Southern League

AFD travelled to Braunton with 5 women and 4 men and finished 4th overall. The women’s team included: Sarah-Jane Anthony who did hammer, discus and shot, despite being injured! Ellen Franklin who ran the 100, 200 (which she got a PB in), the 400 and did the LJ Georgina Darnell 100, 200, 400, LJ Lindsay … Read more

Ron Stonehouse

An articule by Phil Stamp and is linked below and linked via the articule on the club history,  is about early stalwart of the club Ron Stonehouse.. Click here for the articule on Ron Stonhouse

Top of the Rankings

Congratulations to: Lilly Partridge 3rd place in the 10,000m staged in Huelva, Spain in a time of 32min 20.77sec.  A time which puts her top the UK rankin for 2015 While on the next day (12th April) Steph Twell won the Brighton 10Km road race in a time of 32min 48seconds A week latter on … Read more

National Walking Championships

The National 20km & YAG Championships combined with the Southern Championships on Saturday 18th April, 2015 saw a good set of results with 2 PBs in blustery, warm conditions. AFD for the first time in many years fielded an athlete in every age group. First out was Nick Hart in the u13 2km where he … Read more

AFD win 6 Stage Road Relay for the 6th Consecutive Year

An Aldershot, Farnham & District runner led at the end of all six stages at Saturday’s national road relay championships for the club’s sixth consecutive women’s title.  Comparisons with previous performances at Sutton Coldfield, the venue since 2000, were rendered irrelevant by the introduction of two long legs and the lengthening of the shorter. The … Read more

5 in a row – Southern 6 stage title

Emelia Gorecka ran the fastest time of the day when she anchored Aldershot, Farnham & District to a successful defence of the women’s six-stage title in the South of England road-relay championships at Milton Keynes on Sunday.  AFD were third at the halfway point after legs by Olivia Lucas, Gabi Eglen and Katie Bingle but … Read more

Latest AFD News

Steph Twell finished second in the Antrim international cross country meeting on Saturday, between two Ethiopians: Birtukan Fente Alemu and Birtukan Adamu.  Her Aldershot, Farnham & District club mate Louise Small was eighth.  Another AFD runner, Jack Rowe, came fourth in the junior men’s race. On the same day, in Blackburn, Niamh Brown and Daisy … Read more

International Selections

Tim Snook was included In the recently announced England Race Walking team for EAA permit team going to Podebrady, Czech Republic on 11th April more details at:  http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics-news/selections-announced-for-european-race-walks# UK Athletics have announced the cross country runners who will be representing GB at the World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China on Saturday 28 March.(http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/march-2015/12-03-15-world-cross-team/) 3 … Read more

Lily “No 1 Womens CC runner in UK”

A fortnight after claiming the English cross country crown, Lily Partridge retained her British inter counties title in Birmingham on Saturday.  The Aldershot, Farnham & District runner proved the stronger in a duel with Winchester & District’s Louise Damen, her immediate predecessor as champion, finishing three seconds clear.  Third-placed Sarah Astin of Lancashire was almost … Read more