The Aviva GB&NI team celebrated the final day of competition at the European Indoor Championships with five medals- four silver and one gold- bringing their total tally to eight, leaving them in fourth place overall. Team Captain Helen Clitheroe (coach: John Nuttall) won gold with an outstanding 3000m … [Read more...]
Purdue takes UK Cross Challenge Final
March 6, 2011
Charlotte Purdue (coach: Mick Woods) - in an absolutely dominant display of front running reminiscent of her European Junior Cross Country Championships victory in December - recorded yet another outstanding performance with her first domestic senior cross country title in the McCain UK Cross Challenge Final and World … [Read more...]
Farah adds European Indoor title to his list
March 6, 2011
Double European Champion Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) added a European Indoor title to his list of honours on the second day of competition at the European Indoor Championships in Paris. He claimed 3000m gold for the Aviva GB&NI team in a close fought race. With an air of confidence and his … [Read more...]
Ofili sets British Record with Silver
March 5, 2011
At the Aviva GB&NI team meeting captain Helen Clitheroe told athletes to “take their opportunity and exceed people’s expectations,” Tiffany Ofili took those inspirational words and translated them into two 60m hurdles British records and silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Paris. Ofili … [Read more...]
Four Marathon Challenges For London Student
March 2, 2011
A twenty-year-old, London student will be taking on a special challenge when he runs in the Virgin London Marathon on 17th April, to help raise funds for The Children's Trust, a charity that helped him in his recovery following an accident, which left him with an acquired brain injury. In July 2004, Will … [Read more...]
