 Gavin on the podium at the British Masters The weekend saw the British Masters Track and Field Championships taking place at Moorways Athletics Stadium in Derby with the best of the country’s older veterans involved, with four Golds and one Bronze won by the three Morpeth Harriers who had travelled to take part.
One of the performances of the weekend was undoubtedly that by our own Gavin Bayne. Competing in the Over 65 category on a gusty afternoon, he took charge of the 1500m and made an early break for home on the last lap to try and draw out the sprint finish of his nearest rival. Managing to keeping well ahead of all challengers, he finished in a tremendous time of 5 minutes 27.95 seconds. With little time to celebrate, he was back in action only a couple of hours later in the 800m and once again overawed all his rivals with a gun-to-tape victory in a time of 2.46:84. A tremendous pair of results for Gav - his first British Masters Golds - there will be no let up in his training, with his next target the World Half Marathon Championships in Finland next month. The following day Nisha Desai was in action over the 400m hurdles, winning the Over 35s in a time of 61.20 seconds, a season’s best and a very strong run. Scotland based thrower Claire Reid was the busiest of the three, however, taking part in Discus, Javelin and Shot Putt, with her best performance in the Discus of 29.94 metres meaning she took the O/45 title. She picked up a Bronze in the Shot with 8.96m and was also 5th in the Javelin with 13.67m. Four super Golds and a lesson to us all about what’s possible despite the advancing years with the right motivation and training. Congratulations to all three. Comments are closed.
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