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Liz Brama wins ESCA 10 and 25 awards

Mon 17 Jan 2011

Sussex XC Champs – the lads done good.

Tue 11 Jan 2011

With 39 Phoenix athletes competing across the board, the turnout was reasonable but it was the boys and young men that made most impact. Team of the day was the U17 men who with Charlie Grice 1st, Jake Elliot 2nd and &

Phoenix in Brussels (A Winter's Tale)

Wed 22 Dec 2010

The club outing to Brussels on the weekend of 18-20 December was a great success, not just for the Phoenix athletes but also for the friends from Hastings, Crawley and Brighton and Hove who travelled with us. Those of you keeping an eye on the weather&

Paratriathlon included into the Paralympic games

Mon 13 Dec 2010

Faye McClelland was "Extremely happy" on hearing he news that Paratriathlon has been included in the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016. Read the BTF's report here

Brighton 10K

Tue 30 Nov 2010

Great Phoenix turnout and some fantastic performances here with quite a few pbs. Especially congratulations to Max Pickard for his first U20 placing. Photos taken at the Peace Statue by our buddy sports photographer Izzy Whitelegg.

Phoenix Annual Races go ahead come rain or shine

Mon 15 Nov 2010

The Phoenix annual races attracted well over three-hundred hopeful runners to Preston Park on Saturday despitean endless stream of drizzle and some chilly winds.

Phoenix at the British Triathlon Awards

Sun 14 Nov 2010

Phoenix Triathletes' Lizzy Brama and Faye McClelland were invited to attend the British Triathlon Awards ceremony in honour of their last seasons phenominal performances.

Phoenix dominates at Hove Park third anniversary run

Sat 6 Nov 2010

We put out a call to help celebrate the third anniversary running of the estimable Hove Park 5K time trials and boy did you respond! Josh and Finn raced to the line for first and second place with just one second separating them. Josh's time 15:24. Fin

New boy Ian third at Barns Green

Mon 1 Nov 2010

Phoenix has a new star runner. Ian Leitch ran a superb race for third place in the Barns Green Half Marathon on Sunday 31 October. The race was won in record time by Kenyan Edwin Kipyego (1:04:28). Ian's time was 1:10:27 beating previ&

Paul defeats discrimination

Mon 25 Oct 2010

Paul Thomashas defeated opposition and won the right to take part in more cross country in Sussex.Paul's determination to race has caused England Athletics to re-think their inclusion policy.

Phoenix at the Autumn marathons

Thu 21 Oct 2010

Season of mellow fruitfullness for some and an opportunity to race big city autumn marathons for others. In action recently we have had Tom Farsides in Chicago on 10 October where he ran 3:10:31.Tom has now completed a grand slam of bi

Team Silver for the U13 Boys and Vet Men at Goodwood

Thu 7 Oct 2010

The relays at Goodwood (county championships) are keenly fought by all the key Sussex clubs. In this setting a medal of any kind is quite an achievement. The U13 boys, the vet40 men and senior women A teams did not disappoint

Phoenix Long Sleeve and Short Sleeve Training Tops- Put Your Order In

Wed 6 Oct 2010

Hi Everyone, We are expanding the kit that you can now purchase from Phoenix, we are going to get some New long sleeve and short sleeve technical T-Shirts for training made from a similar fabric as the vests.

Phoenix Awards - our cups runneth over!

Thu 30 Sep 2010

It now seems traditional that the awards ceremony at Withdean should be accompanied by rain – rather a lot of it. Wednesday 29th September was no exception. Our cups were overflowing in another sense with two world champions (Faye and Sophie) and

Boys day out at Aldershot

Mon 27 Sep 2010

It was lads ony at the SEAA 6/4 stage relay at Aldershot on the weekend of 25/26 September. No girls or women's teams on the Saturday. But the boys did us proud.

Faye McClelland Is World Champion

Mon 13 Sep 2010

Faye McClelland has won the TRI 4 category World Championship in Budapest.

Sophie wins gold at world U23 duathlon champs

Tue 7 Sep 2010

Sophie Coleman made a triumphant return to Edinburgh to win the U23 World Duathlon Championships in Edinburgh making it a third and consecutive world title and fourth championship title following her gold in the world junior championships in 2008 and 2

Mike excels at the Ultra

Tue 7 Sep 2010

Mike Townley ran the 22nd London to Brighton trail run on Sunday 5 September, coming a magnificent seventh out of 106 finishers. (The event was won in 8:32). His time for the 56-mile distance was 9 hours 50 minutes – well within his target. He se

Amber takes three golds at Crawley

Fri 3 Sep 2010

Amber Anning, aged 9, won three Gold medals at the Crawley AC Tom Lintern Medal meet on 30th August. Competing in the U11 Girls events, Amber ran PB’s of 11.07 in the 75m and 22.16 in the 150m before rounding the day off with a PB of 3.93 in the<

Grice takes Bronze in Singapore

Sun 22 Aug 2010

Charlie Grice ran a storming PB 2:21.85 in the 1000m Final in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore for the GB team.

Fun and Games at the Phoenix Picnic

Mon 26 Jul 2010

The Phoenix picnic on Sunday afternoon saw a revival of the mighty 'Tug of war.'. The magnificent girls' team beat the boys' team 2-1 and lost only narrowly to a fiercely competitive 'ladies' team.

Club record for 800m!!!

Wed 21 Jul 2010

Running at Eltham in a BMC 800m Charlie Grice ran 1:50:6 for a win in windy conditions.

English Schools Champion!

Mon 12 Jul 2010

Charlie Grice fell off his bike the tuesday before the English schools Championships and injured his knee and shoulder.

Blackcap Handicap

Fri 9 Jul 2010

Andrew Neighbour wins the Handicap, Finn McNally fastest Male and Aimee Billinton fastest female

Mike Collins takes Silver

Wed 7 Jul 2010

Mike Collins won the Silver medal in the M70 Long Jump category at the British Masters meet at Cardiff on 3rd July with a jump of 3m 46cm.

European Champ!

Sun 4 Jul 2010

Faye McClelland won Gold in theWomens T4 category at the European Paratri Championships in Athlone Ireland with Paul Thomas securing a Bronze in the Mens T3 category.

Phoenix Athletics and Triathlon Club now on Facebook

Sun 20 Jun 2010

Darryl Hards wins Seaford Half Marathon

Tue 8 Jun 2010

Daryll has been on the comeback trail for some time now and, after terrific runs at the Brighton half and full marathons this year, this win is well-deserved. It was a hot day and this hilly off-road course offers quite a challenge.

Vets win Silver in South Downs Way Relay

Mon 7 Jun 2010

Phoenix had three teams entered in the 100 mile relay from Eastbourne to Winchester. The Vets team managed an excellent second place to Stubbington Vets by seven and a half minutes - 11 hours 28 minutes and 31 seconds (fifth place out of 57 teams).

Lizzy Brama Wins at East Grinstead

Sun 30 May 2010

Friis – a jolly good fellow!

Tue 25 May 2010

Congratulations to Deb Friis and Dave Carter on the safe delivery of their son, Otis Frank Friis Carter. He was born 2 weeks early on Friday 21st May at 2:35pm and weighed 5lb 1oz. Deb was still running well into the pregnancy (as was Dave!)

Silver For Charlie

Sun 23 May 2010

Charlie Grice came 2nd in the 1000m final of the European Youth Olympics Selection meeting in Moscow and now qualifies to go forward to Singapore in August for the Youth Olympics.

Charlie in Moscow

Sat 22 May 2010

Charlie Grice completed part one of his job on Friday afternoon at the European Youth Olympic Qualifiers in Moscow when he won his 1000m heat in 2.24.56.

Reuben blazes a trail at Hove Park

Thu 6 May 2010

At the 5k park run in Hove Park on Saturday 1 May, newly registered junior Reuben Hoyte knocked 9 seconds off his PB to finish in a time of 19.59, an outstanding run considering he is still only 10 years old. Reuben is the son of

Our Man In Moscow

Tue 4 May 2010

This current generation of Phoenix Athletes is leading the charge for new standards in the club. Charlie Grice has just been selected for his first International vest.

Millfield BMC PB Classic

Tue 4 May 2010

Phoenix took 4 athletes down to the BMC PB Classic at Millfield near Glastonbury on Bank Holiday Monday. They all performed well with two PBs and two other solid and consistent performances.

Andy and Tom go sub-three in London

Mon 26 Apr 2010

Phoenix fielded just four runners this year (Brighton Marathon having attracted a good few). Andy Bone has been just outside that magic 3 hour mark for the last few years (3:02 in 2009) but having trained with single-minded

PBs at Hendon

Sun 25 Apr 2010

On Saturday 24th April a Phoenix squad travelled up to Hendon for some BMC 1500m races. PBs were recorded by Charlie Grice, Max Pickard, finn McNally and Will Durkin. Josh Guilmant and Flo Ray were both about 5 secs off their pbs.

New Manager for U13 boys

Sat 24 Apr 2010

Quenton Davis, father of Archie Davis (pictured) has taken over as manager of the U13 boys. This team has been pretty successful in recent years so a big thank you goes to Ian Reynolds, the previous incumbant. Quenton is very keen to raise the profile<

Faye McClelland wins in Uckfield

Fri 23 Apr 2010

In an excellent start to the season, Faye McClelland, one of the the 2010 Paratriathlon Performance squad competed in and won her first Triathlon of 2010

Brighton Marathon a success.

Tue 20 Apr 2010

Great weather, great organisation, great support. The inaugural Brighton Marathon was a success beyond most people's expectation. And Phoenix featured large on the day. Second claim member, Tom Naylor was, with Tim Hutchins, the event organiser –

County Kids

Wed 10 Mar 2010

Phoenix is well represented in the Sussex teams running at the inter-county Cross country championships in Birmingham on the 13th March and at the English schools championships in Manchester the following weekend.

Tim Bayley makes the British team for Doha

Mon 8 Mar 2010

Tim Bayley had to wait for an agonising 48 hours after his amazing run at the Aviva Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham for comfirmation of his place in the 1500 metres in the World Indoor Championships in Doha on 11/14 March.

Mike Whyte posts sub-3 at Barcelona

Mon 8 Mar 2010

Vet, Mike Whyte has set the pace for all those in the club hoping to run under three hours in the spring marathons. Coming off the back of 1:23 at the Beacon Half in February, he knocked an extraordinary 11 minutes off his marathon pb to record 2:57:11

Success at Frosty Aquathlon

Sun 7 Mar 2010

At this year's Frosty Aquathlon held on a

Sussex Grand Prix Results announced

Mon 8 Feb 2010

The Sussex Grand Prix results for 2009 have just been published. Given a somewhat patchy involvement by Phoenix athletes we haven't done too badly. In the team competition we came 8th out of the twenty Sussex teams involved. In category terms this was<

Phoenix Athletes Indoors

Sun 7 Feb 2010

The weekend of 6th and 7th of February proved a good one for two of Phoenix's indoor stars.

Club Awards Night

Fri 5 Feb 2010

Having been postponed a few times because of winter weather, the Club Annual Rewards Ceremony took place on Wednesday 3 February at a rainswept Withdean Stadium. It was good to see quite a few newer faces among the winners.

Sussex XC champs: Gold sun, silver frost, bronze medals

Mon 4 Jan 2010

The turn out of seniors was terrific, with A and B teams scoring for both the men's and women's races. In brilliantly sunny but freezing conditions we did well to take bronze team medals in both events.

Finn McNally wins Boxing Day race

Mon 28 Dec 2009

Finn McNallywho is only in his first year as an Under 20 athlete, became one of the youngest ever winners of the annual Boxing Day race inBrighton's Preston Park.