For the first time for a quarter of a century two Sussex clubs will be competing in the British Athletics League this weekend. Crawley Athletic Club will be spending another year in Division two where they finished fourth last season. They will be heading to Cardiff and can expect another tough battle to hold their position […]
Silver lining at Bedford – update – Y.D.L
Brighton & Hove’s Bethany Close and Crawley’s James Lasis both repeated their silver medals winning performances of last year in the British Universities Championships at Bedford over the weekend. On a pretty bleak weekend for Sussex athletics Close, the BUCS Indoor champion was unable to contain Lucy Hatton from Leicester, a good weekend for Leicester, […]
Weekend Preview YDL & BUCS
It is the turn of the Upper Age Group athletes in this weekend’s Youth Development League on Sunday. Crawley, who compete in Premier 2, visit Harrow while both Brighton & Hove and the combined Team Sussex team compete in SW 1 and are in action at Southampton. Horsham Blue Star compete in NE 1 at […]
Great Start for Sussex Clubs & Haywards Heath Open
Sussex clubs made a great start to the Youth Development Leagues on Saturday with Brighton & Hove, Crawley and Horsham Blue Star all winning their Lower Age Group matches. At Ashford in a seven club Division One East match Brighton & Hove notched up an 83 point margin of victory over Chelmsford with 630.5 points […]
PBs at London Marathon
Crawley’s James Westlake chopped some nine minutes off his previous best in the London Marathon on Sunday. In excellent conditions for marathon running Westlake ducked inside 2:30 when finishing in 60th place clocking 2:29:19 to smash his previous best set in the “London” last year and, I believe, lead the Sussex runners home. Not far […]
Southern League matches – – Weekend Preview
There were mixed results for Sussex teams in the opening matches of the Southern Athletics League last weekend. League matches are very much the basis of athletics competitions throughout the season where athletes can be assured that whatever event you do, it will be in the League programme. There were two comprehensive wins with both […]