It is with regret that we have to announce the death of former Sussex Runner and Race Walker Dave Boxall after a lengthy illness. He was born in Oct 1933 and was eighty-nine. Dave joined the Brighton & Hove Athletic Club in the late fifties as a distance runner. He became a regular and reliable […]
Boxing Day Races back on the Calendar
On a crisp and sunny Monday morning, the revived Boxing Day road races in Preston Park attracted nearly one hundred athletes and fundraised £330 for the Clock Tower Sanctuary in Brighton. This was not a bad result, as confirmation that the races would go ahead for the first time in three years came just a […]
Dick Morley
It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Richard “Dick” Morley at the age of 94. Dick was the man who brought the English Schools cross-country championships to Sussex. Dick, who was born and lived his life in Ditchling, was the father of 1975 English Schools 800m Champion Simon Morley […]
When do the runners up become the winners?
A wonderful team effort by the Crawley athletes saw them finish second, to Sale, last weekend at Bedford, but they were the winners of the League to gain promotion to the Premiership for next season. Covid changed the National Athletics League which had always separate the sexes in the British Athletics League but now the […]
Stuart Elms
It is with great regret that we have to report the death of former international race walker and oft times Sussex Champion Stuart George Elms at seventy-six. Stuart came late to the sport having worked for Southdown and was a frequent winner of the “Southdown” Ditchling to Withdean annual walk in the 1970w. He was […]
P.B for Beth at Birmingham
We had to wait until the last day of athletics at the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham before a Sussex athlete made an appearance and even then, she was not in an England vest. On Sunday, Beth Kidger lined up for the 5,000m but was not expected to challenge EiIish McColgan, who had already won the […]