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After working our way through the travel requirement, tests and location forms 2 AFD teams, 4 for the womens championships and two men and 2 women for the mixed relay arrived at Oeiras just west of Lisbon, Portrugal to represemt the UK.at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country. The first to run was the … Read more
Aldershot Farnham & District runner Katie Pye won the under-15 girls’ title at the South of England Cross Country Championships on Saturday. She overhauled Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow’s Ella Davey about fifty yards from the finish to win by two seconds. Two AFD athletes claimed silver medals. Niamh Brown led Georgie Bruinvels (seventh), Lauren … Read more
Aldershot Farnham & District’s senior runners won team and individual titles in both the women’s and men’s events at the Surrey Cross Country Championships in Dorking on Sunday. Niamh Brown led Georgie Bruinvels and Nancy Scott to a clean sweep of the individual medals while Emily Wicks in seventh ensured a commanding team victory. Sam … Read more
Will Barnicoat led the British runners to the gold medals in the under-20 men’s event at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on Sunday. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete placed ninth as his team beat the host nation by one point. Club mate Jack Rowe was the first Briton home in the senior … Read more
Two runners from Aldershot Farnham & District’s winning side at the previous weekend’s English Cross Country Relays battled for victory in the senior women’s race at Saturday’s Hampshire League. Niamh Brown finally prevailed by one second over Lauren Hall and when Pippa Roessler crossed the line in third, she completed a perfect score for AFD. … Read more
Report by Roland Yeomens Senior runners from Aldershot Farnham & District took both men’s and women’s titles in the English National Road Relay Championships at Sutton Coldfield on Saturday. The latter emphasized the club’s superiority when its B team finished second. Louise Small put the A team into second on the penultimate leg of the … Read more
Charlie Purdue of AFD more than made up for her disapointment in not getting to the Olympics in the summer, by being the first British Women, breaking her own personal best and becoming the 3rd fastest British Women in a time 2hours 23minutes and 26seconds. Hugh Congratulations to Charlie
AFD are sad to learn of the death of Barabara our first Olympian (1968 and 1972). She passed away on Friday the 3rd September. There is a short articule under Club History, Life Members.
What was an outstanding weekend for AFD athletes started on Saturday 17th July with Masie Grice winning the English Championship Women’s Steeple Chase in a time of 10 min 15.21 seconds. On the Sunday 18th in the 3000m walk Chris Snook won the men’s event in a time of 12 min 53.31 seconds and Abigail … Read more
Good luck to AFD athletes Chris Thompson and Steph Twell who head of to compete in the Marathon at the Tokyo Olympics. Steph in the Women’s Marathon on the 7th August at 07:00 local time. Chris in the Men’s Marathon on the 8th August also at 07:00 local time