July 2007 Graeme Strikes Gold Eastbourne Rovers AC veteran sprinter Graeme Hogg continued his fine summer form at the weekend with a win at the Scottish Masters Championships.  Graeme, lining up in the 100m against last year’s winner, Nigel Thompson, squeezed to victory in his weaker sprint event by 0.01sec in 11.68seconds but had to withdraw from the 200m due to a slight hamstring injury. Graeme said “I was a really unexpected win but great because my family were there to watch.  I pulled out of the 200m as a precaution as I felt a slight twinge near the end of the race.  I’ve have been having treatment on my hamstring all week from Luke at Sportwise (at the University of Brighton) and wasn’t sure I was going to be able compete at all and as the British Masters are in a couple of weeks I listened to my coach’s advice and withdrew.” Graeme hopes to run well at the British Championships and then go on to the World Masters Championships in Italy at the beginning of September.

 

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1st July 2007

Graham at the Double

Eastbourne Rovers athlete Graeme Hogg celebrated a double success at Sunday’s Sussex Masters’ Athletics Championships at Brighton’s Withdean Stadium. 

Competing in the Over 40’s (M40) age group for the first time Graeme won the 100m in 11.5 seconds, setting a new Championship Best Performance (CBP).  Later in the day in his favoured event, the 200m, Graeme beat the rest of the field by over 10metres winning in 23.6 seconds and setting another Championship Best Performance (CBP).

Graeme said this week… “I was really pleased with the performances and all the hard winter training sessions are now starting to pay dividends.  The aim is to improve over the next six weeks with runs at the Scottish then British Masters Championships ready to run as well as I can at the World Masters Championships in Italy.”

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May 2007

Hailsham & Eastbourne join force for Masters on Track

Hailsham Harriers and Eastbourne Rovers joined forces as the first of the Sussex Masters Track and Field League match of the season was held at Eastbourne Sports Park. 

The men’s team won and the women’s one came second in very windy conditions, with the High Jump being called off for safety reasons.  The league this year has been setup to cater for age groups starting at 35 and then 50 and 60 for both men and women.

The 2K walk was the first event with Andy Payne securing victory in an unusual event for him with 11.42.1. Barry Percy who is normally very good at this missed the start and therefore had some catching up to do.  Next, for the women was the shot putt with ‘tea lady’ Val Moore and Liz Brandon both coming second in their age groups.  For the men it was the Hammer with Brian Slaughter and Colin Morgan.  Colin was making a come back and did so in style by winning the M50 event.

The 100M had the benefit of a following wind and Graeme Hogg making his debut for the team secured a solid victory in 11.6.  Brian Slaughter ran the ‘B’ race for second in 12.6.  Barry Percy won in style in the M60 with 14.6. The women’s races saw Val Moore again in action with a new pb of 14.3, Jayne Caplen coming second in her race and Sue Keen winning hers.  The hammer saw victory and second for Angela Morgan and Liz Brandon.  Because of the weather, times were meaningless in the 400M races.  However, Jane Barlow looked very strong as she dominated her race for victory. Mike Ovens and Brian Slaughter teamed up with Mike winning his race and Brian second in his.  The javelin was a victory for Bob Sumison in his age group and Ian Turner notched up another win in the triple jump. The 1500M were the toughest events of the night with Andy Fessey, Andy Payne, Roberto Proietti and Julie Chicken all scoring well.  The match finished with both the men’s and women’s relay teams coming second.

The league now moves to Hastings for the next fixture at the end of the month.

Final Match Result

Hailsham/Eastbourne    130

Hastings                        109

Worthing                         88

Lewes/Haywards Heath   85

Brighton&Hove                63

Arena/Phoenix                47

Steyning                          21