Daryl Hards from Worthing took the Sussex 10,000m title at Withdean on Thursday and also finished second in the South of England championships that was held in conjunction. For most of the race Hards was content to battle with Chichester’s James Baker for the Sussex crown but in the closing stages he broke clear to […]
Richards – World Championships
Steyning ‘s Olympic race walker Ian Richards is the World Masters Champion after overcoming the sweltering heat of Lyons to dominate the 5K track walk at the Championship event. Seeded second in the M65 age group, Richards beat his Mexican rival Jose Lopez Camarena by some 14 seconds to take the title in 25:03.76. Three […]
A busy weekend
There is something for everyone, well almost, this weekend. On the championships scene the U15 and U17s head to Ashford for the South of England championships which are being held on both Saturday and Sunday and there are high hopes of numerous Sussex medals to be harvested. On Saturday the last round of the Southern […]
Crawley Women gain promotion at Glasgow
After just a one year sojourn in Division two of the UK Women’s the Crawley Women’s League made a quick return to Division One at Scotstoun, Glasgow on Sunday. Unfortunately they do not return as Division two champions as after a tense five hour competition they had to give second best to Harrow who has […]
A good fourth for Crawley in British League
A splendid double from James Lasis highlighted the Crawley Club’s performance in the final Division two match of the season in the British Athletics League at Kingsmeadow on Saturday. The Crawley team were not really in line for either promotion or relegation and although they fielded a strong team they were squeezed into fourth, of […]
Moreno wins Nigerian Decathlon title
Sussex has a new National champion in the shape of Brighton & Hove’s Peter Moreno. Competing in the Nigerian championships at Warri, Moreno, won the Decathlon title by some three hundred points despite a near disaster in the pole vault. Moreno holds the Nigerian record at 4.60m, which he cleared earlier in the season but […]