About: Lester Medcalf

A note from England Athletics about athletics competitions later in the summer England Athletics, the governing athletics body in England, has recently published a programme for athletics competitions for the second half of the summer track and field season. It is based on an assumption that the Government will allow athletes, officials, helpers etc to...

A surprise Not sure how many of you watch the BBC television programme “The Repair Shop”. I don’t make a habit of watching it but my wife watches it quite regularly. I caught a brief part of it earlier this week and I was sure that I recognised a couple of people on the programme...

Yesterday (Saturday April 25) was due to be our first senior match of the season with what would have been an awkward journey to the Parliament Hill track in North London. It is a long time since I went there and my memory is that parking was a real problem. My own memory of my...

No match today I’m writing this on Sunday April 19 – which should have been our first league match of this summer. Our under 17 and under 20 athletes would have joined with fellow athletes from the Lewes and Eastbourne clubs to form Team Sussex in the YDL UAG – Youth Development League Upper Age...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) We have heard from the Southern Athletics League – the league for our senior athletes – that the fixtures for April, May and June have all been cancelled. However if the July 12 and August 15 fixtures can take place then there will be a change to the original matches. Instead the matches...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rather than give you a long and depressing list of cancellations I’ll just tell you that, as far as we are aware, all events (including training of course) scheduled for April and May have been cancelled. The only 2 meetings in June that I believe have not yet been cancelled are the Sussex...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Here is the current list of cancellations. I’m afraid that there will be more: Saturday April 11 – open meeting at K2 Sunday April 19 – league match for under 17 and under 20 athletes Saturday April 25 – senior league match Thursday April 30 – open meeting at K2 Thursday May 7...

In the last couple of days we have heard that the under 13 match – for those in schools years 6 and 7 – due to take place on Thursday May 7 has been cancelled. This will not be the last cancellation over the summer and we will use the website to tell you which...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) As we all know Coronavirus is having a very severe effect on us all and looks as if it could be with us for a while longer. The effect on the world of club athletics is very simple – for the time being there is to be no training and no league matches...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) We at EGAC are being guided by the UKA and Government guidelines surrounding the Coronavirus. Any information that we receive will be shared with you immediately. Training will continue as usual but please keep an eye on social media, emails and our website. Below is the current statement from UKA. UK Athletics is...