Several Sussex athletes have chalked up long careers in athletics, and none more so than Brighton & Hove’s Hugh Foord, who started racing in the 1940s, won his first International vest in 1955 and is still running in his nineties. Horsham’s John Luxford, who started racing in the 1950s and then became the Sussex team […]
The best English Schools for 60 Years
Team results are not yet available from last weekend’s English Schools Championships at Manchester but they are likely to be much better than anticipated following the excellent results that resulted in six gold medals. This was a tremendous effort by the leading Team managers, led by Leanne Buxton and Judy Lasis who had both competed […]
Good Individual performances at Schools’ Inter-counties
The Annual South East Schools Inter-County match is always a tough fixture for Sussex. We are surrounded by larger Counties that are not only top in their area, but Kent, Surrey and Hampshire are amongst the best in the Country. Sussex Schools have always supported this fixture, as they did this year at the Kingsmeadow […]
Fast times at Watford
There were several fine performances and personal bests at the BMC Grand Prix at Watford last Saturday but only one winner. The victory, which was also a PB came in the 5000m A race when Brighton & Hove’s Ian Crowe-Wright had a terrific battle with David Mallarkey from Leeds to snatch victory by less than […]
Sussex Schools Championships
Saturday will see the most important competition of the season for most of the competitors at the Sussex Schools’ Track and Field Championships at K2 Crawley. Leanne Buxton, Judy Lasis and the Sussex Schools’ officers have tried to return the championships to what they were before the pandemic lockdowns, but it has been a hard […]
Andy Todd
It is with great regret we have to announce the death of one of the most talented Sussex athletes, Andy Todd at 74. He had a three way heart by-pass and had double by-pass last week but it was too late. An East Grinstead schoolboy and member of the Brighton & Hove club he was […]