Steyning AC Olympian, Ian Richards, race walked onto the stage at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton to be crowned the 2019 ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ at the Sussex Sports Awards. This year Richards has dominated his M70 age group, winning the world masters 5km walk and then taking European titles in the 5000m track […]
Kidger retains 10k title and McNally makes it a Phoenix double
The 36th Brighton 10k race took place on Sunday in near perfect, cool and still conditions. Almost 1800 runners came out to support the iconic seafront race, which is back under the management of Brighton and Hove AC. It was a good day for Brighton Phoenix. Beth Kidger ran 18 seconds faster than last year, […]
Sportshall season begins
This weekend sees the first of the 2019/2020 Sussex AA Sportshall fixtures. Sportshall athletics is an indoor mix of fun and competition during the winter months for U11, U13 and U15 athletes. Sussex AA supports two Sportshall leagues which take place at Horsham and Worthing. Sportshall in Sussex began in 1981 when John Linfield of Horsham Blue Stars promoted two demonstration […]
Masters Marathon title for Ulliott and PB for Navesey in Frankfurt
Running in the Frankfurt Marathon last Sunday for England, Crawley’s Paul Navesey took one minute exactly off his personal best to finish 23rd, clocking 2:17:16. Navesey was third home for the national team behind 10th placer Derek Hawkins of Leeds City (2:12:49) and Lincoln Wellington’s Aaron Scott (2:17:05) who was 21st. Brighton and Hove’s […]
Five Golds for Ian Richards at European Masters
Steyning AC’s Olympic 50km race walker, Ian Richards, went to the European Masters Championships in Eraclea, Italy and achieved a remarkable five gold medals, three of which were individual. First up on 6th September Richards won the M70 5000m title on the track, in a time of 27:08.70. Five days later on the roads he […]
Wins for Bryn and Lizzie at T&F inter-counties finale
On the first Saturday of September Sussex’s leading under-15 and under-20 athletes travelled to Horspath, for the last South of England Inter County Championships fixture of the season. There were solid performances and several personal bests plus two individual victories for Sussex athletes. Eastbourne’s Bryn Smith won the under-20 200m in 21.82 seconds and Brighton […]