Athletics Weekly

Does anyone have any results from the Inter-Varsity match which happened on Wed? L'boro, Brunel, Brum, Bath, UWIC were all involved I believe.

CRAIG PICKERING???!

http://www.gbrathletics.com got purchased by AW and it's not updated any longer. In fairness the all-time lists are now automated on PO10 which makes a lot more sense, but Martin Rixx was a fantastic webmaster and could find results almost instantly. I really miss that site!!!

Thanks Geoff - have just approved this so it will be live on the site http://www.openmeetings.co.uk/open-meeting-details.php?id=624. Email alerts will go out tonight, will hopefully get you a few more entrants!

If the above two meetings are open meets then why not get them listed on http://www.openmeetings.co.uk ? There are currently over 1000 people with email alerts (e.g. Hammer in the midlands ) set up, so if someone is looking for a throws meet late in the year they will certainly find out about yours.

Providing information on how to find your local club would be a fantastic idea! I quick 10/20 second advert would do the trick - UKA have a club finder so you could just point point people at it.

Athletics does wind me up at times, it's the simple things that can make all the difference.

He's obviously a very bright guy and I do feel for him. I'd like to think if I won the lottery I'd fund people like Andy Steele. You don't run sub 45 for the 400m if you're not quick, the talent is clearly there. Unfortunately due to the way lottery funding works, I expect he needed to post a time t...

Two of the most dodgy sprinters you'll ever come across.

It's Darren Campbell I feel sorry for, that Sydney 200m gold should have been his.

Roger Black became Roger Block that day!

Jackson and Edwards are truly awful. Let's not forget Crammy, Brendan and Paul Dickinson who I think are all excellent.

The BBC have had a few stinkers over the years, Roger Bland and that Macintosh fellow are two examples.

Anyone know why the discus results still aren't showing on PO10? The rest of the results from Jumps/Throws Fest are on there, just not the disc??

Totally agree with Angie - it does seem very wrong that athletes can come over and switch allegiances so easily. Whatever happened to Malachi Davies? I remember Iwan Thomas was kicking off about him taking his place in Athens in 2004.

Discus is going to be a great event in the UK this season, can't wait! Brett is clearly on form and it's great to see the British "record" finally under threat

Yeah he isn't the best when it comes to the finals, unless it's the CG - which are hardly world-standard anyway. He may be a useless lump but I wouldn't ever say it to his face - the man is a giant!

I've always said that he'd be a better discus thrower than shot putter - wonder if discus is the direction he's now going in after his shot has turned bad?

He cheated and I don't think that makes him any different from other drugs cheats who are banned from the OG

Richard Davenport has gone sub 50 in the 400m hurdles for the first time in Walnut CA (49.97) - I wonder if he is going to start posting the times we all thought he was capable of?

It used to be an Olympic event back in the day

Yeah I see your point. It's a shame for the Folksworth race as it was very well organised - perhaps it was simply an oversight by the organisers on this occasion?

...that unless a road race has a UKA licence, Powerof10 won't list the results on their website? This seems a little unfair and now means that if races don't have a licence the results are simply ignored. I always thought POT and AW were neutral when it came to stuff like that, unless it means cours...

Ken Farnes, the England fast bowler from the 1930s had a long jump blue from Oxford. WG Grace also had some sort of cricket ball throwing record I remember reading somewhere, so I dare say could have been a good chucker - although I am sure JavSam will slap my virtual wrists for making that assumpti...

I've read the book, he seemed very talented but never quite made it. If he'd have gone under 4 mins I dare say he would have.

What a shame

Those shot and discus lists are mental!

Well looks like MLF has semi-proved me wrong! Will he ever win Olympic gold - probably not, but European and Commonwealth silvers in the same season certainly isn't a bad result.

Well done MLF and I am glad you read this blog post and improved as a result

Hi all. If any clubs out there are hosting their end of season open meetings shortly, remember it is free to get meetings listed on [www.openmeetings.co.uk]. The site gets 100s of visits daily so it's a very good way of promoting your event for free. Also, if you would like to see anything on the si...

For all Isabre's good posts, he wasn't half a pain in the @rse at times! Is it a perm ban or is it just wrist slap?

Great performance by Phillips, I just hope he can do the last B - Britain in 2012

I believe Freya is going to YOG. Assume she'll be going to the next WJC in 2 yrs time as she'll still be a junior in 2012.

He was having a pretty rubbish season anyway to be honest - his bad foot was prob why

Authur Rowe said in his book that he reckoned there were probably 5/6 guys in Doncaster in the 50s/60s who could have been better than him at shot but they didn't have the interest. Big strong guys working in iron foundries no doubt. I do wonder why Carl Myerscough doesn't concentrate on the disc, h...

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Great idea! Lets hope it continues and field events are included too!