Middlesex 10K Road Championships (October 2017) Victoria Park 1st of October ABDISHAKUR ABDULLE, started to go clear with 4km remaining of the 10k but it was a close race for nearly all of the way...
Gordon Surtees (9/9/32 - 1/9/17) Gordon was brought up and lived at Billingham, Durham in the North East but, known by many, all over the World. Right up to when he died at 84, his passing, brought...
Christopher Greenwood (September 2017) Chris was 44 on September 29th 2017. We talked, after he ran 14:52.60 in the Hercules Wimbledon Festival 5k on 23/8/17. Looking back to his start in athletics “I...
Hercules Wimbledon 5k Festival Night (August 2017) Torry, of Serpentine RC, moves to 6th over 40 track, all time, Brtisih list for 5k and ranked 1st in the UK over 40 in 2017 23/8/2017 The third...
Gregory Thompson (August 2017) (Born 5.5.94) Gregory Thompson, at 23 years old in 2017, has a ‘Great Future’ as a discus thrower. His best mark was when he hurled the 2K implement out to 60.28, on the...
Alan Toward (August 2017) (Born Newcastle on Tyne 31/10/92) Alan Toward, a field events exponent, who works as a strength conditioning coach. He is from Gateshead and was at Northumbria University. He...
Alexander Teuten (August 2017) (Born 2nd of January 1992) Alex Teuten, who is 25, at the time of writing in August 2017, has become a more notable force, as a cross-country runner and, to a great...
Kirsten McAslan (August 2017) Kirsten McAslan has had remarkable success as a relay runner. She was born in Manchester, on the 1st of September 1993 and, her record for the 4x400 relays is something...
James Foreman (August 2017) James Forman, at the time of writing, in August 2017 is 25 years old and, coached by his father Andy Forman. He gives great credit to his Father “Without him I would be...
Emma Nuttall (August 2017) (Born in Edinburgh 23/4/92) Emma Nuttall had a very good result in the high jump on the 30th of July, 2017, when she jumped 1.86, which was a qualifier for Scotland, for the...
Sadam Koumi (August 2017) Sadam Koumi is a Sudanese athlete who runs for Birchfield Harriers, since the beginning of 2013 and, has always shown ‘Great’ potential over 400m. He ran 45.1 in the All...
Antonio Infantino (August 2017) Born 23/3/1991; was educated at Haileybury College & Kings College, London. A triple winner in his sprinting life was achieved twice, when Antonio Infantino, obtained...
Tomas Walsh, Olivia McTaggart & Jade Ive (August 2017) Tom Walsh was born in Timaru, New Zealand on 1st of March 1992. The New Zealander Tomas Walsh, set a new Games record at Bedford in the UK CAU &...
Eva Holland with James McDonald (June 2017) Eva Holland, won the Under 15-under 17 race for the South of England 3000m Championship at Crystal Palace, on he 11th of June, 2017 with an impressive, new...
Victoria Ohuruogu (June 2017) Victoria Ohuruogu, was born 28th of February, 1993 and, at the time of writing only a few in the sporting public, would know she was the younger sister of Christine...
Jonathan Ilori (June 2017) Jonathan Ilori had the distinction of doing two personal best performances in one weekend. Firstly in the long jump (5th) 7.33 and then winning the triple jump with a legal...
Mollie O’Sullivan and Wayne Vinton (June 2017) There is little doubt, in my mind, when I saw the seventeen year old, Herne Hill Harrier, win the South of England ‘Under 20’ 800m by a huge margin on...
Kitan Eleyae (June 2017) Kitan Eleyae, who won the Senior long jump at the Southern Athletics Championships at Crystal Palace on 11-6-17; previously winning the Southern title, at Watford in 2013...
Night of the PB's Part 5 (May 2017) Women’s B Race Still the Personal Best’s were prolific in this, the fifth race of the day, as the first 5 home did PB’s out of the 33 that ran. The First three, all...
Night of the PB's Part 4 (May 2017) The first race of the day was the Men’s E Race Lawrence Avery, a V35, from Kent AC, won in a personal best of 31:57.8. His previous best was 32:57. The second and...
Night of the PB's Part 3 (May 2017) Women’s Race ‘A’ In the women’s 10k, Beth Potter who runs for Scotland’s Victoria Park, City of Glasgow but in England competes for Shaftesbury Barnet. She broke...
Night of the PB's Part 2 (May 2017) Men's Race A ANDY VERNON, who runs for Aldershot Farnham & District, who had a poor race last year, made up for it with a good win at Parliament Hill winning in 28...
David Bedford OBE at Night of the PB's Part 1 (May 2017) Not to forget the last British person to hold the World 10k track record was Dave Bedford (27:30.8), which was done at Crystal Palace in 1973...
Middlesex Championships (June 2017) 13th of June, Lee Valley The most well contested events were the sprints again but, the Championship Best Performances came in the field. One must remember that...
Jonathan Mellor (May 2017) Jonny Mellor, was born on the 27th of December 1986, at Birkenhead and, comes from the Wirral. His club Liverpool Harriers were third in the National 12 Stage relay in 2017...