TWO impressive newcomers helped Winchester & District to victory in the Southern Men's League Division 1 at Southampton Sports Centre.

Rayan Cornell settled in nicely with a three-metre B pole vault clearance that sealed a club double with A-string winner Chris Mills (4.50).

There was a second full house of points on the track from Lee Rodrigues and Mike Gregory in the 1,500 metres while Winchester's second new lad, Duncan Blyth, produced a fine run of 53.7 seconds to finish runner-up in the B-string 400m.

A stiff wind down the home straight wrecked any hope of decent times, but the biggest disappointment of the afternoon was that vandals had damaged the cage fence, forcing the referee to cancel the hammer event.

Cambridge Harriers provided tough opposition, but Winchester applied the icing to their victory cake by winning the 4x400m relay in 3.32.9 with Blyth running the second leg.

Match result: Winchester & District 132, Cambridge Harrier 126.5, Basildon 101, Belgrave 82, Ipswich 54.5

Winchester & District results

100m: A 3 Chris Hall 11.6, B 3 Dean Davis 12.3

200m: A 3 Chris Hall 23.7, B 3 Dean Davis 25.8

400m: A 2 Adem Omar 52.9, B 2 Duncan Blyth 53.7

800m: A 2 Mike Gregory 1.59.5, B 1 Paul Ashley 2.05.5

1,500m: A 1 Lee Rodrigues 4.03.4, B 1 Mike Gregory 4.09.0

5,000m: A 3 Ian Hardcastle 18.06.2, B 2 James Turl 19.23.4

110m hurdles: A 2 Tony Archdeacon 20.0, B 1 Chris Mills 20.3

400m hurdles: A 2 Mike Noyce 58.4, B 1 Tony Archdeacon 64.4

3,000m steeplechase: A 2 Paul Ashley 9.58.1, B 2 Mike Noyce 10.00.3

4x100m relay: 3 Winchester & District (Davis, Omar, Young, Hall) 46.10

4x400m relay: 1 Winchester & District (Omar, Blyth, Hall, Chas) 3.32.9

High jump: A 4 Richard Shoobridge 1.75, B 2 Dean Davis 1.55

Long jump: A 4 Chris Mills 5.91, B 3 Matt Young 5.74

Triple jump: A 3 Matt Young 11.88, B 2 Chris Mills 11.87

Discus: A 3 Peter Loots 34.40, B 2 Mike Marchant 31.96

Hammer: No competition

Javelin: A 5 Matt Young 40.40, B 3 Clive Day 39.59

Pole vault: A 1 Chris Mills 4.50, B 1 Rayan Cornell 3.00

Shot: A 3 Peter Loots 11.18, B 2 Mike Marchant 11.11

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