Two new national records for big Jim as he moves into a new age category

On Saturday he competed in the first Swindon Winter Throws Invitational Series in the Heavyweight Triathlon.

Jim, from Wragby, was particularly looking forward to competing because - having turned 55 - he is eligible to compete in the 55-59 category, allowing him to attack new records.

“Well it couldn’t have gone much better,” Jim said.

“I opened with a 24.58m throw in the hammer, followed that with an 8.14m shot putt and then smashed the national record in the heavyweight hammer with 9.99m.

“This gave me a points score of 1414, beating the old best by some 200 points.

“Not a bad way to introduce myself to the age-group, two national records on a beautiful sunny day.

“The plan for the winter is to get some really heavy lifting done in the gym and to compete once a month, hard work but that’s the key to success.”