The British League Men’s Team continued their winning streak at Barnet Copthall. As with the previous match in Manchester, the Beagles won by less than 10 points with the fiercest competition coming from Woodford Green. 

The first points of the day came from British international Abdul Bhari and newcomer Nick Webb in the discus with Webb throwing a PB of 49.13, in the first round of his first ever meeting for The Beagles. This was closely followed in the Pole Vault by Max Eaves and Richard Hurren, with Eaves almost taking the scalp of Berlin bound Luke Cutts. The Green brothers returned to form in the 400m hurdles with both finishing in the top three.  The Men’s Long Jump again saw Andre Fernandez provide the Beagles with valuable points.  Paige Haines and Nathan Riding performed solidly in the Men 800m. Simon Bown produced a Life time best in the Hammer, of 68.67m to secure second place, beaten only by, Athlete of the match, Mark Dry with a UK leading mark for 2009 – 70.81m.

The Men’s 100m provided the Beagles with a mixture of fortune, Mark Findlay was unfortunately disqualified in the A string and Ryan Scott ran well to win the B string with a time of 10.66 into a notable headwind. Sam Farrah was the sole representative of the Beagles in the steeple chase and emerged victorious, coming first with a time of 9:09.89. Under 23 European Silver Medalist and 2009 World Championship competitor, Gianni Frankis, delivered a solid performance of 13.98 gaining the Beagles another win despite the strong headwind of 2.4m/s. Alex Al-ameen also earned the team valuable points coming third in the B string event.  Kieran Kelly gave a sterling performance in the shot, to record his third win of the season in the British League. Additionally, Newcomer Nick Webb stepped in at very short notice to throw an impressive distance of 15.61.

Saturday also saw the welcome return of High Jumper Matt Roberts with a clearance of 2.13 and an incredibly close attempt at 2.18. In the Men’s 400m Ben Higgins battled hard in the A string along with Andre Fernandez performing exceptionally in the B event with a win of 47.12. The Beagle’s enjoyed double glory in the 1500m with Moumin Geelee and James Shane bringing home maximum points. Josh Edjinkonye and Nelson Oboh gained valuable points for the team in the triple jump.

Mark Findlay bought home maximum points in the 200m with Bruce Tasker coming a close third in the B string.  Chris Hughff  won the Men’s javelin and was supported by Jon Lundman, who unfortunately had to withdraw with a shoulder injury.

The last individual event of the day was Men’s 5000m, Kevin Skinner recorded a brilliant second place and the evergreen Ian Grime performed valiantly and finished third in the B string. The two final events of the day left Newham and Woodford Green neck and neck in the standings.

In the absence of established sprinters the team management turned to the help of Pole Vaulter, Max Eaves, who admirably volunteered to run the lead off leg of the 4x100m.  The subsequent win demonstrated the strength and team spirit of the Beagles. The final event of the day required the 4x400m team to bring the baton home safely to secure victory which they certainly did. 3 out of 3 takes the Beagles to the last match of the season in a strong position and hoping finish off in style with a home match at Terrence Macmillam Stadium.