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The proposal below will be considered at the Alder Valley AGM on the 31st January – any comment to AFD rep at the AGM Peter Bennett The Alder Valley League is the busiest league in the UK in as much that it provides competition formore athletes per competition that any other league.The league squeezes 8 … Read more
The English Cross Country Relay Championships proved a reminder of the way Aldershot Farnham & District’s distance runners have dominated senior women’s competition lately. The club’s winning side was backed up by its B team in sixth and C team in ninth of the 106 that finished at Mansfield. Lauren Hall, who anchored AFD to … Read more
England Under 23 and British Championship success for AFD’s race walkers Congratulations to race walkers Chris Snook and Abi Jennings for winning Gold at the England under 23 Championships over 10,000 metres at Bedford Stadium on 20th June. The week after at the British Athletics Championships in Manchester, Abi won a Silver and Chris narrowly … Read more
Chris Thompson booked his place in the UK Olympic team to compete in Tokyo betwen the 23 July and 8 August 2021. Chris lined up for the UK marathon trial at Kew Gardens on the 26th March 2021. The selection policy was automatic selection to the first 2 runners if they achieved the qualifying time … Read more
Jack had a great run in the 1st round of the 3000m in the European Indoor Championships in Turon, Poland on the 6th March. Jack took the lead after 7 laps of the 15 laps and was only passed in the last lap by 2 athletes. Jacks 3rd place give him an alternmatic qualification for … Read more
Due to the increase in Covid 19 cases, Wellesley Woodland management have withdrawn their permission to use the woods, leading AFD to cancel the first league fixture which was to held at Aldershot on Saturday 7 November
Please see the latest newsletter summarising what has been an exceptional few weeks for the club with many excellent performances across a wide range of athletic disciplines. Thanks to those that submitted results, reports and photos. More of these please, as we know we miss results with so many races and club fixtures taking place … Read more
While a large contingent from AFD were at Nottingham for the English Cross Country Championships a small contigent traved to Glasgow for the British Indoor Championshipsand came away with following results: Amy Griffiths 4th in the 1500, Abi Jennings winning the Walk, Dan Howells 5th in the 800m.
Issue 2 of the club Newsletter includes a couple of interesting articles and results galore. Apologies if we have missed any results, its quite a task finding all the results of all the members competing around the globe. Good luck to everyone in forthcoming events, and please send us your results to: afdadmissions@hotmail.co.uk Before you … Read more