EME NEWS (DEC 13, 2009)

HEADLINES

BRITISH DAY IN DUBLIN

RESULTS

TIMARU (NZL, Dec 13): Excellent youth shot put with 5 kg implement by talented Jacko Gill during New Zealand secondary schools championships. As first ever 14 years old shot putter he achieved a 20+ mark 20.42 m. He also improved with that the national U17 record by Tom Walsh (17) who just the day before got 20.21. Gill will celebrate his 15th birthday in one week (December 20).

FIUMICINO (ITA, Dec 13): In the jubilee 20th Best Woman road race in Rome region Silvia Somaggio clocked 33:45 at 10 km ahead of Vincenza Sicari (33:50). In men´s race Kenyan Ezekiel Meli achieved 29:27 ahead of Moroccan Issam Zaid (29:39) and Cosimo Caliandro (29:56).

OTHER NEWS

KUALA LUMPUR (MAS): ATFS President Paul Jenes informs that statistician Balwant Singh was awarded his Datukship from the Malaysian Governor. It is a senior order of chivalry in Malaysia and is a Federal award. Balwant‘s late father was also a Datuk and an ATFS member and both were/are prolific statisticians. Balwant was the official statistician of the Asian Athletic Federation for many years. His brother Dilbagh competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics steeple race.

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