While the youngsters provided the numbers of competitors it was 60 year Brian Slaughter who provided the records at the Sussex Combined Events championships at Sutton over the weekend. Slaughter from Eastbourne Rovers has been a fixture of the Sussex athletics scene for the past forty years and he has always been a force in […]
Brilliant results for Sussex at Inter-counties
There were five Sussex winners on a rain and windswept day at Horspath, Oxford, in the Southern U15 and U20 Inter-county match over the weekend. Holiday’s played havoc with most County teams but the Sussex Under 15s excelled themselves with a brilliant second team spot scoring 123.5 points to the winning Kent team’s 124.5 while […]
The weekend
There is still plenty of athletics activity this weekend with the Sussex Combined events and the Southern U20 and U15 Inter-county championships at Horspath, Oxford. The Sussex Combined events championships, which are being held in conjunction with the Surrey Championships at Sutton, will be held on both Saturday and Sunday. Entries look quite good in […]
Brighton & Hove win Nail-biter
A neck and neck battle for the Sussex Under 13 League Crown went to the wire on a damp, murky Sunday at Crawley’s K2 stadium before Brighton & Hove got the better of reigning champions, Crawley. Brighton & Hove, 349.5 points, took an early lead and managed to hold on to a narrow margin and […]
Great Battles at Under 15 Final
Crawley collected their sixth team victory in the Sussex U15 League final at Brighton’s Withdean Stadium on Friday evening. Despite the holidays still making it difficult for teams to field their best teams it proved an excellent evening of good class competition and enthusiasm. As far as the team results was concerned it was a […]
Two wins for Sussex at Schools Games
Sussex athletes won two events at the Schools Games at Loughborough over the weekend and we were also rewarded with another Sussex Record. Racing for the last time, as an U17 in the 300 metres, Brighton & Hove’s Amber Anning steamed clear of the opposition to win by more than ten metres in 37.79s. This […]