(by Martin Newth) Competing at the England Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield (10-11 Feb 2024), ESM athlete Leila Newth equalled the under-15 girls all time UK indoor triple jump record. Her third jump of 11m48cm matched Amy Williams’ previous best ever jump to claim gold.The Championship best leap puts Leila in the UK top 9 […]
Race report written by Sarah Harris Earlier this year, Mariona and Sarah G hatched a plan to run the San Sebastián marathon. Fast forward to a few months later, and this had snowballed into a team event with around 20 ESMers plus supporters travelling to the Basque coastal city to participate in the 42k, 21K […]
Article written by Allan McSween and Pat Cornell Ealing, Southall and Middlesex sprinter Allan McSween won gold in the 100m and 200m and bronze in the mixed 4x100m relay at the Invictus Games held in Dusseldorf in September 2023. His wins in the 100 and 200 were quite comfortable after very easy wins in the heats […]
Written by Sarah Harris On Sunday, 24th September, 44 ESM members lined up among 3,039 runners for the eleventh Ealing Half Marathon. There was the usual nervous energy and excitement amidst the green and gold camaraderie. Race conditions were near perfect, and this fantastic local event was as well organised as ever by the Ealing […]
Report written by Graham French. Photos provided by Pete Flewitt and Debra Booker ESM’s young athletes were out in good numbers for the first fixture of the cross country season. Conditions were good, the sun shone, & we recorded 2 individual & 2 team wins. The overall results made for a good start to the […]
Mohamed Hashi smashed his own PB and broke the club record yesterday in Northern Ireland at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon. Running in the Elite event at what is known as one of the fastest half marathons in the world, Mo came in 30th with a chip time of 1:07:01. This is a PB of […]
Written by Sarah Gerrie Sunday the 9th July saw a bunch of ESM runners hop foot it into central London for the ASICs 10km. On a busy fixture day for ESM, the lure of a flat road race with great crowd support was too great which did somewhat leave our other fixtures for that day- […]
Report written by Sarah Harris. Thirteen brave ESMers took on the heat of Exbury Gardens 10K in Hampshire’s beautiful New Forest on a very sunny June Sunday. We came back a little sunburnt and fatigued but happy to have had a summer weekend of racing and team fun. Exbury 10K is pitched as one of […]
Report by Graham French A group of ESM’s young athletes travelled to Chester at the weekend for the English National Cross Country championship, testing themselves against the best in the country. The undoubted stars of the day were our two under 13 teams who recorded our best results in those age groups for over a decade, both teams […]
Report by Graham French Four of ESM’s young athletes & one of our under 20s were selected to represent Middlesex County at the South of England inter county race at Horspath, Oxford, on the 10 December. It was a clear day but bitingly cold, with a layer of frost & snow on trees & fields, which […]