Following their fifth place in Saturday’s British League Division two match at Derby the Crawley men will have to put aside hopes of promotion till next season. Missing more than half-a-dozen of their normal British League athletes they were squeezed into fifth team place after two successive third places. They are now fourth in the […]
Victory for the Men and Second overall for Sussex in Inter-counties.
Not to be outdone by the results of the Sussex team at English Schools, the Sussex men at the Southern Inter Counties meeting on July 12th lifted the trophy for the first time in the history of the match. The women’s team battled into third place in their match to give the combined team a […]
Best for half a Century for Sussex at English Schools
A triumphant Sussex Schools team returned from Gateshead on Saturday night with four gold medals and probably their best haul of medals for half a century. It was extremely lucky thirteen for Sussex medal winners this year and 32 athletes achieved a “Top Eight” placing which is more than half the team of sixty athletes […]
Silver for Purchas on a fine First Day for Sussex Schools.
Natalie Purchas drew first blood for Sussex at the English Schools Track and field Championships at Gateshead on Friday. Equalling her best ever vault of 3.15m, a National standard height, this Burgess Hill Girls Schoolgirl matched the height of Matilda Waters (Manchester) in the Junior (U15) pole vault but took the silver medal on count […]
Inter-counties at Crawley
After the leading Sussex Youngsters have taken on the might of English Schools at Gateshead on Friday and Saturday it is the turn of the Senior athletes of Sussex to get involved with Inter-county competition at the K.2 track at Crawley on Sunday when it is the turn of Sussex to host the annual South […]
English Schools’ team loses athletes to Internationals
A strong Sussex Schools team headed north early Thursday morning for the English Schools Championships at Gateshead but they were without the presence of two assured medal winners. Sprinter Toby Harries (Brighton College) had been selected to compete in the World Youth championships later this month and at virtually the last minute Spencer Thomas (Plumpton […]