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The Greatest Sussex Woman Athlete?
10 May, 2020
A seventeen year old Southwick schoolgirl made history for Sussex in 1952, when she became the first ever Sussex woman to be selected to compete for Great Britain at … read more
Athlete Spotlight – Kimbely Baptiste
6 May, 2020
Kimbely Baptiste is top of the list when it comes to Sussex AA rankings with county records over both the 100m and 200m. The Crawley AC athlete has medalled … read more
Sussex Runners at the International and World Cross-country Championships
1 May, 2020
I have tried to list the Sussex athlete’s Sussex club as well their contemporary team. I will concentrate on the senior men then list the Senior women, who did not … read more
Athlete Spotlight – Ben Hawkes
29 April, 2020
Ben Hawkes has been on the Sussex Athletics scene since he was an Under 11 competing for Worthing District Harriers. In 2019, as an Under 20, he was ranked number … read more
Race between a Runner and a Walker
25 April, 2020
If someone set a series of World Athletics Records and then topped this with two Olympic Gold medals today they could expect to receive much attention and adulation and receive … read more
Athlete Spotlight – Beth Kidger
22 April, 2020
As a teenager, Beth Kidger enjoyed athletics but had no aspirations to take the sport seriously. Returning from travelling after university in her early twenties she adopted a new mindset … read more
The only Sussex Double Olympic Gold Medalist
18 April, 2020
GEORGE LARNER – SUSSEX’S FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPION by Alan Buchanan At the 1908 London Olympics, George Larner of Brighton and County Harriers, won the 3,500m Walk and the 10 … read more
Athlete Spotlight – Tomer Tarragano
15 April, 2020
There were just millimetres between first and second in the Under 20 men’s race at the South of England Cross Country Champs this year, but Tomer Tarragano was anything but … read more
The first Sussex Super Star
10 April, 2020
ALF SHRUBB – by Keith May Alf Shrubb was born in Slinfold, Horsham on 12th December 1879. His introduction to running came in 1898 when after arriving home from … read more
Athlete Spotlight – Amber Anning
8 April, 2020
At just 19 years of age, Amber Anning is already a Sussex Athletics icon. Among her many accolades, in 2019 she was part of the British silver winning 4x400m team … read more