by Matthew Wood | Jan 31, 2019 | Cross Country, News
Another great race weekend for the North of England. Taking 12 athletes to compete as guests of Scottish Athletics in their inter district XC. With stern competition from the North, East, and West of Scotland and Scottish Universities the North of England faired well...
by Matthew Wood | Jan 31, 2019 | News
Harry Barker was one of the least successful British Olympic athletes in history. After all, you really cannot do much worse than fail to finish in a heat in which there were only two starters. Yet it would be a pity if it is that one debacle for which he is solely...
by Matthew Wood | Jan 31, 2019 | News
The Reverend Edmund Baddeley, Vicar in the village of Starkholmes, in the Derbyshire Dales, would seem to be an unlikely champion of English hammer-throwing in the 19th Century, but on Saturday 1 July 1882 he won the Amateur Athletic Association title in that event....
by Matthew Wood | Jan 31, 2019 | News
Mark 10.3 for the Flying Officer, taking off along the super-fast people’s runway Roy Sandstrom’s memories of a British 100 metres record of 1956 Through to the 1950s British sprinters had made a habit over the years of finding unexpected yards of extra speed when...
by Matthew Wood | Jan 7, 2019 | News
Downloadable versions SATURDAY – DAY ONE CLICK HERE SUNDAY – DAY TWO CLICK HERE Saturday 12th January 2019 Event No. Call Room Start Time Event Age Group and Gender Stage T1 10.20 10.30 60m Hurdles U17 Women Heats T2 10.26 10.46 60m Hurdles SW Heats T3...