AFD Dominate Southern Road Relays

Aldershot Farnham & District’s senior men retained their South of England 6-stage road relay running title at Crystal Palace on Sunday. AFD took the lead on the third leg with Gus Cockle who had set off in sixth after legs by Josh Grace and Luke Prior. Ricky Harvie, Joe Morwood and Ellis Cross ensured that … Read more

AFD at World Champs

Congratulations to the following AFD athletes who have been selected to compete for GB at the World Athletics Championships in Doha Steph Twell – 10,000m on 28th September at 19:10 UK time Charlotte Purdue – Marathon on 27th September at 21:59 UK time Amy Allcock – Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats on 28th September at 18:00 … Read more

UK Masters Championship 10 – 11 August

This weekend saw the British Masters track Champs being held at Birmingham. I gather it was a trifle breezy in Birmingham making life very difficult however, the following fantastic results were recorded by AFD’s Mark Symes and Paul Gaylor: Mark, despite picking up a nasty stress fracture in May, matched his middle distance double from … Read more

Steph 6th on all time 10,000m list.

Steph Twell on winning the 10,000 Night of PBs in a time of 31:08.13 not only became British Champions, qualified for the Doha World Championships, moved to 6th on the UK all time list and broke the AFD record. Congratulations Steph on a fantastic race.

AFD Masters 45-54 team won bronze at the British Masters Road Rely Championship at Sutton Coldfield on the 18 Mayd; the team comprised of Paul Gaylor, Simon Cooper, Darren Bradley and Mark Symes.

County Championships

Athletes from Aldershot Farnham & District took titles at the county track & field championships. At Portsmouth, Ella Manning won the Hampshire under-17s’ 80 metres hurdles final by half a second. Last year’s South of England u15 sprint hurdles winner had also taken the county’s multi-events title on Bank Holiday Monday. In the senior javelin … Read more

Anna Moller makes debut for AFD

Danish runner Anna Moller made her debut for Aldershot Farnham & District on Saturday. The European under-23 cross country champion, who was fifteenth (first non African) in the senior race at the World championships in Denmark a week earlier, led the field on the initial leg of the National 6 Stage Road Relay at Sutton … Read more

AFD SOUTHERN 12 Stage Champions

The runners of Aldershot Farnham & District won the South of England 12-stage road relay at Milton Keynes on Sunday. The club was put into the frame by Jonny Hay who took over in fifth following legs from Phil Sewell, Matthew Merrick, Harvey Dixon, Shaun Smith, Luke Prior, Max Heyden, Ellis Cross and Callum Charleston. … Read more