Eastbourne Rovers Athletic Club
Liz Brandon, our throws coach, is a great role model for our young athletes. Last weekend she competed at the British Masters National Winter Throws Championship in Oxford and won Gold in her W80 age category with a throw of 21.58m in the Hammer. She currently coaches our Eastbourne throwers of all ages, starting with… Read more »
A rare sunny day lit up the beautiful setting of Glyndebourne for the final fixture of the Sussex Cross Country League on 14th February. Over a course comprising of muddy farmland and a significant hill, Freda Pearce was Eastbourne Rover’s leading performer. Running with the Senior Ladies on a 2 lap 5K course, she ran… Read more »
Chris Voice sent 3 teams from his training group to compete at the Southern Cross Country Relays at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday 18th October. First on were the U17 girls team of Freda Pearce, Raya Petrova and Daisy Connor who impressively won gold for the second year running. The U17 boys were next. Thomas Petherick,… Read more »
Eastbourne Rovers Athletic club Senior Men’s 4x100m relay team were excited to be invited to the National Relay Championships held at the Alexander stadium in Birmingham. Here teams from the top clubs in the country met to compete in the 4x100m, 4x300m and 4x400m relay events. Eastbourne knew they would have to perform at their… Read more »
Eastbourne Rovers sprinters were out in full force for the Sussex Championships held in Crawley. Senior Bryn Smith set a high standard taking double gold in the 100m and 200m. his dynamic starts saw him hold the lead and cross the finishing line with fantastic times of 10.91 and 21.5. Oscar Mizen ran head to… Read more »
ERAC road runner John Sanderson (68) was awarded his Six Star medal after completing the Boston Marathon in April. The Six Star medal is awarded to those who complete the six World Marathon Majors – London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York, Chicago and Boston. It is notoriously difficult to get an entry to the Boston marathon,… Read more »
Below are the main competitions for all age groups, especially explaining the main leagues we compete in as a club. If you do well, you may enter, or be selected for, additional regional or national events. If you like to compete in multi-event competitions like heptathlon, there are a few other competitions not listed below.… Read more »
Eastbourne Rovers sprinters were out in force at the Sussex Indoor Championships held at the David Weir Athletic Centre. The track races were all over 60m plus field events of long jump and shot put. The U15s got the weekend off to a great start when Daniel Suarez Biberle coasted into 1st place in his… Read more »
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 »