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http://www.bexleyexpress.co.uk/content/ ... 3A06%3A793

It was a young team but experienced International Liz Hughes got the day off to the best possible start, winning the pole vault with a leap of 3.80m.

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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/spor ... edford.php

Meanwhile, Ellie Spain was second in the pole vault with a best of 4.15m.

Fellow vaulter Zoe Brown also cleared 4.15m to win gold at the Northern Ireland Championships in Belfast on Saturday.

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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/view ... ?id=253995

Car park training fiasco for top county athletes
Published on 16/06/2005

By Amanda Little

CUMBRIA’S top women athletes have been forced to train in a car park because of the delay in re-opening Carlisle’s Sheepmount Stadium.

Border Harriers believe the lack of proper training facilities has been a major factor in them losing several female athletes, which has resulted in a major selection crisis for their UK Women’s League team.

Only six women turned up for the last match in Dagenham, where teams have to compete in 17 events.

It meant hammer throwers Bethan Lishman and Claire Moor-Grist had to compete in the long jump and sprinter Maria Morganella also had to take part in the javelin event.

Border have been without a home since the £3.6 million re-development work began at the Sheepmount last summer.

The new eight-lane track was expected to re-open this year, but work was halted on the development when the Sheepmount was submerged under several feet of water during January’s floods.

Work on the running track is now due to be completed by the end of July, but no date has been set for the opening.

Border women’s team manager Sharon Beattie revealed athletes used a tarmac car park at Kingstown Industrial Estate over the winter and are now using inadequate facilities at Bitts Park.

Until Border’s recent match in Dagenham, Beattie had been unable to practise her own event, the pole vault, for a year because of a lack of training facilities.

It has contributed to the biggest crisis facing Border successful women’s team which is now fighting for survival in the Third Division of the UK Athletics League.

“We have no track this year and we have very little strength in depth in our squad so when we have injuries or athletes unavailable, there is no one to step in,â€Â

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http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/be ... 3A32%3A917

The most notable performance at the Bedford Games came from Natalie Olson.

She cleared 3.45m in the pole vault to break the Club Junior Record by 40cm.

She and her sister Hannah have recently joined the Club from Birchfield Harriers.

Both have bests of 3.90m which means that, with 4.16m vaulter Liz Hughes, the Club has three of the top 10 vaulters in the country from 2004.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4107016.stm

Janine Whitlock kept up the winning streak as she claimed the pole vault title, clearing 4.40m.

The Manchester athlete attempted to raise her national record from 4.46m to 4.50m but failed to clear the bar.

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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport ... =677162005

Maguire hits new heights to triumph in Dumfries

SANDY SUTHERLAND

KIRSTY MAGUIRE added one centimetre to her friend and clubmate Gillian Cooke's Scottish Native Record when she won the pole vault with a leap of 3.91 metres at the Scottish Under-23 Championships at Dumfries yesterday.

The Edinburgh Southern athlete, a 22-year-old Glasgow University medical student and former pupil of Currie High, then had three close attempts at the Scottish Commonwealth Games qualifying standard of 4.00m, a height she has cleared in the past.

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http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/b ... 3A17%3A487

There was bronze for Natalie Olson in the senior women's pole vault.

Still a junior, her clearance of 3.50m is a new Club U20 record.

The highest placed senior male was Sam Bobb who was fifth in the triple jump with 14.91m, with Ian Allerton sixth in the 400m in 49.97s; Andrew Rayner sixth in the 1,500m in 3.55.19s and 52-year-old Allan Williams eighth in the pole vault with 4.20m.

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http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content ... 3A50%3A970

Allan Williams was in sensational form in the senior pole vault competition that was incorporated into the Kent Youth Games at Ashford.

The 52-year-old (left) smashed the British over-50's record with a clearance of 4.40m, his best clearance for three years.

His clearance added 15 centimetres to his previous record

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http://www.wktimes.co.uk/content/brent/ ... 3A18%3A207

Matt Weaver is gradually returning to his best form after a year away from the sport and he cleared 4.40m for fifth place in the A pole vault. Debutant Darren Mijares placed second in the B event with 4.20m.

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport ... ory=651613

Meanwhile pole vaulter Zoe Brown will have an extra spring in her step this weekend when she goes in search of a medal at the AAA Championship in Manchester.

Like all local athletes she's excited at the prospect of the 2012 Olympics coming to London when she'll be at her peak at the age of 28.

"Having the Olympics on our doorstep will help inspire and encourage the youth of Ulster to be the best they can while helping raise the importance of sport," Zoe said.

Turning to Sunday's pole vault competition the 21 year-old Antrim woman is aiming to build on her U-23 AAA win of last weekend.

"Janine Whitlock has a personal best of 4.46 whereas mine is 4.26 so I'd need her to have an off day to have a chance of strikinggold," she added.

"But I'd be pretty confident of getting a silver medal and I'll be around for a lot longer than Janine as she's 32."

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http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/View ... ID=1084791

Making a very brave effort to compete after being involved in a serious car accident earlier in the week, Rachel Gibbens was only just off her best in the pole vault, clearing 3.70m for 13th place.

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http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/02 ... _page.html

Last year's silver medalist in the women's pole vault, Liz Hughes, cleared 3.70m and had to settle for equal-sixth place, having struggled with an achilles injury for the previous month.