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 […]
Ten medals was the final tally for our field eventers at the BMAF Championships in Birmingham last weekend. On Saturday, Debbie McCaw won gold in the W35 weight throw and silver in the hammer, while Tracey Gould was second in the W40 weight throw and third in the hammer. Tracey was actually […]
We ended the day with a whopping 860.5 points, to finish second ahead of some very well known and successful clubs. This is our best performance to date, writes Bridie Lebdiri. Each and every one of our young athletes who competed on Sunday should be commended for the manner in […]
The weather was far too hot for comfort at the SAL match on Saturday, but the competition seemed to cope better than us, writes Fiona Kennedy. We finished a distant fourth, despite it being a home match. The men’s team succeeded in covering most events, but there were only six winning performances. […]
Ealing Triathletes Sarah Richardson and Christine Meek, both associate members of ESM, have tasted success this month, writes Fiona Kennedy. Sarah realised one of her dreams last Sunday as she made her GB triathlon debut at the European Championships in Kitzbühel, racing against top class talent from across Europe. Heading into […]
Sunday 11th June saw a small but determined band of runners and a couple of supporters (thanks Catherine and Philip) trek out to Wargrave for the first of the club championship road 10Ks, this race replacing the cancelled Ealing Eagles/Gunnersbury Park 10K. It’s a race some in the club have […]
There was a good set of times from ESM athletes at the latest Watford Open Graded Meeting, with a healthy sprinkling of PBs. Mo Hashi was our fastest over 1500m. He has run under 4 minutes already this season, and got agonisingly close to doing so again. George Kerry sliced a […]
ESM St Marys finished runners-up in the second Youth Development League match of the season, which took place in beautiful late spring conditions, writes Tim Hannah. We had a large team of Under 17 and Under 20 athletes from Ealing and St Mary’s due to compete. Unfortunately five of our brightest […]
Ben Waterman ran a season’s best of 1:48.68 to win the 800m at this year’s Loughborough International match. Nick Landeau also competed for the club, finishing second in the guest 1500m in a personal best time of 3:49.67. Described as “the athletics season’s traditional curtain raiser”, the match saw Loughborough students taking […]
We managed a slightly higher match score than the first meeting at Yeovil but still finished a disappointing fourth at Kingston. There were some encouraging performances from the men, especially in the track events, writes Phil York. We welcomed back Jamie Taylor-Caldwell, who has been studying at West Texas A&M […]