BIRCHFIELD narrowly won match two on home turf, ahead of holders Thames Valley Harriers and will be challenging again in the third and final fixture, writes Martin Duff.
Sally Peake set a league pole vault record of 4.30m for Birchfield in the previous match and the Midland club also had good wins in the triple jump through Sineade Gutzmore’s 13.31m in the shot with Adele Niccoll’s 16.34m.
The Valley have relied more on high placings rather than individual wins, although Angelita Broadbelt-Blake took the 100m hurdles against a stiff wind in 13.80 in the Lee Valley match. Third-placed Windsor will be without Rio-bound Shelayna Oskan-Clarke but will hope to see their discus pair of Clare Fitzgerald and Amy Holder again come out on top.
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