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

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

AFD at Southern Cross Country Chanpionships

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

Hampshire and Surrey Cross Country Championships

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

First Hampshire Cross Country League

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