Disappointing turn-out for match at Woking on Sunday Only three athletes were able to go to Woking for the under 17 and under 20 match – Abby, Ben Beard and Mia – though Emmie would have been there but she fell in a school match on Thursday and scraped skin off her knees and elbows…
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Lots of athletics to enjoy over the weekend
A busy weekend Two days of athletics over the weekend with the senior team in action on Saturday at Eltham and the under 13 and under 15s competing on Sunday at Lewes. For the match at Eltham we were horribly short of athletes with just 3 male athletes (the youngest of them was 40) and…
What Graham Taylor will be doing this Saturday
Tomorrow, Saturday 18 June, at 7am Graham Taylor will start his attempt on what is known as The Wall. This requires him to cover the 69 miles between Carlisle Castle and Newcastle’s Millenium Bridge in less than 24 hours – with a combination of running, jogging and walking (and perhaps even some crawling !). Graham is…
Thursday’s under 13 match abandoned
Heavy rain last night at Horsham led to the abandonment of the Under 13 match. A few athletes managed to run/jump/throw in the first 20 minutes or so, but then the rain took over and flooded the track and the long jump run-up and the throwing circles. And the high jumpers found themselves jumping into puddles…
No training on evening of Thursday June 16
Just a reminder that there will be no training this Thursday evening at Imberhorne or at Sackville. Back to normal next week with Tuesday evening at Sackville and Thursday evening at Imberhorne. And a reminder that we have an under 13 match at Horsham on Thursday evening, a senior match at Sutcliffe Park, Eltham on Saturday…
Plenty of Schools Championships news
News from Saturday’s Schools Championships A good day for our athletes on Saturday with a number of medals and some near misses. Starting at K2 and one of the early field events brought us a pair of first places. Perhaps no surprise that Abby Beswick won the senior girls long jump in her very last…
Goodbye to a cool cloudy week and let’s hope for a few warm sunny days this week
Reminder about Tuesday evening training A reminder that Tuesday evening training now takes place at Sackville School and that training for all groups starts at 7 and finishes at about 8.30. Let’s hope things are a bit warmer than they were last Tuesday evening. Thursday evening training will be at Imberhorne Upper School – juniors…
Matt Rieley’s funeral today
As many of you will know Matt’s funeral takes place this morning at the Lingfield Road Methodist Church from 11 o’clock. For those of you unable to attend the funeral please take a few minutes to reflect on the life of the Matt that you knew. And to think of the gap he has left in…
