Numbers are looking strong for this Saturday’s First Cross Country League Fixture at Goodwood. Due to Covid, it has been eighteen months since the last cross country races were possible and it is hoped that we will go back to attracting big fields of competitors. More than 450 had already entered in advance before the […]
Beacon Half-marathon
Two and a half thousand runners completed the postponed “Beacon” Half marathon on Sunday but overall the standard did not reflect the good running conditions. In February 2020, the last time the races was held 7000 runners completed the course and in ,probably the worst conditions ever with strong wind and rain Brighton & Hove’s […]
John Stephenson
It is with great sorrow that we have to announce the death of John Stephenson from Chichester he was 73. He was out for an Off Road bike ride near his home at Selsey and was discovered by a rambler, who was a doctor and declared him dead on site. In the 1960 and 70s […]
Fiona Clark
It is with deep regret that we record the death of former Sussex champion Fiona Clark earlier this week. Fiona, who was 41 has been a leading Sussex middle distance runner since she was in her teens and ran for Crawley and more recently Arena 80 and was the Sussex women’s cross-country champion in in […]
Roundup
Gemma Tutton from the Priory School maintained her domestic unbeaten record in the pole vault this season, with a fine intermediate victory. Although well below her personal best performance, and Sussex record 4.10m. her clearance of 3.50m was 20cm clear of her nearest rival. The second Sussex School’s athlete, in the England team, was Brighton […]
Youth Development Leagues
Crawley and Brighton & Hove took the honours in the final matches in his season Youth Development League matches last weekend, which were mainly for Sussex clubs. After losing 2020 to the Lockdown all clubs are finding it difficult, to fill athletes in all events in the Lower, Under 15 and Under 13 teams. In […]