(Report from Shona Cowper) Yesterday a team of valiant ESM women took on the North London Champs XC at Uxbridge and came away with First Place Senior Team and Second Place Vets team. There was a slightly inauspicious start to the event when the Big White Envelope containing the numbers and declaration sheet went missing […]
(Junior report by Graham French) The early stages of the cross country season continued with the first Met league race at Claybury. We had been missing some of our younger boys at the North West London League 3 weeks ago, but there was a stronger turnout of under 11s & under 13s, with spectacular results. […]
(Report by Sarah Harris) Mild and slightly muggy conditions welcomed the much anticipated return of the Ealing Half Marathon, in its 9th year. More than 30 members of ESM took part, including a range of first-timers at this distance to more seasoned veterans. The number of runners overall was markedly reduced compared to previous years, […]
(Report by Martin Daoud) This was my first run at the Berlin Marathon. I arrived on the Friday to nice cool temperature, ideal for running and also the same on the Saturday. It was good to meet up with Jonathan at the start village and taking in the atmosphere. The organisation was good and everything […]
ESM’s young athletes got the cross country season off to a solid start with a home fixture at Berkeley Fields, Greenford on a balmy, sunny saturday afternoon. The North West London League comprises 10 clubs & is for age groups under 11 to under 17. Overall, numbers were down somewhat , no doubt due to the pandemic, […]
The 2nd Middx Young Athletes League match was conducted in the same format as the 1st one – ie it was held over 2 days due to COVID restrictions. Field events took place at Perivale on Saturday & Track Events at Finsbury Park on Sunday. ESM were quite low on numbers, especially on the track, […]
At last we have a summer season of YDL Athletics to look forward to, despite the late start, reports Tim Hannah. The season commenced with the first match at Harrow on the 30th May and once again we fielded a composite team with Thames Valley Harriers, competing as Team West London. ESM did not have […]
The First round of the Middlesex Young Athletes League took place over 2 days on the 22nd and 23rd May to enable social distancing. At the end of match 1 ESM are sitting in equal 3rd place. On Saturday a committed few made their way to Finsbury Park for the field events. U13 Elizabeth Boissiere showed […]
Four ESM junior athletes took part in the first Cross Country event held in the UK in 2021 (so the organisers informed us) at Merchant Taylor’s school, Northwood, on Saturday, reports Graham French and Debra Booker. The races were well organised, with rolling starts and chip timing so that athletes didn’t have to crowd together at […]
VAC 5km Open Masters Road Race After the Wimbledon Team Challenge, Vets AC hosted a 5k race over the same course around Wimbledon Park. Sean Hanrahan, Colin Foster, Ewan Fryatt (2nd claim) and Andy Bowen (2nd claim) represented Ealing. Sean, fuelled by his first Astra Zeneca vaccine the night before, did well to get round […]