A brilliant gold medal for Kimbeley Baptiste was the one of just two medallists for Sussex at the combined English and CAU championships at Bedford over the weekend. The Crawley sprinter has certainly struck a purple patch and after a fine fifth place in the 100 metres on Saturday in 11.70s she tackled the 200m, […]
The Weekend plus catch up
The accent is very much on Inter-county competition this weekend with the C.A.U championships at Bedford and the South East Under 13 Match at Kingsmeadow. The Under 13 match has been switched from its usual Sunday date to Saturday to avoid the London/Surrey cycling race which caused so much travel problems last year. The Counties […]
Bronze for Becky at Oxford -Update U15 League
Becky Owen struck bronze in the South of England Combined events championships at Oxford at the weekend. Competing in the senior Heptathlon the Brighton & Hove all-rounder was just one of four Sussex athletes in action but both Elise Lovell (Hastings) and Katie Garland (Brighton & Hove) had to withdraw through injuries and it was […]
More Records at U15 League
Records continued to tumble in the Sussex Under 15 League match at Broadbridge Heath on Friday when the final West Division match of the season was held. For the third time this season the girls 800m League record came crashing down but this time it was a determined, run-a-way victory, rather than a real battle […]
Gold for Harries in European U20s – Near miss for Davis
Sussex record holder Toby Harries (Brighton Phoenix) triumphed in the European U20 Championships at Grosseto, Italy. It was only a couple of months back that the Brighton College sprinter returned from more than a year side lined through injury and there was doubt whether he could stand up to three rounds of competition. He proved […]
Brilliant Bronze in Bahamas – – Euro U20s
Brilliant running from Brighton & Hove’s Amber Anning won her a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. Anning fought her way into the final with a composed second place in her 400m heat in 54.42s and she lined up as one of the youngest of the competitors. Drawn in lane two […]