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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
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
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
While last weekend was county Champs weekend there was also the televised Edinburgh international cross country great to see the AFD three of Steff Twell, Niamh Brown and Gus Cockle in action. Louise Small won the senior women’s race at the Hampshire cross country championships by nearly one and a half minutes from Guernsey Island’s … Read more
All four members of Aldershot, Farnham & District who ran in Sunday’s European cross country championships came away from the French town of Hyeres with a team medal. Steph Twell was in contention for an individual medal and she led the assault on the lead established by Sifan Hassan who had begun to tire during … Read more
Four members of Aldershot, Farnham & District will be running for Britain at the European cross country championships in France on Sunday. Steph Twell was third in the trial behind Gemma Steel of Charnwood and Kate Avery of Shildon, the two athletes who battled to the line for the senior women’s title in Bulgaria last … Read more
Congratulations to Lily Partridge Surry Sports Personality of the year and Verity Snook Sports Coach of the year
‘Two AFD members recently represented England in the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International at Santry Park in Dublin on 14th November 2015. Scott Smith-Bannister (5015) finished 5th in the M50 category whilst Austin Soane (6018) finished 9th in the M60 race on his international debut. Both athletes collected team medals with the M50s winning … Read more
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
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