Sporting Digest: Athletics
SALLY GUNNELL, winning her old event, the 100 metres hurdles, helped her club, Essex Ladies, to regain the British League's Jubilee Cup at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium yesterday. Haringey, featuring Tony Jarrett, the world championship 110m hurdles silver medalist, won the equivalent men's trophy, the Gold Cup.
GRE BRITISH LEAGUE CUP FINALS (Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield): Men's Gold Cup: 100m: D Braithwaite (Haringey) 10.50sec. 200m: A Mafe (Thames Valley) 21.15. 400m: D McKenzie (Shaftesbury Barnet) 46.48. 800m: P Roberts (Cardiff) 1min 53.59sec. 1500m: G Stewart (Edinburgh Southern) 4:00.75. 5,000m: J Hobbs (Cardiff) 14:18.91. 10,000m: K Tadessa (Belgrave) 30:02.70. 3,000m steeplechase: A Green (Woodford Green) 8:59.18. 110m hurdles: T Jarrett (Haringey) 13.83sec. 400m hurdles: G Cadogan (Haringey) 50.79. High jump: D Grant (Haringey) 2.32m. Long jump: F Salle (Belgrave) 7.41. Triple jump: F Agyepong (Shaftesbury Barnet) 15.89. Pole vault: M Edwards (Belgrave) 5.20. Shot: P Edwards (Belgrave) 18.77. Discus: D Morris (Belgrave) 54.96. Hammer: S Peacock (Birchfield) 67.76. Javelin: M Roberson (Haringey) 71.14. 4 x 100m relay: Haringey 40.81sec. 4 x 400m relay: Thames Valley 3min 10.70sec.
Team placings: 1 Haringey 126pts; 2 Belgrave 116; 3 Shaftesbury Barnet 103; 4 Birchfield 93.5; 5 Woodford Green 79; 6 Cardiff 77.5; 7 Thames Valley 75; 8 Edinburgh Southern 68.
Women's Jubilee Cup: 100m: P Thomas (Trafford) 11.67sec. 200m: A McGillivray (Edinburgh Woollen) 23.66. 400m: P Cohen (Trafford) 54.69. 800m: J Latimer (Sale) 2min 08.48sec. 1500m: J Stacey (Bromley) 4:29.11. 3,000m: S Parker (Sale) 9:22.33. 100m hurdles: S Gunnell (Essex) 13.19sec. 400m hurdles: J Parker (Essex) 58.26. High jump: J Jennings (Essex) 1.82m. Long jump: Y Idowu (Essex) 6.43. Shot: M Augee (Bromley) 16.41. Discus: S Andrews (Essex) 48.72. Javelin: S Holroyd (Sale) 54.82. 4 x 100m relay: Trafford 45.59. 4 x 400m relay: Trafford 3:42.10.
Team placings: 1 Essex 93; 2 Birchfield 80; 3 Trafford 78; 4 Edinburgh Woollen 75; 5 Sale 68; 6 Croydon 55; 7 Bromley 53; 8 Shaftesbury Barnet 52.
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