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 […]
Ealing Southall & Middlesex and Ealing Eagles are co-hosting a track open meeting on 28th Jun. The meeting starts with a series of events for Under 11s followed by the events for older athletes. Entries for Under 11 athletes will be taken on the night. For all others entry is […]
Saturday May 20th saw the second match of the new Middlesex Youth Development League at Finsbury Park for our younger athletes, writes Tim Hannah. Very mixed weather meant that we went from warm sunshine one moment to heavy rainstorms the next. Highgate won again with the home club London Heathside in second […]
Sunday 21st May saw the first of the Club Championship multi terrain 10Ks, writes Louise Prince, and also saw the first we’ve seen in a while of the Sun, which made for a very warm race. 20 club members, 13 men and 7 women, braved the heat of the morning […]
Researchers at the University of Roehampton are looking to recruit 18-55 year old male and female runners for a study aimed at reducing knee pain. The researcher Andy May-Heggie explains that they are currently running a gait retraining study that is aimed at reducing/eradicating knee pain during running. Previous research has […]
Saturday saw the opening day of the Middlesex Championships at an overcast Lee Valley, writes Tim Hannah. Despite the conditions with howling winds blowing down the valley ESM athletes were very successful on a day which featured seniors, U20 and U17 athletes. Ealing athletes were winning medals in the first […]
Jon Ellis does it again! After winning the recent South Downs Way 50, writes Fiona Kennedy, Jon went one better and won the North Downs Way 50 with a course record time of 6:37:27. For the first half of the race, Jon was behind the second-placed athlete, but he pulled through […]
The young athlete cross country awards for 2016-17 were belatedly handed out at Perivale Track after training last Thursday 11th May. For the age group awards, points are given for the best five results out of 10 league races (20 points for the first ESM runner, 19 points for the […]
In warm conditions with little breeze, ten ESM athletes competed at this event. Nick’s run was 0.27 seconds short of his PB, while Najiib, Nicola, Mahiis and Joe all ran PBs. ESM results summary BMC Gold 1500m A race: 7 Nick Landeau (U23) 3:51.18 Open Meeting 1500m Race 6: 11 Najiib […]
Back home in New Zealand, our throws specialist Debbie McCaw scooped up a fistful of athletics medals at the World Masters Games in Auckland, writes Fiona Kennedy. She won three Golds in the V35 category: Hammer Heavy Weight throw (also known as Heavy Hammer) Weight Pentathlon: shot, heavy weight, discus, […]