men's B team started the season in great style in the Southern League Division One, including reigning champions Bedford & County among their victims as they finished to with their best-ever points tally of 144.>

Flying start for Shaftesbury B team

Shaftesbury Barnet's men's B team started the season in great style in the Southern League Division One, including reigning champions Bedford & County among their victims as they finished to with their best-ever points tally of 144.

Hosts Basingstoke (116) were next, with Bedford (109.5) third. After two meetings, Shaftesbury (144 points) are a second, five points behind Team Solent on aggregate.

Top performances came from new members Dan Donovan and Alex Fugallo, with sprint doubles, and they also figured in both relay successes.

Doubles were also achieved by Kevin Davies (shot and hammer); Jason Dupuy (400m and 800m); Andy Magnall and top veteran Jonathan Kilsby were easy winners of the 5000m, as were Andy Colvin and Anton Van Zyl at 1,500m.

Patrick Daly made a welcome return with a pole vault victory at 4m.

All-rounders Robert Pope, Clyde Gordon and Sam Oteng were in great form, covering 14 events between them.

The next round is on Saturday, May 16, when the SBH A team competes at Watford in the British League.

SHAFTESBURY PLACINGS: 100m A: 1 Donovan 10-8. B: 1 Fugallo 10-8. 200m A: 1 Donovan 21-9. B: 1 Fugallo 22-0. 400m A: 1 David McKenzie 49-9. B: 1 Dupuy 51-0. 800m A: 1 Dupuy 1-53-2. B: 4 Andy Colvin 2-05-07.1,500m A: 1 Colvin 4-03-4. B: 1 Van Zyl 4-04-3. 5000m A: 1 Magnall 15-34-2. B: 1 Kilby 15-34-2. 3000M A: 2 Philip Llewellyn 10-00-5.

110m hurdles A: 3 Clyde Gordon 16-1. B: 2 Sam Oteng 17-1. 400m hurdles A: 4 Gordon 60-3. B: 4 Nick Fogg 78sec.

Relay (4 X100m): 1 SBH (Gordon, Fugallo, McKenzie, Donovan), 43-8. Relay (4 X400m): 1 SBH (Gordon, McKenzie, Fugallo, Donovan), 3-28-1.

High jump A: 1 Gintaras Varanauskas 1-95. B: 1 Sam Oteng 1-75. Long jump A: 5 Gordon 5-71. B: 4 Oteng 5-49. Triple jump A: 3 Oteng 12-49. B: 1 Pope 11-40. Pole vault: 1 Daly 4m. B: 2 Stephen Day 3-40.

Discus A: 3 Gordon 37-70. B: 2 Pope 28-20. Javelin A: 3 Pope 46-12. B: 4 Oteng 41-41. Shot A: 1 David Callaway 16-23. B: 1 Davies 11-70. Hammer A: 1 Davies 53-55. B: 1 Nick Fogg 44-43.

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