Last Sunday was the final match of the under 17 and under 20 league at Erith and yet again the wind was blowing on an athletics day. And yet again it was blowing against the sprinters – and for reasons I did not understand the long jumpers also had to jump into the wind,…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Under 13 Inter-county match at Kingston
At the Inter-County under 13 match held on Sunday at Kingston we had both Mia Russell and Oli Stuart representing Sussex. This match is for teams from the south-east of England and will include some of the very best young athletes in the country. Essex, Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, in particular, tend to have…
Last Thursday’s under 13 match at Horsham
The Sussex Under 13 league team had their third match of the season last Thursday evening at Horsham and we were again a bit short of girls – though we just had enough to field a relay team at the end of the evening – and there weren’t as many boys as we would…
News from last Friday evening at Horsham
I now have the results from the Sussex Under 15 league match last Friday evening at Broadbridge Heath. Although school activities had an effect on some of our athletes – a week’s camping out for some Sackville students left them a bit tired – we still had a good turn-out of athletes with some good performances…
Last Saturday at Salisbury
A busy couple of days with the Sussex Under 15 league on Friday evening at Horsham followed by the coach trip to Salisbury on Saturday morning for the senior match. I don’t yet have the Friday results and so I’ll have to write about that match later. However we have the full results from Saturday…
Highlights from club championships and under 13/15 match at Hastings
We’ve had a very busy few days and, with summer sunshine finally here, we have seen a large number of excellent performances from our younger athletes. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings last week we had our club championships for under 13 and under 15 athletes at Imberhorne School – and it was great to see…
News from Birmingham and Brighton – but not from Wimbledon
I’ve just arrived home after being away on holiday for the last week and am gradually catching up with things. Last Friday Chloe Hollamby ran in the English Schools Championships at Birmingham in the under 17 ladies 300 metres. She ran in the third and last heat and was close to her best in…
Sussex U11 Quadkids Competition
On Sunday, we are entering a number of athletes in to the Sussex U11 Quadkids competition. After a number of specific training sessions, over the past few weeks, they will be competing at the Withdean Stadium in Brighton. For some, it will be their first ever athletics competition. Best of luck to all of them…
Club Championships
Next week, training is being replaced by the Club Championships on both Tuesday and Thursday. Training returns as normal on Tuesday 16th July from 1900…
