The Open Steyning 10k road walk, that was cancelled due to Storm Brian a few weeks ago, was finally held last weekend. However, the change of date affected the number of walkers.
It was local walkers - Ian Richards and Jimmy Ball who battled for the title.
Former Olympic and Commonwealth Games throwers are coming to Sussex during the winter to hold some “Coaching Throws” workshops for Coaches and Teachers at the Lewes Athletic Centre.
Judy Oakes MBE, who has made more international appearances for Great Britain and England teams than any other athlete, will be leading on the shot putt with Mike Winch taking the Discus throw, former Commonwealth Games Champion Mick Jones the Hammer and Bob Willows the Javelin throw.
Ross Skelton from Hastings is currently showing his best form to date and running for Brighton Phoenix he turned in a tremendous run in the Great South Run at Portsmouth last weekend.
Storm Brian was at its most severe on the Saturday and caused the cancellation of the 5k race but Sunday, although still pretty breezy, was much milder and former European 10k silver medallist Chris Thompson from Aldershot managed to retain his title in a nippy 48:32.
Charlie Grice can been assured of a warm spring next year as he has been selected to compete in the 1500m at the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast next April.
Grice missed out on a place in the World Championships team earlier this year as he was beaten in the Trials by three Scotsmen but in Australia he will be sporting the England vest as he had done in the 2014 Games in Glasgow. In Glasgow Grice reached the final of the 1500m where he finished seventh but will, obviously, be aiming on improving on that placing and maybe getting amongst the medals.
Lewes Athletic Club’s Tom Evans, along with several other leading Sussex runners, gave the Sussex Cross-country League event at Goodwood a miss last weekend to concentrate on the “Bright10” road race at Brighton on Sunday and he did it to good effect.
Evans, who is primarily a triathlete and James Westlake (Crawley) who is a footballer fought through the early stages of the race but Evans moved clear for a handsome victory in 51:46 to the Crawley runner’s 52:33 with David Wilson (Thames Hare and Hounds) in third place in 52:30.
Record numbers of runners turned out for the first of this season Sussex Cross-country League races on the Downs at Goodwood on Saturday when more than si hundred runners completed the nine races.
After several weeks of Relay Racing it is the turn of the Sussex Cross-country League to open the head to head racing with the first of this season’s events at Goodwood on Saturday.
12.30 sees the start of the League events when the U13 Girls line up for their event and they will followed by the Boys then the U15s and U17 boys before the senior take to the stage with the Women, including U17s, at 14.00 and the Senior men at 14.35.
Before the League races are runs for U11s at 12.00.
Brighton Phoenix and Brighton & Hove Athletic Club flew the Sussex flag at the National six-stage Road Relay championships at Sutton Park on Saturday with both clubs fielding weakened teams.
This did not prevent the Phoenix squad finishing in a highly creditable 16th place in 1hr 50m 56s.
SEAA Inter-counties,Horspath Oxford - 9th Dec 2017
Those of you in the u13/15/17 age groups plus U20s and Senior women please note you have the chance to represent Sussex at the South of England inter county event at Horspath Oxford on Sat 9th Dec.
Selection for this event will be made after the first or second league race dependent on when the teams have to be in by.
Johanna Spannagl made a most successful return to competitive athletics at the Sussex Cross-country Relays championships last Saturday.
A decade ago the Horsham Blue Star Harrier was one of the most promising middle distance runners on the Sussex scene and she still holds the Under 15 course record at Goodwood but studies prevented her fulfilling her promise. Now back in action she can prove a real power on the Sussex athletic scene at least.