By Graham French It is now nearly one & a half years since Dilan Khurana was tragically taken from us at the age of 16. Dilan was a keen member of ESM’s middle & long distance squad, & a talented runner.  Away from the track & cross country course he […]

Report by Pat Cornell ESM sprinters have been in fine form in the final weeks of the season. On 23rd August, the Under 18 4 x 100 relay team of Lashaun Thorpe-McLean, Sion Jones, Al-Tayib Adam and Connor Chung-Tak-Man finished a fine 4th in the National Relay Championships at the Alexander Stadium […]

By Pat Cornell ESM athletes have been in medal winning form in National Championships during July. The English Schools Championships were held in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 10th and 11th July. Lelia Newth got off to a flying start on the Friday morning, producing a fine series in the Under […]

By Martin Newth ESM’s Lashaun Thorpe-Mclean has enjoyed a sensational summer in the 200m, slashing more than a second from his personal best and rewriting the club record books in the process. His remarkable run of form began with gold at the Middlesex County Outdoor Championships in May. Running under the new age […]

By Armen Kanikanian Long before British records and competitions, family visits to Leila’s grandparents in Bournemouth usually included one tradition. No visit was complete without a trip to the beach. While most children would have been building sandcastles, Leila and her older sister, Zairah, preferred to create a makeshift long […]

Report by Debra Booker ESM’s Leila Newth produced another outstanding performance to finish fourth in the triple jump at the European U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy over the weekend. Having qualified for Sunday’s final with a new British U18 record of 13.02m, Leila matched that mark in the fourth round […]