The sun shone for two days over Manchester as the Sussex Schools team delivered one of its best-ever performances at the English Schools Track and Field Championships. Our athletes brought home six golds, five silvers and three bronze medals, and overall, there were 17 personal bests, 23 English School standards and 10 national standard […]
Arena 80/Sussex AA Young Athlete Grant reopens
Applications for the 2022 Arena 80/ Sussex AA – Young Athlete Grant are now open. Talented athletes aged 14-18 experiencing genuine hardship, for whom a grant will make an essential difference, can apply and may receive an award of up to £250. Athletes must represent a Sussex AA affiliated club. Last year the first two […]
A Success-ful day at the UK Sportshall Finals
Congratulations to Crawley AC’s Success Osimwegie, who came a fantastic 5th at the Sportshall UK Under 15 Girls Finals. Success earned her individual spot after winning the South East regional title in February. On Sunday, the top 37 Sportshall athletes battled for honours at the prestigious event held down South for the first time […]
Are you the next Daley Thompson or KJT?
Do you want to try Combined Events? Sussex Schools and Surrey Schools are hosting an open event to give U13, U15 and U17 athletes an opportunity to try out multi-events on Wednesday 1st June, at K2 Stadium, Crawley, RH11 9BQ. This is an opportunity to compete in a pentathlon for years 8 – 11, consisting of […]
Sussex teams ready for Regional Sportshall finals
Sixty-seven of Sussex’s most talented Sportshall athletes will be making their way to Burgess Hill today for the regional finals. First off is the under 11s Festival of Fun in Athletics at 1030. It tests the all round skills of the youngest athletes. From balancing, throwing, jumping vertically and horizontally and running, the U11s will […]
Elodie and Braimoh shine at Indoor Champs
The Sussex Indoor Championships saw some of the lowest entry levels this century, with a total of 106 athletes due to compete and 21 of them no shows. For possibly the first time since its inception, the champs had fewer than 90 participants, and many athletes only had to turn up to be guaranteed […]