Thursday, 9 July 2015

Action from Sainsbury's British Championships Birmingham Alexander Stadium 5th July 2015

More action from the Sainsbury's British Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.  A day of sunshine and heavy showers....and lots of medals

 L-R: Bethan Davies (Cardiff), Johanna Atkinson (Middlesbrough) and Heather Lewis (Pembroke) - medallists from the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Tom Bosworth (Tonbridge) celebrates his UK record in the Men's 5000m Race Walk

Niall Flannery (Newham) celebrates his win in the Men's 400m hurdles


Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) celebrates his win in the Men's 100m

Johanna Atkinson celebrates her win in the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Joseph Hylton (Birchfield) goes head-to-head with David King (Plymouth) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m hurdles

 Laura Muir (Dundee) leads the field on the way to her win in the final of the Women's 1500m 

Kyle Langford (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrates his win in the Men's 800 Final

Anyika Onuora (Liverpool) crosses the line in the Women's 400m Final

Charlie Grice (Brighton) leads the pack on the way to his win in the final of the Men's 1500m 

 Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) wins the Women's 400m Hurdles Final

Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes), UK Champion in the Men's Long Jump

Lawrence Clarke (WSE Hounslow) outpacing the field to winning the Men's 100m Hurdles

Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey) comforts Asha Philip (Newham) after she pulled up in Heat 2 of the Women's 100m Semi-Final

Matthew Roberts (Newham) making the bar bounce in the Men's High Jump

James Dasaolu (Croydon) coming home in front of Ojie Edoburun (Enfield & Haringey) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (fresh from recording an appearance on Question of Sport) coming home in Heat 2 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

Robbie Grabarz (Newham) clearing the bar in the Men's High Jump

Lauren Deadman (Havering) leads the pack in the early stages of the Women's 5000m Final with the rain coming down

 Stephanie Twell (AFD) celebrates winning the Women's 5000m as the sun comes out

Lynsey Sharp (Edinburgh) on her way to winning the Women's 800m Final

 Rabah Yousif Bkheit (Newham) wins the Men's 400m Final....

....ahead of Nigel Levine (WSE Hounslow) who just pipped Martyn Rooney (Croydon)

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley) wins the Women's 100m Final

Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) wins the Men's 100m Final

Action from Sainsbury's British Championships Birmingham Alexander Stadium 4th July 2015

Some action pictures from Day 2 of the Sainsbury's British Championships.
 Dai Greene (Swansea) wins Heat 3 of the Men's 400m hurdles

 Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) wins Heat 1 of the Women's 400m hurdles

 Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley) wins Heat 5 of the Women's 100m

 Sean Safo-Antwi (Enfield & Haringey) wins Heat 7 of the Men's 100m

 Jonnie Peacock (Charnwood) comes home in Heat 8 of the Men's 100m

 Jessica Ennis-Hill (Sheffield) wins Heat 1 of the Women's 100m hurdles ahead of Serita Solomon (Blackheath & Bromley)

 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Liverpool) comes home in Heat 2 of the Women's 100m hurdles

Yasmin Miller (Derby) comes home in Heat 3 of the Women's 100m hurdles

Lucy Hatton (Corby) wins Heat 4 of the Women's 100m hurdles

 Laviai Nielsen (Enfield & Haringey) comes home in Heat 2 of the Women's 400m

Christine Ohuruogu wins Heat 3 of the Women's 400m

Jessica Ennis-Hill (Sheffield) comes home third in the final of the Women's 100m hurdles

 Luke Gunn (Derby) leads the pack in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Tom Wade (AFD AC) coming out of the water in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Holly Bradshaw (Blackburn) winner of the Women's Pole Vault

Deborah Martin (Ashford) in the Women's High Jump

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) clearing the bar in the Women's High Jump

Morgan Lake (WSE Hounslow) going over in the Women's High Jump

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrating his win in the Men's 200m

 Jennie Meadows (Wigan) setting off in Heat 3 of the Women's 800m

Ben Williams (Sale) in the Men's Triple Jump

Lennie Waite (AFD) leading the way in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) celebrating her clearance of 1.94m in the Women's High Jump

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) discussing tactics with coach Fuzz Ahmed after clearing 1.94m in the Women's High Jump

Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey) in the Women's 200m final

Margaret Adeoye (Enfield & Haringey) winning the Women's 200m final

 Louise Bloor (Trafford) in the Women's 200m final

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) winning the Men's 200m ahead of Danny Talbot (Birchfield)

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrating his win in the Men's 200m

Monday, 1 June 2015

Jessica Ennis-Hill - Rio 2016 qualification in the bag!

Sheffield's Olympic Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, 29, came good at the weekend to make her full Heptathlon comeback and secure qualification for Rio 2016 at the Gotzis Hypo-meet in Austria.

In her first heptathlon since winning Olympic gold in August 2012, Jess finished fourth with 6,520 points - well above the 6,200 needed for Rio and which also gave her entry to this year's World Championships in Beijing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill at her first comeback event this year - the Great CityGames in Manchester.

"I'm really, really pleased," she said afterwards.  "Some of my events have been pretty poor, pretty standard.  I feel there's so much more to come.  If someone had said I'd have had 6,520 beforehand I would have taken that with both hands.  It's a pleasing position to be in after all that time off."

Kell Brook defeats Frankie Gavin to retain IBF welterweight title

Sheffield's Kell Brook beat Birmingham's Frankie Gavin at the London O2 Arena to retain his IBF welterweight title.

Kell Brook and his promotor Eddie Hearn, Sheffield August 2014

Gavin, 29, Britain's only ever amateur World Champion gave Brook, 29, some problems with his Southpaw style in the early rounds.  But Kell Brook won in the sixth round for the second successive defence of his world title.