If AFD were a nation.
If the 3 AFD ladies (Emelia Gorecka 8th, Steph Twell 10th and Lily Partridge 15th) in the European Championships had been the only GB athletes they would have been 2nd, and if Lily had not lost her shoe who knows.
Cross Country
AFD shine at Euro Cross Country
All 7 AFD athletes who competed for GB at the European Championships came away with medals. The European Chamionshps were staged at Semorin in Slovakia on the 10th December 2017 over a flat course. The British team of 40 athletes including 7 AFD athletes dominated the Championships. The under 20 womens race was the first … Read more
AFD off to Europe
The European Cross Country trials held at Liverpool on Saturday 25th November and the subsequent selection showed AFD dominance. In the under 20 womens race Niamh Brown came 4th and gained selection In the under 20 mens race Luke Prior came came 10th and failed to gain selection In the Senior mens race saw Andy … Read more
Weekend 25/26 March 2017
Louise Small led Great Britain’s runners home in the senior women’s event at the World Cross Country Championships on Sunday. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete moved through the field to finish 38th, the highest position achieved by a Briton at the meeting in Uganda. Small and club mate Emily Hosker-Thornhill formed half of the … Read more
Hampshire CC League 3 March
Emelia Gorecka made a winning return to cross country running by taking the senior women’s race at the finale of this season’s Hampshire League on Saturday. The former European junior champion beat Aldershot, Farnham & District colleague Katie Bingle as the pair led the club to victory on the day to secure the league title. … Read more
AFD Dominate at National Cross Country
Aldershot Farnham & District’s runners claimed their fifth consecutive senior women’s title at Saturday’s English National Cross Country Championships. They were led home by Louise Small who forced the pace from around halfway of the eight-kilometre race in Nottingham’s Wollaton Park with team mate Emily Hosker-Thornhill closest to her. When Hosker-Thornhill was replaced by Jess … Read more
AFD 3rd at European Clubs Cross Country Championships
Steph Twell led Aldershot, Farnham & District’s runners to third place in the senior women’s race at the European Clubs Cross Country championships on Sunday and was in contention for an individual medal for much of the six-kilometre race in Portugal. Twell had broken away from the leading group with Kenya’s Irene Cheptai, who was … Read more
Another outstanding display by AFD at the SEAA Cross Country Championship
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
AFD take 5 titles at National CC Relays
Aldershot Farnham & District’s runners won half of the titles in Saturday’s English Cross Country Relay championships at Mansfield, including both senior races. The women led from the start as Steph Twell completed the opener two seconds ahead of Charlene Thomas of Wakefield District, a fellow competitor in the 1500 metres at the 2009 World … Read more
First Cross Country of the season
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