Woodford Green with Essex Ladies’s Tiffany Porter won the 110m hurdles and earned maximum points for Great Britain at the European Team Championships in Gateshead at the weekend.

Porter crossed the line in 12.62 to beat off competition from Russia’s Tatiana Dektyareva, who came second, and Ukraine’s Hanna Platitsyna, who was third.

Another Woodford athlete, Shana Cox, was part of Britain’s winning 4x400m relay team, who edged out France and Russia with a time of 3.28.60.

Cox ran the second leg after Eilidh Child and before Meghan Beesley and Christine Ohuruogu.

Woodford’s Mark Dry was also in action in the hammer and came 11th with a best throw of 68.30.

Elsewhere last weekend, the club enjoyed success in the South of England Championships at Watford with titles attained in all fields of competition.

Anthony Oshodi won the shot put title with a throw of 15.26m in his first competitive action in a long time after being sidelined with a back injury.

Stephanie Aneto came first in the triple jump with a leap of 12.11m, while Kitty Eleyae took the long jump title with 5.84m.

Hollie Redman scooped up the discus title with a new personal best of 45.15m.

There were silver medals in the 1500m for Tara Bird and James Stockings.

Bird achieved a personal best of 4.28.63, which was an impressive result in a rarely run event for her.

Stockings also came second in a tactical Under-20 men’s final with a time of 4.01.28, where a strong finish saw him nearly chase down the leader.

Stephanie Gaynor picked up a silver medal in the 100m hurdles, clocking 13.86.

In the field, there were silver medals for Ayamba Akim in the high jump with 1.70m, and Tom Norman in the discus with 53.59m.

Peter Kirabo won bronze in the triple jump with 14.72m, while Adrian Stamp came fourth in the long jump with a distance of 6.60m.

In the women’s 100m, Elaine O’Neil came fourth with a time of 12.01, although she was unable to run the 11.99 she clocked in the heat.

Despite being unable to complete his semi-final in the 200m because of calf cramp, Omolulu Abiodun recorded a personal best of 21.48 in his heat.

In the men’s hammer, Peter Clarke finished fifth with 55.77m, which was his best distance this season.

Younger brother Harry Clarke picked up a silver medal in the Under-20 event with a personal best of 62.64m.

Katie Skelding came fourth in the 200m with 25.32.

In the Youth Development League at Ashton Sports Centre, the younger members of the team were in action and finished fifth overall.

In the boys’ Under-15 events, Aaron Toppin won both the 100m with a time of 11.80, and B string 200m with 24.10.

Jordan Allen won the 300m A race in 39.5, while Usamah Patel came second in the B race, clocking in at 40.10.

Olalouwa Ogunade came first in the long jump with 5.23m, while George Cunningham came third in the B event with 4.40m.

In the high jump, Shane Dewar cleared 1.70m in the A event and Scott Webster jumped 1.50m in the B string.

In the girls’ Under-15 events, there was a double win in the 800m with Jodie Ratcliff achieving a time of 2.22.7 in the A race and Rosie Poole running 2.28.5 in the B race.

There were second places in the discus for Amy Gilbert, who threw 25.31m in the A event, and Stephanie Howe achieved 19.41m in the B.

In Howe’s main event, the hammer, she won with a throw of 47.38m.

Gilbert also came second in the shot put A event with a distance of 7.34m, while Tolu Adebambo took second place in the B string with 6.73m.

In the girls’ Under-13’s, Katie Woodstock won the javelin with a throw of 15.2m and Megan Caswell came second in the shot put with 6.04m.

Kyeesha Robinson took third place in the 800m, clocking a time of 2.36.20.

A highlight was when Pearce Christie, Shane Deaw, Kelech Ojiako and Aaron Toppin won the 4x100m relay in the boys Under-15’s event.