Final Hampshire League

Aldershot, Farnham & District topped the table in six categories of the Hampshire Cross Country League when this season’s campaign was completed on Saturday.  Lucy Pygott was one of five individual trophy winners.  She won the senior women’s race at Dibden Inclosure, Applemore, from Niamh Brown, the runner who had beaten her to the South … Read more

London Walks

On a blustery Sunday AFD attended the London Open Walks where the squad took the team titles for Senior and Junior Women and the overall Reg Jacobs Trophy awarded for the greatest accumulation of points for all competitions finished in one team. First out was u11 Megan Packett who won her race with a massive … Read more

Southern CC Champs

Jonny Hay became South of England cross country champion on Saturday. The Aldershot, Farnham & District runner was almost a minute ahead of Chichester’s Chris Zablocki, the American who was also second at the previous weekend’s British Athletics Cross Challenge meeting in Cardiff.  Portugal’s Antonio Silva, now competing for Thames Valley Harriers, was third. Niamh … Read more

23/24 Jan

Both senior winners at the Hampshire Schools cross country championships, held in Southampton on Saturday, were runners from Aldershot, Farnham & District.  Jack Boswell beat club mate Nathan Gibson to the boys’ title and Daisy D’Santos triumphed in the girls’ race.  The girls’ title at the Surrey Schools champs in Reigate went to AFD’s Niamh … Read more

AFD at Southern Indoor Champs

AFD had 5 athletes competing at the Senior & U20 South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley where Amy Allcock, Sofie Kent and Montana Jones all picked up silvers. Amy Allcock clocked a speedy 24.61 secs for 2nd in her 200m, Montana Jones ran a seasons best of 2.12.11 to take 2nd in the 800m and Sofie Kent ran … Read more

16th Jan – Antrim and Hants League

Louise Small and Jonny Hay, both of Aldershot, Farnham & District, were second British runners home in the senior events at the Antrim international cross country meeting on Saturday.  Hay was one place behind Scottish champion Andrew Butchart when finishing seventh in a race won by Bahrain’s Aweke Ayalew who was tenth in last year’s … Read more

AFD at Southern Race Walking Champs

Saturday 16th January was icy cold Sutcliffe park, East London the AFD race walking team competed in the 2016 Southern Championships. First races combined all young age groups, where AFD dominated the medal positions.     Racer of the day is difficult to choose – I think there were several outstanding performances however, three notable … Read more

National Cross Country Relays

Aldershot, Farnham & District’s under-13 boys took the gold and silver medals at the English cross country relays on Saturday but it was the club’s B team runner, Bailey Roberts, who  set off on the anchor leg in the lead.  His side had always been in the frame, thanks to Ed Henderson, third on the … Read more

National Road Relays – AFD under 17 Women Dominate

Aldershot, Farnham & District’s under-17 women won the National road relay title at Sutton Coldfield on Sunday.  They hit the front on the second leg where Lucy Pygott, having taken over from Tabitha Bowden in eighth place, ran what turned out to be equal fourth fastest time of the race.  Third fastest was Niamh Brown … Read more