Twenty-six hardy souls braved the chill to run off yesterday’s excesses in our traditional Boxing Day races: three young athletes and 23 adults. The finish funnel was managed by John Falvey and Roger Thomas, while Steve Barrington, our sole marshal, managed to break with tradition by getting everyone round the […]
Our veteran women once again enjoyed success at the North London Cross Country Championships on Saturday, winning an individual veteran bronze medal and placing third in the veteran team competition. With just five female members completing the hilly, muddy course at Alexandra Palace, the club’s turnout was half that of last […]
Six of our talented juniors travelled to Oxford on Saturday to represent Middlesex at the South of England Intercounties Cross Country Championships. It was a sunny day and the course looked like a relatively easy parkrun from the start and finish field, but this was deceptive, as conditions were cold […]
Click here for the edition of our Young Athlete newsletter, produced by Graham French: ESM AC YA newsletter – December 2014 This gives the lowdown on which competitions/leagues our athletes are competing in and who we are competing against.
Our Perivale 5 road race, Ealing’s longest established, was a sell-out for the second year running, with 400 runners signing up in advance. In cool conditions with light intermittent rain, Mo Hashi took an early lead, with a blistering but unsustainable 4:40 opening mile. Jamie Taylor-Caldwell then took up the […]
Some of the club’s top juniors travelled up to Liverpool for the British Athletics Cross Challenge. Congratulations to Mukhtar Farah (54th) and Charlie Sillett (94th) who competed in the Under 17 men’s race, George Kerry (41st in the U15 boys) and Nicola Ravenhill (22nd in the U15 girls). Despite that, […]
We made a very low-key outing to the Fraternity and Sorority Cross Country Cup meetings at Trent Park last Saturday, with some club members opting for a race-free weekend and others testing their legs on the roads, ahead of next weekend’s Perivale 5. The fixture is unusual in that men […]
The Under 15 boys’ and girls’ teams were the star performers at the second fixture of the North West London League, though there were excellent individual runs across the age bands. The U15 boys finished joint second on points with Harrow, but ceded to third on countback. George Kerry was […]
Our women acquitted themselves well at the London Cross Country Championships this year. With only four completing the tough Parliament Hill course, all had the satisfaction of being in the scoring team. The squad of veterans finished 11th out of 21 full teams, a comparable performance to last year’s ninth […]
Nineteen of our young athletes represented the Borough at the London Youth Games at a muddy Parliament Hill on Saturday. These races feature representatives from all 33 London borough teams. Lucy O’Brien was initially disappointed with her 25th place in the Under 13 girls’ race, though in fact she turned […]