In honour of the new cross country season starting this weekend (Saturday 30th) we’ve managed to find these photo’s from the archives of how it was back in the 80’s. The athletes would get changed in cattle sheds (so glamourous) as shown in the photo with an ex member Peter Fair. Above all this was…
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by one of the club’s many perennial marathon runners. Although injuries have meant he’s been absent from summer training, the comeback has started with a late surge up the super series rankings. Somebody who loves nothing better than a long run on the Downs, Andrew is…
Found in the archives are these results from what was the Arena club championships that Arena used to hold. These are from 1998 and 2001 and show that the athletes back then had to do a mixture of different races and depending on their times and places they then scored points to eventually have an…
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the girl who seems to pop up everywhere and none more so than being run director at the Hove Prom parkrun. She gives so much back to the sport of running and to the running community and always done with a smile and so much…
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the Preston Park parkrun resident Mr Jim Risdale. A firm favourite amongst his running peers and always guaranteed a fast run up against this man. A devoted and loving father, a dad of the highest order and very much a family man, who wouldn’t want…
Here is a newspaper article from around 1985 showing how Ron Grover not only wanted the team to be the best but also look the best. It’s all about the fashion darlings and check out how much kitting yourself would have cost you back then.
For this weeks chosen club member we are joined by the easy laidback man of the pack Chris Park. I’ve had the pleasure of running with Chris over the last few years e specially when we both trained for the Brighton Marathon and training in the http://RunBrighton,com group He is every part a gentleman and carries a…
Here is a fascinating newspaper article from around 2000 we think. It gives a great overview of Ron Grover and why he started the club. It has a piece on Lynn Williams & Caroline Herbert (Hoyte) and their athletic achievements.