Road Relays and European Masters Track & Field Championships

SEAA Road Relays Rushmoor 23 September 2023 The club hosted the the SEAA 6/4/3 stage relays at Aldershot on Saturday 23rd September 2023. On a warm sunny day, AFD had several teams competing in this highly competitive competition, racing against the top clubs in the South of England. Top results below:- U13 Girls – 3rd … Read more

AFD Athletes Will Barnicoat and James Dargan win English Championships

The England Athletics Under 20 and Under 23 Championships on the 18th June at Chelmsford saw AFD dominate both the male 5000m races. James Dargan won the Under 20 race in a time of 14min 37.58 which earned him automatic selection to the European Athletics Under 20 Championships to be held in Jerusalam, 7th to … Read more

AFD shine at National 20,000m Championships

AFD had 2 representatives compete at the UKA, England Athletics and Race Walking combined 20,000m track championships, held at the Leeds Beckett Track on the 10th June. The weather offered blisteringly hot conditions, 27 degrees where Abi Jennings and Chris Snook, both first year senior athletes contend the 50 laps of the track to cover … Read more

Southern Road Relays

AFD started the race well – with Josh Grace running his usual classy first leg – bringing us home in 5th, behind teams who wouldn’t feature in the top 5 overall, but crucially ahead of our main title challengers. Joe O’Connell – youngest in the squad at only 18 was next out – and ran … Read more

AFD at UK Inter Counties Championship

Aldershot Farnham & District runner Kitty Scott took the individual bronze medal in the under-13 girls’ race at the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships as she  led a Surrey quartet that included two of her club mates, Tilly Robertson and Katie McBride, to the silver medals in the team competition at Loughborough on Saturday.  … Read more

AFD Top Club at National CC Championships

The top cross country runners made there way to Bolesworth Castle on Saturday 25th Feb, including a large contingent from AFD. While the athletes performed extremly well, the AFD chair had a camera malfuction so this report has only a few pictures European junior cross country champion Will Barnicoat retained his national title as he … Read more

Final Hampshire Cross Country league

Aldershot Farnham & District’s runners came away from the finale of the Hampshire Cross Country League with six team and four individual titles.  The senior women sealed their title with victory on the day as Pippa Roessler won the individual race with Katie Hughes sixth and Anna Hedley twelfth.  Roessler and Hedley were the first … Read more

AFD at Sports Hall 2023

Under 11 girls won all 4 of the sports hall matches this season winning the overall trophy for the 2022/23 season. The successful season for the clubs young athletes also saw individual medal wins for Kylin Simpson, Scarlett Taylor, Rafe Susio and Ollie Bryant. In addition seven AFD young athletes were selected to represent Hampshire … Read more