The South East senior and under 20 Indoor championships are being held this weekend at Lee Valley and it is expected that many leading Sussex athletes will be lining up to compete. It is not expected that these age groups will match the ten medals that the under 15/17s won last weekend but there should […]
Bryan Hawkins and Mark Burgess
It is with great regret that we have to announce the deaths of two stalwarts of Sussex athleties. International race walker Bryan Hawkins was based in Middlesex before moving to Sussex in the late fifties. He already had a stream of Middlesex walking titles, several Southern and an Inter-county crown as well as placing fifth […]
Golds for Eames and Jerges at SEAA Champs
There was a clutch of medals, including two golds, for Sussex at the South of England Indoor championships at Lee Valley over the weekend. Primarily it was the Under 15 and Under 17 championships but the Senior and U20 1500 metres events were incorporated to reduce the time at next weekend’s senior and U20 championships […]
A Muddy Good Afternoon
“Mud Glorious Mud” welcomed the 500 runners who reported to Bexhill Down on Saturday for the first major cross-country event of the New Year, the Sussex Cross-country championships. Mud is a great leveller in cross-county events and although we did not see any surprise winners there were some unusual minor placings. The absence of several […]
Battles promised at Bexhill Championships
Traditionally the New Year starts with the Sussex Cross-Country championships and 2018 is no different except that the senior races look much more open than in recent years. More than 600 athletes are expect to congregate at Bexhill Down on Saturday for ten Sussex team and individual titles while two Under 11 races, at 11.00am […]
Boxing Day Races – SEAA Combined Events
The racing season came to an end for the 2017 season with a fine battle at the Boxing Day races in Brighton’s Preston Park on a bright and breezy Boxing Day morning. Home from his American University for Christmas Ian Crowe-Wright (Brighton & Hove) did battle with Phoenix’s Max Dumbrell, who has had a couple […]