And Chambers confirmed he will not be rushing into an appeal against his Olympic ban with the British Olympic Association. The former European 100m champion failed a drugs test for THG five years ago and was suspended for two years.

The BOA do not allow athletes with doping offences to compete for them, but Chambers and his legal team are putting together a case to pursue a way of lifting that suspension before Beijing.

Chambers won in 10.28seconds yesterday, still 0.07secs outside the official 'A' standard Olympic qualifying time – but he remains upbeat about the weeks ahead after meeting with officials at UK Sport to help them in their fight against drugs.

Chambers said: "I have had to deal with a lot and it has made me a lot stronger and I have to use that to my advantage.

"I made a mistake and I have been honest about my mistake.

"I thought it was the right thing to inspire others not to go down that road because I am a prime example when you choose to go down the road that I did."

Leeds City won their opening match in their return to the British League (Division 3) at Kingston on Saturday and look to have an excellent chance of promotion. Their winning score was a massive 75 points ahead of host club Kingston and Polytechnic.

Umar Hameed and Tom Mosley gave Leeds a great start in the sprints, scoring maximum points in the 200m, Hameed winning the A race (22.27) and Mosley taking the B race (22.83).

There was a B800m victory from Jake Harman who clocked 1:55.60 while the 5000m was a high-scoring event for the Leeds team, James Walsh winning in 14:27.40 and Martin Gostling finishing runner up in the B race.

James Wilkinson continued his fine series in the 3000m steeplechase, winning much as he pleased in 9:41.4. The dependable Matt Allison won the javelin (58.83) and also got second in the discus (39.94) and third in the shot while Matt Barton had a good triple jump victory with his 14.67 metre effort.

Match Score: 1 Leeds City 388; 2 Kingston and Polytechnic 313; 3 Crawley 288; 4 Southampton 286; 5 Medway and Maidstone 233.5; 6 Channel Islands 229; 7 Bedford 218; 8 Edinburgh 216.5

City of Sheffield, relegated from the Premier League last season, finished third in Division One at Gateshead on Saturday.

In a close match Gateshead and Trafford came out on top.

Sheffield's best event was the 110m hurdles where Don Girdler (14.20) and Roger Skedd (14.60) scored maximum points.

Elsewhere Sheffield had to fight for every point. Sam Ellis, third in 1:51.7, and Chris Brown, second in the B race (1:54.00) scored good points in the 800m.

Jamie Williamson won the discus (47.28) and Daniel Brunt won the B event (42.12). Yorkshire champion David Budd won comfortably won the triple jump with 15.01 and the high jump was another maximum point event for Sheffield through Wanangwa Mkandawire (2.05) and Ben Moubrey (2.00).

Another field event win for Sheffield came in the pole vault, Luke Cutts looking a class apart as he cleared 5 metres.

Match Score: 1 Gateshead 312; 2 Trafford 306; 3 City of Sheffield 292; 4 Border 267; 5 Harrow 258; 6 Liverpool 251.5; 7 Kent AC 245.5; 8 Thames Valley 198

Wakefield Harriers women's team finished fifth in their opening UK Women's League (Division 3) match at Stevenage yesterday.

Zara Hohn was in top form for Wakefield in the 100m hurdles, winning in a personal best of 13.60.

The 800m produced maximum points for Wakefield, Kelley Johnson winning the A race in 2:08.2 and Helen Singleton taking the B race in 2:10.4. There was a field event victory from Tiffany Lyons in the high jump with a 1.60m clearance.