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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.

James wins the Hove Park 5K

Thu 10 Dec 2009

James Miles has come second on three occasions in the Hove Park 5K time trials, but on Saturday 5 December he ran a hugely commited race to win the event. Martin Bean and Howard Bristow from Brighton and Hove AC pushed him all the way, with Martin taki

'Silver Foxes' retain gold at Masters XC Champs

Mon 7 Dec 2009

The over 60s men's team (aka Silver Foxes) were defending champions at the Sussex Masters XC Champs at Denne Park on Sunday 6 December. That they did so with a thumping 16 point lead over silver-placed Brighton and Hove was down to a fine run by Andrew

Phoenix Success in Paratriathlon Ranking Series

Fri 20 Nov 2009

Congratulations to Faye McClelland for winning her category an

Phoenix triumph at Preston Park Races

Tue 10 Nov 2009

The weather may have been appalling, leading to reduced numbers on the day but the racing was good and Phoenix notched up considerable success. Josh Guilmant took the men's race with a thrilling finish against Chichester's James Baker. Erica Martin led

Nigel Herron 2nd in Duathlon Rankings

Wed 21 Oct 2009

Well done to Nigel Herron for his 2nd

Phoenix Ladies go Long....

Fri 16 Oct 2009

October has seen two of our ladies taking on the challenge of ironman racing. Rachel Bibby was in action in Barcelona on the 4th while Lizzy Brama was in Hawaii for the World Championships on the 10th.

Phoenix Women win Cross Country Relay Champs

Mon 5 Oct 2009

Phoenix women entered an unprecedented four teams for the Sussex Cross Country Relay Championships and were rewarded with victory for the A team. Erica Martin came home in the lead after leg 1 only for Horsham Blue Stars to take over the lead on the se

Sophie Coleman – World Junior Duathlon Champion

Wed 30 Sep 2009

Sophie Coleman and Vicky Graves have continued British Triathlon’s summer of success winning gold and silver respectively at the Junior Women’s 2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships held in Concord, North Carolina on 26 September

Senior Men excel at South of England Road Relay Champs

Mon 28 Sep 2009

The senior men put together pretty much their best team for this prestigious event A devastating first leg by Pat Davoren (18:58) and an equally impressive last leg (19:10) by Josh Guilmant bookended fine runs by the rest of the team. They were rewarde

Tim Bayley Breaks 4 mins for the Mile

Mon 28 Sep 2009

On Saturday 26th September Tim Bayley broke 4 mins for the first time

Josh Guilmant takes 5K time trial record

Thu 3 Sep 2009

On Saturday 29th August, Josh ran 15:08 to take the top spot in the all-time Hove Park 5K time trial records. This eclipses Ben Warren’s long-standing time by 4 seconds and knocks 14 seconds off Josh’s pb on this course. What made

Gold medal for Faye McClelland

Sun 16 Aug 2009

Faye won the T4 event at the Hyde Park Paratriathlon on Saturday 15th August which is a showcase event for the 2012 ParaOlympics with the largest ever field for a ParaTriathlon in Europe. Fayes time of 41.38 was the fastest of the womens catego

Josh consolidates lead in Sussex 5k rankings

Tue 28 Jul 2009

Josh Guilmant travelled all the way to Stretford track Manchester on Saturday 25 July to compete in a paced 5k race and recorded a massive pb which keeps him firmly at the top of this year's Sussex rankings.