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Weekly Update - 25th Feb. 2026
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;
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Weekly Update - 18th Feb. 2026
Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships, Birmingham (Sat. 14th / Sun. 15h Feb.) Competing against the very best British 1500m athletes, Holly Dixon delivered an outstanding championship performance. After running 4:20.69 in Saturday’s heat to secure her place in the final, she returned on Sunday to finish a fantastic 5th overall, stopping the clock at 4:28.21 in a high-quality field. Hampton Court Half Marathon, Thames Ditton (Sun. 15th Feb.) Despite incessant rain turning t
Feb 18


Weekly Update - 11th Feb. 2026
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
Feb 11


Weekly Update - 4th Feb. 2026
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
Feb 4


Weekly Update - 7th Jan. 2026
Mizuno Podium 5k (incl. 1 Mile Challenge), Battersea Park (Wed. 31st Dec.) Emer Tynan (U20) shaved a handful of seconds off her 5km road personal best, clocking 19:29 to finish 42nd overall in the elite women’s race. Serpentine New Year's Day 10k, Hyde Park (Thur. 1st Jan.) Christian Poulton was the Club’s sole representative in the traditional New Year's Day10km road race, held on the traffic-free paths through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, where he finished 78th in a ti
Jan 7


Weekly Update - 24th Dec. 2025
South of Thames CCA 7.5 Championships, Wimbledon (Sat. 20th Dec.) This race was first held in 1888 when the winner was W. Jones of Reindeer Harriers, a club which sadly no longer exists, reports Clem Dixon . The Reindeers were one of many smaller working class clubs that were denied entry to the County cross country associations by the larger more middle class clubs; as a result they founded their own organisations, one for clubs South of the Thames and another for those Nort
Dec 24, 2025


Weekly Update - 10th Dec. 2025
Kent Cross Country League #4, Swanley Park (Sat. 6th Dec.) Ayotunde Danda (pictured) , who had taken two consecutive 3rd-place finishes in his previous under-15 boys’ races, went even better this time, writes Mark Newell . Staying with the leaders throughout, he unleashed a powerful sprint in the final 100 metres to claim a superb victory. Herbie Tobin (11th) and Austin Richards (15th) also ran well, helping the team to finish second overall on the day. Our under-17 women pro
Dec 10, 2025


Weekly Update - 3rd Dec. 2025
Friday Night Under the Lights 5k, Battersea Park (Fri. 28th Nov.) Holly Dixon clocked a time of 15:49 for 4th in the elite women's race. Southern Inter-County CC Championships, Horsenden Hill (Sat. 29th Nov.) This was the first time these championships have taken place since 2022 - having been previously cancelled due to the weather conditions, writes Mark Newell . Nine of our young athletes (Peggy O'Leary (13G), Sophia-Rose Bonnar (U15G), Lizzie Sanders (U15G), Ayotunde Dau
Dec 3, 2025
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