Croydon Harriers celebrated its 90th anniversary as its top athletes from past and present gathered at Trinity School on Saturday.

Chaired by enthusiastic president Ricky Toomey, the top table shone with the club's talent including former internationals Bob Benn, Yacin Yusuf, Mike Fleet and Nick Morgan and current stars Martyn Rooney, Lawrence Okoye and Twinelle Hopeson.

Toomey, Rooney, Okoye and past president Brian Proctor all gave speeches to the 190 guests before the club’s top award, The Jack Lisney Memorial Salver for outstanding service, went to Matthew Kiernan.

The president's awards in recognition of team spirit went to Mark Plackett and Josie Kavanagh, while the most prolific award winners were Peter Chambers and Shirin Irving who are both top 10 nationally ranked young athletes.

Meanwhile, Okoye's hopes of competing at the London 2012 Olympics were dealt a blow on Monday when he was not included in a list of 96 athletes given lottery funding by UK Athletics.

The 19-year-old is the top ranked junior discus thrower this year and has taken the next two years off studying to concentrate on qualifying for the Games.

However, he was not included in UKA's World Class Performance Programme podium list or development list of athletes they will give funding to this year.

The only discus thrower on the list is 21-year-old Birchfield Harrier Brett Morse who makes it onto the development list after topping the senior standings.

Martyn Rooney keeps his place on the podium list as does Tasha Danvers, despite an injury-plagued season that saw her race just once, because of her bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics two years ago.

Sprinter James Dasaolu remains on the podium relay list.