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Aldershot Farnham & District’s cross country runners won five races as they led their teams to victory in the opening Hampshire League meeting at Wellesley Woods. James Dargan, a bottom-year under-20, took the senior men’s race with thirteen seconds to spare over Tom Syckelmore of Basingstoke & Mid Hants. The next three athletes were all … Read more
SEAA Road Relays Rushmoor 23 September 2023 The club hosted the the SEAA 6/4/3 stage relays at Aldershot on Saturday 23rd September 2023. On a warm sunny day, AFD had several teams competing in this highly competitive competition, racing against the top clubs in the South of England. Top results below:- U13 Girls – 3rd … Read more
Will Barnicoat won a bronze medal at the European under 23 Championship held at the Leppavaara Stadium, Espoo, Finland. Will ran a personal best of 13m 45.24sec in the 5000m. Congratulations Will
UK Championships Sportcity, Manchester Chris Snook and Abigail Jennings both picked up medals at the UK Championships over the weekend. Chris Snook claimed gold in the 5000m Walk in a time of 21:35.72, whilst Abigail Jennings claimed bronze in the 5000m Walk in a new personal best of 24:11.68. Other notable performances came from Steph … Read more
Fifteen AFD athletes were selected to represent their counties at the English Schools Championships which were held in Birmingham. Several AFD athletes won medals, James Dargan took gold in the Senior Boys 1500m to continue his excellent season. Emily Lucas claimed Silver in the Inter Girls 200m. Whilst Katie Pye (3000m), Archie Ellis (400mH) and … Read more
The England Athletics Under 20 and Under 23 Championships on the 18th June at Chelmsford saw AFD dominate both the male 5000m races. James Dargan won the Under 20 race in a time of 14min 37.58 which earned him automatic selection to the European Athletics Under 20 Championships to be held in Jerusalam, 7th to … Read more
AFD had 2 representatives compete at the UKA, England Athletics and Race Walking combined 20,000m track championships, held at the Leeds Beckett Track on the 10th June. The weather offered blisteringly hot conditions, 27 degrees where Abi Jennings and Chris Snook, both first year senior athletes contend the 50 laps of the track to cover … Read more
After 45 years Steve has handed over as Treasurer to Kate Haynes. Picture is of Mick Woods (AFD President) presenting Steve with a plaque to commemorate his retirement
AFD started the race well – with Josh Grace running his usual classy first leg – bringing us home in 5th, behind teams who wouldn’t feature in the top 5 overall, but crucially ahead of our main title challengers. Joe O’Connell – youngest in the squad at only 18 was next out – and ran … Read more
Aldershot Farnham & District runner Kitty Scott took the individual bronze medal in the under-13 girls’ race at the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships as she led a Surrey quartet that included two of her club mates, Tilly Robertson and Katie McBride, to the silver medals in the team competition at Loughborough on Saturday. … Read more