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The senior women’s competition at Saturday’s South of England cross country championships featured a duel between two runners from Aldershot Farnham & District. Emily Hosker-Thornhill held the upper hand during most of the eight kilometres around London’s Parliament Hill Fields but within sight of the finish Louise Small attacked. In the home straight, Hosker-Thornhill managed … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s runners dominated the men’s races at Winchester where their cross country season opened with a meeting of the Hampshire League. One of the club’s individual winners was Lucy Pygott who led the senior women to a perfect score. Pygott, whose summer successes included a medal at the European Youth championships, finished … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s runners regained the senior women’s national four-stage road relay title and retained the under-17 women’s at Sutton Coldfield on Saturday. Louise Small, the only survivor (and non-teenager) from last year’s quartet that surrendered the senior crown after eight consecutive victories, again had the anchor leg but this time set off in … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s runners were unaffected by the loss of Rushmoor Arena for the South of England’s road relays, winning both senior races by huge margins, providing the first two teams to finish the under-13 boys’ event and Lucy Pygott displaying the best smile of the day as she anchored her trio to victory … Read more
Some provisional results curtesy of Mike Boucher of the London 10K whichwas the British Championships. Men 2 Andy Vernon (GBR) 00:29:04 7 Ellis Cross (GBR) 00:30:40 20 Matthew Arnold (GBR) 00:31:57 194 Mike Boucher (GBR) 00:35:41 205 Rob Wakefield (GBR) 00:35:49 216 Richard Lovejoy (GBR) 00:36:02 298 Ashley Quinlan (GBR) 00:37:13 322 Brendan Cottrell (GBR) … Read more
AFD Vet men travelled to Sutton Park for the British Masters Road Relays Championships on Saturday May 14th. The weather was cold in the morning, however the sun rose and we were treated to a glorious warm, sunny Spring day. The V45-54 race was pretty hot too! AFD, Champions last year in this age group … Read more
Two runners from Aldershot, Farnham & District set Surrey championship best performances at the weekend, both in the 1500 metres. Eugenie Cockle, defending champion in the under-17 women’s race, clocked 4 mins 31.23 and Luke van Oudtshoorn posted new figures of 4 mins 14.86 in the u15 boys’ event. Other winners for the club at … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s senior women won the English 6-stage Road Relay title for the seventh consecutive year on Saturday at Sutton Coldfield. Steph Twell, on leg four, was quickest overall for the two long stages of 5.38 miles. Second quickest overall was Louise Small when, on the opener, she led home Emma Clayton of … Read more
Gus Cockle won the under-20 men’s title at the UK inter counties cross country championships in Birmingham on Saturday. The Aldershot, Farnham & District runner steadily drew away from the field to finish 22 seconds ahead of Blackheath & Bromley’s Will Fuller, representing Kent. Cockle and club mate George Gathercole, who was fourteenth, formed the … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s runners came away from Saturday’s English National Cross Country Championships at Donington Park in Leicestershire with four golds, one silver and one bronze in both the individual and the team categories. The club’s senior women retained both titles. Lily Partridge eased away from Claire Duck of Leeds City during the second … Read more