Jonathan Ilori (June 2017) Jonathan Ilori had the distinction of doing two personal best performances in one weekend. Firstly in the long jump (5th) 7.33 and then winning the triple jump with a legal...
Mollie O’Sullivan and Wayne Vinton (June 2017) There is little doubt, in my mind, when I saw the seventeen year old, Herne Hill Harrier, win the South of England ‘Under 20’ 800m by a huge margin on...
Kitan Eleyae (June 2017) Kitan Eleyae, who won the Senior long jump at the Southern Athletics Championships at Crystal Palace on 11-6-17; previously winning the Southern title, at Watford in 2013...
Night of the PB's Part 5 (May 2017) Women’s B Race Still the Personal Best’s were prolific in this, the fifth race of the day, as the first 5 home did PB’s out of the 33 that ran. The First three, all...
Night of the PB's Part 4 (May 2017) The first race of the day was the Men’s E Race Lawrence Avery, a V35, from Kent AC, won in a personal best of 31:57.8. His previous best was 32:57. The second and...
Night of the PB's Part 3 (May 2017) Women’s Race ‘A’ In the women’s 10k, Beth Potter who runs for Scotland’s Victoria Park, City of Glasgow but in England competes for Shaftesbury Barnet. She broke...
Night of the PB's Part 2 (May 2017) Men's Race A ANDY VERNON, who runs for Aldershot Farnham & District, who had a poor race last year, made up for it with a good win at Parliament Hill winning in 28...
David Bedford OBE at Night of the PB's Part 1 (May 2017) Not to forget the last British person to hold the World 10k track record was Dave Bedford (27:30.8), which was done at Crystal Palace in 1973...
Middlesex Championships (June 2017) 13th of June, Lee Valley The most well contested events were the sprints again but, the Championship Best Performances came in the field. One must remember that...
Jonathan Mellor (May 2017) Jonny Mellor, was born on the 27th of December 1986, at Birkenhead and, comes from the Wirral. His club Liverpool Harriers were third in the National 12 Stage relay in 2017...
Dewi Griffiths (April 2017) Dewi Griffiths, is a remarkably friendly and natural character from West Wales. On the 8th of April 2017, in the sunshine, his club Swansea won the National 12 Stage Road...
Stan Curran (April 2017) Stan Curran may not be a name that people, outside of the North of England and particularly the Manchester area, have heard of as famous sportsman but, there were many good...
Howard Williams RIP (March 2017) (Howard Williams died in his 80’s in the weekend of the 25/26 of March, 2017) There are those in athletics who work tirelessly as officials for no remuneration, to...
Jane Furniss-Shields (March 2017) Jane Shields (City of Sheffield AC) was born in Sheffield, on 23rd of August 1960. She married David Shields, who was a keen 800m runner. They live near Graves Park...
Inter Counties CC Part 3 (March 2017) At Prestwold Hall, Loughborough 11th of March 2017 Under 20 Men (8000m) First Six of 163 finishers 1 Jonathan Shields (Yorkshire) 27:13; 2 Scott Beattie (North...
Inter Counties CC Part 2 (March 2017) At Prestwold Hall, Loughborough 11th of March 2017 First six of 262 finishers over the 8000m course: - 1 Jessica Judd (Essex) 34:03; 2 Clare Duck (Yorkshire) 30...
Inter Counties CC Part 1 (March 2017) 12,000m at the Prestwold Hall Course, about 3 miles from Loughborough Station. The first 10 of 283 County finishers. 1 Andy Vernon (Hants) 37:50; 2 Alexander...
Mike Smith Revisited (March 2017) Mike Smith was one of those genuinely modest coaches, who was not a person who promoted himself in the media, as a lot of people do. Obviously he was known in the...
Herts/Middx Vets Championships (March 2017) Berkeley Fields, Greenford, Ealing. 19/2/17 DAVID SULLIVAN (Watford Joggers), who was 40 in December, won his first Championship. “This was my best ever...
Derek Ibbotson (My Obit, March 2017) George Derek Ibbotson MBE was born on June 17th 1932, in Huddersfield, West Riding, and Yorkshire and died 23rd of February 2017. He attended King James Grammar...
John Steed (February 2017) At 81, John Steed is remarkable, having run all Five Start Fitness Metropolitan League races in 2016/7 season. At 80 he also was the oldest runner, when he ran all the...
Fifth Metropolitan League (February 2017) Start Fitness Metropolitan league Alexandra Palace Park 11th of February 2017 Janice Bowman, the Administrator for the League “Things have gone very well for...
Mike Turner (February 2017) (Born 6th of May 1939. Died 7th of January 2017) The most impressive thing about Mike Turner was that, athletes and many others he met were inspired by him as, he imparted...
Mike Turner (February 2017) (Born 6th of May 1939. Died 7th of January 2017) The most impressive thing about Mike Turner was that, athletes and many others he met were inspired by him as, he imparted...
Metropolitan League- Trent Park (January 2017) Start Fitness Metropolitan Cross Country League Trent Park 14th January 2017 RICHARD GOODMAN won his third of three Met Leagues he has done this season...