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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
England Under 23 and British Championship success for AFD’s race walkers Congratulations to race walkers Chris Snook and Abi Jennings for winning Gold at the England under 23 Championships over 10,000 metres at Bedford Stadium on 20th June. The week after at the British Athletics Championships in Manchester, Abi won a Silver and Chris narrowly … Read more
Alice run and won won the UK Under 20 Championship on Saturday 12 June at Watford in a time of 16 min 27.84 seconds, well inside the qualifying time of 16 min 40 seconds for the European Championships and thus has automatics selection for the European Under 20 Championships in Estonia on July 18th. Well … Read more
Chris Thompson booked his place in the UK Olympic team to compete in Tokyo betwen the 23 July and 8 August 2021. Chris lined up for the UK marathon trial at Kew Gardens on the 26th March 2021. The selection policy was automatic selection to the first 2 runners if they achieved the qualifying time … Read more
Jack had a great run in the 1st round of the 3000m in the European Indoor Championships in Turon, Poland on the 6th March. Jack took the lead after 7 laps of the 15 laps and was only passed in the last lap by 2 athletes. Jacks 3rd place give him an alternmatic qualification for … Read more
The U13 boys outclassed other Hampshire teams to win 1st place in Havant on 1st March at the final Sportshall match with individual performances from Will Bryant 1st, Joshua Mortimer 2nd, Vidal Pinto 3rd and Archie Ellis 5th. The U11 boys clinched 2nd place team rankings beating 19 teams overall with Charlie Manley taking 3rd … Read more