Nick Goolab and Jon Davies (August 2015) NICK GOOLALB of Belgrave Harriers (Born 30/1/1990) won the Mile race in the English Championships, which could be considered the ‘AAA’ Mile, at Bedford on the...
Gemma Kersey (August 2015) GEMMA KERSEY (Born 6/2/92) First 3 at the CAU Inter-Counties & England Championships in the Women’s 1500 at Bedford, on 2nd of August:- 1 Gemma Kersey (Basildon AC) 4:23.73...
Adam Hickey (2015) I talked to Adam Hickey (Born 30/05/1988) and his coach Eamonn Martin, at the CAU Inter-Counties & England Championships on the 2nd of August, 2015. Adam Hickey had just come 2nd...
Richard Weir (2015) Richard Weir (Born 7/8/1984). I first met at the National Road Relays at Sutton Park in 2014. He always appeared to run very well in those events for Derby AC. It should be noted...
Jessica Tappin (August 2015) International Heptathlete, Jessica Tappin (Born 17/5/90), first competed in the 400hurdles on August 16th in 2014 so, it was with some surprise that, in barely a year she...
Jodie Williams (August 2015) Jodie Williams (Born 28/09/93). I met her after she won the 200m Final in Herts Phoenix colours, at the CAU Inter-Counties/English Championships at Bedford on the 2nd of...
Dai Greene (August 2015) (Born 11/4/86) His best time for the 400 hurdles up to 2015 was 47.84 in Paris in 2012 DAI GREENE, is an impressive hurdler and, he reminded me a bit of powerful and strong...
Southern Counties Track & Field Champs (July 2015) Interviews at the Southern, 8 Counties Track & Field competition at Crawley on the 12th of July DOMINIC KING (Three times a winner of this event) A...
The Great Ron Clarke AO, OBE (June 2015) RON CLARKE AO,MBE (21/2/37- 17/6/15) RON CLARKE, first started his working life as an accountant. He became a Company Secretary and finally retired from his...
Southern Interviews (June 2015) Part Two 3000m Women Seniors and Under 20 Under 20 First 3 1 Sophia Parvisi-Wayne (Shaftesbury Barnet) 9:59.98, PB; 2 Georgia Fear (Highgate Harriers) 10:10.75; 3...
Southern Interviews (June 2015) Part One LEE VALLEY 13/14 June South of England AA U20/Senior Championships 110 Hurdles 1 Jack Hatton (Reading/Bath Spa University) 13.75; 2 Jack Kirby (Harrow) 13.93...
TIM HARTLEY (June 2015) TIM HARTLEY, 47 in June 2015 is impressive, as one of the best Master/Veterans over the country, road and track. His 31:33.9 for 10k on the track in 2014, as an M45, was his...
Third Night of 10,000 PBs (May 2015) On the evening of Saturday the 15th of May at Parliament Hill Running Track, was the third ‘Annual’ 10,000m Night of Personal Best’s, with the British and England...
Ronnie O’Sullivan, several times World Champion (May 2015) Ronald Antonio O’Sullivan (Born Wordsley, December 5th 1975). ‘Rocket Ronnie’ is one of the most successful snooker players in modern history...
Dave Bedford OBE (MAY 2015) Alastair Aitken, who has known Dave since he was 15 and run in cross country races with him as a senior, all be it much further back, put his particular brand of questions...
John Whetton (Interview 1964 & 69 updated) April 2015 JOHN WHETTON, was never quite a household name in the way Roger Bannister & Derek Ibbotson were or Coe, Cram and Ovett, for that matter but, to my...
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...
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...
Middlesex and Herts Masters CC Championships (March 2015) An amalgamation of Middlesex and Herts Masters proved a great success The championships at Trent Park had 52 & 54 runners from separate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...