Tamworth AC welcomed the Midland’s top athletics clubs to the Tamworth stadium as hosts for the third match of the Division 1 season. Starting the day in 5^th place, the club was looking to use the home advantage to push up the table away from the relegation places.

In the Men’s 100m, Harry Everitt put in a season best performance to take 3^rd place with a time of 11.2secs. Cameron Quincey took 4^th in the B-race with a time of 12.6. Harry was back on the track for the 200m; again taking 3^rd place with 22.6secs. Jacob Spencer won a close fought B-race with 22.5secs. In the 400m, James Sherriff and John Jenkins both ran personal bests to take 2^nd place with 50.6secs in the A-race and 53.9secs in the B-race respectively.

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John Jenkins then went on to put in a season best performance in the 800m; taking 4^th place with a time of 2:00.5. Andrew Woods claimed 3^rd place in the B-race with 2:13.0. Max Kent finished in 5^th place in the 1,500m with a time of 4:43.7.

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Ben Evans showed his trademark resilience in the 5,000m, coming straight from winning a bronze medal in the British Masters Half Marathon earlier in the day. The veteran took 5^th place with a time of 17:50.0. Howard Bush made his first appearance of the season for the senior team; standing in for Pete Hackett to win the B-race with a time of 17:59.2.

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The familiar pairing of Adam Young and Cameron Quincey again took on the hurdles together. In the 110m event, Adam took 2^nd place with a time of 19.8secs and Cameron won the B-race with a season best of 20.0secs. In the 400m, Adam was 5^th with 70.78secs and Cameron took another win in the B-race with a time of 76.7

Max Kent continued to make a name for himself in the 2,000m Steeplechase; pushing a personal best of 7:08.3 and a well-deserved 2^nd place.

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On the field, Tamworth welcomed all-rounder Doug Stark back to the fold, who took 2^nd place in both the High Jump and Discus with 1.75m and 38.23m respectively, 3^rd in the Javelin with a throw of 42.98m and a win in the Shot Put with 12.69m. Alex Berrow threw a massive personal best of 53.77m in the Hammer to win the event by over 10 metres, and followed Doug’s lead to win the Shot Put B-event with a throw of 11.94m. Gavin Showell cleared a season best of 3.50m for 3^rd in the Pole Vault and threw 20.29m for 4^th place in the Hammer B-event.

Adam Young continued yet another long day by winning the High Jump and Pole Vault B-events with 1.70m and a season best of 2.80m respectively. Adam paired up again with teammate Cameron Quincey for the Long Jump and Triple Jump. In the Long Jump Adam was 4^th with a jump of 5.44m and Cameron took 3^rd place in the B-event with 5.42m. In the Triple Jump, Cameron jumped a personal best of 11.85m for 4^th place with Adam taking 5^th place in the B-event with a jump of 10.18m. Greg Richards threw a personal best of 21.13m for 5^th place in the Discus B-event and 33.79m for 3^rd place in the Javelin B-event.

For the Women, Bethany Ostick took 5^th place in both the 100m with 12.9secs and the 200m with a personal best of 26.6secs. Lucy Wheeler accompanied Bethany in the 100m with 13.1secs for 4^th place in the B-race and Eve Clawley took 3^rd in the 200m B-race matching Bethany’s time of 26.6secs and also claiming a personal best. In the 400m, Isabelle Neville claimed 3^rd place with a time of 59.2secs and Eve Clawley was 2^nd in the B-race with 60.0secs. Sian Lewis ran a personal best of 64.0secs as a non-scorer and Sophie Pasley clocked 68.6secs.

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Katherine Snowden ran a season best of 2:23.3 to win the 800m and Sian Lewis came 3^rd in the B-race with 2:27.9. Katherine continued her good form to run another season best in the 1,500m with 5:02.6 for 3^rd place. Gemma Harcombe-Moore ran 5:19.2 for 2^nd place in the B-race and took 3^rd place in the 3,000m with a season best of 11:14.6.

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In the hurdles Sophie Parsley clocked a pair of personal bests; firstly, in the 100m with 18.1secs for 3^rd place and then in the 400m with 74.8secs to with the B-race. In the 400m A-race Isabelle Neville crossed the line in 4^th place with a time of 64.5secs.

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On the field, Niamh Kilgallen jumped a season best of 1.55m for 3^rd in the High Jump, with Eve Clawley taking 3^rd in the B-event, clearing a personal best of 1.40m. Tamworth’s Pole Vaulters were out in their numbers. Isla Crameri took 3^rd place with 3.10m and Sarah Williams won the B-event with 2.50m. Non-scorers Sian Hubbard and Amy cook cleared 2.50m and 2.30m respectively. Niamh Kilgallen jumped 4.90m for 3^rd place in the Long Jump with Bethany Ostick jumping 4.28m to take 5^th place in the B-event. In the Triple Jump, Isla Crameri jumped 9.98m for 3^rd place and Sian Lewis took 5^th place in the B-event with a jump of 8.60m.

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Lucy Wheeler came 5^th in the Shot Put with a throw of 8.31m and Madeline Hughes stepped up with a throw of 27.79m in the Discus for 2^nd place. Hannah Evans took 4^th place in the Discus B-event with a throw of 20.14 and Amy Cook threw 19.89m as a non-scorer. Amy went on to throw a personal best of 30.87m for 3^rd place in the Javelin and Niamh Kilgallen won the B-event with a throw of 28.91m. Another personal best of 29.88m came for Hannah Evans to take 5^th place in the Hammer Throw.

In the relays the Men’s 4 x 100m team of James Sherriff, Harry Everitt, Kane Densley and Jacob Spencer claimed another win with a combined time of 42.4secs. In their race, the Women’s team of Bethany Ostick, Isabelle Neville, Niamh Kilgallen and Eve Clawley clocked 51.3secs for 4^th place.

In the 4 x 400m, James Sherriff, Andrew Woods, Max Kent and Jacob Spencer ran 3:35.6 for 4^th place and for the Women, Eve Clawley, Katherine Snowden, Sian Lewis, Isabelle Neville came 2^nd to Birchfield Harriers with a time of 4:07.2.

A great set of results in front of the home crowd, saw Tamworth AC finish the match in 2^nd place behind Bristol & West/Yate, who lead the overall standings with a match remaining. Tamworth leapfrog Abingdon AC into 4^th place in the overall league table and a strong finish to the season at Yate on Sunday 4^th August should see the club retain their top-flight status into 2020.