Linford Christie has urged more international athletes to compete for their club and says he enjoys watching grassroots meetings like the National Athletics League (NAL) more than some of the top events. The 1992 Olympic 100m champion was speaking as he supported his club, Thames Valley Harriers, last month in the NAL, which this year replaced the … Read more
The National Athletics League has confirmed it will send a team to the Manchester International on August 18. The event at the Manchester Regional Arena returns after the pandemic led to the cancellation of last year’s event and it will also feature teams from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and GB Under-20s. Applications for selection … Read more
National Athletics League, National One, Milton Keynes 3/7/21 by Brian Graves This was a well contested match at Milton Keynes where the host club were challenged by City of Portsmouth AC and Reading AC. In the final analysis, less than 50 points covered this trio, Marshall Milton Keynes AC winning with 296.5 pts, chased by … Read more
Hurdler looks ahead to the European Under-23s and talks about how league athletics has helped him.
National Athletics League, Premiership West, Yate, 3/7/21 by Graham Howell The dire warnings of heavy rain and thunder storms didn’t materialise until 4pm and, even then, it didn’t last too long. The afternoon’s sport was largely competitive although teams had been affected by athletes unavailable due to having to isolate. Swansea’s Caryl Granville repeated her … Read more
National Athletics League leaders Thames Valley Harriers will be aiming to stay on top on home soil at the second round of fixtures this weekend, in which Lawrence Okoye is among at least three British champions set to appear. TVH will face the same three clubs – Blackheath & Bromley, Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow … Read more
New British hammer champion Tara Simpson-Sullivan will make her National Athletics League debut for Wigan at the Championship North fixture in Manchester this weekend. Simpson-Sullivan has recently returned from university in the United States where she has improved her PB by nearly 10 metres this season. Her best of 68.91m puts her fourth on the … Read more
After topping the Premiership league table in the opening fixture, Thames Valley Harriers will be hoping home advantage spurs them on to another National Athletics League victory at the Linford Christie Stadium on Saturday. The Harriers will field a similar team to that which opened their league account so well at Bromley. Nicole Kendall, who … Read more
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