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 […]
We fielded 21 runners in this year’s Ealing Half Marathon, with ages ranging from twenty-one to sixty-four, and the club acquitted itself well. There was one top ten finish and an age category winner. Three athletes achieved personal best times, despite the undulating course, and two others made a successful […]
We made a steady start at the first fixture of the North West London cross country league last Saturday. There were some good results, but a number of key runners were absent through illness or injury. Mukhtar Farah was the only representative in the under 17 men’s race, but he […]
The club entered teams in almost all categories, and there was an excellent turn out across the female age groups. There were some pleasing performances, especially from the Under 15 girls and the Veteran men. Amongst the junior athletes, the stand-out team result of the day came from the club’s […]
The first competitive race of the winter season saw us bring home two sets of medals in the Middlesex Young Athletes Road Relays at Minet Park in Hayes. Despite the forecast of gales and torrential rain, our young athletes turned out in force, fielding teams in most age groups. The […]
While the younger athletes were contesting the Middlesex road relays, three of the club’s distance runners enjoyed success at the Bristol Half Marathon. In a field of 11,000 entries, Steve Elson finished in the top 50. His time of 74:41 represented an impressive three-minute improvement on his previous best. Veteran […]
On Sunday morning, we took second place in the annual River Relay organised by Kingston-based running club The Stragglers. The event covers the 26.2 miles along the Thames from Virginia Water to Kingston in five stages. On a fine, bright morning ideal for racing, thirty-nine teams toed the line – the largest […]
This year’s 3.5 mile race was held on a fine balmy evening, so Pitshanger Park was full of people strolling, walking the dog, cycling, and using the tennis courts. There were even plenty of other runners (mostly taking things at a much more relaxed pace). The first person across the line was […]