Road Running

  Charlotte Purdue made return to competion in style In the BUPA Great South Run, despite very windy conditions she was 3rd in a time of 56:57,  Louise Small was 7th in 58:42.  Jessica Andrews was 11th in 59:56,  and Annabelle Levene was 17th in 1:06:30 In the Mens race Andy Vernon was 4th (1st … Read more

3 AFD senior ladies team (the Maximum allowed) lined up the ERRA National Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham for the first event of the Road Relays events of the weekend Lilly Partridge lead of for the AFD A team and soon stamped her authority on the race coming home ahead of rivels Charnwood in … Read more

    What a weekend, for some it all started on Friday, the preperation phase.  New skill were learnt, notable tarmacing pot holes.  There seemed to be hundreds of AFD runners, creating an atmoshire unlike any other.  Graham Richards from Ronhill sports, whom sponsor AFD, presented the club with a cheque for £2,000 in recognition … Read more

After a long absence AFD were back at the British Masters Road Relays held on the 18th May at Sutton Park. The team Elliot Robinson, Mark Greenwood, Tad Dicker, George McCourt, Colin Paton, Scott Smith-Bannister, Nathan Aspinall and Richard Bachelor. The team came 7th in a time of 2hours 11min 58 seconds just 5 minutes … Read more

Emily Wicks going off the mass start was the 176 and second women home from the mass start in a time of 2hr 39min 18sec.  Including the Elite Women Emily was the 4th fastest British Women and 2nd English Woman. Congratulation Emily

Even by AFD high standards Saturday 13th April will rank as outstanding.  The Senior ladies went to Sutton park for the National 6 stage road relays quietly determine, the supports for the squad round the course wasgreat. The final result was fantastic with AFD “A” team winning in 1hr 37min 56 sec, a time only … Read more