Eastbourne Rovers Athletic Club
Brian Slaughter clocked up his 37th British Title in winning the British Masters Weight Pentathlon Title that was held at Oxford. The event is another example of all-round ability in different track and field events and this one with the throws. The day started with the hammer with Brian stating his position having won this… Read more »
The club is sad to announce the passing of Angela Morgan.Eastbourne Rovers members who have shown an interest in throws or attended any of our matches will know Angela Morgan as a fellow athlete, coach or official. Sadly, Angela passed away on Tuesday 8th November after her long battle with cancer (aged 63). Angela joined… Read more »
Congratulations to Rovers’ Richard Davis who won the Out of the Blue 5k last night, shortly followed home by Keith Axell in second Place. Congratulations also go to Emma Burkitt who was the fastest lady to complete the 5k course by a considerable margin but missed out on the official win due to start line… Read more »
Rovers Cara Maker held on to her British long jump title at the Lee Valley at the weekend. Cara leapt 4m92 to take the gold medal in the M40 age group. This followed a successful performance in the 60m sprint. Cara won her heat easily with 8.56 and in the final came surging through at… Read more »
Over 80 athletes took up the challenge by Eastbourne Rovers Athletic club to come and race 1 mile. Athletes from local Sussex clubs and as far afield as Bournemouth were seeded into 6 races starting with the 9–10-minute runners building up to the fastest sub-6-minute runners The first Male on the day was Alex Riley… Read more »
Eastbourne rovers Club Awards for the 2020 season. As you are aware we could not hold our usual awards presentation evening but decided to still give out some main awards to athletes who had done well during the shortened 2020 season. Brian Brett continued his training sessions along the seafront during lockdown and went to… Read more »