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Another Century For Our Ultra-Man
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Last month our Ultra machine Andy Pumphrey completed the 101km North Face Eiger race. Read his account of an incredibly gruelling test.
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BEAMING AT BEXHILL
Sun 11 Aug 2019
Wins for Simon and Rachel and a great evening's work by all our Team at the Bexhill 5k.
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GEORGE RUNS FOR ENGLAND
Wed 7 Aug 2019
Congratulations to George Mills who has been selected for the England team for the upcoming International in Manchester.
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Summer Spectacular
Thu 18 Jul 2019
There have been so many spectacular performances by Phoenix athletes over the last couple of months it’s been hard to keep up with them so here is a selection of some of the most notable ones.
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Charlie Makes History in Monaco
Mon 15 Jul 2019
In a stacked Diamond League 1500m field in Monaco, Charlie Grice made history by breaking the club record held by Steve Ovett and taking 3 seconds off his PB to become the 4th quickest Britain of all time.
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SDW Relay B-Team Report
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Bobby Searle gives her perspective on how our mixed B-Team fared at the 97 mile South Downs Way Relay earlier in the month.
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Star-Spotting at Open Meet
Thu 6 Jun 2019
A glut of International athletes and rising local stars combined to great effect at the latest Phoenix Open track meet.
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Field Day for PHX in Horsham
Mon 3 Jun 2019
Phoenix's Sussex Grand Prix campaign is rumbling into life after a slow start where the Men's and Women's teams finished first to back-up Rachel Gorman's individual effort.
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SDW Silver Linings
Mon 3 Jun 2019
Phoenix’s A Team produced a wonderful, and slightly unexpected, performance to win a silver medal in the South Downs Way Relay 2019. Tom Hooper gives his account of the day.
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Heath Eats Rye
Fri 31 May 2019
The 3rd race of the Sussex Grand Prix saw a brace of individual wins for Si Heath (in a new course record) and reigning SGP champ Amelia Culshaw. Phil Grabsky also headed-up a PHX 1-2-3 in the V55 category.
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World Class
Tue 28 May 2019
Geoff Pike shares his inspiring journey as he bounces back from the physio's table to successfully compete at the ITU World Championships.
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Gatwick Gongs
Wed 22 May 2019
A select group of Phoenix athletes took part at the Run Gatwick races, with prizes being awarded by a certain fastest athlete in the world in 2018, Dina Asher-Smith.
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Hastings 5
Sat 18 May 2019
Paul Whelpton reports on mixed fortunes for Phoenix at the Hastings 5, the second of this year’s twelve Sussex Grand Prix races.
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Pontevedra Success for Erica
Sat 18 May 2019
Erica Martin returned from injury in terrific fashion, securing a 4th place age group finish at the World Duathlon Championships in Pontevedra.
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Spring Marathon Roundup
Wed 8 May 2019
This year, we thought it was important to summarise and share the successes of our members who have so far raced over the marathon distance in 2019.
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Punching above their weight
Mon 29 Apr 2019
Jim Whitelegg reports from a punchy 102km ride in the Sussex countryside...
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PHX Women England 10k Champions!
Fri 19 Apr 2019
The team of Beth Kidger, Tara Bage and Cat Bounds won the England 10km team championships through their combined performance in a high-class field in the Brighton Marathon Weekend's short(er) Sunday race.
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A Record-Breaking BM Weekend
Wed 17 Apr 2019
You wait ages for a club record to be broken, and then two come along at once! An amazing weekend of racing on our home town streets saw a string of PBs and some astonishing individual performances.
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Relay Relish
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Phoenix continued its fine tradition of high-class performances at the annual Sussex Road Relays in the picturesque setting of Christ's Hospital School.
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Happy Brighton Half Day!
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Truly spectacular weekend for Phoenix this year at the Brighton Half, with 20 runners turning out for us in the Youth Races and 34 in the Half Marathon.
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Atkinson Act Is On (Again) !
Mon 11 Mar 2019
At the British Masters Indoor Athletics Champs at Lee Valley on Sunday March 9th Steve Atkinson picked up two more medals to add to his growing collection.
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Grand Prix Glee
Mon 18 Feb 2019
A great evening out at the Kings Head Hailsham for this year's Sussex Grand Prix 2018 Awards Night, with the Phoenix table once again groaning under the weight of another bumper trophy haul.
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10k - Child's Play!
Mon 4 Feb 2019
No less than EIGHT big pbs for the 11-strong Phoenix squad who raced round the Goodwood motor circuit to the finishing line at the Chichester Priory 10k.
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New Masters
Mon 28 Jan 2019
Runners at this year's Sussex Masters Cross Country Championships got to try out a new course
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Good start to the year
Sat 12 Jan 2019
One of the first races of the new year, the Sussex Cross Country Championship at Bexhill, showed some strong Phoenix performances.... it's going to be a good year!
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Brighton Phoenix Multisport Championship
Thu 10 Jan 2019
Did you know Phoenix holds an annual club multi-sport championship for our paid-up members? Why not tri it?!
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Chris Berry, MBE
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Phoenix would like to congratulate Chris Berry on his MBE for his work in Sierra Leone
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Todd does the Double
Wed 2 Jan 2019
Todd Leckie joined a record number of runners for the special New year's Day parkrun double and not only won both events but ran PBs at both.
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A Grand affair
Wed 2 Jan 2019
The Sussex Grand Prix is a series of 10 races held annually across Sussex. Runners compete for individual and team points, with every race counting. This year, Phoenix athletes have again shown their commitment to this league.
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Masters, Inter Counties (and a demo)
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Saturday 8 December: South of England Masters Champs and South of England Inter-Counties in Oxford. Oh and there was a little demo!
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One, Two, Turbo!
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Turbo training sessions are underway again....
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Another Ode to Stanmer
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Ahead of mixing it with the best in the country at the European XC trials this weekend, in-form Phoenix man Declan Neary gives his take on the 1st Sussex League fixture at Stanmer.
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10km Triumphs
Wed 21 Nov 2018
Steve Atkinson shares his view of a fantastic Brighton 10km both for him, for Sussex in the Inter-Counties challenge, and some brilliant individual accolades - most notably: Beth (1st!), Ross (2nd), Ian (5th, 1st V40) and Archie (6th).
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Hot Cross Run
Tue 13 Nov 2018
Tthe first race of the Sussex Cross Country League took place at Stanmer Park. An incredible 83 Phoenix runners took part and made quite an impact.
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Pitch Perfect Awards
Tue 13 Nov 2018
Awards night moved to a new venue this year, and it proved a popular choice. All ages packed into the Boundary Room overlooking the Sussex Cricket Club ground.
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Stretches of Spain
Mon 5 Nov 2018
Paul Whelpton reports on the Almijara Half Marathon, a challenging trail race in southern Spain that winds through rocky ravines and climbs 1000m up tiny mountain footpaths.
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Beacon beauties
Sun 4 Nov 2018
Some Brighton Phoenix members braved the freezing north wind early on Sunday October 28th in the morning to do the Sussex Nomads hill climb up Ditchling Beacon.
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Maybe it was just that easy....!?!
Sun 4 Nov 2018
Richard Thompson conquered the Beachy Head marathon - here’s how!
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Phoenix fly high... updated!
Sat 27 Oct 2018
The Phoenix men's team posted an impressive 5th place at the annual SEAA Southern Cross Country Relays - the highest ever placing by a team from Sussex
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Phoenix at the Prom
Sat 27 Oct 2018
The penultimate race of the 2018 Sussex Grand Prix was held Sunday October 21st at Hove Prom. Phoenix were out in force!
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Good in the wood... updated!
Mon 22 Oct 2018
Saturday 13th saw the start of the Cross Country season
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Super Sprinter
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Andrew Brooks gives his account of taking the new course record at the Anne Boleyn Super Sprint Tri
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Phoenix Nomads
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Phoenix members give their account of the Nomads cycling trial
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The idiots guide to the Tor Des Geants
Mon 1 Oct 2018
Andy Pumfrey gives his account of the Tor Dest Geants Ultra
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World Masters
Thu 27 Sep 2018
The Phoenix contingent at the 2018 World Master Athletics Championships must have been one of the largest from any single club, with 8 Phoenix members Competing. Here are their reports... NEW PICTURES ADDED!
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Bristol massif!
Thu 27 Sep 2018
Sunday the 23rd of September saw 10 Phoenix runners make the trip West to tackle the Great Bristol Half Marathon.
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Ross of the North
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Ross Skelton... 20th in the Great North Run!
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Hard work pays off
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Four regulars at our Monday bike / run sessions allowed Liz H to twist their arms into doing the Uckfield Duathlon, a run / bike / run event that is included in our multi sport club champs.
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Team effort at K2
Tue 4 Sep 2018
Our younger athletes supported Phoenix at the Sussex League championships on Sunday at the K2 in Crawley
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Atkinson & on!
Tue 4 Sep 2018
Steve Atkinson won silver in the 800m and bronze in the 1500m M50 races at the British Masters Track and Field Championships at Alexander Stadium last week.