On paper, the second SAL fixture was scheduled to be a six-team contest. However, Loughton kept their promise to be a ‘no-show’, leaving the usual five teams on the day. On his way through the stadium car park at 11:30am, ESM men’s team manager Phil York had a conversation with […]
The annual cross country awards were presented to our young athletes after training on Tuesday evening, by coach Graham French and club President Carol Jones. Awards are determined by a points system across 10 League races, whereby 20 points are allocated to the first ESM runner, 19 for the second […]
Hyde Park 10K Congratulations to Jonathan Horan for winning the Hyde Park 10K in a personal time of 35:38. Jonathan has made great progress in the last year, lowering his 10K best by two and a half minutes. M55 Martin Daoud also won a trophy for finishing first in his […]
Congratulations to U13 Theo Jarrett for winning this month’s Jack Petchey award. Theo is coached by Manicon Pillai and was nominated by young athlete coach Bridie Lebdiri, who says he is a polite and hard-working athlete. He trained through the whole winter, and this effort resulted in a PB in […]
ESM fielded 22 athletes at this year’s Middlesex Track & Field Championships, and they brought home a tally of 15 medals, writes Fiona Kennedy. Saturday is always the busiest of the two days, with all the senior events taking place, including the U20 and U17 age groups. The U17 women […]
Wednesday evening saw the ESM ladies, bolstered by a couple of Northala Fields regulars, take part in the annual BA Speedbirds Ladies 5K at Harmondsworth Moor. It was a lovely evening for it too, not overly hot, but with a nice cooling breeze. The course is gently undulating, along a […]
The Bushy Park multi-terrain race was a new one for ESM, and it wasn’t a bad turnout considering the unseasonably cold weather. There was positive feedback about the lovely park and the scenic course, which was much flatter than the more familiar Herbert’s Hole 10K in the autumn. (A good […]
A reduced team of fifteen ESM U20 and U17 athletes travelled to Oxford on Sunday April 29th for their first Youth Development League match of the summer, writes Tim Hannah. Unfortunately, the weather limited opportunities for personal best performances, with strong winds and temperatures only just above freezing. It felt […]
ESM runners defy the heat & smash the London Marathon, writes Martin Wilson. What a day – 22 degrees in the shade and more like 30+ in the unrelenting sun… make no mistake about it, absolutely brutal conditions. Our intrepid team of runners who had become acclimatised to seemingly permanent winter […]
A good time was had by all at the first MYAL meeting of the season, reports Annick Hooge. The young athletes arrived very excited, and everyone performed well despite the hot conditions. Team Manager Denise had it all organised with clipboard, numbers, pins, timetable and also plenty of advice. Tim, […]