Our women acquitted themselves well at the London Cross Country Championships this year. With only four completing the tough Parliament Hill course, all had the satisfaction of being in the scoring team. The squad of veterans finished 11th out of 21 full teams, a comparable performance to last year’s ninth […]
Nineteen of our young athletes represented the Borough at the London Youth Games at a muddy Parliament Hill on Saturday. These races feature representatives from all 33 London borough teams. Lucy O’Brien was initially disappointed with her 25th place in the Under 13 girls’ race, though in fact she turned […]
There were record fields at the second fixture of the Met League cross country league at Stevenage on Saturday. Despite this, we held our ground, with the seniors moving up a place to seventh overall of the 21 clubs, and the juniors maintaining their sixth place out of 14. The […]
Our men’s team achieved an outstanding result at the ECCA Cross Country relays in Mansfield on Saturday, where the team of track specialists came home 35th out of 143 finishing teams. Jamie Taylor-Caldwell continued the great form shown at the first Met League fixture, running the team’s fastest leg. He completed the […]
We claimed three sets of team medals at Fryent Country Park in Kingsbury on Saturday, competing in two concurrent cross country competitions: the Liddiard Trophy and the North of Thames Championships. The senior women ran a 3 mile circuit of the course, setting off in mild and sunny conditions, with […]
The day after the first Met League fixture, three of ESM’s veteran women competed in a 10-mile off-road race organised by Ware Joggers. W55 Fiona Kennedy made a cautious start, lying third in the early stages. She moved into second at three miles and caught the leader at seven, upping […]
On a glorious autumn day, with firm conditions underfoot, the club made a solid start to the new season, with the seniors ranked eighth of the 21 clubs and the juniors sixth out of 14. The Under 13 girls got the afternoon off to a good start, finishing fifth. Lucy […]
Grazina Narviliene set a personal best time of 51:31 with her second place in the 10km walk. The event was a competitive one, featuring the improving Under 20 Heather Butcher in third.
Six of our young athletes took part in the Ealing Mini Mile on Sunday, held in conjunction with the Ealing Half Marathon. We took the first three places in the girls’ race; Laura Stewart won in 5.59, Feia Starkey was runner-up in 6:13 and Martha Hayward was third in 6:28. […]
Twenty-eight ESM athletes completed the Ealing Half Marathon on Saturday, and Andy Dodd has posted some wonderful photos on the ESM Facebook page. All the club’s athletes found the warm conditions taxing as the race progressed, but despite this there were some excellent personal best and debut performances. With over 4000 thousand runners lining up, it […]