by Peter Impett

Wimborne Athletic Club completed their third Championship of the South West Athletics League in recent years. They won three out of the four 2022 fixtures, missing out to Yeovil by a narrow margin in match 3.
In match 4 Wimborne pushed home their advantage and won by more than 400 points.
Field athletes provided the bulk of the points. Under 15 girls cornered more than their share with Lucy Lucas winning the shot with 9m27 and sprinting 13.11 for second in the 100 and winning the 200 metres in 26.85. Newcomer Ella Reece backed Lucy up in the shot, missing out on second place only on countback at 8m89. Daisy Tyndall’s 2m05 won the pole vault and Leilani Roberts won the discus with 24m28.
At under 13 level Kayla Robbins won the high jump equalling her personal best 1m35 and Olivia Jones won the shot with 7m79. Amy Darragh was third in the under 17 long jump with 4m24 and won the discus with 21m20.

Best result on the male side of things was Harry Jones winning the under 15 boys javelin with 35m86 and Cadey Turner taking second place with 32m35 for a clean sweep. Harry was also third in the shot on 9m80.
That shouldn’t take away from national silver medallist Will Langridge’s performance in winning the triple jump with 12m30 and also the 200 metres in 24.97.
At under 17 level Jack Williams was third in the high jump with 1m70 and at senior level Phil Jones just missed out on second place in the shot on countback with 7m95.
Above all this was a team effort exemplified by the relays where the club won 50 out of the 52 available points overall and during the season had set several League and club records.

Match 4 Scores
Wimborne 2061.5
2) Yeovil 1641,
3) Taunton 1605.5
4) Newton Abbot/Torbay 1412,
5) Armada 1363.5,
6) Poole AC 1307.5
7) Exeter 1016.5,
8) Cornwall AC 978,
9) Newquay/Par 866,
10) North Devon 452.5.
11) Mendip 305
12) Dorchester 224,
13) Poole Runners 163

Final Table

1) Wimborne 7702.5 51pts
2) Yeovil 6745.5 46pts
3) Taunton 6191 45pts
4) Armada 5725.5 38 pts
5) Newton Abbot/Torbay 5662 38pts
6) Poole AC 4642 28 pts
7) Cornwall 4442.5 28 pts
8) Exeter 3600 24 pts
9) Newquay/Par 3709.5 23pts
10) North Devon 2213.5 17 pts
11) Dorchester 1162 10pts
12) Poole Runners 992 8 pts
13) Mendip 622 8 pts