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Mike Neighbour Challenge Yourself and Raise Money For A Local Charity in 2015 Childlife is a small charity, based in Farnborough, raising funds for children and young people across the UK who live with constant challenges to their daily lives – be those illness, disability or social circumstances. In 2014, we raised just under £10,000 through sponsored … Read more
Lily Partridge, who was part of the Great Britain senior women’s team that took the gold medals at last month’s European cross country championships, outclassed the opposition in the Cardiff round of the UK challenge series on Sunday. She finished thirteen seconds before Sarah Astin, bronze medallist over 5000 metres at last summer’s England Athletics … Read more
Emelia Gorecka ran away from the best that Europe and the United States of America could offer to win the senior women’s race at the Edinburgh cross country meeting on Saturday. On the last of three laps comprising a six-kilometre course, the Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete took seven seconds out of Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton … Read more
Georgie Bruinvels won the senior women’s race and led Aldershot, Farnham & District to team gold in the Surrey cross country championships at Croydon on Saturday. She had won on her last appearance at this event, two years ago, and beat Emily Wicks, another AFD runner to have won the title twice, into second. Laura … Read more
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John Lofts President of AFD passed away on the 21st November 2014. Highlights of his long career in athletics are given below John born in 1940 in Hoddesdon, which is just outside London on the Cambridge road From Hoddesdon John’s family moved to Paisley before coming to Farnborough in 1954, where John attended Farnborough Grammar … Read more
6 AFD athletes represented GB at the European Cross Country Championships held on 14th December 2014 in Samokov, Bulgaria, There results were: Junior Women 5th Amy Griffiths team Gold Under 23 Women 12th Emelia Gorecka team Silver Under 23 Men 4th Jonny Hay team Silver Senior Women 7th Seph Twell team Gold – GB … Read more
AFD results from the Southern Masters Cross Country Championships held on 13th December 2014 at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford: V45 Mark Symes 2nd 35.47 Tad Dicker 4th 35.50 James 20th 40.05 – but ran as Phil so appears in the V40 results which I have adjusted for clarity! Stuart Boswell 26th … Read more
First Bexley Winter league of 2014 saw the largest team of AFD race walkers competing for some years. In the 5km race Tim, moving into the u20 age group trying to shake off injury and illness problems started strong but dropped off the pace, as did Colin who also started well allowing for Chris to … Read more
After AFD athletes fantastic performance at the Liverpool Cross Challenge on the 29th November 6 AFD athletes have been selected in the 36 athlete team who will compete in the European Cross Country Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria on Sunday 14 December. Congratulations to a fantastic group of athletes; Senior Men Tom Wade Senior Women Lily … Read more