INTER COUNTIES MATCH

SUNDAY 30^th / MONDAY 31^st MAY 2004

BEDFORD

The 2004 Inter Counties event took place at Bedford on Sunday 30^th and Monday 31^st of May, and once again the weather was dry and warm – good for both competitors and spectators.

Due to last minute injuries and a couple of no shows only four Warwickshire athletes competed on the Sunday.

Both Jamie McNiel and Nicola Woods competing in their first Intercounties match acquitted themselves well, with Nicola finishing 7^th (18:02.57mins) in only her second 5000m and Jamie narrowly missing qualification for the Men’s 100m final (5^th 10.89secs).

Also competing were Julian Flynn (non-scorer) and Michael McKernan in the Men’s Triple Jump, finishing 7^th (14.43m) and 8^th (14.25m) respectively.

Day two saw eight athletes competing for Warwickshire including Hillary Smith who finished 3^rd in the Women’s Pole Vault with 3.60m.

Andi Drake was Warwickshire’s only winner over the 2 days winning the Men’s 3000m Walk in 11:48.72mins.

Late replacement Laura Kenney finished 3^rd (4:32.76mins) in the Women’s 1500m. Steve Philips also occupied 3^rd position in the Men’s Long Jump with a leap of 7.39m.

In the Women’s Discus Nardeep Dhaliwal narrowly missed out on a medal, finished 4^th with 44.66m.

In the Men’s Mile Paul Moores finished 8^th with 4:17.72mins in a closely contested race.

Both Jenny Christie (Women’s 400m) and Ryan Cox (Men’s 800m) missed out on qualification for the final, with Jenny finishing 4^th in her heat with 56.29secs and Ryan finishing 5^th in his heat with 1:58.69min.

There was a large field in the Men’s Javelin where Glynn Holllingworth finished 16^th with a best throw of 57.62m.

Overall a good two days of athletics, with many good performances from Warwickshire athletes.