Southern league Match 1

What is it about the SAL and the weather? We finished last season in Devon amidst driving rain and starting this season in conditions that can only be described as “needing layers”! Our thanks to the officials, club members and A&E department of Yeovil as hosts for match 1. The “injury witch doctor” who’d been … Read more

Jess is Rio bound

Congratulations to Jess Andrews on winning the Olympic 10,000m trials in a time of 31min 58sec, thus booking her place on the team for Rio, the first AFD athlete to make the team.  Congratulations to the other automatic qualifier Beth Potter who while not AFD train with AFD

County Championships

Two runners from Aldershot, Farnham & District set Surrey championship best performances at the weekend, both in the 1500 metres.  Eugenie Cockle, defending champion in the under-17 women’s race, clocked 4 mins 31.23 and Luke van Oudtshoorn posted new figures of 4 mins 14.86 in the u15 boys’ event.  Other winners for the club at … Read more

AFD at National Under 17 Champs

Chris Snook became England Athletics under-17 men’s 5000 metres walk champion at Bedford on Sunday.  The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete won the u15s’ title over 3000 metres in 2013.  Two of his club colleagues picked up silver medals over the weekend, both in the u17 women’s age-group: Niamh Brown (3000 metres) and Maisie Grice … Read more

John Hewitt Club Championships

With the John Hewitt Junior Club Championships fast approaching 29th August, you need to get your entries in fast. The timetable subject to adjustments depending on entries is: THE JOHN HEWITT MEMORIAL AFD JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS TIMETABLE (*) – straight final depending on no.s TRACK EVENTS FIELD EVENTS 10:30 100m U13 girls heats 10:15 Pole … Read more

3 AFD Athletes win British Championships, Lennie Waite, Steph Twell and Isobel Pooley who set UK record

Isobel Pooley improved her British outdoor high jump record when retaining the national title in Birmingham on Saturday.  Her first-time clearance at 1m 97 was one centimetre higher than the mark she recorded last year.  Silver medallist Morgan Lake of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow, the World junior champion, had gone out of the competition … Read more