Sussex athletes are out and about this weekend with Rob Mullett (Lewes) and Amber Anning (Brighton & Hove) both on International Duty and the South East Schools Combined Events championships at Kings Meadow. Mullett will be steeplechasing for Britain in the Euro Athletics match at Lille while Anning will be competing for the England Schools […]
Schools Inter-Counties -UPDATE
Despite all the travails that hit the Sussex Schools team at Basingstoke on Saturday there were many fine performances by Sussex athletes and several managed to achieve the standards that they had been chasing. In the Intermediate (U17) boys age group Bailey Wright, who has been carrying all before him in the sprints in Sussex […]
Half a Dozen Medals at England Champs’
One gold, two silver and a county record highlighted Sussex participation in the England U23 and U20 championships in windy conditions at Bedford over the weekend. The top spot however was saved for Crawley’s Orla Brothers who has been promising so much this season in the U20 400 metres and particularly the 400m hurdles. This […]
Interesting day at Basingstoke
The Sussex Schools’ Junior girls squad excelled themselves in the annual South East Schools Inter-county match at Basingstoke on Saturday despite travel problems. Road conditions around Chobham on the A3 were so bad in the scorching sun that the Team Coach arrived more than an hour later than planned and some athletes, who came direct, […]
Another Busy Weekend
There is another hectic weekend of athletics this week with National Championships, a Schools Inter-county match and both third rounds of the Southern Athletics League and the Youth Development League. Several of the Sussex medallists from last weekend’s Southern senior and U20 championships will be descending on Bedford for the England U23 and Under 20 […]
Medals Galore at the Palace
Sussex athletes scooped a handful of medals in the Southern Counties Track championships at the Crystal Palace over the weekend including three gold medals and a Sussex record in the U20 events. The record came in the javelin throw where Lewes’s Scot Staples, the talented County champion pulled out a brilliant effort of 59.68m which […]