Brighton & Hove’s Bethany Close, competing for Swansea in the Premier Division of the UK Women’s League, chopped half-a-second off Debbie Bain’s thirty three year old Sussex 400m hurdles record in only her second run over the distance. So inexperienced is she in this event that she ran the “B” race for the Swansea team […]
Schools Championships next Saturday – help needed!
The entries are now closed for the Sussex Schools Track and Field Championships to be held at K2, Crawley, next Saturday 11th June. The complete programme of events and all the entries are available on the Schools Championships page – competitors and team managers are asked to check that athletes have been entered in the correct event, and […]
Sussex Schools Combined Events – – The Weekend
Once again the weather was not friendly to the Sussex Schools Combined Events championships on Wednesday after last year unusually sunny conditions. Steve (Rain man) King who has organised this event for a decade usually provides the rain, for this event, but this year he went one better and supplied a cold north wind to […]
Charlie now Number Two in Sussex – – YDL
Charlie Grice underlined his claim for a place in the Rio team when he had a magnificent win in the “B” one mile race at the “Prefontaine Classic” at Eugene, which was part of the Diamond League Series. The 22 year Brighton Phoenix athlete did not command a place in the Diamond League “A” race […]
PBs in Flanders and Watford
A group of Sussex Hurdlers invaded the continent at the weekend to compete in the International meeting at Flanders in Belgium and although there were no winners there were a couple of personal bests. Star of the group was certainly Seb Rodger from Eastbourne who faced tough opposition in the 400m hurdles. It was a […]
Southern Athletics League – – – Preview
It was not a particularly exciting second round of the Southern Athletics League for Sussex teams last Sunday with only Hastings in Division 3 SE turning in a winning performance at their home match with 294 points to the combined Lewes/Haywards Heath team’s 208 in second place. Louisa James starred for the home club winning […]