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Congratulations to the following AFD athletes selected to compete for GB in the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden on 16-19 July: Gus Cockle 5,000m Jack Rowe 10,000m Amy Griffiths 1500m Grace Baker 5,000m
Isobel Pooley achieved the qualifying standard for this year’s World Championships with a clearance of 1m 94 in the high jump at the European Team Championships. Another athlete from Aldershot, Farnham & District who recorded a season’s best in Russia at the weekend was Lily Partridge over 5000 metres. The highest placed AFD member of … Read more
AFD Quadkid team competed last night and successfully qualified for the final, placing 3rd overall. We were only 100 points off the top spot team, but our squad was missing our 3 best girls, so we should be(and are) very pleased and proud of the result. We had the highest scoring boy of the competition, … Read more
Aldershot, Farnham & District won their UK Youth Development League meeting for the lower age-groups at the Aldershot Military Stadium on Saturday. Ollie Nicholson, newly crowned Hampshire champion over 100m, won both U15B sprints and opened for the club’s victorious sprint relay team in which he was joined by Henry McGoldrick, Alex Knight and Daniel … Read more
Isobel Pooley of Aldershot, Farnham & District set a meeting record of 1m 90 for the high jump at the Hampshire championships on Saturday. The silver medallist from last year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow had already claimed the championship best when clearing 1m 85, three centimetres above the mark set by another Commonwealth silver medallist … Read more
2-4 May 2015 – BUCS Several AFD athletes competed at Bedford over the Bank Holiday weekend in their various university colours collecting 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes. Amy Griffiths took gold in the 1500m with Lily Partridge picking up bronze not far behind. Louise Small picked up silver over the 5000m and Jonathan … Read more
Congratulations to Andy Vernon on winning 10K at the Payton Jordon Invitational at Standford, California in a time of 27min 42.62seconds well inside the Rio Qualification Standards of 28 mins. In the womens 5K Steph Twell ran 15min 13.82 inside the Rio Olympic qualifing time of 15min 20seconds.
AFD travelled to Braunton with 5 women and 4 men and finished 4th overall. The women’s team included: Sarah-Jane Anthony who did hammer, discus and shot, despite being injured! Ellen Franklin who ran the 100, 200 (which she got a PB in), the 400 and did the LJ Georgina Darnell 100, 200, 400, LJ Lindsay … Read more
Congratulations to: Lilly Partridge 3rd place in the 10,000m staged in Huelva, Spain in a time of 32min 20.77sec. A time which puts her top the UK rankin for 2015 While on the next day (12th April) Steph Twell won the Brighton 10Km road race in a time of 32min 48seconds A week latter on … Read more
Congratulations to the following AFD athletes selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague on 5 to 8 March: Emelia Gorecka – 3000m Amy Allcock – 4x400m Isobel Pooley – High Jump