The Italian Job

When sprinter Paul Wignall packed his bags to head for the European Masters Championships in Pescara, Italy, in September, his goal was simply to make the final of the individual M70 400m – little did he know that on the return journey he would be adding a complete set of medals: gold, silver and bronze, to his luggage.
 

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Dazzling at the Diamond League

On the day when the Diamond League rolled back into town to deliver world class athletics to the London Stadium once again, the Club’s U20 Men’s 4 x 100m relay team seized their moment to shine on the track. As the arena began to fill to its 50,000 capacity, announcing the biggest audience for a one day athletics meeting in the world, the team of Daniel Guinness, Joshua Martin, Marcus Gayle and Freddie Arkell came home clear winners in 40.52 to set a new all time Hercules Wimbledon club record in the process.

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Surrey Medal Haul

The Club was represented by over 100 athletes competing at the Surrey County Track and Field Championships at Kingston over the weekend of 20/21 May. Between them they collected 25 medals: 11 gold, eight silver and six bronze.

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Tales from the Marathon

An impressive contingent of Club athletes were out pounding the streets of London on Sunday 23 April, cheered on by an equally impressive crowd of supporters stationed at key points around the course.

Some had earned Championship places, Good for Age places, or Club places. Some were running for charities; and on the elite start, lining up alongside four of the five fastest marathon-runners in the world, waiting for the fastest of them all, Eliud Kipchoge, to start the race, was Hercules international, Alex Milne.

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National Service

For a brief moment during the National 12-stage Road Relays at Sutton Coldfield on 15 April the Senior Men's squad asked, 'dare we dream?' Having finished just outside the medals at the Southern Relays a fortnight earlier the A team had high hopes of matching if not bettering the sixth place achieved last year, which was the highest placing since 1973.

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Going Fourth Again!

West Ham United may have taken over the London Stadium, where they were busy beating Southampton last Sunday, but athletics was right back where it belongs in Olympic Park as for the first time the Southern (SEAA) 12/6 stage Relays were staged around its paths in the shadow of the Velodrome. The Club's teams were out in force, with the Men's A team finishing a fantastic fourth to match last year's position.

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Third Surrey League title for the Senior Men!

The Senior Men won the Surrey Cross Country League title for the third time, overhauling Guildford & Godalming’s 24-point lead in the final showdown in Lloyd Park on Saturday, 11 February, with team captain Fred Slemeck sealing the individual honours thanks to his super-consistent performance over the four matches.

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Brilliant Bronze

More success for the Senior Men’s team who clinched the bronze medals at the Southern Cross Country Championships at Beckenham Place Park today – the first team medal for 49 years!

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Winning Start to 2023

The Senior Men got off to a great start to the New Year, winning the Surrey County Cross Country Championships at Lloyd Park yesterday (7 January). Team Captain Freddie Slemeck also bagged the individual bronze medal; and there were team silvers for both the U13 Boys and U13 Girls, with Thomas Whorton taking the individual U13 Boys silver medal, and Isabella Harrison the U13 Girls bronze medal. U20 Ellen Weir also had a great run, coming home fifth in the Senior Women's race.

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London Champions

Congratulations to the Senior Men’s team of Andrew Penney, Fred Slemeck, Ed Mallett and Finn Johnson who were crowned SEAA London Cross Country Champions on Parliament Hill last weekend.

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Back on Course

Answering the captain’s rallying call, the Senior Men’s team overhauled a 101 point deficit in Match 2 of the Surrey Cross Country League on Wimbledon Common – a result which sends them to the top the League.

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All Good at Aldershot

The Club’s teams were out in force on Saturday for the unofficial Southern Road Relay Championships at Aldershot. The Senior Men’s A team finished in a brilliant sixth place and the B team in a fantastic 17th.

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Champions!

Victory in the final SAL match of the season at Tooting Bec on Saturday saw the Club complete a clean sweep of five out of five wins to finish at the top of Division 2 West and secure promotion to the First Division for next season.

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Relay Records Tumble

The U20 Men’s 4 x 100m team of Jaleel Roper, Dominic Smith-Fray, Marcus Gayle and Freddie Arkell set a new Championship Record at the Surrey Relay Championships at Carshalton over the weekend of 3/4 September.

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