On Saturday1st August Newham and Essex Beagles had their final UK Women’s League meeting of this current season in Wigan. The team that competed on the day were fairly strong and thanks to a couple of late replacements gave a good account of themselves on the day. For most of the day the team just about managed to hold onto 3rd place, but the final three individual track events saw them overtaken and put in a final 4^th position on the day by just three points. Thanks go to all the athletes who competed during the season for the team.

The day started as usual with three field events, in the Long Jump Amanda Ranger leapt to 5.86meters for 1^st position in the A string, Charis O’Connor came 1^st in the B 1st with 5.36 meters. The Pole Vault saw Melissa Strevens vault 2.70 meters for 5^th position, and Kelly Montgomery 2.30 meters 4th B. in the Hammer Sue Lawrence threw 37.55 meters for 6^th in the A, and Natasha Scarlett 22.19 meters for 6th in the B string.

The first track event saw Leigh Lennon 1^st in the 800m with a time of 2:09.18 and Adele Stach-Kavitz 6th B in 2:40.03. Next was the100m where Claire Spurway was 1^st in a time of 12:41, and Susannah Banjo 1^st in 12:85. The 200m saw Claire Spurway 3^rd 25.40 and Susannah Banjo 1^st in 25:27. In the 400m Ashleigh Williams was 4^th in a time of 59:38, and Rochelle Jones 7^th in 68:65. The1500m saw Adele Stach-Kavitz finish 7^th in 5: 29.76. The 100 hurdles saw Helen Morton 5^th in 16:36 and Kelly Montgomery 7^th in 18:73.

The discus saw Sue Lawrence 6^th with a distance of 33.74 meters and Adele Stach-Kavitz   7^th with 16.88 meters. In the javelin Helen Morton was 6^th with 31.17 meters and Sue Lawrence 1^st with 31.14 meters. The Shot saw our two Pole Vaulters filling in with Melissa Strevens in 8^th with 6.22 meters and Kelly Montgomery 8^th with 5.93 meters. The final two field events were the Triple Jump where Amanda Ranger came 3^rd with 11.69meters and Kirsty Smith came 1^st with 10.97 meters, and the High Jump where Charis O’Connor was 1^st with 1.65 meters and Helen Morton 2^nd with 1.50 meters. The 4x100m relay saw Banjo, Spurway, Jones, and Ranger 2^nd in a time of 49.34secs. For the last event of the day, the 4x400m relay saw Morton, Williams, Banjo, and Lennon finish 3^rd in a time of 3: 58. 36. A great effort on the day by all involved, with Team Manager Tim Mundle thanking all the people who went along to act as officials at these meetings.

- Article by Tim Mundle, Team Manager UK Women's League