Burton Athletics Club

20/09/2026

20/09/2026

Three Burton athletes traveled to the Monkton Stadium in Jarrow for their final teack and field events this season.

Jill Lamb and Nicola Long were in the throws pentathlon organised by North East Masters.

Strong start for Long in the Hammer, opening with 28.93. Only 7 centimetres off the longest throw. Lamb opened with 16.64. Then to the Shot 6.57 for Long 4.26 for Lamb. In the discus, Lamb threw 12.98 with Long throwing 11.68.

While this was taking place, Grahan Lamb was preparing to run the 5k on the track the 'Jarrow Arrow' Steve Cram trained on. A small field soon saw everyone spread out meaning solo runs on a very windy track. Lamb 4th overall, 2nd M70 in 26.46.2 for a club record.

Javelin saw Long throw 11.63 and Lamb 6.98. Last event was the Weight and it was 6.59 for Long and 6.03 for Lamb.

The final results saw 1519 points for Long and a seasons best for Lamb of 1443. The final results saw Long 2nd in Women 50 and Lamb 3rd in the women 65s.

20/09/2026

Week 3 of the parkrun challenge saw the leaders back in action. Morgan Fletcher won the mens again in 17.12 slighly slower than his pb last time. He just beat dad, Jamie who ran 19.26 for 2nd, 4th Alek Tutt 19.44. 9th back from injury was Euan Hallows 20.51. Charlotte Nettleton was top female again 10th overall in 21.00, she was also slighty slower than in her first run. A new pb of 21.41 saw Ernie Allen next. Millie Nettleton 21.52, Sian Gower 23.06, Frank Moss 23.17. A pb for Alyssa Lindsay 23.46. Zola Signori 23.58. Then masters Joao Vieira De Jesus 24.32 and Antony Allen 28.57. One week to go Morgan and Charlotte lead in the male and female rankings with the highest age grade still held by Kate White.

17/09/2026

Seven Burton Masters Athletes travelled to Derby for the three days British Masters Championships. Rob Cawson competed over all 3 days in 8 events In the throws he threw the Weight 11.24, the Shot 9.12, Hammer 26.37, Discus 25.40 and the Javelin 22.10 as he competed with throwing specialists. In his main events he was 2nd in the 100 metres in 15.28, and in the Long Jump with 4.22. In the 200 metres it looked like he was going to in as he opened a lead on the bend. His opponent tried to close him down on the home straight but Rob kept responding. As the line approach his opponent either tripped or dived as he fell threw the line onto the floor to beat Cawson by 7 hundredths of a second. Cawson ran 31.26, for those who want to see the finish it is at 2.54 in the livestream
Greg Ricahrds was in the M50s Javelin where he threw 28.88 for a club record and then 43.46 for another club record in the Javelin.
Laura Allen back from the World Masters in Daegu threw the Weight 7.33, Hammer 26.47 and discus 18.65
Jill Lamb warmed up for a throws pentathlon in Jarrow this weekend with a weight 6.81 discus 10.95 shot 4.03 and hammer 16.34
Nicola Long also will be there and she threw 28.81 in the W50 Hammer
Netty Webster was back from holiday in the W45 Javelin and threw 19.83
Clair Zawada 15.06 in the 80 metre hurdles for 3rd. In the 100m heat she ran 13.43 for 2nd for a club record and then was 4th in the final with 13.41 for another club record. Next day in the 200m she ran 29.11 for 5th a club record into -2.0 head wind!

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17/09/2026

This year’s World Master Championships was in Daegu, South Korea
Laura Allen was the only athlete from Burton AC who made the trip
Allen said the Opening ceremony was full on, as expected with the South Koreans. A Spectacular show and TV cameras too. Allen was the GB flagbearer! It was followed by a K Pop concert and fireworks.
Her first event was the hammer, now in the busy Women 40 age group. It was an extra challenge with heat, humidity and jet lag she threw 23.84. 13th place in a very strong field. Discus she found frustrating. Good warm ups but below her usual distances, with the best throw going wide. 17.88 for 12th. Weight throw later in week was a bit better. 7.96 average in the middle of her current range for 11th place. Ended the week with the throws pentathlon. An Ok hammer 24.95 and shot 5.63, discus below this time 15.97 a second best in lifetime in both javelin 13.52 and weight throw 8.38. A W40 pent PB with 1478 points (about two hundred more than Oxford) and club record. 10th place. A good week and a half. Very challenging conditions at times but a good experience.

12/09/2026

Week 2 of the Parkrun challenge saw 14 Burton AC runners at Rosliston. With the leading runners from last week, Morgan Fletcher and Charlotte Nettleton not running it was a chance for others to see what they could do. Noah Wood was soon into the lead and clear. His chances of the fastest time, went when he got a stich but he did get a pb winning in 17.42. PBs for the next 4 Burton runners. Steady pacing saw Jacob Manlove come through for 5th in 20.24. Riccardo Ferrero 21.24, Noah Hemmings 21.47 and William Smith 21.51. Millie Nettleton was first female in 21.57 then Ernie Allen 22.29. 2nd female in her first Rosliston run was Bea Newman 22.51. Sian Gower 23.25. Joao Vieira de Jesus 23.40. Alyssa Lindsey just edged Zola Signori both 24.13 then Theo Mulenga 25.20. Kate White W60 finished in 25.47 but her age graded score of 78.60 was the best of the day takes her into lead in the age grading . Two weeks still to go.

08/09/2026

A small but determined team made their way to Nuneaton for the Midland veterans league final. Injuries meant the team were missing a lot of star athletes and more people were unavailable due to holiday or other reasons.
With Burton in the very strong, A final, this was an opportunity for some people to do a few different events and others to focus on their main events.
Jonathan Dumalow after his senior league exploits was struggling with injuries, he still came to do the 2K walk, winning his race in 11.21.8. Judy Kelsall started her busy day with 6th in the walk in 15.48.32. In he 800 metres it was 5th for Pete Wright in the M60 race in 3.03.8.
The 100 metre sprints saw Tristrum Bolton take the win in a fast race with 11.82, which dependent on the wind may a M35 club record. Joao De Vieira Jesus covered the M50s, 8th in 15.59. Graham Lamb covered M60s in 18.04 for 6th. Rob Cawson destroyed the field to win the 100m M70 in 14.61. Clair Zawada carried on her good form winning the A W40 race in 13.55, which wind permitting is a new W45 club record. Kelsall took 3rd in the W70 race in 19.89.
Jesus took 7th in the M35 3K in 13.20.96. The 100 metres team of Bolton, Cawson, Paul Mellor and Wright took 8th in 59.30. The Womens team of Kelsall, Laura Allen, Kate White and Zawada were alos 8th.
Jesus then took 7th in the M40 race in 6.20.3. Mellor has been battling injury but ran well for 1200m before his hamstring gave in and he was 8th in 5.47.29. Kate White in the W60 400m ran 99.69 for 8th and then was 4th in the 1500 metres in 6.52.84 both results were club records.
The 200 metres saw Zawada take a good second in the W35 event in 29.24 which wind permitting is a W45 club record. Kelsall was 3rd In the W70 in 54.22 and Cawson took a close 2nd in the M70 race with 31.21 and he could have a club record as well.
In the field Cawson was back to winning ways in the 70 events, taking the Shot with 8.29 and the Long jump with 4.28 and he covered the M60 hammer 4th with 23.97. Jesus in the M50 long jump 4th with 3.58. Greg Richards won the discus with 28.84 for a M50 club record and then was 3rd in the M35 Javelin with 39.82. Kevin Jeeps came to help the team in the M60 events taking 8th in his first shot with 4.58, 8th in his first Javelin 10.13. He then literally threw himself into the high jump smashing his pb to take 6th with 1.05.
Kelsall was 2nd in W70 long jump with 2.23 and then 4th in the shot with 3.86. Jill Lamb was 3rd in the W60 hammer with 15.64 and 4th in the Javelin with 6.82. Nicola Long was 5th in the W50 discus 12.45 and in the shot with 6.42, Laura Allen was 6th in the W35 Javelin 11,09 and 6th in Shot with 5.47.

Not surprisingly the Burton team finished 8th on the day.

This weekend sees the British Masters Championships at Derby and several of the team will be in their last track action of the year.

07/09/2026

The Parkrun challenge started at Rosliston on Saturday, as the endurance runners prepare for the cross-country season. With many on holiday it was 9 who were on the start line.

Morgan Fletcher set off fast and running on his own came home to win in a new pb of 16.58. Charlotte Nettleton was just off her pb with 20.22. Jacob Manlove did get a pb with 20.51 as did Frank Moss 21.42. Millie Nettleton was next in 21.49 and apart from the fastest male and female this was the next highest age graded result of 70.11%. Sian Gower ran 23.23. Alyssa Lindsey ran 24 minutes and Feliks Manlove 26.08 and Zola Signori 26.32.

07/09/2026

The final day of the School Games saw Noah Wood’s team of the Northern Wolves in the B final and Henry Hemmings team of the Southern Scorpions in the A final. With both running the 800 metre leg in the ‘Hunt’ relay, their place in the race would determine the team’s finishing position.

The B final was first and after the other events the Wolves would start last in the Hunt 9 seconds behind the leader. After the first 3 legs covering 3 laps, Wood got the batten with the first three well clear, while he had a 10 metre lead over the Northern Ireland team. Wood started steady and the Irish athlete closed up behind him. Wood then picked up the pace with 200 metres to go to open a 20 metre lead and take 4th.

In the A final Scotland went into the lead in the early events before the Scorpions finished strongly to mean that both teams set off first in the Hunt. After 3 laps Scotland had opened a 15 metre lead over the Midlands team with Hemmings getting the batten another 15 metres back. Gradually he worked his way up to the Midlands runner and passed him but the Scotland runners was out of reach and he finished second.

04/09/2026

The school games saw Henry Hemmings and Noah Wood battling to get their England regional team through to the A final in the last event, the 'Hunt'.
The Hunt relay starts with a female 600 metres, a male 400 metres, a female 200 metres before the final male 800 metres.
In the first match, with all the previous events scored the leading team got a head start of a 1/3 second per point. So Scotland got a 5 second start, for their 15 point lead,with Hemmings team starting fourth. When the batton got to Hemmings, Scotland were well away and he was 3rd 20 metres behind 2nd. He slowly reeled in the runner ahead taking second with 150 metres to go to take his team to the A final.

In Woods' case his Northern Wolves were starting in a group of 3, 4 seconds being the Midlands Bulls team. When the baton got to Wood he took over in 4th, 30 metres behind 2nd and 3rd with the Midlands team cear. He closed to 20 metres but couldn't improve on his position and his team will be in the B final. After a recent injury he can be pleased with his run.

They will race tomorrow. with Wood in the B final at 11.55 and Hemmings in the A final at 14.55.

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