His highlight of the afternoon was just missing victory in the B string 110m hurdles. The middle distance squad, in addition to Alec Finch, notched up good performances. Dennis Cross contributed 10 points in the
800m, 1500m and 3k steeplechase. Nick Houghton ran a good 5k in 17m9.7 as did Adam Essa who recorded 17m18.
Tommy South said "I appreciate all their help and hard work in keeping to their agreement in staying until the end of the season, they have endured a tough run without any luck and took over with the aim of trying desperately to turn things around.
THURROCK athlete Hayley MacLean took another giant stride in her athletics career by posting a personal best at the first ever meeting at the olympic stadium.
The whistle soon went and all can be proud of the part they played in this dramatic Ryman North play-off game. Needham now travel to Enfield Town for the play off final for a place in the Ryman Premier division.
Mayor of Thurrock, Charles Curtis and his wife, Wendy, were among those present for this historic occasion. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Terry Lee, Chairman of Thames Rugby Club said: "We very much welcome our distinguished guests at Thames Rugby Club today for the return of cricket to our ground. We would like to record our special thanks to the Veolia Mardyke Trust for their financial support in making this possible and also to Belhus Cricket Club. We certainly hope that this marks the start of what we hope will be a very long and successful partnership between our two clubs".
It went to penalties but with Agombar and Beaney missing a very brave Enfield went through to the play off final. So Grays stay in the Ryman Div One North. Their fans were great tonight and have been terrific all season. Let us hope that with a new home and a settled outlook they can be promoted next season.
Long jump provided some good results and was kicked off by Jamie Kensey who came in 1st place with a jump 5.79m. Jack Farmer also came in 1st place with a seasons best performance with 5.27m. Yinka Sudipo came in 1st place with a jump of 4.32 and Charlie Splarn jumped a respectable 3.85m. Yet again Liam Barnard produced another fine performance with a personal best of 3.77 to win. Toyin Olufemi jumped a seasons best of 3.83 and Beth James jumped 4.24m.
Tilbury finish third in the league and face Needham Market at Chadfields on Tuesday night at 7.45pm. A great season and great work by Paul Vaughan and the team.
That ended the first half scoring, but we didn’t have to wait ong for a goal in the second half. On 48 minutes March Gorbell had two attempts with headers as the ball bounced about from a corner and eventually it fell for Ben Wood, whose shot took a deflection on its way into the net.
TILBURY AND GRAYS ATHLETIC are both involved in play-off semi finals in the Ryman Div One North. The Dockers finished third in the league so have the luxury of a home draw at Chadfields against fourth placed Needham Market.
The former Gunner did not have to wait long for his hat trick and dreadful defending from the home side let him in once again and he made no mistake as the faced up one on one with the goalkeeper and slotted it home with consummate ease.
After going through many rounds of the Aviva SportsHall Athletics with the Essex squad, James Pearson attended the National Finals at the LG Arena, Birmingham on the 21st April and took part in the U13 boys (years 7 &8) shot putt final. Being invited to the competition as an individual James’ 2nd putt of 13.73m proved to be the winner and saw James win the Aviva SportsHall UK Final U13 shot putt.
The Hammers boss Stuart Douglas added: "This event is something I know our fans will look forward to. We as a Club are working hard on establishing a youth set up and it’s a great pleasure to be able to take this meeting on. Particular thanks are due to our Landlords for making the venue available at short notice on a day normally used for four wheeled action"
