Records continued to topple on day two of a sun baked County Track and Field championships at K2 and again it was the Women who had the upper hand breaking four more records while the men contributed two to bring the total, over the two days to nine.
Overall the hammer throwing has never been stronger than at this year’s championships and with the first throw in the Under 15 girl’s event Louisa James (Hastings) set a new mark and eventually finishing with 49.20. to beat her last year’s record. Lucy Robichaud Hastings waited until the fifth round before unleashing a new championship distance of 36.27. to add nearly two metres to Kelly Coombs four year old mark.
In the boy Under 15 age group Robert Duke (Worthing) refusing to be overshadowed by Mum Allison and big sister Laura who had already collected several medals added a remarkable seven metres to his previous best to throw 46.92 and add some five metres to Nick Harding’s seven-year-old mark.
Horsham’s Joe Kent, who has certainly started the season in cracking form improved his best to win the Under 17 high jump title soaring over 2.04 for a championships best and the third best height ever ..
In almost perfect conditions for most athletes it was the women that caught the headlines on the first day of the Sussex Track and Field championships
at Crawley's K2 Leisure Centre.
It was, as was anticipated the senior women’s 400 metres that provided not only one of the most exciting races ..
The dearth of “Early Season” meetings in Sussex this season may well have affected the entries for this year’s County Track and Field Championships, which will be held at the K.2. Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday.
Although Keith May tells me that total entries are on a par with last ..
Brighton & Hove City men and Arena 80 women were the only Sussex teams to contest the National 12/6 stage Road Relay championships at Sutton Park.
Following their fine third placing in the South of England 6-stage the Arena 80 team did exceptionally well to finish in 12th place in 1:49:50 ..
Following the success of the intermediate boys in winning the National title in 2007 with a new championship record, the Sussex Schools Athletics Association are again staging Combined Events Championships and these will be held at Withdean Stadium, Brighton on Wednesday 28th May.
There was mixed success for the County's Clubs in the first round of the Southern Women's Track & Field league fixtures. In the Premier Division, host Club Crawley finished second with 129pts to Chelmsford with 173pts. Horsham travelled to Eton where they met strong opposition in host Club Windsor, who ..
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Records continued to topple on day two of a sun baked County Track and Field championships at K2 and again it was the Women who had the upper hand breaking four more records while the men contributed two to bring the total, over the two days to nine.
In almost perfect conditions for most athletes it was the women that caught the headlines on the first day of the Sussex Track and Field championships
The dearth of “Early Season” meetings in Sussex this season may well have affected the entries for this year’s County Track and Field Championships, which will be held at the K.2. Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday.
Brighton & Hove City men and Arena 80 women were the only Sussex teams to contest the National 12/6 stage Road Relay championships at Sutton Park.
