UK Men's 2005 comprehensive rankings

[sam]

Taken from
www.ukathletics.info/default.asp?page=782142342E3F703B7E2F7031&which=6C6A2823C82CCC3A40205E6E344E883BC82BCA2A

1 79.56 Nick Nieland 30 May 05 Bedford
2 76.95 David Parker 27 Aug 05 Bedford
3 72.18 Michael Allen 17 Aug 05 Loughborough
4 72.10 Mark Roberson 14 May 05 Peterborough
5 71.98 Anthony Lovett 23 Jul 05 Birmingham
6 71.49 Alex van der Merwe 3 Jul 05 Bedford
7 71.36 Neil McLellan 3 Sep 05 Manchester (SC)
8 70.44 Tom Dobbing 8 Jun 05 Herentals, BEL
9 70.19 Dan Carter 22 May 05 Loughborough
10 69.68 Mervyn Luckwell 25 Sep 05 Milton Keynes
11 67.25 Lee Doran 3 Jul 05 Bedford
12 67.08 James Campbell U20 3 Sep 05 Manchester (SC)
13 66.84 Keith Beard 11 Sep 05 Leiden, NED
14 66.63 Gerard Paish-Plunkett 7 May 05 Cardiff
15 66.20 Dave Sketchley 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
16 66.00 Stuart Harvey U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
17 65.37 Chris Smith 27 Aug 05 Glasgow (S)
18 64.88 Jason Hallett 22 May 05 Loughborough
19 64.74 Martin Travis 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
20 64.68 Simon Carter 16 Jul 05 Eton
21 64.06 Wesley Smith 30 Jul 05 London (Ha)
22 63.85 Ian Burns 10 Sep 05 Abingdon
23 63.69 Michael McConkey 23 Jul 05 Dublin (S), IRL
24 63.32 Glyn Hollingworth 7 May 05 Yate
25 63.32 Mike Tarran 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
26 63.24 Jonathan Lundman 19 Jun 05 Ashford
27 63.17 Tyson Johnson U20 14 May 05 Stourport
28 63.09 Chris Hughff 20 Jul 05 Portsmouth
29 63.00 Simon Bennett 24 Jul 05 Exeter
30 62.63 Stuart Loughran 6 Sep 05 Carmarthen
31 62.35 Trevor Ratcliffe 25 Jun 05 Ashford
32 62.19 Mark Stuart 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
33 61.81 Sam Kelvey U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
34 61.75 Felix Hatton 2 May 05 Glasgow (S)
35 61.59 Rhys Williams 23 Apr 05 Cosford
36 61.46 Chris Eden 25 Jun 05 Edinburgh
37 61.28 Alex Gibson 15 Jun 05 London (BP)
38 60.76 Allandre Johnson 19 Jun 05 Ashford
39 60.57 Bekele Tola 25 Jun 05 London (TB)
40 60.52 Matthew Allison 28 Aug 05 Cudworth
41 60.42 Nigel Bevan 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
42 59.91 Fergus MacDiarmid U20 24 Jul 05 Exeter
43 59.90 James Hopley U20 6 Aug 05 Telford
44 59.66 Ben Hazell 28 Aug 05 Woerden, NED
45 59.46 Phil Gregory U20 11 Jun 05 Hemel Hempstead
46 59.33 Luke Payne 15 May 05 Exeter
47 59.19 Jonathan Clarke 4 Jun 05 Derby
48 58.93 Jim Everard 4 Jun 05 Eton
49 58.93 John Powell 10 Jul 05 Schweinfurt, GER
50 58.92 Joe Waller U20 28 Aug 05 Abingdon
51 58.68 S. Phillips 4 Jun 05 Gateshead
52 58.08 Ben Fisher U20 14 Aug 05 Derby
53 57.97 David McKay 15 May 05 Macclesfield
54 57.95 Robert Eggleton 25 Sep 05 Blackpool
55 57.76 Patrick Boundy 30 Jul 05 Stoke-on-Trent
56 57.72 Stuart Millar 27 Aug 05 Glasgow (S)
57 57.28 Jeremy Smyth 25 Jun 05 Edinburgh
58 57.20 Sam Goddard 15 Jun 05 London (BP)
59 57.19 Garth Loughran U17 24 Aug 05 Neath
60 57.14 Duncan MacDonald 22 Sep 05 Coventry
61 57.03 Livio Salvador-Aylott 4 Sep 05 Hexham
62 56.84 Adrian Hemery 4 Sep 05 Hexham
63 56.72 Andrew Staniland U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
64 56.59 Jonathan Harvey 21 Aug 05 Ipswich
65 56.10 Thomas Rees U20 24 Apr 05 Yate
66 55.99 Andrew Brown U20 15 May 05 Bournemouth
67 55.95 Mark Lindsay 4 Jun 05 Gateshead
68 55.91 James Turner 19 Jun 05 Birmingham
69 55.71 Kevin Sempers 3 Jul 05 Jyvaskyla, FIN
70 55.70 Aaron Crawford U17 11 Jun 05 Belfast
71 55.61 Alex Simpson 30 Jul 05 Bedford
72 55.58 Zabia Kepple 16 Apr 05 Kingston
73 55.56 Matthew George U20 25 Sep 05 Hemel Hempstead
74 55.23 Jamie Wilkinson 14 May 05 Telford
75 55.18 Dale Garland 29 Jun 05 Bath
76 55.05 Pawlo Ostapowycz 2 Jul 05 Wigan
77 55.03 Adam Akehurst U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
78 55.01 Jake Filer U20 9 Apr 05 Eton
79 54.99 Bonne Buwembo U17 30 Jul 05 Bracknell
80 54.90 Chris Dack 4 Jun 05 Grantham
81 54.88 Edward Dunford 28 Aug 05 Antrim
82 54.86 Jonathan Kerr 15 Jul 05 Lerwick
83 54.85 Mark Wearing U20 25 May 05 Aldershot
84 54.83 David Turner 3 Apr 05 Liverpool
85 54.78 Paul McKown U20 7 Aug 05 Stockport
86 54.65 Matthew Bruton U20 24 Apr 05 Leeds
87 54.61 Sam Ellis 1 May 05 Cudworth
88 54.54 Robert Simmonds 11 May 05 Loughborough
89 54.52 Craig Guest 7 May 05 Kettering
90 54.48 Andy Hayward 7 Aug 05 York
91 54.45 Stuart Faben 30 Jul 05 Ware
92 54.29 Sam Harrison 16 Jul 05 Eton
93 54.21 Tony Norman 20 Aug 05 Ilford
94 54.06 John Dodsworth 24 May 05 London (CP)
95 54.04 Aaron Harris U20 24 Jul 05 Carshalton
96 54.00 Damien Crawford 23 Jul 05 Dublin (S), IRL
97 53.98 Max Hall U20 31 Jul 05 Stoke-on-Trent
98 53.89 Andrew Ormesher 1 May 05 Douglas IOM
99 53.88 Rob Appleton 7 May 05 Cardiff
100 53.85 David Brooking 3 Apr 05 Plymouth
101 53.78 Kevin Murch 15 May 05 Nuneaton
102 53.63 Graeme Allan 25 Jun 05 Manchester (SC)
103 53.62 James Cowell 30 May 05 Bedford
104 53.46 Tony Smith 7 May 05 Carshalton
105 53.46 Eric Workman 20 Aug 05 Luton
106 53.41 David Harding 6 Mar 05 Oxford
107 53.41 Richard Lainson 2 May 05 Glasgow (S)
108 53.37 Andrew Harland 25 Jun 05 Basildon
109 53.32 Matt Ledger 15 May 05 Mansfield
110 53.24 Kevin Currie 28 Aug 05 Douglas IOM
111 53.16 David Acton U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
112 53.11 Thomas Amphlett U20 4 Jun 05 Worcester
113 53.04 Julian Howells 30 Jul 05 Aberdare

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The following performances are also known

114 52.62 Steve Greening 19 Jun 05 Birmingham
115 51.10 Scot Thompson 7 May 05 Carshalton
116 50.74 Stephen Winter U20 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
117 50.09 David McKown 18 Jun 05 Manchester (SC)
118 49.04 Nathan Forrest U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
119 48.40 Dan Brunsden U20 19 Jun 05 Ware
120 48.08 George Ferrar U20 19 Jun 05 Ware
121 47.65 Gavin Fordham 30 May 05 Bedford
122 47.17 Jeremy Tigar 27 Aug 05 Bedford
123 46.68 Carl Quinlan U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
124 46.36 Ben Ambler U20 28 May 05 Cudworth
125 46.13 Luke O'Connor U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
126 45.76 Roger Bate 4 Jun 05 Eton
127 45.61 Chris Toms 27 Aug 05 Bedford
128 45.03 Justin Grimes 19 Jun 05 Birmingham

[pj]

I think probably Ben Houghton ( N.Ireland ) should be included in the British rankings again. He has been selected for The Commonwealth Games so presumably has switched back to the British option!

[slinger]

fair point! do you have to be a UK cit. at the time of the actual performance??? because i'm not too sure he was? as i was talking to him after the comp [CAU at bedford] and he was talking about coming back 'home'

also it must be the first year for decades of no 80m throwers! somehow i don't think that'll be the case in 2006 and no i'm not donning the vest and boots again!!!!!! ;D

[slinger]

oh yeah, nearly forgot! well done to all in every group both male and female who achieved PB's!!!!! and to all those who didn't - throw it harder!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

good luck in 2006 to all and remember to share what training you are doing!!!............so i can nick your secrets off you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sam]

slinger said:

also it must be the first year for decades of no 80m throwers! somehow i don't think that'll be the case in 2006 and no i'm not donning the vest and boots again!!!!!! ;D

Stop being a poof and get on with it

[slinger]

.......don't have time sam any more, i've got more important things to do than think about me throwing again!!!! plus the small matter of my back being ruined doesn't help matters neither!!!!

[sam]

slinger said:

.......don't have time sam any more, i've got more important things to do than think about me throwing again!!!! plus the small matter of my back being ruined doesn't help matters neither!!!!

as i said.....get on with it

[slinger]

i seriously don't have the time!!!! like in your sig. it's all work, work and work! and then at the times i would train i coach now......now then i could train instead of sleep!!!! on the subject of sleep i only get 5-6 hours a night as i just don't get enough time to do everything! now if i lived in norway they get sunlight all day sometimes, then i could get everything done!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha! ;D

[sam]

slinger said:

i seriously don't have the time!!!! like in your sig. it's all work, work and work! and then at the times i would train i coach now......now then i could train instead of sleep!!!! on the subject of sleep i only get 5-6 hours a night as i just don't get enough time to do everything! now if i lived in norway they get sunlight all day sometimes, then i could get everything done!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha! ;D

I understand fully the problem with your back but i do not accept the comments about working and coaching as a reason for you not to be able to train.

I have been coaching and training for the last 2 years while holding down 2 jobs..my atheltes have been improving and so have i. the key to it is training with your athletes..

and as for sleep...hmmm..well take it when you can!

[slinger]

sorry for the 2 week delay on this message but i must of completely missed it!!!! - unlike a slinger eh? well i'll try to explain my back situation and also my work...

1. my back i "hurt it" originally at easter in 2002 now as with most things you think it'll get better! i'd been back training from S.A for a few weeks and whilst out there i threw fairly well [around 70] and i was in good shape for me [79kg compared to 88-93kg i've been recently ] so things were looking okay for the summer and i was looking at improving my pb as the summer before i had not........now at the moment of injury caused by a sudden jerk lowering the bar after a snatch i kind of knew something was wrong as i've tweaked my back before, this however was very different as i couldn't get off my hands and knees and it felt like i'd been hit by lightning in my back, i drove home from wigan with kara very upset................nearly 4 years later it still is not right, some days it's okay some it isn't there doesn't seem to be in any pattern whether it's good or bad all i know is i can't do anything repetitive for too long........painting a wall - no, no, no! a full javelin throwing session - no, no, no, sprints - no, no, no, no.......so for me to come back and throw competitive i would have to have a good 3 months of throwing javelins but my back won't stand that so i can't............i could however have the odd comp maybe? if the arousal was there i could defo. do something but too be honest because it was such a long time ago that i threw a javelin competitively i've lost the edge i used to have and the 'want' to throw - if you've watched rocky - i don't have "the eye of the tiger" anymore..............BUT i have a chance now to still be in the sport that i do really love and in my eyes that is on the other side of the camera - coaching, i've been coaching bits and pieces for a long while but regularly now i've been doing it for 2 years and i love the fact i'm thinking more about things than ever [this site also has a big part of that too].............yes it's frustrating!!! and you have bad days and even some very bad days but you do have the very, very good days [in the summer when your athlete has PB'd, on the way home in the car ready for a beer - doesn't get any better than that!!!!] fact is i really do enjoy coaching more than actually throwing.......never thought that would happen! guess i like the lazyness!!!!! ;D

workwise a few of you already know that i'm a postman or postal worker as they are called and my wages [yes, we still get paid weekly!!!] are probably about average for where we live infact they are probably better as there are NO good jobs round here! but i like to earn a bit more than just average so i do a couple of double shifts.....monday, friday and sometimes wednesday - don't do tuesday and thursday as they are training nights....a usual day without a double shift is wake up at 3.45a.m. [not kidding neither ] have a pot of coffee watch a bit of early morning TV feed the pussy cats, have a wash etc go to work at 4.25a.m. i then usually finish at 12ish it depends on the day - you basically finish when you finish if you are late you just book the overtime......if that's it then you can go home, the aft. is yours.......if however you are doing a double then it's back at 4p.m. till 7p.m. sometimes abit earlier, shower back in bed for sometimes as early as 8.30p.m. or as late as 11p.m. [wwwwwwwoooooaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! ;D]

.........so there you have it a day in the life of a slinger!!!!!

[smule]

Makes me want to be a student for the rest of my life!!

[zeleznyfan]

sam said:

Taken from
www.ukathletics.info/default.asp?page=782142342E3F703B7E2F7031&which=6C6A2823C82CCC3A40205E6E344E883BC82BCA2A

1 79.56 Nick Nieland 30 May 05 Bedford
2 76.95 David Parker 27 Aug 05 Bedford
3 72.18 Michael Allen 17 Aug 05 Loughborough
4 72.10 Mark Roberson 14 May 05 Peterborough
5 71.98 Anthony Lovett 23 Jul 05 Birmingham
6 71.49 Alex van der Merwe 3 Jul 05 Bedford
7 71.36 Neil McLellan 3 Sep 05 Manchester (SC)
8 70.44 Tom Dobbing 8 Jun 05 Herentals, BEL
9 70.19 Dan Carter 22 May 05 Loughborough
10 69.68 Mervyn Luckwell 25 Sep 05 Milton Keynes
11 67.25 Lee Doran 3 Jul 05 Bedford
12 67.08 James Campbell U20 3 Sep 05 Manchester (SC)
13 66.84 Keith Beard 11 Sep 05 Leiden, NED
14 66.63 Gerard Paish-Plunkett 7 May 05 Cardiff
15 66.20 Dave Sketchley 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
16 66.00 Stuart Harvey U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
17 65.37 Chris Smith 27 Aug 05 Glasgow (S)
18 64.88 Jason Hallett 22 May 05 Loughborough
19 64.74 Martin Travis 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
20 64.68 Simon Carter 16 Jul 05 Eton
21 64.06 Wesley Smith 30 Jul 05 London (Ha)
22 63.85 Ian Burns 10 Sep 05 Abingdon
23 63.69 Michael McConkey 23 Jul 05 Dublin (S), IRL
24 63.32 Glyn Hollingworth 7 May 05 Yate
25 63.32 Mike Tarran 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
26 63.24 Jonathan Lundman 19 Jun 05 Ashford
27 63.17 Tyson Johnson U20 14 May 05 Stourport
28 63.09 Chris Hughff 20 Jul 05 Portsmouth
29 63.00 Simon Bennett 24 Jul 05 Exeter
30 62.63 Stuart Loughran 6 Sep 05 Carmarthen
31 62.35 Trevor Ratcliffe 25 Jun 05 Ashford
32 62.19 Mark Stuart 23 Apr 05 Loughborough
33 61.81 Sam Kelvey U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
34 61.75 Felix Hatton 2 May 05 Glasgow (S)
35 61.59 Rhys Williams 23 Apr 05 Cosford
36 61.46 Chris Eden 25 Jun 05 Edinburgh
37 61.28 Alex Gibson 15 Jun 05 London (BP)
38 60.76 Allandre Johnson 19 Jun 05 Ashford
39 60.57 Bekele Tola 25 Jun 05 London (TB)
40 60.52 Matthew Allison 28 Aug 05 Cudworth
41 60.42 Nigel Bevan 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
42 59.91 Fergus MacDiarmid U20 24 Jul 05 Exeter
43 59.90 James Hopley U20 6 Aug 05 Telford
44 59.66 Ben Hazell 28 Aug 05 Woerden, NED
45 59.46 Phil Gregory U20 11 Jun 05 Hemel Hempstead
46 59.33 Luke Payne 15 May 05 Exeter
47 59.19 Jonathan Clarke 4 Jun 05 Derby
48 58.93 Jim Everard 4 Jun 05 Eton
49 58.93 John Powell 10 Jul 05 Schweinfurt, GER
50 58.92 Joe Waller U20 28 Aug 05 Abingdon
51 58.68 S. Phillips 4 Jun 05 Gateshead
52 58.08 Ben Fisher U20 14 Aug 05 Derby
53 57.97 David McKay 15 May 05 Macclesfield
54 57.95 Robert Eggleton 25 Sep 05 Blackpool
55 57.76 Patrick Boundy 30 Jul 05 Stoke-on-Trent
56 57.72 Stuart Millar 27 Aug 05 Glasgow (S)
57 57.28 Jeremy Smyth 25 Jun 05 Edinburgh
58 57.20 Sam Goddard 15 Jun 05 London (BP)
59 57.19 Garth Loughran U17 24 Aug 05 Neath
60 57.14 Duncan MacDonald 22 Sep 05 Coventry
61 57.03 Livio Salvador-Aylott 4 Sep 05 Hexham
62 56.84 Adrian Hemery 4 Sep 05 Hexham
63 56.72 Andrew Staniland U20 2 Jul 05 Bedford
64 56.59 Jonathan Harvey 21 Aug 05 Ipswich
65 56.10 Thomas Rees U20 24 Apr 05 Yate
66 55.99 Andrew Brown U20 15 May 05 Bournemouth
67 55.95 Mark Lindsay 4 Jun 05 Gateshead
68 55.91 James Turner 19 Jun 05 Birmingham
69 55.71 Kevin Sempers 3 Jul 05 Jyvaskyla, FIN
70 55.70 Aaron Crawford U17 11 Jun 05 Belfast
71 55.61 Alex Simpson 30 Jul 05 Bedford
72 55.58 Zabia Kepple 16 Apr 05 Kingston
73 55.56 Matthew George U20 25 Sep 05 Hemel Hempstead
74 55.23 Jamie Wilkinson 14 May 05 Telford
75 55.18 Dale Garland 29 Jun 05 Bath
76 55.05 Pawlo Ostapowycz 2 Jul 05 Wigan
77 55.03 Adam Akehurst U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
78 55.01 Jake Filer U20 9 Apr 05 Eton
79 54.99 Bonne Buwembo U17 30 Jul 05 Bracknell
80 54.90 Chris Dack 4 Jun 05 Grantham
81 54.88 Edward Dunford 28 Aug 05 Antrim
82 54.86 Jonathan Kerr 15 Jul 05 Lerwick
83 54.85 Mark Wearing U20 25 May 05 Aldershot
84 54.83 David Turner 3 Apr 05 Liverpool
85 54.78 Paul McKown U20 7 Aug 05 Stockport
86 54.65 Matthew Bruton U20 24 Apr 05 Leeds
87 54.61 Sam Ellis 1 May 05 Cudworth
88 54.54 Robert Simmonds 11 May 05 Loughborough
89 54.52 Craig Guest 7 May 05 Kettering
90 54.48 Andy Hayward 7 Aug 05 York
91 54.45 Stuart Faben 30 Jul 05 Ware
92 54.29 Sam Harrison 16 Jul 05 Eton
93 54.21 Tony Norman 20 Aug 05 Ilford
94 54.06 John Dodsworth 24 May 05 London (CP)
95 54.04 Aaron Harris U20 24 Jul 05 Carshalton
96 54.00 Damien Crawford 23 Jul 05 Dublin (S), IRL
97 53.98 Max Hall U20 31 Jul 05 Stoke-on-Trent
98 53.89 Andrew Ormesher 1 May 05 Douglas IOM
99 53.88 Rob Appleton 7 May 05 Cardiff
100 53.85 David Brooking 3 Apr 05 Plymouth
101 53.78 Kevin Murch 15 May 05 Nuneaton
102 53.63 Graeme Allan 25 Jun 05 Manchester (SC)
103 53.62 James Cowell 30 May 05 Bedford
104 53.46 Tony Smith 7 May 05 Carshalton
105 53.46 Eric Workman 20 Aug 05 Luton
106 53.41 David Harding 6 Mar 05 Oxford
107 53.41 Richard Lainson 2 May 05 Glasgow (S)
108 53.37 Andrew Harland 25 Jun 05 Basildon
109 53.32 Matt Ledger 15 May 05 Mansfield
110 53.24 Kevin Currie 28 Aug 05 Douglas IOM
111 53.16 David Acton U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
112 53.11 Thomas Amphlett U20 4 Jun 05 Worcester
113 53.04 Julian Howells 30 Jul 05 Aberdare

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The following performances are also known

114 52.62 Steve Greening 19 Jun 05 Birmingham
115 51.10 Scot Thompson 7 May 05 Carshalton
116 50.74 Stephen Winter U20 29 Aug 05 Cardiff
117 50.09 David McKown 18 Jun 05 Manchester (SC)
118 49.04 Nathan Forrest U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
119 48.40 Dan Brunsden U20 19 Jun 05 Ware
120 48.08 George Ferrar U20 19 Jun 05 Ware
121 47.65 Gavin Fordham 30 May 05 Bedford
122 47.17 Jeremy Tigar 27 Aug 05 Bedford
123 46.68 Carl Quinlan U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
124 46.36 Ben Ambler U20 28 May 05 Cudworth
125 46.13 Luke O'Connor U20 8 Jul 05 Birmingham
126 45.76 Roger Bate 4 Jun 05 Eton
127 45.61 Chris Toms 27 Aug 05 Bedford
128 45.03 Justin Grimes 19 Jun 05 Birmingham

i know his a late response but i have been off line for a while.

Last season i threw 52.75 at trafford and am extremley dissapointed tat it has not been noticed. I have not even been ranked for my 52.15 at ellsmere port, which i was ranked on an earlier rankings list.

[Patience]

Hi Zelezneyfan. The rankings are compiled by NUTS (the National Union of Track Statisticians) and then published. They normally take have complete listings either for the top 100, or to a certain standard. In the senior men's case, they appear to have set that standard at 53m. Every performance over 53m will be quite carefully researchad and recorded. However, with performances under this setpoint, it is hit or miss whether they record and publish them.

[zeleznyfan]

looks like i will have to throw further this year then