HAMPSHIRE finished third in the women's section of the CAU Inter-Counties Track & Field Championships in Bedford.

There were three individual winners for the county - Lucy Vaughan (ex-Aldershot) in the 800m, Katy Watts (Basingstoke) in the javelin and Kelly Sotherton, right, in the long jump.

Women's team boss Sheena Fitzmaurice declared herself delighted with her team's performance. "We didn't have a full team so to finish third was excellent," she explained.

"Last year we finished fifth with 31 points. This year we were third with 51.5. You can see the difference having a few winners makes.

"You get ten points for each win, compared to the ones and twos we were getting last year."

Sotherton, who was raised on the Isle of Wight but who now lives and works in Birmingham, finished eighth in the pentathlon at last year's Commonwealth Games.

She won her event as the only girl to jump over six metres.

l ISLE of Wight twins Bryony and Kathryn Frost were in the medals in the under-20 South of England Championships at Watford.

Competing in the under-20 women's 1,500 final, Bryony was second in 4.39.77 and Kathryn third in 4.33.91. The winner was Katrina Wootton of Bedford in 4.31.15.

Bryony had won her heat in 4.39.77 with Kathryn fourth in 4.40.22.

This is how other Isle of Wight athletes fared in the championships:

James Groocock was fifth in the under-15 boys' 200m heat, and sixth in the long jump final with 5.52m.

In the under-15 girls' 200m heat, Kim Murray was third in 26.49 and fifth in the final in 25.91.

Murray was third in the long jump with 5.19m, behind winner Emily Martin (5.40m).

Emma Woon was fifth in the under-15 girls' 75m hurdles heat in 13.25.

In the under-17 men's 100m, Anthony Dunne (11.96) and Graham Filer (11.87) were both seventh in their heats.

Morgan Davies was sixth in his 400m heat in 57.16 and eighth in his 200m heat in 25.24.

In the under-17 women's 1,500m heat, Claire Kelly was sixth in 4.57.02.

Paul Farley was third with 51.39 in the final of the men's under-20 hammer.

Southampton City athletes had the following results:

Jack Brenton was fourth in the under-15 boys' discus final with 33.62m.

Jodie Bowers was eighth in her under-15 girls' 1,500m heat in 5.12.05.

Kessica Sherliker was second in her under-20 200m heat in 25.30 but was seventh in the final in 25.38.

Coralie Hancock was seventh in the under-20 discus final in 32.27m.

In the under-17 1,500m heats, Lucy Bowers was seventh in 4.57.56, one place behind the Isle of Wight's Claire Kelly (4.57.02).

Southampton's Amber Spencer was 11th in the under-17 discus final with a throw of 27.04.

Andrew Bennett threw 13.16 in the final of the under-20 shot.

Winchester & District's Louis Sellers won his under-17 men's 400m hear in 50.20 and was fourth in the final in 49.94.

Clubmate Catriona Witcombe qualified for the under-15 girls' 800m final in 2.20.93 but was sixth in the final in 2.22.10.