In warm conditions with little breeze, ten ESM athletes competed at this event. Nick’s run was 0.27 seconds short of his PB, while Najiib, Nicola, Mahiis and Joe all ran PBs. ESM results summary BMC Gold 1500m A race: 7 Nick Landeau (U23) 3:51.18 Open Meeting 1500m Race 6: 11 Najiib […]
Back home in New Zealand, our throws specialist Debbie McCaw scooped up a fistful of athletics medals at the World Masters Games in Auckland, writes Fiona Kennedy. She won three Golds in the V35 category: Hammer Heavy Weight throw (also known as Heavy Hammer) Weight Pentathlon: shot, heavy weight, discus, […]
This Monday evening the Millennium Arena in Battersea Park will host the first of four track & field matches in this Veterans’ League. All club members aged 35+ are welcome to take part and the club covers the entry fee. It’s a very friendly and supportive environment where you can be […]
Based at Frimley Hospital, this event was in its fifth year and has grown in popularity every year, writes Manish Kunwar. Five ESM members lined up at the start this year, along with another six from Northala Fields parkrun, running as a team for the charity Helping You. For those of Nepalese […]
ESM’s largest team of U20 and U17 athletes for over a decade joined forces with St Mary’s AC to form a combined team competing at Guildford yesterday, writes Tim Hannah. Ealing St Mary’s came second, less than 80 points behind the powerful home team in a match of five clubs. […]
This first match of the summer season takes place this Sunday April 30th, at Guildford. This year we have a composite team with St Mary’s which will provide us with more firepower and many extra quality athletes. ESM will provide most of the team, especially among the Under 20s. We […]
Seven ESM athletes tackled the London Marathon this Spring – exactly the same number as last year, though this year it was an all-male affair. After the warm conditions experienced by club members at the Brighton Marathon two weeks earlier, pre-race preparations included anxious monitoring of the weather forecasts. They […]
Twenty six of ESM’s top young athletes turned up at 6:30am for the coach into Central London for Sunday’s Mini Marathon, writes Tim Hannah. Once inside the old Billingsgate Fish Market there was a long wait for the race in cramped conditions. Eventually 9am came and the athletes were led […]
Congratulations to James Hughes who won the Southampton 10k on Sunday, held in conjunction with the inaugural Southampton Marathon and Half Marathon. James said “the race felt great on a beautifully sunny day. I was in a pack of three for most of the race and managed a sprint to […]
We have a new competition this year for our young athletes, writes Bridie Lebdiri. The Middlesex Young Athletes League is made up of clubs from North & West London, with the aim of providing young athletes with the opportunity to try out different events and to experience competition. The Perivale […]
