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Cartyr follows in Farah’s footsteps across Parliament Hill Fields
Cartyr Jenkin won the boys’ under-11s gold medal running for Croydon at the London Youth Games staged at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. Jenkin covered the hilly 1.4-kilometre course in 5min 27sec, to follow in the spiked running shoe footsteps … Continue reading
Veteran track coach close to target of 100 sports star drawings
Croydon Harriers’ veteran coach is closing in on a remarkable late-career feat: collating 100 drawings from top sports stars to compile a book aiming to raise thousands of pounds for charity. Mike Fleet, 86, has been a stalwart figure in … Continue reading
Law centres in call for better protections for trafficking victims
South West London Law Centres is calling for better protection for victims of human trafficking, instead of the Home Office’s threat of deportation to Rwanda. SWLLC says that the UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons this Saturday will shine … Continue reading
Follow in the footsteps of “Puff Puff” Pirie: Dec 1
Run in the footsteps of south London’s greatest distance runner in a special race staged over some of the most beautiful country, and demanding hills, in south-east England. Six decades before Mo Farah, Britain had a world record-breaking distance runner … Continue reading
Local athletes running scared of county championships
The Surrey championships used to be a highlight of local athletes’ year, and they used to be staged at Croydon Arena. IAN LAMONT witnessed the 2013 edition at Kingston at the weekend where despite last year’s London Olympics successes, there … Continue reading
Inspired by the Olympics? Try the race that’s too tough for Mo
Inspired by the Olympics? Want to set yourself a real challenge? There’s a very challenging – and that means a lot of hard hills – six-mile charity cross-country race on Streatham Common at the end of this month, where regular … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Charity, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Gold medal, London, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, Streatham Common
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Go with Mo: Croydon takes part in world record attempt
A week on from Mo Farah winning his second Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, Croydon’s runners have been playing their part in a world record attempt 5km run. ParkRun is an outstanding, nil-cost series of weekly races staged … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Addiscombe West, Athletics, Health, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming, Thornton Heath
Tagged Michael Gove, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, ParkRun, Thornton Heath
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