Author: ERAC

Eastbourne Rovers AC Under 15 team made a fantastic start to their track season with a 3rd place in the first Sussex League match at Withdean Stadium, Brighton, last Friday (April 21st). Their points score of 284.5 was very close to the top two teams (Brighton 338.5 and Crawley 329) and promises an exciting season… Read more »

Louise and Phil Wood took to the streets of Paris the first weekend of April hoping to find new PBs at the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris. Both are members of the “World of Pete” training group and had been training hard over the winter with eyes on improving their times at their favourite marathon… Read more »

Dundalk Gaels Easter Monday 5kmFreda Pearce- 1st junior (u18) girl, 3rd lady and 17:58Fintan Pearce- 1st junior male, 7th man and 17:22 Freda takes the club’s all time female 5k record with an outstanding sub 18 performance. Fintan enters the top 10 men! Well done.

Months of training came to an end for Luke Tomsett, Richard Davis and returning member Matt Southam at the Adidas Manchester Marathon on 16th April. Coach Pete Standen had laid down a gruelling block over the winter months, with some of the track sessions topping out at 21k once the warmups and cool downs were… Read more »

Brian and Grant represented ERAC at the World Masters Track and Field Indoor Championships held in Torun, Poland with athletes from all over the world including USA, Hong Kong, Australia and many others in the bi-annual event.  58 different counties picked up medals. On this occasion Brian Slaughter came away with a Gold Medal as… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers athletes were not deterred by the fine rain when they competed at the Crawley Spring Open Track meeting. This event provides competition in some of the more unusual events of 75m, 150m,300m and 600m for athletes to test out their speed ready for the start of the outdoor season.Oscar Mizen started his day… Read more »

Coach Jenny Brown has written a detailed explanation of the track and field season for junior athletes through the age groups for the season ahead. Below are the main events for everyone, especially explaining the main leagues we compete in as a club. If you do well, you may enter, or be selected for, additional… Read more »

Our very own Brian Slaughter not only struck Gold but broken another British Masters Record for this winter’s indoor season in the British Masters Multi-Events Championships held at Lee Valley Indoor arena in North London.The Indoor Pentathlon event always starts with the 60m hurdles and Brian ran 0.4 seconds than his previous run out over… Read more »

The East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League came to a close at Pett yesterday (12th March).Rovers went into the final round in third position, and needed a solid performance to hang on to the team bronze.Pett is known for it’s mud, and it didn’t disappoint! The undulating course provided a good final challenge for the… Read more »

A small contingent of Eastbourne Rovers sprinters have been travelling to improve their times over 60m and 200m. Shania Martlew came within .01 of her best 60m time and showed consistency ,when she ran at Eton clocking 8.15 in her first race and 8.14 in the second.Senior Bryn Smith had three great runs over 200m… Read more »