Traditionally the first Sussex Cross-country races of the New Year are the County championships and so it is again this year and hundreds of athletes will be converging on the Bexhill Down on Saturday to do battle for the ten titles that are at stake. Although the day’s racing will start with the Under 13 […]
Jones and Navesey Boxing Day winners
Crawley’s Paul Navesey and Steyning’s Trevor Jones took the main honours at the road races in Brighton’s Preston Park on Boxing Day. This was, I believe, Jones first victory in this 5.5 mile event despite making several previous attempts and he led from start to finish clocking 53:24 well clear of first woman and club […]
South of Thames Success for Brighton’s Men and Women – Update
It was a great day for the Brighton & Hove cross-country runners in the South of Thames 7.5 mile Championship event at Lloyd Park, Croydon on Saturday. The men’s team just failed to retain their team title losing by just 5 points to Kent A.C who scored 98 points while the B&H Women came second, […]
South of Thames and Boxing Day
Athletes are still competing up to and over the Christmas period at important races that have been on the calendar for many years. The South of Thames Senior Cross-country 12 km Championship is more than one hundred years old and with the exclusion of the war years has been held every year since. It has […]
Richards wins in second place
There was a reasonable turn out for the “Alf Palmer” 5,000m walks at Broadbridge Heath on Sunday with many athletes coming from across the South of England, including Winchester and Barnett, to compete. Ian Richards M70 from Steyning kept the Sussex name to the forefront chalking up a handsome victory in the senior race finishing […]
Richards reigns supreme in Sussex
Thirteen walkers completed the Steyning Open 10km road over a new course last weekend. Despite now being in the M70 age group, Ian Richards underlined his status as the leading Sussex race walker as he brushed off the uncomfortable wet and windy conditions to storm away to a nearly four minute advantage over Trevor Jones […]