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Eastbourne Rovers were out in force for the final of the Sussex Cross Country league which took place at Stanmer Park on Saturday 11th Feb. Daisy Connor had a superb run, nudging into the lead on the final decent to claim victory in the under 15 girls race. Her team mate Freda Pearce fought hard… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers were out in force on Sunday 12th at the annual Eastbourne 5 race on the seafront. No less than 17 Rovers raced, and a large contingent from the club were marshalling and supporting.The race is billed as an early season road race in the build up to half marathon season and beyond.The weather… Read more »

The penultimate round of the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League took place at Whitbread Hollow on Sunday 5th.Hosted by Run Wednesday, runners were blessed with fine conditions for the race, bright sunshine, blue skies and little wind.The course had been changed after last years race, but still included some major climbs that would see… Read more »

Eastbourne Rovers held their annual Awards Evening at Taylors Sports Bar. This was an opportunity to reward those who had performed well during last season and those who had put in a lot of their time to the club.The Jim Lindsay Rose bowl went to Richard Davis who has spent many hours updating the website,… Read more »

A small contingent of Eastbourne Rovers athletes travelled to the Lee Valley Indoor arena to compete in the London Games.Zoe Wright ran a fantastic 200m for a clear win in her U17 race in a personal best time of 28.1 sec.In the U15 age group Nathan Burge had a busy afternoon starting with two 60m… Read more »

Impressive performances came from the Eastbourne Rovers young athletes when they competed in the Sussex Cross Country Main Championships at Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham on Saturday 28th January. This event attracts athletes from far and wide and the standard is exceptionally high but this did not deter the young Eastbourne Rover athletes putting in some… Read more »

Cold, frosty and muddy conditions didn’t deter the year 5 & 6 athletes from Eastbourne Rovers when they competed at the South Downs Primary Schools cross country in Lewes on 18th January. Theo Stay, Fox Andrews, Charlie Davey & Sophie Homer In the year 6 girls race, Sophie Homer positioned 6th, Grace Luford – Brown… Read more »

The annual Scottish Open indoor Combined Events took place at the Internationally acclaimed Arena in Glasgow at the weekend and Brian Slaughter was there to make use of the fantastic facilities and great officials of the championships. Brian was listed for the Masters Heptathlon of seven events of two days with one thing on his… Read more »

The Eastbourne Rovers young athletes were out in force representing their schools at the Sussex Schools Cross Country Championships on 17th January at Waterhall, Brighton. The course was mostly frosty & firm underfoot after the recent cold snap, apart from a slippery brutal hill which challenged even the strongest of athletes. There was a lot… Read more »

This new out and back course was very flat, icy patches in part and conditions cold but calm. The event director welcomed 269 runners  to the delayed start and after a countdown from 10 finishing with a truncated 321 we were off towards Seaford Martello Tower for the turnaround. It felt like the start of… Read more »