Mick Jones will wave an emotional goodbye to the Crawley Leisure Centre when the final Sussex County Track and Field Championships are held there this weekend.

The British No.1, from Crawley, is among a handful of internationals who will be competing at the track for the last time as he attempts to win his 21st senior title in the hammer.

The championships have been held at the venue for the last ten years but will switch to the new state-of-the-art K2 Centre nearby next summer when the leisure centre is demolished.

Jones, 41, said: "It will be sad to say goodbye to the track because I have had a lot of success there. I am determined to go out in style by putting on a good show."

Jones achieved the Commonwealth Games qualifying standard of 68m in his first competitive match last weekend as he starts the defence of the title he won in Manchester in 2002.

Although the Melbourne Games are still ten months away, Jones admits the County Championships are an important part of his preparations.

He said: "Everything I do this year is based around the Commonwealth Games next March. It is likely to be my last major championships and I am going to do everything I can to win the gold again.

"Usually I would have competed four or five times before the County Championships but I want to build up slowly over the next ten months rather than burn myself out.

"As it's only my second event of the season I might be a bit down on distance but I still believe I can go over 70m if the conditions are right."

Fellow Olympian Sean Baldock will not be defending his 400m title as he is warm-weather training in Italy but Commonwealth Games 800m runner Joel Kidger is due to compete in the 1,500m.

Horsham Blue Star's Andrew Robinson makes a rare appearance in the 3,000m steeplechase before he flies to America for four weeks of altitude training to prepare for the Commonwealth Games trials in July.

The action starts at 11.00 each day with the final event at 6.00. Entry is £2.