The Crawley Women head north this weekend to confirm promotion back to Division one of the U.K.Womens Track and Field League. After a good start to the season, when they won their first match, they placed third at the second match but still remain at the top of the league though they share this spot […]
A Great 4th for Sussex Women at Bedford.
The Sussex women turned in a tremendous performance at the Inter-County championships at Bedford over the weekend by finishing 4th out of 42 counties with a fantastic 49 points. This was a great effort with some awesome individual performances. Elise Lovell had a great day winning the long jump and is the first Sussex athlete […]
Lovell and Macready strike Gold at Inter-counties
Elise Lovell from Hastings and Emma Macready from Worthing gave Sussex a tremendous start on the first day of the Inter-counties- A.A.As Championships at Bedford. Both struck gold and set personal bests with Lovell becoming the first ever Sussex woman to top six-metres for the long jump when she leapt to victory with a wonderful […]
Two golds and a bronze for Sussex girls at Cardiff.
Three Sussex athletes were included in the South of England Under 20 team to contest the “Welsh U20 International” at Cardiff where they collected two golds and one bronze medal. The match saw Under 20 teams from the Midlands, North and South face a Welsh U20 squad. It was Brighton & Hove’s Anna Short and […]
A.A.As and Inter-counties
Up to the 1960/70s it was a great honour to compete in the “A.A.As Championships” at the White City and latterly the Crystal Palace when it attracted top class athletes from throughout the world. This was, apart from Major Games probably the top athletic competition of the year with many of the World’s top athletes […]
Grice in World Championships – Youth Development League.
Charlie Grice (Brighton Phoenix) is the only Sussex athlete to be included in the United Kingdom team for the World Championships at Beijing next month. Grice, who is the British Champion and got the better of his British Rivals in the “Emsley Carr Mile” at the Olympic Stadium last weekend, is paired with his oft […]