Anna Moller double European under 23 Champion
AFDs Anna Moller representing her native Denmark won both 5000m in 15:07.70 and the 3000m Steeplechasein 9:27.31 on cosecutive days at the Under 23 Championshipsat in Gavle, Sweden.
Track and Field
Steph 6th on all time 10,000m list.
Steph Twell on winning the 10,000 Night of PBs in a time of 31:08.13 not only became British Champions, qualified for the Doha World Championships, moved to 6th on the UK all time list and broke the AFD record. Congratulations Steph on a fantastic race.
Mark Symes – Double World Champion
Mark Symes won V50 800m easily in a seasons best of 2.02.14 David Haines also from GB took the pace on for the first 300 with Mark staying out of trouble in 4th, Mark then caught David and cruised past taking the 2nd half of the race unchallenged and put a final kick in with … Read more
End of Season Update (Track)
End of Season Update (Track) As the track season comes to a close and the cross country season starts, a roundup of the final track results for August and September. South of England U15/U17 Championships (inc Walks) Lee Valley 11-12 August 2018 Several athletes made the journey round the M25 to compete in the South … Read more
Mark Symes follows up 4th at World Masters Champs with a win over 1500m
Mark Symes came 4th in a time off 2min 02.25seconds in the World Master 800m Championships over 45. To qualify for the final Mark Symes won the semi final in 2min 0073seconds knocking 2 secs off his PB He also won his heat in 2.04. After Marks exploits over 800m he followed up by becoming … Read more
Mark Symes wins 800/1500 at British Masters Champs
Mark Symes achieved a rare V45 800/1500 double double in the British Masters Champs on 25/6 Aug. He equalled his winning performances from 2017 in far more challenging conditions, high wind and rain, whilst giving away nearly 5 years on his opponents as he reaches 50 in Oct! Scott Smith-Bannister gained a fabulous silver in … Read more
Mark Symes and Simon Cooper part of Record Breaking relay squad
Mark Symes and Simon Cooper were selected for the British V45 4x800m Relay team to help the V50 team break the World record! Mark ran 2nd leg taking his team into the lead and Simon ran the 4th leg bringing the team home victorious, breaking the British V45 record. In a close race, the V50 … Read more
Southern Athletics League – Final Match of 2018
Hi everyone, Apologies for my tardiness with the match report. Match results Kingston – 231 (4 league points) Newbury – 203 (3) AFD AC – 176 (2) Oxford – 148 (1) Bad day for Oxford who were relegated on match points. I.e. Points scored by athletes and officials. For anyone those not aware, we can … Read more
Bronze Medal at Euro Champs
Amy Allcock took a bronze medal on the penultimate day of the European championships in Berlin, running the third leg for the British team in the 4×400 metres relay. The Aldershot Farnham & District athlete stayed in contention after the performances of Zoey Clark (Thames Valley Harriers) and Anyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers), thus giving Eilidh … Read more
Amy Allcock world Bronze medal
Congratulations to Amy Allcock for her selection and subsequent winning Bronze as part of the Womens 4 by 400m at the World Indoor Championships at Birmingham.