The Brighton & Hove 10k road race on Sunday dominates this weekend’s racing with many of the top Sussex runners doing battle over this flat fast course. Last year the race had to be cancelled, on the advice of the police, because of storm conditions and exceptionally high winds that were blowing the cones into […]
Hawkes and Anning set to Sparkle this weekend
On Friday evening Worthing thrower Ben Hawkes will be at the Grand Hotel in Brighton as one of the finalists in the Sussex Sports Awards ‘Young Sports Personality’ of the Year category. Hawkes had a fantastic season in which he broke county Under 17 records in the Hammer, Discus and Shot. In his speciality – […]
Record Fields at Bexhill
Nearly six hundred runners contested the second of this season’s Sussex Cross-country League event at Bexhill Down on Saturday which is a record number for the Bexhill course for a League event. Bodywork’s Daisy Burton, who is the reigning Sussex Schools Year Seven champion, tasted first blood of the afternoon when she won the U13 […]
The Battles of Bexhill
The second of this season’s Sussex Cross-county League matches on Saturday produced more big fields and some good battles at Bexhill Down. Although mainly damp for most of the afternoon underfoot conditions were good for the notoriously muddy course and apart from the wooded stretches the going was firm. Four of the seven races winners […]
International Honours for Lindo – the Weekend
Crawley AC all-rounder Adam Lindo (Downlands School) will be representing the English Schools team at the British Schools Combined Events International in Glasgow this weekend. Lindo has had a sparkling season. In July he won the English Schools Junior Boys Long Jump title after an individual and team victory at the South-East Schools Regional Combined Events Championships. He […]
Steyning 10k Walk
The Open Steyning 10k road walk, that was cancelled due to Storm Brian a few weeks ago, was finally held last weekend. However, the change of date affected the number of walkers. It was local walkers – Ian Richards and Jimmy Ball who battled for the title. Conditions were not particularly pleasant and Richards set the pace from the start […]