Authored by Debra Booker A second visit in a month to the Sheffield Institute of Sport stadium saw Leila take another gold medal. After topping the podium in the triple jump in February, she overcame the UK’s top combined event athletes to win the under 17 Pentathlon gold. A field of 29 athletes started the […]
The 488th Northala Fields parkrun, held on March 8, 2025, was a truly special occasion. This week’s event was entirely run by members of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (ESM) Athletics Club, who took full charge of every volunteer role—from timekeeping to barcode scanning and marshalling. It was a perfect celebration of the community spirit that […]
Authored by Graham French The National returned to Parliament Hill this year, a venue famed for its muddy and challenging courses in February – and this year was no exception. Twenty-six ESM young athletes took up the challenge, producing some fine individual and team performances. Team of the day was the under 13 girls. No […]
Leila Newth has done it again! She has shattered ESM’s U17 Triple Jump club record in spectacular fashion. While records are usually broken by mere centimetres, Leila demolished the previous mark by an astonishing 1 meter and 39 cm, leaping to a personal best of 12.14 meters at the English Championships in Sheffield. This breaks […]
The final Met. League cross country meet of the 2024/25 season took place at Trent Park, delivering everything a proper cross country race should: challenging conditions, relentless mud, and even a few uninvited bovine spectators. The event featured eight races, with juniors, women, and men all taking part. As tradition dictates, the juniors set off first, […]
Authored by Robert Densley One of our new under-13 sprinters, Risen Balou, smashed the existing 60m record by 0.5 seconds, recording a time of 8.24 seconds at the Brunel Open in early January. Also, at the London Indoor Games, held at Lee Valley on January 25th, Leila Newth equaled the women’s under-17 high jump record […]
The Veterans Athletic Club Cross Country Championships took place on a chilly, overcast day at Wimbledon Common on 18.01.2025, attracting 73 athletes eager to test their endurance on the challenging two-lap course. Despite the cold conditions, the event was dry, with only a hint of mud underfoot. Among the standout performers was Lynn Wilson, an […]
On 11th January 2025, ESM’s athletes braved the unusually sunny weather at the Stanborough Park Cross Country race in Welwyn Garden City. Now, we all know that cross-country races in January typically involve soggy, muddy tracks, with runners ending the race looking like they’ve had an encounter with a swamp. But not this time. In […]
Shona Cowper is a dedicated runner and an exceptional coach who has made a lasting impact on ESM. Every Wednesday night, she leads training sessions with unwavering enthusiasm and professionalism, ensuring that no one slacks off. Her attention to detail is reflected in her structured routines, including the warm-up drill known as the ‘grapevine’—which, if […]
It was a rather damp affair for this year’s Perivale 5, but spirits were high as we made our way to Perivale Park Athletics Track for what is, for many of us, one of the highlights of the running year. Many months of preparation go into making the Perivale 5 happen, managed by a small-but-perfectly-formed […]