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Steph Twell booked her place for next month’s World championships in London when she took her third successive British 5000 metres title in Birmingham at the weekend. The Aldershot Farnham & District runner kicked past Dundee’s Eilish McColgan, a finalist in last year’s Olympics, with just under half a lap remaining and won by three … Read more
BUCS Championships – Bedford 29 April – 1 May 2017 AFD athletes were in fine form competing in Bedford in the University Outdoor Championships over Bank Holiday weekend. There were notable performances from Ellis Cross running a pb in the 5000m to take gold and Luke Dorrell clocking a speedy 10.72secs pb in his heat … Read more
Indoor Season Update British Indoor Team Trials – Sheffield 11-12 February 2017 AFD had 5 athletes competing at the British Indoor Trails in Sheffield picking up 2 silver medals. 60m – Luke Dorrell 5th (Heat) 6.95 secs 200m – Amy Allcock 2nd (Final) 23.89 secs 3000m – Steph Twell 2nd (Final) 8:45.95 Emelia Gorecka 9th … Read more
The latest round of the Hampshire cross country league featured a perfect score for Aldershot Farnham & District’s under-13 boy runners. Sam Bodoano won by three seconds from Michael Gar and Harry Hyde came third ahead of Rudi Morrell who, although fourth, did not count for the team. The club had three of the first … Read more
At the AFD AGM on the 25 Jan in addition to the normal business of adoption of accounts and election of officers (incidently the club are always short of officials, coaches and general helpers) the club made a new apointment of David Betts as Honorary Club Chaplain: David has prepared a short bio reproduced below: … Read more
Runners from Aldershot Farnham & District filled the podium after the intermediate boys’ race at the Surrey Schools cross country championships on Saturday. Max Heyden won it by four seconds from Luke van Oudtshoorn and Marcus Shantry was third. The club had the gold and silver medallists in two other races at Reigate. Niamh Brown … Read more
Alan Mason a middle distance coach with Farnham AC and then Aldershot Farnham and District AC passed away on Saturday evening the 7th January.
Louise Small beat former national cross country champion Louise Damen as she retained her Hampshire senior title on Saturday. The Aldershot, Farnham & District runner had trailed Winchester & District’s Damen since the start of the five-mile race around the grounds of Fairthorne Manor, near Botley, but with about a furlong remaining Small closed the … Read more
AFD are sad to announce the death of Norman McClenn on Staurday 17th December. Norman was for many years AFD Javelin coach. Details to follow.
Steph Twell, with sixth place, led Great Britain’s senior women to the silver medals at the European cross country championships on Sunday. Fellow Aldershot Farnham & District runner Andy Vernon, in fifth, was third counter in the senior men’s team that took the gold medals. Ellis Cross was fifteenth in the under 23 men’s race … Read more