A silver medal and 12 top 20 finishers marked a good day at the South of England Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Horspath, Oxford. Competing in her first year in the Under 15 girls’ race, Eleanor Strevens, found herself in a battle right through to the end. She was placed second but with the […]
Youngsters Take Top Spots In Senior Races
Tomer Tarragano was in first class form on Saturday in the Sussex Cross Country League senior men’s race at Stanmer Park. The Brighton and Hove AC under 20 athlete won by a clear margin helping his team extend their lead in the league after 3 fixtures. Brighton and Hove currently have 198 points in division […]
Hilary Holland Funeral
The funeral of Worthing and Sussex Athletics stalwart, Hilary Holland, will take place on Wednesday 4th December at St Andrews Church, West Tarring, BN13 1HQ, at 12 noon. Refreshments afterwards at the church followed by an internment at Durrington cemetery. She is being buried in the same grave as her brother John. Family flowers only, […]
England Selection For Wood
Congratulations to Caroline Wood who was part of the winning England W55 team at the British and Irish Masters International at Aintree on Saturday. It was the 5th time the Arena 80 athlete had been selected to compete and wear a England Masters XC vest. She finished 7th overall in her age category on the […]
Hilary Holland
It is with great regret that we report the death of Hilary Holland from Worthing. Hilary was involved with the organisation of athletics for fifty years mainly through the Worthing and District Harriers in many positions including Secretary and President. She was also a long term County official as a recorder at Track and Field […]
Numbers Soar At Second XC League Match
Neither a last-minute change in venue or the miserable weather put people off as numbers soared at Stanmer Park on Saturday. A total of 627 athletes from clubs across Sussex turned out to take part in the second cross country league fixture in Brighton. The biggest entries came in the senior men’s race where there […]