Amber Anning became the first GB athlete to win a women’s 400m gold medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships last weekend. The 24 year old Brighton & Hove crossed the line in dramatic fashion in 50.60 ahead of American Alexis Holmes. This was despite having to recover from a derailment after being shoved out […]
Sussex Triumphant On Home Turf
Sussex teams rose to the occasion on home turf at the English Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Crowds flocked to the event at Ardingly Showground and locals were treated to a team gold, a silver, two bronzes and winning a cup. Making it more special was the fact English Schools is celebrating its 100 […]
Sun Shines At Wollaton Park
Sussex cross country runners enjoyed a rare occasion competing in brilliant sunshine at the UK Inter Counties last weekend. Ten teams from the county made the journey to Nottingham for the races around the stunning Wollaton Park. With a silver medal for the under 15 boys and some top 20 finishers, it was a successful […]
Indoor Season Success Continues
Another busy weekend of Indoor Athletics was marked by medals in the Netherlands and Sheffield and county record in Glasgow. At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn George Mills (Brighton Phoenix) secured a superb silver, while Amber Anning (Brighton & Hove) bounced back from a painful DQ for a lane infringement in her individual […]
Tim Medcalf
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of former Sussex AA athlete Timothy Medcalf at the age of 46. Tim competed regularly for East Grinstead AC from under 13s to seniors and was a keen triple and long jumper with bests of 14.11 and 6.56 metres. Still ranked on the top […]
Records Galore At Indoor Champs
Six athletes achieved championship best performances and a seventh equaled one at the David Weir Centre at the weekend. There were more than 230 entries into the annual event, which is jointly organised with Surrey AA. Eastbourne’s Bryn Smith was among these, clocking 6.93 in the senior men’s 60m, equaling Tom French’s 12 year record. […]