News
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
GB team for the 2015 European Indoor Champs
Congratulations to the following AFD athletes selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague on 5 to 8 March: Emelia Gorecka – 3000m Amy Allcock – 4x400m Isobel Pooley – High Jump
National Cross Country 2015
Lily Partridge was crowned English cross country champion in London on Saturday. She thus joins a list of runners that includes her mother who won the title for Aldershot, Farnham & District as Ruth Smeeth. Partridge took control during the second and larger of the two laps around Parliament Hill Fields and completed the eight-kilometre … Read more
Hampshire Sports Hall League
Results of the Hants Sports Hall league can be found through the link below: http://www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/events/sh_league.html
AFD Greatest Day (weekend)
Aldershot, Farnham & District’s women came third in the European Clubs Cross Country Championships, held in Spain on Sunday. The best team performance in AFD history, and the best British club performance for many years. They also had the third individual runner, Lily Partridge, plus Steph Twell in fourth . Partridge crossed the line … Read more
Southern Cross Country Championships
Saturday’s South of England cross country championships featured a duel for the junior women’s title between two runners from Aldershot, Farnham & District. Amy Griffiths, the English Schools’ champion, and Grace Baker, winner of the Home Countries international at the end of last season, soon went clear of the rest and remained together until the … Read more