Steve Martin and Richard Hill were the only MMK runners in the Stevenage Half Marathon held on a wet and windy morning. Steve was around six minutes slower than his best set in 2022, while Richard was somewhat slower than his 92:15 best set ten years ago.
MMK athletes gained five medals, with three golds won by Paul Canning, at the Eastern Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley. There was a clean sweep of the medals in the M50 60m. M50 60m/200m/60mH 1/1/1 Paul Canning 7.96/26.18/9.66 M50 60m 2 Kerry Courtenay-Robin 8.07 M50 60m/200m 3/4 Darren O’Leary 8.55/28.37 M35 60m 5 Panos…
Seven MMK athletes competed in the England Athletics U20/U23 Championships in Bedford, with Lara Moffat (Hammer) and Eva Durand (Javelin) both gaining Silver Medals. Eva was just 4cm short of her lifetime best. U23 Men 100m heat 7 David Boakye 11.29 w-1.3 U23 Women 400m heat 4 Skye Verwey 57.55 Hammer 11 Jasmine Trapnell 45.52…
Kayleigh Presswell was invited to compete in the hammer at the Cork City Sports and obliged with a throw of 64.44m for fifth place. Full results from Cork
26 MMK athletes competed at the second Watford Open of the season, with 10 returning with new personal bests. The evening was marred by cold windy conditions with squally showers. Highlight of the evening was Olive Geary’s 3000m race, where she reduced her personal best by almost 40 seconds to go third on the Club…
7 MMK Masters represented the Eastern Masters winning teams at the English Masters Indoor Area match at Lee Valley. There were wins for John Browne, Ivars Licietis and Diane Baldwin (2). MMK results from Lee Valley Full results from Lee Valley
The MMK rankings for 2023 have been finalised. The club records and all-time rankings have been updated. The can be viewed here. Corrections and omissions to Mick Bromilow, please.