The club have been informed of the sad death of Joan Long (wife of Stan Long).   Joan died on Saturday and had been suffering from dementia.  The funeral is at St. Albans, Windy Nook at 1.30pm on Wednesday 24th February with cremation at 2.30pm.   Joan was very supportive of Stan and his commitment to athletics…

Thank you to everyone who took part in virtual 21 LOCK-DOWN “MILE”, we had 25 athletes who took part so we decided to have 5 Teams each of 5 runners, as like the 2020 Lock-down series we put all the names/results in a hat and John’s wife drew them out and the teams are in…

Well done to all (particularly to those who are new to this) for completing the challenge in the difficult weather conditions.  The winning team (F) was Sam Punn; Patrick Moran and Jessica Lienard Gordon had to re-jig some of the teams according to those who actually ran – Richie ended up doing 3 legs in…

As many of you will know, UK Athletics is conducting a consultation on the possible equalisation of distances for men and women (under 17 and above) in cross country competition. Further details are on https://www.uka.org.uk/news/news-and-features/statement-by-uk-athletics-and-the-hcafs-regarding-equal-access-to-cross-country-competition-distances/ England Athletics registered athletes were emailed a questionnaire on 5 January which is to be completed by 29 January. If…