Brighton & Hove AC athlete Julia Machin, broke her own British W45 high jump record and bettered the European mark by two centimetres, when she soared over 1.70m at the Southern Counties Veterans’ League Final. Machin was a senior British International who competed in the Commonwealth Games. She has a high jump best of 1.92m […]
Thomas, Fillery & Heawood 1-2-3 at Birmingham
There was a podium set of medals for Sussex athletes at Birmingham on Sunday in the finals of the British Championships and World Championships trials. Glistening brightest was Spencer Thomas (Brighton Phoenix), with a brilliant run in the 800 metres, in one of the most exciting races of the weekend. In a tightly fought scramble […]
British Champs and World Trials weekend preview
The British Championships and World trials in Birmingham this weekend, will see the nation’s top athletes battling for titles and coveted Doha places. Several Sussex athletes are making the trip to the Midlands. Brighton Phoenix’s Charlie Da’Vall Grice is three seconds faster than the next best UK 1500m runner this year, after his sparkling 3:30.62 […]
Six Golds for Sussex at Southerns
Crawley javelin thrower Ivo Pitts smashed through the 60-metre mark, for the first time, to take the South of England, under-17 men’s javelin title in the regional age group championships. Pitts throw of 61.27m was a two-metre improvement on his previous best. This was undoubtedly one of the Sussex highlights in a weekend, that saw […]
SAL round up as Rovers romp into Division 1
Eastbourne Rovers AC has won promotion to Division 1 of the Southern Athletic League (SAL). They topped Division 2 east following their second place finish behind Tonbridge in the final fixture last weekend at Woodford Green. Brighton who were competing in Dartford, but are in the same league, won their fixture but finished third overall […]
Sussex pole vaulters pull out of Inter-Counties over safety concerns
Sussex AA will not be sending any pole vaulters to the South of England under 15 and under 20 Inter-counties fixture at Horspath for the second year in a row. The decision to withdraw vaulters was taken due to ongoing concerns about the safety of the bed. Two years ago several competing athletes suffered […]