Arena should feel very proud as two of our club members, Jenny Hughes and Nicky Yeates, represented England in the Masters 10k held at Birmingham. It was certainly an honour for them and Arena 80 and one that is fully deserved. Although Jenny didn’t quite manage a podium finish this time round we are very…
With all the excitement of the BM weekend, we nearly missed out on some very important results from last weekend’s parkrun’s. There were no less than 3 new club records and 2 improvements set. For the first of the improvements we make our way down to the Hove Prom where Anthony Snelling turned it on…
Another fantastic day out for Arena at the Sussex Road Relays today. We had a great turnout of 23 female runners who all gave their all on the 2 mile course. We came home with the team gold for W40 (Julie Briggs, Katherine O’Hara & Tara Shanahan) and W50 (Jackie Rymell, Jenny Hughes & Caroline…
Congratulations to Jenny Hughes who this morning made it a hat trick of wins and taking home the Mels Milers 10k trophy as she took the F50’s title over at the beautiful course of Christ’s Hospital School. To win this 3 times in a row shows pure consistency in her running ability and a fantastic…
Location: Hove Park Distance: Approx. 1500m Date/ Start time: Sunday 10th June 2018 at 10.20am Who can run? This is a junior run aimed at all children aged 15 and under, boys or girls, to encourage them to join in running. You don’t have to be a member of a club. Course: The course follows tarmac…
Location: Hove Park Distance: Approx. 800m Date/ Start time: Sunday 10th June 2018 at 10.00am Who can run? This is a junior run aimed at all children aged 9 and under, boys or girls, to encourage them to join in running. You don’t have to be a member of a club. Parents are also very…
Location: Hove Park Distance: 3 laps of the outer pathway of the park (approx. 5.7km) Date/ Start time: Sunday 10th June 2018 at 11.00am Who can run? Clubs and individuals over the age of 15. Course: The course follows tarmac paths on a clockwise route starting near the basketball court. It is 3 laps around…
Whilst many of our Arena athletes were tied up with the Brighton Half Marathon, Joe Ashley took part in the South of England Masters Indoor Championships at the Lee Valley Centre in London. Joe had a cracking day walking away with two golds and one silver including a new PB. M35 800m – Gold M35 1500m…
As we all know today was the first big race of 2018 in Brighton with the event of the Brighton Half Marathon. With many thousands of runners taking to the streets of Brighton and many Arena athletes competing with so many fine results and PB’s a plenty there was, what I call, some unsung heroes…
What a year, what a club, what a team. As we approach the end of 2017 we can look back on what has been an outstanding year for Arena 80 AC. Firstly we would like to thank all of those members who have given so much back to the club this year. All of these…