Author: ERAC

As the Indoor Athletic Season gets underway Eastbourne Rovers athletes have travelled to the Lee Valley 200m indoor track to compete in age band competitions throughout January. The first weekend was the South of England Indoor Championships for U15/U17. First on the track to represent Eastbourne was Evie Lenoard. She ran a well- paced heat… Read more »

A new club record for Eastbourne Rovers in the mixed 4 x 400m relay was the highlight of the final Southern Athletics League match at Aldershot on August 17th. The team of Bryn Smith, Louise Ryan, Daisy Connor and Ilya Korchev held the lead for most of the race, narrowly being beaten into second by… Read more »

Eastbourne athletes made a big contribution to a very successful Team Sussex performance at the Youth Development League for the Under 17 and Under 20 age groups held in Carshalton on 30th June. Having won their first match at Lewes and finishing a close 4th in the second match, the team, largely made up of… Read more »

It was the last opportunity for Eastbourne Rovers sprinters to sharpen up before the Sussex Indoor championships in March. A small contingent travelled to Sutcliffe Park to line up in the 60m races. These are seeded so athletes run against others of a similar standard to produce some close races. Shania Martlew cruised across the… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers AC U 15 team finished the season in style as runners up in the Sussex League, the best ever position by the club in the league’s history. The final match saw a very close competition between Brighton and Hove AC, Lewes AC, Chichester AC, Crawley AC and Eastbourne Rovers, all of whom fielded… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers AC Under 15 team pulled out their most outstanding performance to date in winning the third match of the Sussex Athletics League at Withdean Stadium, Brighton last Friday. Having finished 3rd in the first match and an excellent 2nd in the second match, the ever-improving team battled against strong winds and torrential rain… Read more »

Main Photo Steven Farley @GraphicCornerSussex The Sussex Grand Prix rolled into Hove on Wednesday night, or maybe it was blown in by the 20mph winds that welcomed runners on an otherwise fine evening.The Phoenix 10k is the 8th race in the Grand Prix series, and is considered the pinnacle of the competition, and one of… Read more »

Despite the challenging weather at The Pringles Stadium in Nuneaton, a young Eastbourne Rovers athlete from St Andrew’s Prep has made headlines for his remarkable performance at the National Athletics Championships on the 3rd of July. Nathan Burge, a pupil of the preparatory school, brought home a handful of medals and even smashed a long-standing… Read more »

A small contingent of Eastbourne rovers Athletes travelled to Mile End to compete in the Youth Development League (YDL). Senior James Jewell was first on the track and ran a steady first 3 laps of his 1500m before he changed gear and overtook the field to come 1st in 4m09.9. He then decided to kick… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers AC are celebrating one of their most successful Sussex Championships ever after excellent performances at the K2 stadium in Crawley last weekend, their commitment to winter training yielding a host of medals and personal bests. Rovers’ sprinters were in fine form. Nathan Burge gained two silvers in the 100m and 200m, both in… Read more »