Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies

Woodford athletes were in action both at home and overseas during the week, and over the weekend. Highlights included a European U/23 200m qualifying mark for Jordan Kirby-Polidore.Competing on Wednesday evening at the Lee Valley sprints meeting Jordan Kirby-Polidore raced over both 100m and 200m. In the 100m he finished 5^th in 10.64 secs (+0.8), but over 200m he went significantly better, winning in a new personal best of 20.78 secs (+0.8), inside the UKA qualifying mark for the European U/23 Championships of 20.80 secs.

WGEL'S Women's UK Women's League team had a solid start to their season in Division One. Having been relegated from the top flight Premier Division last season they will be hoping to bounce straight back to the top flight. In the first fixture at Southampton on Sunday, they finished just outside the top two, in third place with 204 points, as hosts Southampton won with 227 and Thames Valley on 207. Enfield were 4^th with 193, Crawley 171, Herne Hill 124, Cardiff 123 and Wigan 117. In a fine all round team effort, many athletes doubled up to ensure nearly all the events were covered. There were three individual wins, led by a double in the hammer from Myra Perkins and Lucy Marshall.