The ‘Challenge’ is to stay on your feet! Herbert’s Hole, the last in the series of Club Championship races, and arguably the hardest, writes Louise Prince. Listed under the heading of ‘Multi terrain 10Ks’, runners could have been forgiven for thinking it was a 10K race, when actually it was […]
Ealing had a very successful start to their London Youth Games campaign for 2018. The Boys teams came 10th overall and the Girls teams 13th. The London Youth Games is a multi sport competition held annually between the 32 Boroughs of London. ESM athletes form the bulk of teams for […]
The second Met League fixture returned to Welwyn after a few years’ absence, but at the new venue of Stanborough Park. The organisers managed to create an enjoyable yet challenging route within a relatively confined area, and we were blessed yet again with mild dry conditions. There was good participation […]
Mohamed Ali won gold by c.50 metres in the Under 15 boys’ race held as part of the British Athletics Cross Challenge in Milton Keynes last Saturday. He completed the 4.4km route in 14:17, breaking clear for the win following a near race-long battle with Menai Track & Field’s Mike Spill. […]
A personal review from Shona Cowper, with a few words from Bev and Annette to follow … Better late than never goes the phrase and that could easily apply to finishing races as well as getting race reports in to the website administrator (sorry Fiona!). Seven sprightly ESM souls took […]
While some of our athletes travelled up to Mansfield on Saturday for the national cross country relays, eighteen of us made a somewhat shorter journey across to Berkeley Fields on Horsenden Hill, where ESM was hosting this year’s North London Championships, writes Fiona Kennedy. Phil York did a great job […]
Teams from Ealing in nearly all age groups traveled up the M1 for the Mansfield National Cross Country Relays on Saturday, writes Tim Hannah. There was rain for nearly all the journey up, but miraculously the rain cleared by Nottingham and we enjoyed clear skies for the duration of the […]
The 2017/18 cross country season is now well under way, and last Saturday saw ESM’s seniors make the short journey to Kingsbury to take part in the combined Liddiard Trophy and North of the Thames Championships, hosted by Queens Park Harriers. The men’s team finished seventh (8-to-score) in the long […]
Last Friday saw our track & field athletes receive awards for their efforts in the 2017 season, and the winners are listed below. If you have won an award but weren’t able to attend the presentation, please collect them at the track when you next attend training. Congratulations to all. […]
As it so often seems to be, the weather was kind for the opening Met League fixture at Claybury, and the conditions underfoot were firm. A squad of 40 from ESM tested themselves on this popular course with that killer hill hidden in the woods… One of the highlights was […]