Yorkshire County Track and Field Don Valley Stadium 10th-11th May 2003

Sixteen athletes from Richmond and Zetland Harriers competed in the Yorkshire County T&F Championships at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield over the weekend of Saturday 10th/Sunday 11th and they came home with five medals - two gold and three silver - plus a host of PB performances. Gold medals went to Andrea Woodvine for the Senior Ladies 3000m and to Jason Flannery for the Under 15 Boys 1500m; Silver medals went to Jessie Roberts for the Under 15 Girls 1500m, to Douglas Roberts for the Under 13 Boys 800m and to Leanne Shaw for the Under 13 Girls long jump.

RZH results: Under 13 Girls - Rosie Adams 800m 2:38.5; Leanne Shaw 80m 11.5 & long jump 4m12: Under 13 Boys - Douglas Roberts 800m 2:29.6: Under 15 Girls - Jo Adams 800m 2:29.7; Sophie Broadway 200m 27.2; Jessie Roberts 1500m 5:10.1: Under 15 Boys - Jason Flannery 800m 2:19.5 & 1500m 4:34.8: Under 17 Girls Leah Jackson 1500m 5:32.2; Laura McAlhone 300m 44.5; Georgina Zissler 100m 13.5 & 200m 27.9: Under 17 Boys - Sam Stanislaus high jump 1m65 & discus 22m85; Nick Zissler 1500m 4:24.3: Junior/Senior Ladies - Kim Bartram (J) 100m 13.8, 200m 28.3 & shot 7m23; Andrea Woodvine 1500m 4:55.4 & 3000m 10:16.3: Junior/Senior Men - Matt Prosser (J) 200m 25.0; James Wardman 800m 1:59.9.

BMAF - Buckingham School 10th May

John Wild - Warming up

The same weekend, John Wild travelled a little further and did a little more - he went to Buckingham School and competed in the British Masters’s Athletic Federation (BMAF) Throws Decathlon and came home with the silver medal for the M50 age category. A throws decathlon is an unusual event as it is completed in a single day and there are only four throws in the Olympic programme - the remaining six are variations on a theme: brick, weighing 10kg and thrown like a shot; sling ball, a 1.5kg medicine ball with a leather strap, thrown like a discus; club, thrown like a javelin, mini-shot thrown discus style; one-handed heavy hammer, weighing 7.5kg and heavy hammer weighing 10kg. John put together an impressive set of marks to finish with a PB 6237 points, just 156 short of the winning total set by his friend and adversary, Merrick Bousfield of Liverpool PS.

JW results: shot 10m50, discus 38m65, javelin 37m70, hammer 40m98, brick 8m31, sling ball 49m09, club 53m67, mini-shot 24m77, one-handed heavy hammer 21m67 & heavy hammer 17m21.