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March 10, 2023
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Devonport athletes star at national champs Devonport track-and-field stars Eliza McCartney and Jacko Gill beat the odds to claim titles at the national athletics championships last weekend, while young Belmont product Alfie Steedman also aced both his middle-distance races. McCartney’s pole-vault win in Welling-
ton was a thrilling comeback, six years after she last won a national title. An Olympic bronze-medallist in 2016, McCartney has since endured a long battle with injuries. She pipped last year’s champion, Olivia McTaggart, on a countback after both cleared 4.61m, 33cm short of
McCartney’s best, set in 2018. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Imogen Ayris, was third. To claim shot-put gold, Gill threw 21.08m to defeat long-time rival Commonwealth champion and Olympic medallist Tom To page 2
C’est bon! Matisse and the art of posing
All smiles... Tameara Hill, Jonathan Brooke and French bulldog Matisse were among the owners and pets who marked ‘Purple Poppy Day’ at Windsor Reserve on 26 February. Photos, pages 6-9.