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Kent Cross Country League, Footscray Meadows (Sat. 10th Oct.) The club hosted the first fixture of this season’s Kent Cross Country League at Footscray Meadows on Saturday, with some excellent performances across the various age groups. A big thank you to club members involved in organising the event, as well as our fantastic team of marshals, whose efforts helped make the day a success. Senior Men / U20 Men: The senior men got off to a flying start in the first race of the s

The Anglo Celtic Plate 100km, Limerick (IRL) (Sat. 21st Mar.) At the Anglo Celtic Plate 100 km Home Countries Team Championships, held at the University of Limerick in Ireland, Hugh Tibbs made an impressive debut in an England vest. The race began at 8am, with competitors tackling 51 laps of a 1.9 km loop around the university’s sports grounds. Tibbs, already gaining recognition as one of England’s top trail ultrarunners, delivered a strong performance to finish third with a

English Schools Cross Country Championships, Liverpool (Sat. 14th Mar.) Five of our young athletes proudly represented London at this year’s English Schools Cross Country Championships in Liverpool, delivering a series of strong and inspiring performances, reports Mark Newell. In the junior girls race, Charlotte Foster produced a standout run, finishing 5th out of 349 in 10:59. She hit her pre‑season goal of a top‑eight finish and has earned selection to represent England at

UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, Nottingham (Sat. 7th Mar.) Seven of our young athletes represented Kent at the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships on a tough, challenging course, all putting in fantastic performances, writes Mark Newell . The highlight of the day came from Charlotte Foster (U15G) who finished an impressive 15th from a field of 313; fourth scorer for Kent. Lizzie Sanders came home in a respectable 76th place. In the under 13 boy's rac

Lee Valley Middle Distance Open (Wed. 18th Feb.) At the Lee Valley Middle Distance Open, Mattia Bernardi and Kyle Hurst delivered strong performances over 1500m, winning their respective races, recording 4:20.53 and 4:25.70 respectively. ECAA Cross Country Championships, Sedgefield, County Durham (Sat. 21st Feb.) If you had heard of Sedgefield before it was selected as the venue for this year's Nationals it was probably because it was Tony Blair's parliamentary constituency;

Ayo Falola Dream Mile, Lee Valley (Wed. 4th Feb.) Meredith Cummins produced a brilliant nine-second personal best of 5:20.59, running a tactically astute race to win the Women’s C Mile by six seconds. Kyle Hurst also impressed, clocking 4:49.02 in his indoor mile debut. Cambridge Harriers Club 10 mile Cross Country, Joydens Wood (Sat. 7th Feb.) The Woodland Trust have decided that the narrow winding path that we have been using to climb up from the bottom track to the top tra

SEAA Indoor U20/Senior Championships, Lee Valley (Sat. 31st Jan./Sun. 1st Feb.) Club athletes claimed four medals, including an impressive double victory, at a high-class meeting at Lee Valley last weekend, reports Mick Bond . In the hurdles, Lily Gayle and Hans Nmaju delivered a superb club double, winning the Under-20 women’s and men’s 60m hurdles respectively. Hans endured a dramatic start to the competition, arriving late and having little to no warm-up before crashing in

Kent County Cross Country Championships, Brands Hatch (Sat. 10th Jan.) The club had a highly successful championships, securing seven medals in total - two individual golds, two team silvers, and three team bronzes plus third in the men's twelve to score team race. All of our younger age groups were represented at this year's championships, r eports Mark Newell . There were many standout performances both individually and team wise with two individual winners and four team m