Thames Valley Harriers maintained their lead at the top of the National Athletics League Premiership table yesterday (July 2) on a day when Charlotte Payne’s league record highlighted the individual performances. A week on from her 70.59m breakthrough to win the British title, Payne was just seven centimetres short of matching that as she assisted … Read more
UK-based Irish sprinter Leon Reid is refusing to live on past glories as he prepares for another Commonwealth Games four years on from his 200m bronze in Gold Coast. For the Birchfield Harrier, who will compete over 100m and 200m on Tuesday (July 5) in Cork, his surprise third there has remained a career highlight. … Read more
Recently crowned UK champions Victoria Ohuruogu, Charlotte Payne and Adele Nicoll are set to compete for their clubs in the third round of the National Athletics League tomorrow. Stakes are high as, for the Premiership and Championship teams, the matches will decide whether they compete in either the Cup or Plate finals in Bedford in … Read more
At the halfway point of the season, clubs have plenty left to fight for over the next two rounds of the National Athletics League. For the Premiership and Championship clubs, next week’s matches represent the last opportunity to secure a place in either the Cup or Plate finals in Bedford on August 20-21. Meanwhile, with … Read more
Thames Valley Harriers and Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow took the wins in the two Premiership matches yesterday – subject to confirmation of the official results. At Kingston, TVH won the clash with fellow round-one winners Blackheath & Bromley, who were third, also beating Harrow. Meanwhile, at Eton, WSEH took a home win, improving from just … Read more
The top track and field clubs in the country will be vying for points in the second round of National Athletics League matches tomorrow. In Kingston upon Thames, champions Thames Valley Harriers will be looking to stay on top following their Premiership win in Cardiff last month. Among the opposition will be Blackheath & Bromley, … Read more
The National Athletics League team finished third in the Loughborough International yesterday. Although triple jumper Jude Bright-Davies and 800m runner Angus Harrington were the only outright winners in NAL colours, consistent placings throughout put the team just behind hosts Loughborough in the standings, with England well out in front. Hurdler Edson Gomes and shot putter … Read more
Nicole Kendall is one of the National Athletics League’s most prolific scorers but the 400m hurdles specialist hopes expanding her competition programme to more top-level invitation meetings can inspire her to bigger things this season. The Thames Valley Harrier, who has so far had six individual and three relay wins in the five matches since … Read more
Shot-putter Amelia Stricker may have been disappointed with her summer domestic debut, but the Thames Valley Harrier is optimistic she is in the sort of shape required to reach the World Athletics Championships later this year. Despite easily picking up maximum points in Cardiff, Strickler was the best part of a metre below her best … Read more
