Five ESM athletes represented Middlesex at the prestigious English Schools National Cross Country Championships held in Leeds earlier this month. U20 Nicola Ravenhill was making her fifth appearance at these championships; for U20 George Kerry it was his fourth. Both are now in their final year at school, so […]
It was a great morning out for the club at Northala Fields parkrun on Saturday, reports Fiona Kennedy, with 47 members taking part in the run and many volunteering in one form or another. For the roadrunners, it was one of two 5K events in the yearly championship schedule. (The […]
We had seven athletes taking part in the Inter Counties cross country championships at Nottingham last Saturday, reports team Manager Tim Hannah. Mohamed Ali finished fifth in the U15s race, which took place over a 4.5K course. He was in the lead until the last half mile or so, but was […]
Nine-year-old Evan Thomson received the Jack Petchey Award at the clubhouse on Tuesday. The award was in recognition of his regular attendance at training, for representing the club at races, and for being a good team player and caring towards others. Well done Evan. The £250 award is being spent […]
The Mo Show goes on! Mohamed Ali capped off his phenomenal cross country season with a win in the U15 boys’ race at the Nationals. It was an inspiring sight for all our athletes and supporters at Parliament Hill last Saturday. The plan, according to coach Steve Mann, was to […]
A short trip down the M4 for the first ESM road running club race of the year – to the extended ring of car-parks that seemed to make up much of Wokingham – saw a fine turnout of over 20 clubmates and some Northala Fields parkrun regulars too (Bruce, Vincent […]
It was a rather low turnout for the North West London League fixture at Harrow on Saturday, no doubt partly due to half term, but well done to those athletes who competed. The course was deceptively difficult, writes Team Manager Bridie Lebdiri, muddy on the first field with a long […]
The fifth and final fixture of the Met League saw numbers down a little, as the total number of finishers dipped below 1000 for the first time this season, write Fiona Kennedy & Phil York. Conditions were certainly not for the faint-hearted, as the the wind and rain added to […]
Well done to the ESM athletes who travelled down to Brighton last weekend, despite the lack of a train service. (And commiserations to all who had to face the motorway closures on the way home!) Congratulations especially to Mohamed Ali who won the Under 15 boys’ race. His game plan, […]
The fourth Met League at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday saw record fields in the senior races, with 544 men and 262 women – a total of 1,174 athletes including the younger age groups. ESM played its part with its best turnout so far of over 60 athletes. I was delighted […]