HASTINGS ATHLETIC CLUB
HISTORY OF HASTINGS AC 1976
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ATHLETE
OF THE YEAR
STEVE HOLLAND |
Firstly an apology. I am sorry to all those who competed on the cross country and road running courses back in 1976, that there are no specific mentions, but unfortunately, my scrap books and other news paper articles, that this article in gleaned from, mainly only covers the summer months. Anyway, most of you who ran in these events mainly always ran on the track. What happened in 1976, for those of you who were not around, or those who pretend not to have been! Well the 21st Olympics took place in Montreal, Agatha Christie died and there was an election in America, won without a recount by Jimmy Carter. Some things never change, there was the worst drought since records began in 1727, with water rationing; the 'Cod War' with Iceland ended, now there is not enough Cod left to fish; and the first pictures of Mars were sent back from the Viking spacecraft that landed on the surface. Well in the club, the first thing that was noticeable was the fixture list. It was neatly spaced out one sheet of A4 paper; the one I have just drafted for 2001 takes up three sheets! Before we get the moans from everyone for this year's venues, the Southern League in 1976, sent us to Bury St. Edmonds, Stevenage, Oxford and Enfield, as well as Redhill and Crawley, and there was no M25 to help speed us on the way. Some of the trips were a very full day! The first league match was at Redhill, where the men set 5 club records. Rahim Ramdane, 55.9, 400 Hurdles; Steve Potter 52.5, 400m; Mark Burgess 3.70, pole vault and the two relay teams. Tony Culver, Ian Thomson, joined Mark and me to run 46.4 in the sprint relay and then, Steve Potter, Rahim, Ian and I combined to run 3.40 for the 4 x 400m. The press report also mentioned a promising debut for Bob Beaney in the B steeplechase for 2nd place. We finished third behind Sutton, 131, Redhill 123 and Hastings 119. The next league match at Crawley, brought a second place, behind hosts Horsham, 115, us 113, followed by Bognor 112, Newham 96 and Thurrock 95. There were further club records set, Rahim, sprinting to 17.0 in the 110 Hurdles (this was later broken by Mark B. during the season), and yet again the relay teams broke records, with Rahim, Ian Thomson, Mark B and me running 46.0, then Ian, Mark B, and I were joined by the ever green Richard Green, for 3.38.6. On the field Kim Tuppenney led the throws and the distance runners included Steve Holland, Andy Wilson and Bob Sloan. This result maintained 12th place for the club. Both the AAA and the Sussex Schools this year were held at Withdean. Some of the winners in the other regions of Sussex, in the latter included the likes of Tim Hutchings and Andrew Bristow. The league match at Bury St. Edmonds, had temperatures topping 100 degrees, and consequently performances were hit. There were no senior records set that day, two were set in the junior hurdle events, and modesty stops me from saying whom. The club finished 4th in this match, behind Guildford, Peterborough and West Suffolk, but ahead of the stronger Cambridge Harriers. Once again the lack of number within the club told, not only for the men's team, but also for the girls and the younger athletes. The only competition the girls and youngsters had was in the inter-club matches at Bognor (grass track) Worthing (grass track) and Eastbourne. However this was to be the last season before the club started to take off. The rankings below shows three for every event, for the first time, and many were juniors, Inters and Girls, giving a good base for next year. This next year will show the taking off of the men's team, the start of the girls in the women's league and many more youngsters filtering through so the YAL team could be got off the ground. Now the embarrassment for some. In this year club members Andy Hitch (8th May) and Michael Johnson (7th April) were born, and as I said earlier, Bob Beaney joined us for the first time! The ranking for 1976 once show there was starting to be some underlying strength in the men's team. Steve Roberts
HASTINGS
ATHLETIC CLUB RANKING LISTS 1976
100M
11.5 M.BURGESS S
11.7 S.ROBERTS S
11.9 J.BARKER S
11.9 M.CURCHER B
12.0 I.THOMSON S
12.2 A.COLVER J
12.2 P.RALPH Y
12.6 S.POTTER S
12.7 S.WEST J
13.7 D.GILBERT C
13.8 K.TUPPENNEY S
14.6 M.NEAL S
14.7 I.HALL B
16.8 Mt.CURCHER C
16.8 M.PHILP C
17.9 D.BOARDMAN MC
18.0 R.STEAD C
18.5 M.HALL C
200M
23.0 M.BURGESS S
24.0 S.ROBERTS S
24.2 M.CURCHER B
24.3 J.BARKER S
24.3 I.THOMSON S
25.1 A.COLVER J
26.0 S.LOCKWOOD J
26.5 R.GREEN J
26.8 A.KILGARRIFF Y
27.4 J.WADE S
31.4 G.DIXON B
33.5 I.HALL B
35.5 Mt.CURCHER C
37.0 S.SHAW C
37.8 D.BOARDMAN MC
39.1 M.HALL C
39.6 C.MYNETT MC
43.8 D.GURDEN MC
400M
52.5 S.POTTER S
53.6 J.WADE S
54.1 M.BURGESS S
55.2 S.ROBERTS S
55.6 I.THOMSON S
5S6.3 A.WILSON S
56.9 R.GREEN J
58.3 J.BARKER S
58.5 M.CURCHER B
S9.9 P.ROBERTS Y
61.6 D.GILBERT C
62.4 S.WEST J
65.2 R.SLOAN S
66.0 K.TUPPENNEY S
66.6 M.NEAL S
68.8 Mt.CURCHER C
72.8 I.HALL B
86.3 M.HALL C
86.4 D.BOARDMAN MC
92.5 R.STEAD C
800M
1:59.5 A.WILSON S
2:01.0 S.HOLLAND S
2:07.8 A.KILGARRIFF Y
2:11.0 S.LOCKWOOD J
2:17.5 P.ROBERTS Y
2:18.8 G.MARTINDALE S
2:25.0 R.SLOAN S
2:28.6 D.GILBERT C
2:35.0 M.CURCHER B
2:49.0 S.ROBERTS S
2:53.9 Mt.CURCHER C
2:58.0 I.HALL B
3:00.3 S.SHAW C
3:03.0 M.HALL C
1500M
4:02.6 S.HOLLAND S
4:04.5 A.WILSON S
4:07.4 J.HERNON J
4:32.4 A.KILGARRIFF Y
4:45.8 M.BURGESS S
4:47.0 G.MARTINDALE S
4:45.0 P.BROOK S
4:49.0 S.ROBERTS S
4:53.0 M.CURCHER B
4:57.5 J.BARKER S
5:05.0 R.SLOAN S
5:21.4 S.SHAW C
5:25.4 D.GILBERT C
5:44.0 M.NEAL S
5:47.0 Mt.CURCHER C
6:00.0 K.TUPPENNEY S
6:08.4 M.HALL C
7:20.0 D.BOARDMAN MC
3000M
8:37.0 S.HOLLAND S
9:59.0 G.MARTINDALE S
10:08.0 P.BROOK S
10:11.0 R.BEANEY S
10:40.6 R.WILD S
11:39.0 R.SLOAN S
11:45.0 A.NORRISH V
5000M
15:45.6 S.HOLLAND S
17:36.8 S.LOCKWOOD I
18:07.8 P.BROOK S
18:36.7 R.SLOAN S
110M HURDLES
16.9 M.BURGESS S
17.0 R.RAMDAME S
17.3 I.THOMSON S
20.3 S.ROBERTS S
21.2 J.BARKER S
400M HURDLES
55.9 R.RAMDAME S
60.7 I.THOMSON 5
61.6 S.ROBERTS S
84.6 H.DERHUN S
3000M STEEPLECHASE
10:20.8 A.WILSON S
10:22.6 S.HOLLAND S
l1:40.4 R.BEANEY S
12.08.0 R.SLOAN S
4x100M RELAY
46.0 R.RAMDAME,I.THOMSON M.8URGESS,S.ROBERTS. S
46.4 A.COLVER,I.THOMSON M.BURGESS,S.ROBERTS. S
47.1 A.COLVER,I.THOMSON M.BURGESS,S.ROBERTS. S
47.3 J.BARKER,I.THOMSON M.BURGESS,P.RALPH S
48.2 .J.BARKER,I,THOMSON M.CURCHER,M.BURGESS S
55.0 .J.BARKER,K.TUPPENNEY H.DERHUN,M.BURGESS S
59.4 ?.DIXON,M.CURCHER I.HALL,R.STEAD. B
66.6 ? , ? ,?, ? B
4x400M RELAY
3:38.6 I.THOMSON,M.BURGESS R.RAMDAME,R.GREEN. S
3:40.0 S.POTTER,I.THOMSON S.ROBERTS,R.RAMDAME. S
3:43.3 M.BURGESS,S.HOLLAND A.WILSON,J.WADE. S
3:49.9 I.THOMSON,J.WADE GREEN,S.HOLLAND. S
3:56.2 S.HOLLAND,A.WILSON,J.BARKER,I.THOMSON S
4:09.8 S.HOLLAND,M.BURGESS.J.BARKER,I.THOMSONR.S
100x100x200x400
1:48.8 J.BARKER,A.COLVER I.THOMSON,R.GREEN. S
2:32.3 ?.DIXON,I.HALL M.CURCHER,D.GILBERT. B
HIGH JUMP
1.73 M.BURGESS S
1.55 J.BARKER S
1.55 M.NEAL S
1.50 K.TUPPENNEY S
1.50 R.GREEN J
1.45 R.SLOAN S
1.40 S.ROBERTS S
1.35 D.GILBERT C
1.15 I.HALL B
1.10 M.CURCHER B
LONG JUMP
6.53 M.BURGESS S
6.22 P.RALPH Y
6.21 A.COLVER J
6.00 A.DOWNING J
5.98 J.BARKER S
5.19 S.ROBERTS S
5.19 I.THOMSON S
4.83 Q.BRUCE Y
4.60 M.NEAL S
4.57 K.TUPPENNEY S
4.40 R.SLOAN S
4.12 M.CURCHER B
4.04 D.GILBERT C
4.02 G.DIXON B
3.49 I.HALL B
3.16 Mt.CURCHER C
3.02 M.PHILP C
2.86 R.STEAD C
2.28 D.BOARDMAN MC
TRIPLE JUMP
13.32 J.BARKER S
13.15 A.COLVER J
13.15 P.RALPH Y
12.70 R.RAMDAME S
12.42 M.BURGESS S
11.30 Q.BRUCE Y
11.30 I.THOMSON S
10.9S S.ROBERTS S
POLE VAULT
3.70 M.BURGESS S
3.10 H.DERHUN S
2.70 M.NEAL S
2.70 I.THOMSON S
2.20 J.BARKER S
SHOT (16lbs)
11.06 K.TUPPENNEY S
9.67 M.BURGESS S
8.38 H.DERHUN S
8.30 M.NEAL S
8.05 J.BARKER S
7.31 R.SLOAN S
SHOT(6.25KG)
8.34 S.ROBERTS S
SHOT (5KG)
9.34 G.WILKINS Y
SHOT (4KG)
8.55 M.CURCHER B
6.42 I.HALL B
5.20 R.STEAD C
SHOT(3.25KG)
6.84 D.GILBERT C
5.54 R.STEAD C
4.35 Mt.CURCHER C
DISCUS (2KG)
33.01 K.TUPPENNEY S
28.80 M.BURGESS S
27.36 M.NEAL S
25.53 H.DERHUN S
20.22 R.SLOAN S
19.84 I.THOMSON S
19.66 J.BARKER S
DISCUS (1.75KG)
22.44 S.ROBERTS S
DISCUS (1.5KG)
26.74 G.WILKINS Y
25.55 P.ROBERTS Y
DISCUS (1.25KG)
22.12 M.CURCHER B
16.08 I.HALL B
DISCUS (1.00KG)
15.32 D.GILBERT C
10.40 Mt.CURCHER C
JAVELIN (800gms)
43.27 K.TUPPENNEY S
38.80 M.BURGESS S
37.64 M.NEAL S
37.62 H DERHUN S
37.06 I.THOMSON S
35.40 P.BROOK S
28.78 J.BARKER S
28.24 R.BEANEY S
25.78 S.ROBERTS S
20.96 S.HOLLAND S
JAVELIN (700gms)
32.64 G.WILKINS Y
JAVELIN (600gms)
11.94 R.STEAD C
HAMMER (16lbs)
21.19 K.TUPPENNEY S
19.88 M.BURGESS S
18.16 H.DERHUN S
15.90 S.ROBERTS S
PENTATHLON
2627 M.BURGESS S
1988 J.BARKER S
1883 S.ROBERTS S * *JUNIOR DISCUS
SEPTATHLON
3549 M.BURGESS S
2813 S.ROBERTS S *JUNIOR IMPLEMENTS
2568 J.BARKER S
2273 K.TUPPENNEY S
2222 M.CURCHER B
1932 R.SLOAN S
1727 M.NEAL S
1524 D.GILBERT C
377 M.CURCHER C
DECATHLON
5548 M.BURGESS S
3707 J.BARKER S
LADIES
RANKINGS 1976
100M
13.1 J.HAZELL J
14.7 P.TUPPENNEY J
14.8 E.SLOAN
14.9 C.TAYL0R SG
15.0 J.STEAD G
15.1 P.HARRIS S
15.1 M.BOARDMAN G
15.7 T.McGIFFIN MG
15.7 J.TUPPENNEY J
15.9 L.BOARDMAN I
16.0 S.SWEATMAN MG
16.5 D.BOARDMAN I
17.0 S.BOARDMAN J
17.1 PY.TUPPENNEY G
19.2 M.WILD MG
200M
27.9 J.HAZELL J
29.1 J.STEAD G
31.6 C.TAYLOR G
31.8 E.SLOAN S
32.2 M.BOARDMAN G
32.2 L.BOARDMAN S
35.0 T.McGIFFIN MG
31.0* N.THOMPSON J
33.6* H.NOBLE I
38.0* C.DIXON MG
38.1* S.BOURNER MG
*UNRELIABLE TIMINGS.
400M
67.0 J.POOLE I
75.2 L.RELF J
76.3 P.HARRIS S
88.7 L.BOARDMAN I
800M
2:35.0 J.POOLE I
2:39.9 N.THOMPSON J
2:42.9 L.RELF J
2:54.8 T.McGIFFIN MG
2:55.4 P.TUPPENNEY J
3:04.8 M.BOARDMAN G
1500M
5:14.2 N.THOMPSON J
5:43.2 A.POOLE G
6:17.3 T.McGIFFIN MG
75M HURDLES
12.4 J.STEAD G
15.6 C.TAYLOR G
15.8 T.McGIFFIN MG
19.5 M.BOARDMAN G
80M HURDLES
14.9 V.ATKINS
19.2 L.BOARDMAN
4x100M RELAY
58.3 J.HAZELL:M.BOARDMAN ?.TUPPENNEY:L.RELF.
59.0 J.STEAD:M.BOARDMAN C.TAYLOR:?.TUPPENNEY.
60.4 L.BOARDMAN:J.POOLE ? :?.TUPPENNEY.
HIGH JUMP
1.29 J.POOLE I
1.26 P.TUPPENNEY J
1.25 C.TAYLOR G
1.20 J.HAZELL J
1.15 J.STEAD G
1.00 L.BOARDMAN I
1.00 T.McGIFFIN MG
1.00 S.SWEATMAN MG
LONG JUMP
4.51 J.HAZELL J
4.29 J.STEAD G
4.00 J.TUPPENNEY J
3.90 C.TAYLOR G
3.20 T.McGIFFIN MG
3.20 S.SWEATMAN MG
3.13 L.BOARDMAN I
2.90 M.BOARDMAN G
2.05 P.TUPPENNEY G
SHOT(4KG}
7.27 J.POOLE I
6.49 P.HARRIS S
6.16 L.BOARDMAN I
SHOT(3.25KG)
8.32 P.TUPPENNEY J
6.88 J.STEAD G
6.83 L.RELF J
6.70 J.RITTER J
6.64 C.TAYLOR G
6.09 S.BOARDMAN J
DISCUS
21.08 S.BOARDMAN J
19.92 P.HARRIS S
10.42 L.BOARDMAN I
JAVELIN
26.68 J.GORING J
21.56 J.POOLE I
17.38 N.THOMPSON J
16.41 J.TUPPENNEY J
PENTATHLON
2187 J.STEAD G
1858 C.TAYLOR G
SEPTATHLON
1220 L.BOARDMAN I
