We sent a squad of seven women to the London Cross Country Championships this year. The largely veteran team acquitted themselves well over the testing course at Parliament Hill, finishing ninth out of the 16 clubs. Fiona Kennedy led the team home, her 14th place representing her best finish for […]
Thirty-three of our junior athletes competed at the London Youth Games at Parliament Hill on Saturday. Rather than running for the club in the usual way, they were representing Ealing in a contest between all 32 London Boroughs. It was a creditable performance by the club. We fielded both boys […]
We spent a largely successful Saturday afternoon in Stevenage, competing in the second cross country fixture of the Met League. With guest club Cambridge University sending a competitive squad of 20 men and 14 women to the race, the senior fields hit record numbers of 400 men and 165 women. […]
We sent a senior men’s team and several junior teams to the ECCA Cross Country Relay Championships in Mansfield last Saturday. It was the first time the men had competed in this event for many years, and they performed well, achieving their target of a top 50 finish. Although missing […]
It was a wet and windy afternoon at Fryent Country Park in Kingsbury last Saturday, where we competed in two concurrent cross country competitions: the Liddiard Trophy and the North of Thames Championships. Our efforts did not go unrewarded, however, as our women’s team left with two sets of silver […]
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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 […]