Yeovil & Wells team wins 2^nd match and go top of the League!

Report of the South West League Div 1 match at Exeter on May 24^th

Harrier representatives at this match were a little thin on the ground as many of the junior Harriers were either away or competing at the Wells Road races, whilst some of the adults were tied up with the organising of the same. Well done, however, to all that made the journey and helped bolster our partner Yeovil’s effort to retain the SW League Div 1 title.

In the u13 boys Danny Kennedy answered the call and ran 2.50 for the 800m B string to gain 3^rd place and valuable points, before jumping 1.05m for the High Jump. Team mate Dan Reason also made his debut in the 100m with 16.5 before going on to run 2.48 for the 800m. For the u13 girls Katie Chinnock made her debut with a shot put of 4.85m for good points and also ran 35.8 over the 200m and threw the javelin to 13.65 for a busy afternoon. In the u15 boys Jordan Boobyer was 4^th for the javelin B string with his throw of 24.48m. For the u’15 girls Roo Black had a good competition, winning the A string discus with 25.95m and was also victor in the B string long jump with her 4.37m leap. In the same age group Kayley Kennedy had a solid 1500m run with her 2^nd place in the B string race in a time of 5.23. Alex Wiltshire was also a victor with his 2.09 in the u20 men’s 800m race. Pete Darton ran a useful 17.57 for the 5000m for the men, whilst Dave Stanfield ran 2.22 for a steady 800m try-out.

Overall the team accumulated 991.5 points across all the age groups ahead of their nearest rivals Cornwall AC who finished 2^nd on 945.5 points out of the 8 teams in Div 1. After two matches we now stand top of the League with 15 points in total, just ahead of Taunton AC with 2 more matches to go.