As Cath put it: “It was all about the men today!” Just seven hardy men and no women (apart from volunteers Lynn, Cath and myself) turned up for this championship race, writes Fiona Kennedy. Was it the clash with the Wedding Day 7k… was it the weather… was it holiday […]
Our Ealing St Mary’s composite team sent a reduced squad to Abingdon for the final YDL match last Sunday. Holidays and injuries took their toll on the team, which led to us finishing third out of the five competing teams at the match. The strong Guildford team won this match […]
Fifteen runners turned out on a muggy July evening for the second and final 5k club championship race, writes Philip Prince. The event was well marshalled by an ample supply of volunteers and unusually had two lead bikes – Andy and Cath. Santosh finished first overall and Carol was first […]
The final match of the season was held at Allianz Park on Saturday 15th July, writes Bridie Lebdiri. With school holidays having already started for some, along with the odd illness, ESM went with a rather depleted team. Nevertheless, we ended the day in third position in the match, and […]
Congratulations to Bill Lonsdale, who triple jumped 9.23m at the Eastern Vets Championships in Southend yesterday. Bill had already claimed the Scottish M65 record at their National Masters Championships at the beginning of the month, and improved that mark by 22cm.
He’s been knocking at the door of the club 5000m record all season but now Jamie Taylor-Caldwell has done it. His 14:21.23 at the BMC Grand Prix at Loughborough on July 8th shaved 0.27 seconds off Peter Barratt’s time of 14:21.5 dating from 1984. Congratulations Jamie. The picture shows Jamie […]
Once again Debbie McCaw was a points machine, as she won the A string hammer, discus and shot. She was backed up in all four throws by Zoya Styles, who won the B string hammer. Roisin Lynch was also a force to be reckoned with, winning the B string high […]
Good turnout for ESM on Sunday 2nd July for the fifth Ickenham 5 road race, already a firm favourite with some club members and a club championship race, reports Annette Galloway. In total 12 members ran, in a field of 261. The race was a two-course lap starting and finishing in […]
The Perivale Open results are available here. Well done to all those who competed on a slightly chilly, and occasionally windy evening
The heatwave subsided last Sunday to produce ideal conditions for athletics, and produced the closest match so far this season in our division, writes Tim Hannah. The lead kept changing throughout the day. The throws and hurdles events gave Ealing St Marys the lead in the morning. Vale of Aylesbury […]