Antrim Half-marathon Ross Skelton (HY Runners) was the third British runner to finish in the Classy Antrim Half Marathon on Sunday. Ross finished eighth overall behind two British runners and a group of Kenyan, Ethiopian and Irish runners and he removed nearly one minute from his previous best time clocking 63:39s. This run lifted him […]
Four Gold Medals at Southern Junior Championships
Sussex youngsters brought home a bag of medals from the Southern Junior championships at Kingsmeadow, Kingston last weekend. The full results are now available on the Southern Counties site. More than thirty progressed the finals (top eight) of their events while four struck gold. Three of the gold medallist came in javelin throwing events. In […]
Southern Athletics League
Both Brighton & Hove and Crawley were victorious in their final Southern Athletics League matches of the season last weekend. Many clubs were struggling to fill full teams in 2019, before the first Lockdown but most clubs are unable to field athletes in every one of the disciplines since the complete loss of League […]
Another National League victory for Crawley
Crawley senior men’s and women’s team notched up an impressive victory in the third of this Season’s National League, Division One South. Following the loss of all League competitions last year all Leagues have been restructured, mainly to cut down on excessive travelling? Many clubs, who have lost athletes because of the pandemic, are struggling […]
Return to Road Racing – Your Views Needed!
So the focus is now on 2022 and to make the SGP a more attractive competition for club runners of all standards. The SGP ethos has always been to provide an engaging competition for all Sussex club runners: fast, slow, young, old, experienced and beginners — and this remains. I’ll be interested in suggestions and […]
Three golds and three silvers for Sussex at Manchester
Three golds and three silvers was the haul for Sussex athletes at the English Age Groups championships at Sportscity Manchester over the weekend. Competing in the U17 age group Crawley’s Jemima Caldwell and Brighton & Hove’s Rachael Wall repeated their one-two result at the English Schools championship, last month. with the Crawley girl throwing 45.28m […]