Rosemary Chrimes - A Star for 40 Years (June 2011) Rosemary Chrimes, to my mind is the best example of a 'Class Athlete' still athletically excellent in old age. At 78, despite the fact that in the...
Paul Dickenson Commentator and Athlete (June 2011) PAUL DICKENSON Over 60 British Masters Hammer Champion What do you love most about Veterans/Masters athletics " I would like to be able to say the...
Larry Achike (May 2011) Onochie Lawrence Achike, was born in Islington on the 31st of January 1975 but is known by all in athletics as Larry Achike. He is now well into his thirties and has a breadth...
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 3 - SEB COE SEB COE (1984) COE'S WORLD MILE RECORD 3:47.33 Sebastian Newbold Coe (1.76/5'9¼ 58kg/129lbs) , 0BE, MBE was born September 29th, 1956 became a...
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 2 - JOHN WALKER JOHN WALKER (1974-82) JOHN WALKER THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO BREAK 3:50 FOR A MILE John Walker, was born in New Zealand on 12/1/52. His...
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 1 - SYDNEY WOODERSON SYDNEY WOODERSON (1979) Sydney Wooderson did not give interviews to journalists particularly the 'National Press' He only talked at any...
Three very great curve runners of the past and their views HENRY CARR (1964), TOMMIE SMITH (1967), DON QUARRIE (1988) If one was looking back through athletics history in 2011 you might say Usain Bolt...
Derek Ibbotson (Interviewed Oct 1962 - updated 2011) George Derek Ibbotson MBE, was born June 17th 1932 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire and attended King James' Grammar school, Almondbury...
Walter Wilkinson (Interviewed Summer 2000) Walter Wilkinson of Longwood HAC/Rowntree AC. Longwood is the club Ex-World record holder for the mile Derek Ibbotson belonged to. They were both' Great...
Dave Chapman (Interview Autumn 1998) Dave Chapman (Born 21.8.36) ran the 3000m Steeplechase in 8:46.4 on cinders in 1962. Before that he brought his time down to 8:50.6 in his heat of the 1960 Rome...
'Never Say Die' Les Roberts (April 2011) Les Roberts, has been a racing cyclist, athlete and then archer in his life but unfortunetly, 17 years ago, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease but that...
David Cannon (Interview April 2011) Dave Cannon (Born August 7th 1950) is not a well known name but that was because the UK had so many accomplished distance runners in the 1970's and 80s but if he...
Bruce Tulloh (Interviewed April 2011 and September 1962) Bruce Tulloh, his wife Sue and his three children Clive, Jojo and Katherine all have run to a high standard at some time or another. When I...
Nick McCormick at the Victoria Park '5' (March 2011) Nick McCormick came down to London to compete in the 45th Victoria Park 5 miles road race on the 26th of March, not because there was £1000 on...
The Victoria Park '5' A World Renown Road Race (March 2011) After this year's 5 mile road race in Victoria Park, on the 26th of March, the President of Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets Athletic club...
Bernard Plain MBE (March 2011) Bernie Plain, I have always found a very likable Welshman over the many years I have known him. He still holds the UK 20 miles record of 1:40:34.6. His best 5000 was 13...
World Trials and Inter-Counties - report 3 (2011) ANOTHER HAY AND GOODMAN DUEL To get up at 5.45 am in South East London, to go to the first race of the McCain World Trials & Inter-Counties, with a...
World Trials and Inter-Counties - report 2 (2011) CHARLOTTE PURDUE WINS HER FIRST SENIOR CROSS TITLE (March 2011) Charlotte Purdue (27:29), who won the 'Under 15' Inter-Counties event in 2005 and the...
World Trials, Inter-Counties and Mike McLeod (2011) ANDY VERNON won an exciting senior, McCain World cross country trial, over a lightly undulating 12,000m at Crofton Park, Longbridge on the 5th of...
Memories of Peter Hildreth (1928 - February 26th 2011) Peter was a ' Freeman of the City of London' and a Great hurdler in his day. I have a large picture of him hurdling next to Harrison Dillard, the...
Jonny Hay and Richard Goodman at the English National Junior 2011 JONNY HAY POWERS THROUGH THE MUD Jonny Hay and Richard Goodman were the favourites for the Junior title and that was the order they...
Louise Deman and Hatti Dean at the English National 2011 LOUISE DAMEN WINS A CLOSE NATIONAL LOUISE DAMEN won the Women's National in the last long sprint to the finish but till then, was strongly...
Steve Vernon - English National Champion 2011 STEVE VERNON won the National Senior cross country at his fifth attempt at Alton Towers reports Alastair Aitken Vernon gained his first medal coming third...
Nielson Hall and others at the the SEAA Championships 2011) HALL OUTSTANDING AGAIN ON A TOUGH COURSE (JANUARY 2011) NIELSON HALL, who runs so well over tough courses like Trent Park, Alexandra Palace...
Dave Clarke (The Great Runner from Hercules Wimbledon) Besides running in Mob Matches for South London Harriers, when I was 40 (1980) to my mid-50's, my first claim club has always been Highgate...