Monthly Archives: February 2014

We have more results from a number of Open Meetings held recently. Earlier in February Cat Shin triple-jumped 10.89 metres in an inter university match at Lee Valley while over this last weekend she jumped 10.83 metres in the British University Championships in Sheffield – unfortunately it wasn’t quite good enough to get her into the...

Very well done to all our athletes at the Sussex and Surrey Indoor Championships which were held at Sutton over the weekend – we came away with a good selection of medals. Abby Beswick led the way with 4 medals in Sussex under 17 events (and she perhaps wished that she had entered the high...

The funeral of John Rogers will take place on Monday 3rd March at 12.00 at Surrey and Sussex Crematorium, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, RH10 3NQ. There will be a wake at the Felbridge Hotel, East Grinstead from about 1.30pm onwards where there will be a buffet. Rather than flowers we would like donations to go...

I missed an indoor performance from a couple of weeks ago when Cat Shin jumped 4.81 metres in an indoor meeting in Loughborough – Cat is currently at Loughborough University. (She twice jumped 4.84 metres before Christmas.) Back here in East Grinstead many of us are still struggling to come to terms with John Rogers’...

I’m sorry to have to tell you that John Rogers died earlier today.  John was involved in the club from the start in 1978 and has continued his involvement throughout the last 36 years.  John has coached, mentored, and chaired the club as well as judging many hundreds of field events – and more recently...

Training for the younger athletes (i.e. those who start at 7pm) has been cancelled for tonight. For older athletes we’ll wait and see...

A busier week with a number of indoor performances to tell you about. On Wednesday evening Lincoln Campbell did a couple of 60 metres races at Crystal Palace in times of 7.81 and 7.77 seconds. (His best this winter has been 7.64 seconds.) Then on Thursday evening Abby Beswick and Lois Drummie went to the...