Two teams of ESM young athletes took part in the National Road Relay Competition at Sutton Park, Birmingham, on Sunday. The races had been postponed from last October. Flying the flag for the Club were the two under 13 teams. Conditions were windy but dry, Spring having finally arrived in honour of […]
With sleet falling for much of this rearranged interclub race, hosted by the Bank of England AC, the runners were given a little taste of the severe weather causing havoc elsewhere in the country. Rob Brown was first home for ESM in 7th place, one position ahead of Mark Delahunty. Ian Leslie […]
ESM’s veterans picked up two of the three team trophies in this combined men’s and women’s race at Mad Bess Wood. A total of six individual medals were won including golds for Fiona Kennedy and Christine Meek. Although the course was very muddy in places, it was very firm underfoot […]
The last North West London League fixture of the season saw one individual gold medalist, & no less than 5 team 2nd places & one 3rd, but ESM’s teams had to return without any team trophies, although 3 of the 2nd places were by the smallest of margins. This reflects […]
More than thirty ESM athletes travelled up to Herrington Country Park where the conditions were very different from six years ago when the National was last held there. Ealing again finished teams in five of the ten races and there were outstanding individual performances in the under-13 boys, under-15 boys […]
ESM finished teams in five of the ten races at these rescheduled championships with the best result coming from the under-13 boys. John Fielding and Mukhtar Farah both finished 25th and Rob Wilson’s run of form continued with 44th place in the 9 miles senior men’s race. Running through the […]
Each year we have a club championship for our young athletes. This year, we used the finishing positions of athletes in the five races in the Metropolitan League and North West London League to determine who won. The first ESM athlete in each race scored 20 points, the second scored 19, and so […]
Although there were some muddy sections, there was also plenty of firm going for the runners at this final Met League meeting of the season, originally set to take place at Ruislip but switched to Merchant Taylors School, a new venue for the league. On a cold day, some of the races […]
The high points of the fourth fixture of the season were three individual wins out of the eight races. Best of the day were the Under 15 boys. Mukhtar Farah ran a fine tactical race and finished strongly to win. Rashid Riyad in 5th place and Connor McCarthy 13th completed […]
On a day that got a lot colder as the wind got up and in conditions that were supermuddy for both runners and spectators, there was an excellent turnout from ESM members – particular credit going to all those who worked hard to mark and marshal the course and clear […]