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Report #229, Alastair Aitken

Hillingdon Half Marathon (April 2015)

Hillingdon Half Marathon (April 2015) A GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE SECOND YEAR AT UXBRIDGE Sunday 12th of April Athletics Training World Director and race organiser JAMES SHIPLEY said “Things have gone...
Report #228, Alastair Aitken

Robbie Brightwell (Interview 1962 - Updated April 2015)

Robbie Brightwell (Interview 1962 - Updated April 2015) Writers Intro. The first interviews I ever did for a magazine was in 1962 for Modern Athletics. The respective people I talked to were Derek...
Report #226, Alastair Aitken

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Three

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Three Some more selected Comments from the Inter-Counties In the Under 20’s Men race held over 8000m. JOE STEWARD, who was 3rd in the National at Parliament Hill...
Report #225, Alastair Aitken

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Two

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Two Senior Women - 7th of March 2015 Crofton Park, Birmingham PARTRDGE WINS DUEL IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE LILY PARTRDIGE, National Cross Country Champion, and overall...
Report #224, Alastair Aitken

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part One

Inter Counties (March 2015) Part One Senior Men - 7th of March 2015 Crofton Park, Birmingham ANDREW BUTCHART of Central AC (Born 14/10/91), Scotland East, ran a canny race to win, in mild spring...
Report #223, Alastair Aitken

Jim Alder MBE (March 2015)

Jim Alder MBE (March 2015) ALDER is not recognised just, as a Commonwealth & European Games Medallist but a well loved runner and coach/adviser to many, including Mark Hudspith of his Morpeth Harriers...
Report #222, Alastair Aitken

MENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 3 (February 2015)

MENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 3 (February 2015) 2005 finishers were in a massive and spectacular charge up the first hill on Hampstead Heath but it was never in doubt that Charlie Hulson of Sale Manchester...
Report #221, Alastair Aitken

WOMENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 2 (February 2015)

WOMENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 2 (February 2015) LILLIAN PARTRIDGE, who is training to be a teacher, equalled her Mother, RUTH SMEETHS’ NATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF 1980, when winning the National at...
Report #220, Alastair Aitken

SELECTED NATIONAL INTERVIEWS Part 1 (February 2015)

SELECTED NATIONAL INTERVIEWS Part 1 (February 2015) 21st of February, Parliament Hill Fields. Undulating, muddy in many places and fairly cold weather. (Part One of three National reports) Under 20...
Report #219, Alastair Aitken

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE CC FINAL MATCH (February 2015)

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE CC FINAL MATCH (February 2015) MOHAMUD AADAN, the Middlesex cross country Champion won the Final Metropolitan League senior race of the season. It was in the cold and exposed...
Report #217, Alastair Aitken

TED FOSBROOK (February 2015)

TED FOSBROOK (February 2015) Ted Fosbrook died at around 5.00 am on the 31st of January a short time before his 90th birthday. I will never forget Ted. It was due to him that I joined the club on 3rd...
Report #215, Alastair Aitken

FRATERNITY & SORORITY CUP RACE (November 2014)

FRATERNITY & SORORITY CUP RACE (November 2014) 29th of November, Trent Park, Cockfosters ALEX MILNE had a hard training race, in preparation for the following weekend’s Varsity Match, at Wimbledon...
Report #214, Alastair Aitken

North London Cross Country Championships (22/11/2014)

North London Cross Country Championships (22/11/2014) November 22nd at Alexandra Palace GLENN HUGHES led Serpentine RC to a clear individual and team victory. Hughes, who is a mountain racer on the...
Report #213, Alastair Aitken

London Cross Country Championships (15/11/2014)

London Cross Country Championships (15/11/2014) Parliament Hill Fields - 15/11/2014 DEAN LACY, who won the London Championships back in 2011 and was second four times, went clear of the 327 finishers...
Report #211, Alastair Aitken

National Men’s 6 Stage Road Relay (October 2014)

National Men’s 6 Stage Road Relay (October 2014) Aldershot Farnham & District AC were triumphant but one must consider the surprise to most when, the second placed team was Highgate Harriers. Despite...
Report #210, Alastair Aitken

National Women’s 4 Stage Road Relay (October 2014)

National Women’s 4 Stage Road Relay (October 2014) National Road relays; (6 and 4 stages) Preamble Aldershot, Farnham & District AC followed up their wins in the Southern Men’s Six Stage and Women’s 4...
Report #209, Alastair Aitken

Andy Green (September 2014)

Andy Green (September 2014) Andy Green (Born 26th of November 1942). His brother in law, Mike Tagg (69' European 10k silver medallist and International 'World Cross' Champion) and his wife Mary...
Report #207, Alastair Aitken

THE SOUTHERN INTER-COUNTIES INTERVIEWS (July 2014)

THE SOUTHERN INTER-COUNTIES INTERVIEWS (July 2014) At Mile End Stadium on the 13th of July, 2014 Out of 8 Counties Essex were the winners with 751.6; 2nd Middlesex 690.5; 3rd Kent 652.5 21 year old...
Report #206, Alastair Aitken

Donna Fraser (June 2014)

Donna Fraser (June 2014) (Donna Karen Fraser was born 7th of November 1972 at Thornton Heath near Croydon, South London) Donna Fraser, the friendly and likeable, long striding international sprinter...
Report #205, Alastair Aitken

Southern Track and Field Champs (June 2014)

Southern Track and Field Champs (June 2014) The prizes were given out at these years Championships by Southern Counties Association President Donna Fraser, that impressive international sprinter, with...