Hastings distance runner Adam Clarke, who now runs for Aldershot, broke the twenty five year old Sussex record in the Vitality Half-marathon event at Greenwich on Sunday. In a high class race that saw Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele set a new course record ahead Chris Thompson (Aldershot) in 50:22 t0 61.00, Clarke finished a splendid ninth […]
Waltz time for Sussex Athletes
It was Gold and Silver waltz time for Sussex athletes at the weekend’s British Indoor championships, where the cancellation of the World Championships affected the standard of competition and many top athletes decided to concentrate on preparing hopefully for the Tokyo Olympics. At Glasgow, where the senior championships were, George Mills (Brighton Phoenix) the former […]
Excellent fourth for Eleanor – Wet and Windy Beacon Half
A sparkling run from fourteen year old Eleanor Strevens highlighted the Sussex runners in the National Cross-country championships at Nottingham on Saturday. Not many Sussex runners took the journey to compete but her trip was well worth-while and she very nearly returned with a medal. Strevens (Eastbourne) has had an excellent season over the […]
Action at Glasgow
There were few Sussex performers in action at the Muller Grand Prix at Glasgow on Saturday and indeed the best performance came from former Sussex and English Schools athlete Adelle Tracey from Guildford. Tracey, who is now one of the leading British middle distance runners, was a regular member of Sussex School’s teams a decade […]
Last Sussex Cross-Country Battle For The Season
This Saturday’s final Sussex Cross-country League match at Bexhill Down will be very important for several athletes. Not only will it decide the League winners for the 2019/20 season but it will also be the final opportunity for a handful of Sussex runners to catch the selector’s eyes for the English Schools championships. Most of […]
Sussex School Athletes At Inter Counties
Brilliant second placings from the senior boys’ team and Yasmin Kashdan in the Junior girls race highlighted a pretty good afternoon’s racing from the Sussex School’s squad at the South East Inter-counties cross-country at Chelmsford. The Essex wind, although not quite as strong as a decade ago when it blew away one of the main […]