The women's hammer throw gold, meanwhile, went to Russia's Tatyana Lysenko, while France's Renaud Lavillenie narrowly bested a pair of competitors from Germany to win gold in the men's pole vault.
Earlier Steve Lewis had finished a respectable sixth in the pole vault which was won by Australia's Steve Hooker in 5.90 metres with France's Romain Mesnil taking silver and Renaud Lavillenie bronze.
Charles Renaud, 49, one of the club's founders and a former county commissioner, said the movie served as a catalyst but that the effort to rename the club had been in the making for a long time.