(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
With the traditional April Southern/National road relays unable to take place this year, Hercules Wimbledon put on a fantastic team event on a hilly 5k course around Wimbledon Park. Many of the top athletics clubs in London were competing and ESM did well to finish 8th in both the Senior […]
Saysky PB 5k, ArdinglyResults – http://results.eventchiptiming.com/results.aspx?CId=16202&RId=5018&EId=1Race videos – (see club facebook/instagram for ESM biased commentary by Pete Flewitt) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsIY69fGaoESM 5k road rankings – https://esm.org.uk/about-us/rankings/ The ESM Men’s Team had a very successful day rewriting the club record books at this 5k road event at the South of England Showground […]