For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the ever smiling Jo Renshaw. Jo is one of those runners that will always give it her all and has probably run more half marathons than you ‘ve had hot dinners. When Jo is not running, you will probably find her tending to her plants…
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the one and only Dorian Rogers. Always a firm favourite when he is about and one of the Run Brighton ambassadors so someone that gives back to the sport. A top man to hang out with and very easy to chat with. If you don’t know Dorian…
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the lady who recently popped up in the club history series. This dog loving athlete has represented GB many times and took part in the Tokyo Olympics so this girl has pedigree and class. A lover of everything outdoors and the main instigator of the…
For this weeks chosen club member we are have two for the price of one today. Surely one of the nicest couple’s I have ever met. It’s rare to find two people so suited at such a young age. They have a love of animals (some would say a house like Noah’s Ark) a love…
Julie initially started running with Brighton & Hove AC at the age of 11. Julie moved to Crawley and then started running for Crawley AC and then eventually running as a Vet with Arena and what a big gain for us. Julie still lives & trains in Crawley so she only gets to see the Arena athletes at…
Arena Club History Part 5 And so 36 years on, here we are.… In October 1999 Bill retired from running and his coaching (and secretarial) duties due to injury and so again Arena was looking for a new coach/chairman. As it happened there was a new kid on the block who had been with Arena…
For today’s chosen old school club member we’re joined by one Tracey Owen. Tracey is another one of those members that just can't get Arena out of her blood and has been with Arena for some 27 years. As you will have already read in the club's history, Tracey was one of the famous…
Arena Club History Part 4 It’s ladies day As the club grew it soon became apparent that Arena 80 had an extremely strong ladies team which is something that seems to have stuck with Arena for some 36 years. Back in the day very few clubs had a ladies team, although there was some very…
For today’s chosen old school club member we’re joined by Mike Naylor, husband to Chris and father to Tom. Mike is the man that for soooo many years collated all of the Arena club records until the club just got to big for one man to do this. Mike has been a bit of a…
Arena Club History Part 3 From a past members point of view Here is a letter and some photos received very recently from a founder member of A80 which gives a very interesting insight into the clubs history in the early years. Arena 80 started training on Mondays at Withdean in 1981 and my sister…