England Athletics Championship 2012 Heptathlon

Francis Baker,England,Athletics,Championship,Heptathlon,sportsshots David Feeney,England,Athletics,Championship,Heptathlon,sportsshots Mark Beer,England,Athletics,Championship,Heptathlon,sportsshots The start of a season is always important, none more so than for 2012, an Olympic Year, in the host Country. Athletes will be closely scrutinized by media as well as fellow competitors within the sport, and the talent will want to shine.

Sheffield was the the venue for the first England Athletics meeting this year (7 & 8th January 2012) and Derbyshire Athletes made their impact with Defending Champion Francis Baker clinching a tremendous bronze medal in the England Indoor Combined Events Championships.

An epic battle with fellow Cardiff AC club mate Ben Gregory in the final event of the day - the 1000m - saw the former UWIC student just miss out on silver but nevertheless clinch bronze with 5,400 points thanks to a consistent set of results over the two day heptathlon.

An equally consistent weekend for Amber Valley's David Feeney earned him 5,186 points to finish a strong seventh in the first England Athletics championship of 2012

Chesterfield & District AC's Mark Beer finished 25th with a total of 3,543 points. Beer was on track for a much higher total but unfortunately did not finish the 1000m. However Mark did improve on his personal best in the pole volt.

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The results are as follows

RESULTS: SENIOR MEN
DAY 1 (7th JANUARY 2012) - 60m; Long Jump; Shot; High Jump
DAY 2 (8th JANUARY 2012) - 60mH; Pole Vault; 1000m
1	Daniel Gardiner U23	City of Sheffield AC [NORTHERN CHAMP]	5,512
2	Benjamin Gregory U23	Cardiff AAC/VOAAC [WELSH CHAMP]	5,415
3	Francis Baker	Cardiff AAC	5,400
4	Michael Holden	Kent AC/Loughborough Uni	5,352
5	Tomas Reynolds	Windsor Slough Eton & H	5,260
6	Roger Skedd	City of Sheffield AC	5,245
7	David Feeney	Amber Valley AC [MIDLANDS CHAMP]	5,186

RESULTS: U20 MEN
DAY 1 (7th JANUARY 2012) - 60m; Long Jump; Shot; Pole Vault
DAY 2 (8th JANUARY 2012) - 60mH; High Jump, 1000m
1	Alexander Wort	Warrington AC [NORTHERN CHAMP]	4,646
2	Daniel Gardner	Stevenage & North Herts	4,598
3	Mark Cryer	Medway & Maidstone AC	4,461
4	Jamie Moore	Chichester Runners & AC	4,152
5	Billy Vernon-Hamilton	Stevenage & North Herts	4,061
6	Jonathan Ketley	Crawley AC	4,048
7	Ben Burton	Invicta Kent AC	3,882
8	Matthew Lee	Birchfield [MIDLANDS CHAMP]	3,747

RESULTS: SENIOR WOMEN
DAY 2 (8th JANUARY 2012) - 60mH; High Jump, Shot Putt; Long Jump; 800m
1	Gemma Weetman	Oswestry Olympians [MIDLANDS CHAMP]	3,997
2	Jess Taylor	Sale H Manchester [NORTHERN CHAMP]	3,831
3	Barbara Hernando	Castellon (SPAIN)	3,828
4	Jessica Tappin	Loughborough Students	3,823
5	Karla Drew	City of Sheffield AC	3,773
6	Jo Rowland	Crawley AC/Brunel Uni	3,683

RESULTS: U20 WOMEN
DAY 2 (8th JANUARY 2012) - 60mH; High Jump, Shot Putt; Long Jump; 800m
1	Katy Marchant	Leeds City AC [NORTHERN CHAMP]	3,935
2	Morgan Lake	Windsor Slough Eton & H	3,721
3	Hannah Dunderdale	Lincoln Wellington AC	3,514
4	Imogen Green	Birchfield H [MIDLANDS CHAMP]	3,412
5	Sophie Worrall	Telford AC	3,105
6	Isobel Brown	Chichester Runners	3,074

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For a full report on the event from England Athletics visit or follow the link below

http://www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=8299&itemTitle=Gardiner+and+Weetman+win+first+championships+of+2012&section=42