The second fixture of the North West London cross country league last Saturday witnessed some excellent individual performances from our juniors. The team results were mixed, but the U15 girls and boys both improved on their result from the first fixture. The U15 girls’ team finished second, with Nicola Ravenhill runner-up […]
ESM women enjoyed yet more success at the North London Cross Country Championships in Mad Bess Woods (Ruislip) last Saturday. The team won gold team medals and a silver individual medal in the veteran competition, and silver team medals overall. The sunlit woods were resplendent in autumn colours as delighted Team […]
We sent a squad of seven women to the London Cross Country Championships this year. The largely veteran team acquitted themselves well over the testing course at Parliament Hill, finishing ninth out of the 16 clubs. Fiona Kennedy led the team home, her 14th place representing her best finish for […]
Thirty-three of our junior athletes competed at the London Youth Games at Parliament Hill on Saturday. Rather than running for the club in the usual way, they were representing Ealing in a contest between all 32 London Boroughs. It was a creditable performance by the club. We fielded both boys […]
We spent a largely successful Saturday afternoon in Stevenage, competing in the second cross country fixture of the Met League. With guest club Cambridge University sending a competitive squad of 20 men and 14 women to the race, the senior fields hit record numbers of 400 men and 165 women. […]
We sent a senior men’s team and several junior teams to the ECCA Cross Country Relay Championships in Mansfield last Saturday. It was the first time the men had competed in this event for many years, and they performed well, achieving their target of a top 50 finish. Although missing […]
It was a wet and windy afternoon at Fryent Country Park in Kingsbury last Saturday, where we competed in two concurrent cross country competitions: the Liddiard Trophy and the North of Thames Championships. Our efforts did not go unrewarded, however, as our women’s team left with two sets of silver […]
The club travelled to Claybury last Saturday for the first fixture of the Met League cross country league. On a mild day, with relatively soft conditions underfoot, the senior men made a storming start to the new season, while the Under 15 girls continued their recent run of good form. […]
Ealing’s young athletes put in strong performances over nearly all the junior age groups at a rain soaked and windswept Sutton Park on Sunday, finishing the short road relay season competing against the top clubs from all over the country. Despite this being a national event, the overall number of […]
The photo shows Cyril Wroth and Allan Gibson in the Southall 10 mile road race. Cyril is on the right, wearing the Southall AC vest (which he claims still to have!) The photo was emailed by Allan, who was trying to re-establish contact with Cyril. Cyril commented that the photo has […]