Sussex athletes Joe Kent and Wade Bennett-Jackson have both been rewarded with selection for Great Britain teams following their fine performances at Bedford last weekend.
Following his Sussex record high jump of 2.09m Joe has been included in the squad to compete in the European Youth Olympic Festival at Tampere, Finland from the 18th to 25th July.
Although not gaining a place in the individual events Wade will be racing in the sprint relay team at Kaunas, Lithuania from 16th to 19th July.
This Saturday Chris Minn, the Crawley team manager will be eager to lead his team to a second victory in Division three of the British Athletic League at Bournemouth.
The Crawley squad are hoping to included internationals Joel Kidger and Gavin Thompson, who both missed the first match, in their line up and Chris is optimistic that his young team, average age 21, can put up a good show against the home team, Bournemouth and near neighbours Southampton will be aiming to take advantage of a local fixture.
Derby and Cambridge Harriers, who were second and third to Crawley in the first match, will also not want to allow the Sussex Club to get the better of them again.
Unfortunately Chris himself is ..
The Sussex senior teams were again victorious in the English Schools Regional Combined Events championships at Kingsmeadow.
In excessively hot conditions Sussex were in fact the only county to complete a full scoring team in both the Boy’s and Girl’s events and this says much for Sussex and Steve King’s dedication ..
Horsham Blue Star’s Joe Kent smashed the Sussex high jump record at Bedford when he finished second in the UK Under 20 high jump championship.
On a hot and humid weekend Joe’s triumph came at the end what was a pretty bleak weekend for Sussex athletes.
This however was a frustrating clearance ..
The Brighton & Hove City and Worthing & District clubs seem to be matching each other’s performances this season in Division One of the Southern Men’s League.
Worthing had home advantage but missed the injured all rounder Craig Baker and they were squeezed into third team spot with 102 points behind ..
An extremely congested clash of fixtures this weekend means that many teams and fixtures will be short or athletes.
Athletes will spread themselves between the UK Under 20/23 Championships at Bedford, which also doubles as the Trials for the European Under 20 championships on 23-26 of July and Under 23 championships ..
There were four Sussex connected winners on Day two at the South of England championships at Watford albeit only one has a Sussex qualification.
That one was Brighton based Set Osho who at last got it right at a major championships and steamed to victory in the 400 metres in a ..
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The Sussex senior teams were again victorious in the English Schools Regional Combined Events championships at Kingsmeadow.
Horsham Blue Star’s Joe Kent smashed the Sussex high jump record at Bedford when he finished second in the UK Under 20 high jump championship.
The Brighton & Hove City and Worthing & District clubs seem to be matching each other’s performances this season in Division One of the Southern Men’s League.
There were four Sussex connected winners on Day two at the South of England championships at Watford albeit only one has a Sussex qualification.
