Eastbourne Rovers Athletic Club
Eastbourne Rovers joined with Lewes, East Grinstead and Worthing to form ‘Team Sussex’ for the Youth Development League held in Lewes. They put their stamp on the start of the season by smashing the opposition to win with 601 points to Guildford and Godalming in second with 452 points. Adam Churchyard started the day with… Read more »
Eastbourne Rovers young athletes were in action competing at the U15/U17 London Indoor Games. Saturday saw the U17’s Adam Churchyard and Honest Chinengundu tackle the 60m sprints. Honest sprinted into 2nd place in his first race in 7.69 secs. He then managed to find more strength at the finish in the next race, to cross… Read more »
We are excited to announce the return of our mile event, we present you the Ronhill Mile Night @ Eastbourne Rovers. We last held our Mile event in November 2021 but this time we are switching to a May evening to make it more conducive to good racing and more welcoming to athletes and spectators… Read more »
Two Eastbourne Rovers sprinters have had busy weekends travelling to Eton and Lee Valley to find the sought after competitions. Nathan Burge competed in the Eton Open Meeting in the U15 boys 60m. In his first race he got off to a brilliant start and came second in a personal best of 7.59 secs. He… Read more »
Our popular annual Couch to 5k programme returns on 20th February 2024.This year we have moved the start date back to February to take advantage of hopefully fairer weather and avoid leader holidays.If you wish to take part in the Couch to 5k in the company of likeminded people with our superb friendly leaders, please… Read more »
Eastbourne Rovers’ Under 15s led the way at the recent Sussex Cross Country League fixture at the South of England Showground near Ardingly on November 11th. Outstanding wins came from Freda Pearce in the 4K U15 girls race and Tom Petherick in the boys race. On a very challenging hilly course, Freda broke away on… Read more »
The 2023 AGM Agenda Pack is now ready. Please read the document below. We would love to see you at the AGM on 7th December.
Dear Members & Parents Hope you are all well and are enjoying being a member of our brilliant Athletic Club. Under our rules, we’re required to hold an Annual General Meeting AGM in December 2023 and to provide at least 4 weeks’ notice of this meeting. We’re inviting athletes, parents and members to attend Eastbourne… Read more »
Brian Slaughter Won the European Decathlon title again in Pescara, Italy in fine style at the European Masters Track and Field Championship. In doing so he won three of the ten scheduled events along the way and a massive points total 6763 which will need to be ratified for a British Record. In varied conditions… Read more »
At Carshalton in Surrey Brian turned his hand to the Pentathlon in the Surrey and Open Championships. It started with the Long Jump with him improving with every jump for a season’s best performance. He won the Javelin with a best for 3 years with 36.35m. The 200m is always tricky in not always great… Read more »