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Adershot Farnham & District’s runners retained the senior men’s National 6 Stage Road Relay title when Jack Rowe repeated his feat of anchoring them with the fastest time. Josh Grace had begun their campaign at Sutton Coldfield on Saturday in third place, seven seconds behind the leader. Will Barnicoat then took the lead, clocking a … Read more
The English School Athletic Association Championships James Dargan ran to victory in the intermediate boys’ 3000 metres at the English Schools Championships on Saturday. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete, who is coached by Mick Woods, beat Liam McCay of Liverpool Harriers by more than three seconds. Emily Lucas clocked a personal best of 24.87 … Read more
AFD had 2 race walking representatives the Senior British Championships, Manchester this weekend. Abigail Jennings u23 walked a solid race, good technique to Bronze in a respectable 5000m 25.26.33. Chris Snook also u23, awarded Silver in a technically perfect, returning to fitness in 21.20.14 for 5000m.
Several AFD Masters athletes made the journey north to Derby at the weekend to compete in the British Masters Athleteics Championships with some excellent performances and collecting several medals. Allan Leiper competing in several events secured gold in the M60 Pole Vault, silver in the M60 shot and bronze in the M60 discus. In the … Read more
A small team of seven AFD athletes braved the M25 traffic and the Hillingdon Sports Centre parking fees to compete for the club in the Alder Valley match on Sunday 5th of June. Archie Ellis (U17) was up first in the 400m hurdles, his first attempt at the event, which he won in a time … Read more
Ellis Cross beats Sir Mo Farah to win the Vitality London 10,000Ellis Cross pulled off one of the most notable victories of his career so far, outkicking pre-race favourite Sir Mo Farah to win the Vitality London 10,000 in a new PB of 28:40. In fourth place was Chris Thompson – his time of 29:10 was a … Read more
England Cross Country Championships Will Barnicoat won the junior men’s title at the English National Cross Country Championships and led Aldershot Farnham & District’s runners to the team title at Parliament Hill Fields, London on Saturday. He surged away from the opposition on the second lap of the ten-kilometre race to win by eleven seconds … Read more
After working our way through the travel requirement, tests and location forms 2 AFD teams, 4 for the womens championships and two men and 2 women for the mixed relay arrived at Oeiras just west of Lisbon, Portrugal to represemt the UK.at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country. The first to run was the … Read more
Will Barnicoat led the British runners to the gold medals in the under-20 men’s event at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on Sunday. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete placed ninth as his team beat the host nation by one point. Club mate Jack Rowe was the first Briton home in the senior … Read more
