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AFD at the English Schools Athletics Association Championships
The English School Athletic Association Championships James Dargan ran to victory in the intermediate boys’ 3000 metres at the English Schools Championships on Saturday. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete, who is coached by Mick Woods, beat Liam McCay of Liverpool Harriers by more than three seconds. Emily Lucas clocked a personal best of 24.87 … Read more
AFD Walkers at UK Champs 216th June
AFD had 2 race walking representatives the Senior British Championships, Manchester this weekend. Abigail Jennings u23 walked a solid race, good technique to Bronze in a respectable 5000m 25.26.33. Chris Snook also u23, awarded Silver in a technically perfect, returning to fitness in 21.20.14 for 5000m.
British Masters Championships
Several AFD Masters athletes made the journey north to Derby at the weekend to compete in the British Masters Athleteics Championships with some excellent performances and collecting several medals. Allan Leiper competing in several events secured gold in the M60 Pole Vault, silver in the M60 shot and bronze in the M60 discus. In the … Read more
Match Report for Alder Valley Boys Match 2 Hillingdon June 5th 2022
A small team of seven AFD athletes braved the M25 traffic and the Hillingdon Sports Centre parking fees to compete for the club in the Alder Valley match on Sunday 5th of June. Archie Ellis (U17) was up first in the 400m hurdles, his first attempt at the event, which he won in a time … Read more
County Championships
Aldershot Farnham & District’s under-15 girl runners took three titles in the Surrey Track & Field Championships, held at Kingston over the weekend. Katie Pye beat all the u17 women in the 3000 metres. Lottie Quinn and Emmeline Orbell triumphed in the 1500 and 800 metres respectively. Kitty Scott won the u13 girls’ 1500 and … Read more
Ellis Cross beats Mo Farah to win the Vitality London 10,000
Ellis Cross beats Sir Mo Farah to win the Vitality London 10,000Ellis Cross pulled off one of the most notable victories of his career so far, outkicking pre-race favourite Sir Mo Farah to win the Vitality London 10,000 in a new PB of 28:40. In fourth place was Chris Thompson – his time of 29:10 was a … Read more
AFD Summer Open meetings 2022
Bank Holiday Thursday 2nd June – 11:30 start (includes quad kids minithon for under 11s) Thursday 7th July – 18:00 start Thursday 18th August – 18:00 start Entries will open on race-results.co.uk 4 weeks before each meeting.Please see the attached timetable for details of events and age groups.
National Championships
England Cross Country Championships Will Barnicoat won the junior men’s title at the English National Cross Country Championships and led Aldershot Farnham & District’s runners to the team title at Parliament Hill Fields, London on Saturday. He surged away from the opposition on the second lap of the ten-kilometre race to win by eleven seconds … Read more
English 10,000m Race Walking Championship 5th Feb
Chris Snook (Aldershot Farnham & District/Leeds Beckett University, Verity Snook) and Erika Kelly (Northern AC, Isle of Man, Tom Craggs) took the first ever England Athletics Winter Race Walking Championships titles over 10,000m in challenging conditions, reports Ian Richards. Like most of the North of England on Saturday the track at Leeds Beckett University was … Read more