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Norbury Hill Cubs are for the long jump with Jade Johnson
Commonwealth Games and European athletics championships medallist Jade Johnson will be visiting Norbury Hill Cubs on Saturday morning to put them through their paces. Johnson, recently appointed club Patron at Herne Hill Harriers, will be unveiling the new scooter rack … Continue reading
Shearman is in the running to set Olympic record in Tokyo
The London Marathon takes place on Sunday. It will be 40th running, but entirely different from the previous 39 editions. And because of the special covid staging, a Purley-based sports photographer who has covered the race every year since the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Purley, Sport
Tagged Mark Shearman, Olympic Games, Paul Spalding, Photography, Purley, Tokyo
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Olympic medallist Nihill to be honoured in Addiscombe
Paul Nihill, probably Croydon’s greatest ever Olympic competitor, is to get a road named after him in Addiscombe tomorrow. The road-naming ceremony will coincide with the event in which Nihill made his name, the 50-kilometre walk, taking place at the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Athletics, Paul Nihill, Sport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Olympic Games, Paul Nihill
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Rooney apologises for his performance, on and off the track
Croydon Harrier Martyn Rooney has issued an apology after announcing on national television that he “ran like a dick” at the Rio Olympics. Rooney had just been eliminated at the heats stage of the 400 metres when he gave his … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Olympic Games, Rio Olympics, Usain Bolt
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Mayor urged to make Games bid centred on Crystal Palace
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has received a proposal to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games – centred on south London, with Crystal Palace National Sports Centre undergoing a substantial, and overdue, refurbishment. With the Rio Olympics underway and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Commonwealth Games, Athletics, Bowls, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Park, Cycling, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Netball, Planning, Rugby Union, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Commonwealth Games, Crystal Palace, Olympic Games, Sadiq Khan
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Lally defies Olympic selectors to realise her lifelong dream
IAN LAMONT interviews a south London athlete who has overcome illness, depression and disappointment to drive her into becoming one of the world’s best discus throwers. Main photograph by IAN STRATTON Jade Lally can put four years of hurt behind … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Sport
Tagged athletics, Jade Lally, Olympic Games
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Festival fortnight offers food, football and fun
BERNARD WINCHESTER highlights the many varied activities to be found on the opening weekend of the South Norwood Arts Festival, from Olympic torches to WG Grace After missing out in 2012 (perhaps the Olympic organisers felt that the competition from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Athletics, Cricket, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace FC, Dance, Football, Music, South Norwood, Sport, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, London, Olympic, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games, South Norwood, Thomas Crapper, Woodside Green
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Dasalou takes short route to Sweden in search of a medal
IAN LAMONT reports on the latest Croydon sportsman to make some international impact A mixture of excitement and relief accompanies James Dasaolu to Gothenburg, where he is representing Great Britain in the European indoor championships which start today. The Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Harrier, Dasaolu, Gothenburg, Holly Bleasdale, James Dasaolu, London, Olympic Games
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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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Croydon’s Olympic volunteers offered free photo-shoot
Were you an Olympic Games volunteer? A local business is offering a free photo-shoot of volunteers in their Olympic uniform together with their ID as a special thank-you for all their efforts during the London 2012 Games. The picture will … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Shirley North, Sport
Tagged 2012 Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, Events, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Sport, Summer Games
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Londoner forced to go to end of the earth in Olympic sacrifice
Ignore the statistics pumped out so far this week about the Olympic Games and Britain’s quest for 48 medals in the coming 16 days of high-octane sporting action. Here’s a set of stats much closer to home: London is a … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, London-wide issues, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Blake Aldridge, Britain, Ellen Gandy, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Tom Daley, Tony Beckley
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Travelling to London: check out this Olympic transport advice
London’s “Zil Lanes”, the network of restricted roads mainly in the centre of the city, go live this morning, barely 24 hours after the shut down of one Tube line and an overground railway line prompted transport chaos for 60,000 … Continue reading
Make it so! Waddon gets a flicker of the Olympic Flame
They say that the Olympics is a power for good, bringing people of the world together. And so it was in Waddon this lunchtime, as two cultural icons met for the first time: Sir Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Pickard from … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Flyover, Duppas Hill, Olympic, Olympic Games, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek, Waddon
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Carrying a torch for the Olympics: Croydon’s route
The Olympics come to Croydon, however briefly, on Monday.
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Sport
Tagged Coca-Cola, Croydon, Didier Drogba, Lloyds TSB, Olympic, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games, Patrick Stewart
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There will be no Olympic crime spree here, says Musker
Dave Musker, the borough police commander, today sought to reassure the Croydon public that there would be no reduction in service in the coming month because of the Olympic Games. “Anybody out there who thinks that there will be opportunities … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Crime, Croydon 8/8, David Musker, Policing
Tagged Crime, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Olympic, Olympic Games
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Grassroots sports clubs are facing an Olympic task
What lasting impact will the Olympics have on sport in Croydon? Not much, says STEVEN DOWNES It’s less than 50 days now until the Olympic Games begin in our city. But here, in Croydon, we seem almost untouched by the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Cricket, Croydon Harriers, Health, Leisure services, Purley, Purley Pool, Rugby Union, Schools, Shirley North, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Swimming
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Harriers, England, Hugh Robertson, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Sport England
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Croydon trio start to scale the Olympian heights in style
It is, in case you had not noticed, Olympic year, and last weekend saw three local athletes put down strong markers for the London Games, with Martyn Rooney and Lawrence Okoye both setting world-leading performances, and wheelchair racer David Weir … Continue reading
Olympic Torch route for Croydon confirmed
Make a note of the time and date: 11.37am on Monday, July 23. That’s when the Olympic torch will be carried into Croydon, just four days before the Games are due to begin at the Olympic Stadium at Stratford. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Croydon Harriers, Sport
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, London, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games
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1,000 Croydon kids to miss out as Boris breaks Olympic pledge
Around one thousand schoolchildren from Croydon look set to miss out on the chance of a lifetime, to watch Usain Bolt, Victoria Pendleton or Tom Daley competing at this summer’s London Olympic Games, and all because they have been let … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, Schools
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, London, Mayor, Olympic Games, Tom Daley, Usain Bolt, Victoria Pendleton
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