Kate Matthews

The 2022 Sussex track & field season came to a successful conclusion a couple of weeks ago with a trio of events. First up was the Sussex Under 15 League Final, held at Withdean, Brighton, on September 2. With eight county clubs battling out, it was Crawley who took the top team points scoring a […]

It is with huge sadness that we report the death of Sussex AA and England AA Multi Events/Jumps Coach Jennie Neal. Over her many dedicated years, Jennie coached the minis at Worthing Harriers before going on to work with many top Sussex AA, including Tom French, Jack Valeri, Annie Close and Anna Short. She was on the […]

Three Under 15 league records and a fine showing at the Under 13 Inter Counties marked a great weekend for Sussex youth athletics. The weekend started on Friday evening with the third Sussex Under 15 League fixture at Withdean, Brighton. In the opening event, the sensational Alice Howie (Worthing) broke her own league record for […]

  A record number turned out in scorching conditions to compete in the Sussex Under 13 Track & Field Champs with Under 11 Quadkids at the weekend. More than 420 youngsters took part in the event held at the Crawley stadium. There were several solid displays with one standing out as the performance of the […]

It was Ladies Days at the Sussex Schools Championships with three record breaking performances. Grace Tuesday beat a 41 year old junior girl record in the 800m clocking 2:12.56 – there cannot be many more Sussex records for the Lewes AC youngster to break this season. Then there was Alice Howie, also a junior girl, […]

  The sun shone on the athletes as two league records tumbled at the first Sussex Under 15 League Fixture this season. First to be broken was the girls’ hammer record. Worthing’s Alice Howie, who is currently ranked number one in the country, launched a 48.04 throw beating the previous 47.34 by Louisa James (Hastings) […]