Team Manager Tim Hannah reports from the London Youth Games: ESM juniors were in action winning medals at the London Youth Games track & field finals at Crystal Palace on Sunday. The LYG Athletics are for athletes in school years 7 and 8. Ellis Kahan-Noel won the gold medal in the javelin with throw of […]
Mission accomplished yet again for our senior track & field squad, as Phil York reports: Two weeks ago the ESM senior track and field squad made the short journey over to Parliament Hill to take part in the third Southern Athletics League fixture of the 2019 summer season. A magnificent team effort at the home […]
It’s been a while since we reminded everyone about the free cardiac screening service offered by C-R-Y, the charity set up to prevent sudden cardiac deaths in the young, through awareness, screening & research. Every week in the UK, at least 12 young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. There is a simple way to […]
Tim Hannah reports from a successful day out: Team West London, our combined U20/U17 team from ESM and TVH, went off to Guildford on Sunday 30th June with our largest squad for several years. We were rewarded with a second place finish in this seven-team match, held in perfect weather for athletics. Our star sprinter […]
Congratulations to Maxi Steel, Cameron Thomas, Mia de Vivenot and Kai English, who are all recent recipients of Jack Petchey Awards. Maxi’s award was for lopping a mighty six seconds from his 800m PB in the Middlesex Track & Field Championships, where he dug in and displayed good improvement in his technique. The funds were […]
We have our third YDL meeting on Sunday 30th June at Guildford. The timetable is below. Our coach leaves from outside Gurnell Swimming Pool, Ruislip Road East at 9:15am sharp. There is a £2.00 contribution for the coach fare. Please let me know if you are coming. I will be at the track on Thursday […]
Team Manager Tim Hannah reports from a home match: Our composite team with TVH (Team West London) came third in this match yesterday out of the seven teams in our division. This was our home fixture at Perivale and we had our usual fine weather and superb organisation both on the track and in the […]
Last Saturday ESM travelled to Peterborough for the second Southern Athletics League (SAL) fixture of the 2019 season. Having won the opening match at Perivale, joint team managers Jamie Taylor-Caldwell, Patricia Thomas and Chris Hepworth were hopeful of a good result deep in the heart of rural east England. The trio worked hard to assemble […]
Congratulations to Sarah Richardson, who won W45-49 Gold at the Aquathlon World Champs in Pontevedra (Spain) earlier this month. Christine Meek won Bronze in the W60-64 category, and Keith Freegard also competed. The event consisted of a 1km river swim and 5km run. Sarah says: “The swim was pretty tough, going against the flow to start […]
Loughborough student Oliver Way continues to enjoy success as he extends his range beyond his specialist distance of 1500m. Following his 31:57.79 at the BUCS 10,000m Championships in April, where he finished tenth, he broke 9 minutes at his first attempt over 3,000m, with a clocking of 8:49.86 at the Loughborough International on Sunday. He ran a 1500m […]