New world No. 1 Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic pole vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday 18 February. The 20-year-old pole vault prodigy, who cleared 4.87m at a meet in Villeurbanne, France, last month to move to No. 2 on the all-time list behind world indoor record holder … [Read more...]
Team GB win Kelvin Hall International
January 29, 2012
The Aviva GB & NI Team enjoyed a rousing and successful 2012 send-off from the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow in the 21st and final Aviva International Match to be staged at the venue this afternoon. … [Read more...]
Cockroft sets new world record
January 26, 2012
Double World Champion Hannah Cockroft (coach: Peter Eriksson) has broken the T34 400m World Record in her first major event of the 2012 season when clocking 1:00.67 in the Summer Down Under Series in Canberra, Australia. … [Read more...]
Marriott wins Gloucester 50km
January 24, 2012
Adrian Marriott wins Gloucester 50km race in a course record and 7th fastest all time by a Brit. Last Sunday, 22nd January, Yeovil based GB international marathon runner Adrian Marriott made his ultramarathon debut at the Gloucester 50km race. … [Read more...]
Series goes to Antrim
January 19, 2012
International athletes will take to the hills of Greenmount, Antrim this weekend for the annual Northern Irish cross country event - The IAAF International Cross. The event, which takes place on Saturday 21 January, is part of the McCain UK Cross Challenge Series and is one of only eleven IAAF permitted cross … [Read more...]
Steel, Tickner win Bristol Cross
November 16, 2011
Gemma Steel (coach: John Nuttall) and Frank Tickner opened their 2011/12 McCain UK Cross Challenge Series accounts with victories in the senior events in the McCain Bristol Cross Challenge - staged by runbristol in partnership with Bristol & West AC and UKA - at the Ashton Court Estate today (Sunday 13 November), … [Read more...]
