John Anstey 1946 - 2004

Joined: 1963
First elected to committee: 1964
Club President: 1973
Life Member: 1983
Committee Positions Held: Track Captain, Track Secretary, Cross Country Captain & Secretary
Magazine Editor: 1977 - 1986
Social Committee

Track & Field Personal Bests
100m - 12.1
200m - 24.2
300m - 38.7
400m - 51.6
600m - 84.2 (83.5 in Handicap race)
800m - 1:55.5
1000m - 2:35.0
1200m - 3:10.6
1500m - 4:01.7
1 Mile - 4:23.2
2000m - 5:41.7
3000m - 8:42.2
5000m - 15:12.8
10000m - 32:38.0
400H - 64.5
3000S/C - 10:16.8
HJ - 1.52
LJ - 5.27
TJ - 9.99
DT - 27.52
JT - 37.62
SP - 8.53
HT - 11.47

Multiple Race Days
24/07/65 ½ M 1st 1-58.8 ½ M 2-00.9 Relay
03/08/65 ½ M 1st 2-05.4 1Mile 1st 4-37.5 ½ M 2-2.3 Relay
14/08/65 ½ M 5th 1-58.7
15/08/65 ½ M 2nd 1-58.7 1Mile 2nd 4-35.8 ½ M 2-01.0
13/05/67 ½ M 3rd 1-58.8 ½ M 2-00.0 Relay
04/07/70 1500 1st 4-06.0 800 2-02.0 Relay
08/07/70 800 1st 1-57.9 1500 2nd 4-12.4
15/05/71 800 2nd 1-59.8 800 2-00.5 Relay
25/07/71 800 2nd 1-59.9 1500 3rd 4-14.6 400 53.7 Relay
10/05/72 5000 1st 16-11.0 200 ht 2nd 24.8 200 F 3rd 24.6
03/06/72 400H 4th 64.5 800 5th 2-03.7 1500 5th 4-22 400 Relay Leg
21/6/72 400 ht 59.0 1 Mile 1st 4-53.1 400 F 52.4 2nd
19/08/72 800 2nd 1-58.7 1500 1st 4-10.4
08/06/74 800 1st 2-01.8 3000 1st 9-00.8
16/08/80 5000 1st 16-12.0 S/C 1st 10-47.6

Total Races
1963 - 1996 1,109 races (including relays)
Road races - 310
CC races - 159
Track races - 640
Won 159 of 587 individual track races
Best event was 800/880 with a 29.3% strike rate over 140 races (41 wins)
Ran 55 sub-2:00 800m (or equivalent), sub-2:00 seasons for 11 consecutive years
Ran 69 sub-4:15 1500m (or equivalent), sub 4:15 seasons for 16 consecutive years and 18 out of 19
Ran 39 sub-16:00 5000m
Ran 30 sub-54.0 400m and 19 sub-53.0

VPH Road & CC Champs
Road = 11G (incl. 5x3.5M and 4x10M), 7S, 2B
CC = 4G, 11S, 3B

Chingford & District League
24 seasons, including 19 consecutive from 1963-64 to 1981-2
Ran in 113 races (72 road & 41 XC)
29 times inside first 20 on the road, only 5 on CC.
Best Positions on Road (7th, 8th, 9th (twice), 10th (three times)) and on XC (13th)

Club Championship Track & Field
(100, 200, 400, 800, Mile, 5000, 10000, S/C, HJ, Jav, LJ, Discus, Shot & Pentathlon)
31 Gold (2 field events)
31 Silver (7 field events)
19 Bronze (7 field events)

Track Races Competed In
1965 - 55
1966 - 37
1967 - 38
1968 - 37
1969 - 37
1970 - 38
1971 - 32
1972 - 50
1973 - 34
1974 - 33
1975 - 38
(After this, it drops to between 10 & 26)