This is an important announcement to inform all Sussex athletics clubs that there will be an Officials Course at the Lewes track on Sunday 18 March 2018. This will cover all four track and field disciplines of starter/marksman, timekeeper, track judge and field judge commencing at 10.00 am and continuing until about 3.30 pm. It […]
Fun In Athletics
Saturday 10th February saw the U11’s Sussex team competing at Surrey Sports Park in the Fun In Athletics Regional Sportshall Final. Selected from the Horsham and Lancing Sportshall League matches, both the teams finished 6th overall. In the girls’ team, Madeleine Way (Horsham) scored fantastic double first positions in the standing triple jump with 6.32m, […]
Final League placings
Brighton & Hove’s Jamie Knapp and Nicholas Hollan-Ellidge (Crawley) confirmed their Sussex League titles at Stanmer Park on Saturday, but neither really needed to run. Knapp choose to sit it out having won the first three senior races but Hollan-Ellidge lined up with the rest of the U13 runners and duly won his fourth race of […]
Appalling Conditions For League at Stanmer Park
The final Sussex Cross-country League match was held in almost battle ground conditions at Stanmer Park on Saturday. In the bitter cold, wet and wind, it was the poorest underfoot conditions I have seen, apart from snow, at Stanmer Park since it was first used for cross-country racing in 1954. The ground had not recovered from the […]
Sussex 10k road race at Chichester
The provisional Sussex 10k Road Race Championship results have been published revealing Ross Skelton (Brighton Phoenix) and Rebecca Moore (Southampton) as the champions. Run in conjunction with the Chichester 10k road race at Goodwood, Skelton beat his club mate Max Dumbrell by nearly one minute as he placed fourth overall in 30:51 to Dumbrell’s fifth […]
Parking at The Amex for final Sussex League races
There will not be any parking at Stanmer Park for the final races in the Sussex Cross-country League on Saturday, but parking will be available at the Amex Stadium. Runners and spectators etc should stay on the A27 and take the Falmer exit to the Amex car park. There have been record fields in the League matches this […]