After
a successful season last year, the women were presented with a tougher
challenge facing ten teams instead of the usual four or five. They were not to disappoint, with a brilliant
team performance that just saw them fall short of being victorious to the host
team St. Mary’s.
Emma
Hope had an impressive day finishing second in the A string 400m, as well as
gaining a new personal best in the Pole Vault to finish second in the B string.
It
was a busy day for Kate Lysons who scored points in
the A string 100mHurdles, High Jump, Shot and Javelin.
Joining
her in the High Jump and Shot was Jess Sandwell, who also competed in the B
string Long Jump.
Distance
runners Amy Jobe and Linda Plant picked up a combined
score of eleven points in the 3000m.
Plant
also went on to record a new personal best in the 400mHurdles, whilst Jobe took points in the 800m and the hammer.
100m
Sprinting duo, Rebecca Curtis Harris and Jo Pett
recorded first and second respectively.
Pett also paired up
with Holly Rawson in the 200m, to finish third in the A string, whilst Rawson
was runner up in the B string.
Amy
Harris ran in the 400mHurdles and 800m, whilst Sarah Bolton took sixth place in
the A string 1500m, with Alexis Curtis Harris running her way to second place
in the B string 100mHurdles.
Field
athlete of the year for last season, Lisa Mulholland started her campaign off with valuable
points in the Long Jump, High jump, Hammer and Discus.
Laura
Wright recorded two personal bests in the A string Triple Jump and Pole Vault,
and was victorious in the B string 400m.
The
Overall
match results: St Mary’s
By
Laura Wright