Eastbourne Rovers Athletic Club
George Armstong – Smith, Jonah Messer, Daisy Connor, Freda Pearce, Eleanor Strevens, Fin Lumber – Fry, Fintan Pearce, Ben Brown & Byron Roberts – All selected to represent Sussex Schools in Pontefract. A group of Eastbourne Rovers’ best and most dedicated young cross-country runners stepped up a gear last weekend, representing Sussex in the English… 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 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 »
Freda Pearce – Gold – Under 15 girls race Top performances mixed with a lot of mud and 90’s tunes – what more could anyone want from the Sussex Cross Country Championships?! Around 500 competitors turned out for this year’s fixture, at the usual tough Bexhill course. With ice cold conditions and lots of mud,… 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.
There were 42 Rovers taking part in last Sundays first Sunday XC match of the season. The 5 mile event took place at Whitbread Hollow Eastbourne. This is the first in a series of 6 races taking place each month until next March 2024. There were 485 in the Senior race and 60 in the… Read more »