Richard Yates (August 2016) Richard Yates (Born 26/01/86) runs for Sheffield & Deane AC and his coach is Stephen Bell. Yates runs for City of Sheffield in the Premier division of the British League...
Aston Moore (August 2016) It could be said that one of the best triple jumpers in the World at the time Aston Moore competed was Keith Connor. Connor who also represented GB. He obtained an Olympic...
Sineade Gutzmore (August 2016) Sineade Gutzmore (Born 9/10/86), as a triple jumper was ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom in 2015 and, at the time of writing, 3rd in 2016. It was interesting to note...
Jessica Judd (August 2016) Jess Judd (Born 7/1/1995) has young sister Jodie Judd, who is also a good runner. Jess had been studying Human Biology at Loughborough University. Jessica Judd was or is...
Rachel Hunter (August 2016) RACHEL HUNTER, Born on 30/8/03, is a charming lady hammer thrower for Shaftesbury Barnet AC, who won the English & Inter Counties title for West of Scotland with 62.74 on...
Alasdair Ross (July 2016) ALASDAIR ROSS in March 2015 at Torun, Poland won three M60 gold medals in the European Masters Indoors over 200/400 & the sprint relay. But on Monday 4th of July 2016 he...
The Ickenham ‘5’ (July 2016) The Ickenham 5 miles road race has been run in fine weather every year. The fastest two runners in the history of the race were Firstly in 2012 Somalian, Olympic 1500...
Alan Perkins (June 2016) Alan Perkins is not a name known much at all, outside of the older athletic fraternity in Essex. Perhaps a possible reason is because of his family connections. His first wife...
Nick Rose (June 2016) Nick Rose was born 30th of December 1951 in Bristol, a town he still loves passionately and, although he has done some coaching in the past, it is running that he has always been...
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 4) 10K’S Races 1 to 4 (May 2016) Race 4 MOHAMUD ADAANS’ run would not have been out of place in the Elite Olympic Trial & British Championships...
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 3) MENS 10K Race 5 at PHF (May 2016) Part 3 of Night of 10,000m Personal Bests at Parliament Hill on 21/5/2016 organized by Ben Pochee Race 5 was...
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 2) Somehow, because of the atmosphere generated for every one of the 25 laps covered by the athletes, in all six races, there appeared barely...
David Bedford OBE at the Night of the PBs - May 2016 (Part 1) Highgate Harriers fourth, Annual Night of the PB’s, set up by Ben Pochee, has become a tremendous night of exciting racing and was billed...
Middlesex Championships (May 2016) 15th of May - Lee Valley The standard of sprinting at the County Championships was high, as it has always been. However, except for reasonable field events results...
Victoria Park ‘5’ (May 2016) Darren Deed of Bedford & County AC, celebrated being 38 on the 7th of May when this race was run. He finished ahead of 91 runners in very strong winds, that blew and...
Mens National 12 Stage Relay (April 2016) Highgate Harriers won the Men’s National 12 Stage road relay Championship, on Saturday April 16th, which was a surprise to most, considering the history of...
Mike Baxter (March 2016) Nobody to Somebody! MIKE BAXTER, born near Leeds on the 28th of May 1945, was the most prominent athlete to compete for Leeds City Athletic Club in the earliest days of the...
Inter Counties Championships (March 2016, Part Two) Outstanding, National and Northern ‘Under 13’ Champion, Tommy Dawson, was surprisingly beaten at the British Inter-Counties and Cross Challenge at...
Inter Counties Championships (March 2016, Part One) In the Senior Men’s race over 12k, the conditions were good with mild weather at Crofton Park, Longbridge, despite the recent cold winds and rain...
Arthur Keily (18/3/21 to 2/3/16) He had five brothers Jerry, Bill, Dominic, Joe and Michael and, was part of a very successful club Derby & County AC. Arthur Patrick Keily, died aged 94, which was a...
John Disley (20/11/28 to 9/2/16) John Disley CBE was born in Corris Wales, was educated at Oswestry Boys School and Loughborough Colleges before becoming a teacher. Maybe, in recent years he will be...
START FITNESS Metropolitan League (February 13th 2016) PAUL MARTELLETTI, on 100 miles a week and, six days after his very clear victory in the hilly Watford half marathon in 67:32, won his first...
Southern Cross Country Champs (February 2016) Ben Pochee, the Manager and Robert Wilson, the Captain of the Highgate Harriers cross country team, predicted the club could win a ‘Big One’ which was...
Start Fitness Metropolitan League 4 of 5 (January 2016) Run at Horsenden Hill, Perivale on the 16th of January RICHARD GOODMAN, who won the first two Start Fitness Metropolitan league races, made it a...
Middlesex Cross Country Championships (2016) Wormwood Scrubs, January 9th The Middlesex cross country had been won by many good runners since the 1950’s. Olympian Ken Norris won it four times in the...