Our most mature group is the casters. For many years, they have been a solid core of well-grown athletes who compete locally, nationally and internationally. The real highlight of the autumn is undoubtedly Herman Henriksen's discus gold at the European Veterans Championships in Italy - see article from SA at the end.
Janice A. Flaathe has summarized the autumn for herself and the cast
Summary from the fall 2023 casters
An absolute highlight among the throwers in the fall of 2023 must be when Herman Henriksen in the mv 85-89 class managed to win an international championship gold in discus at the European Championships in Pescara, Italy. He also tops Norway’s statistics in his class in this event
Otherwise, as far as I can see, it’s a season characterized by many injuries among us as throwers.
For this reason, there have been few veteran throwing events during the fall.
On September 1, there was a throwing competition in Stavanger
Marius participated in sledgehammer.
Tore Drange and Jarle Bøe completed a throwing pentathlon with scores of 2688 and 2531 respectively.
The exercise that scored the most points was cool for both of them. Tore scored 727 points and Jarle 612.
Tore Drange is number 3 on the statistics in Norway in throwing pentathlon, and number 2 in discus and javelin
When you consider that in 2023 a new points table has been introduced that shows that you now get fewer points for the same result than you did in 2022.
Kate was the only athlete to participate in the NM throwing pentathlon this season.
Personally, it’s been a season with little competition. Worked my way through the NM winter throw and a few competitions until the end of May. It was all about moving slowly. I’m well underway with my training, and I’m finally allowed to throw with more intensity and speed.
The plan is to be back in full force next season.
Still, I have to say I’m pleased with the spear result with only one step. Then it was 23.75m.
Greetings Janice
“86-year-old European champion
Athletics: At the age of 86, Herman Kristoffer Henriksen became European champion in discus in his M85 class in Italian Pescara at the Stadio Adriatica recently.
Stefan Merenyi
– “I threw 25.86, and that was enough for the European Championships as the next man on the list, the German Scheuer, only managed 22.84,” says Herman as we chat at Sandnes Stadium.
He and his wife Judith came from Dirdal so that we could do a short interview.
– There were eight participants in the class, but one German could not compete due to an injury in the warm-up, so only seven were approved. It was close behind me when the German on 3. place got 22.18,” says Herman Henriksen.
He has been involved in athletics all his life with long and triple jump and has won many medals. But when he suffered from neuropathy and had problems with his feet and balance, it was all discus.
– “I have around 200 medals from the Nordic, European and World Championships, and a bronze from the World Championships is strong,” says Henriksen, who has competed in Spain (2), Finland, Italy, (2), Hungary, Poland, (2) France, Sweden and Denmark.
The last championships I had my wife, Judith, with me as I needed as much help as possible in many areas. Otherwise, I have good training opportunities in the fields in Dirdal,” says Herman Henriksen. He adds that in March next year he will be 87, and he is looking forward to the European Championships in Poland, the World Championships in Gothenburg and the Norwegian Championships in Stjørdal and Winter Throw in Lyngdal.
In his private life, he was a teacher at Dirdal children’s and youth school and retired in 2003.”