucks at our home track on Saturday and with that result seal promotion to the 1st division of the Southern Athletics league for the first time in our history.

It is very likely that we will win Division 2 South West but with one match to go for 6 of the teams then this cannot yet be confirmed. South Bucks are likely to win their last league match and finish on the same match points as Winchester but unless something amazing happens, our overall points score will be higher than theirs confirming us as league champions for the 2nd year running after winning Division 3 West last year.

Saturday gave us a taste of what we are in for next year as the standard was very high across all events but the clubs athletes responded as they always do not least in the throws where Shelley Parr may well have set a new British masters record in the discus and Erin McBriar broke a longstanding age group club record (U17W) in the same event.

A huge thanks to the officials who were extremely busy throughout the day and to the University site team who also had a busy day with steeplechase, triple jump, pole vault and both long & sprint hurdles to set up.

That's a wrap on the track & field league season for the club which has seen 4 league titles, 3 promotions and some outstanding performances. A big thanks to my fellow track & field Head coaches Martin & James for their support throughout the season and the club continues to go onwards and upwards.