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More x-country medals won by Phoenix athletes

Tue 21 Feb 2012

It was proper x-country weather for the final Sussex Cross Country League race at Lancing Manor on Saturday, cold wet and windy. Numbers were down, not o

South of England XC champs, Tick Tick BOOM!

Fri 3 Feb 2012

Phoenix second claimers Ben Tickner and Jon Pepper had storming runs at the South of England XC Champs at Stanmer Park on 28 January to come first and third respectively in the men's race.

Sussex Schools and Southern Indoor

Fri 27 Jan 2012

Phoenix athletes were out representing their schools at the Sussex schools Champs at Lancing.

Masters medalling again

Mon 23 Jan 2012

Two years ago it was fourth place, last year 3rd place and this year the Phoenix men’s M40 team went one better to win the silver medals for second place in the Sussex Masters x-co

Grice makes Great Britain Cross Country Debut

Mon 23 Jan 2012

Phoenix athletes start in all races at Bexhill.

Tue 17 Jan 2012

Despite a busy fixture list Phoenix athletes start in all races in third Sussex

Phoenix open 2012 as the NEW County Champions

Mon 9 Jan 2012

Stanmer Winter Fun

Sat 31 Dec 2011

A good turnout for the Winter Fun event at Stanmer . Entrants were given a map with 6 points marked and had to navigate round the course and collect lengths of cord at each stop.

Phoenix turns up the Heat on Christmas Eve Park Run

Thu 29 Dec 2011

Ben goes Sub 30 to win Telford 10k

Wed 28 Dec 2011

Ben and Josh travailed up to the always fast Telford 10k

Grice battles the mud and international competition in Brussels to come home 4th

Wed 28 Dec 2011

Charlie making his English Cross Country debut had a great run to come home 4th in an international standard meet

Grice heads out on European Cross Country adventure

Fri 16 Dec 2011

Charlie gets first English and GB Cross Country Vests

Billy puts the power down to lead juniors home in SEAA Inter Counties

Tue 13 Dec 2011

Billy White Running in the Gold and Blue of the Sussex vest had his best run to date on the cross county circuit

Phoenix Destruction of Park Run Records!

Sun 4 Dec 2011

The Brighton Park Run records in recent time have been few and far between but with 3 Phoenix internationals lining up on the start line all in shape anything was possible

Liverpool European Trials

Sun 4 Dec 2011

With the World Cross Country Championships moving to a biannual event, the trials to get in the Great Britain Team for the upcoming European Cross Country Championship were always going to attract a strong line up

Under 13s out in force at Plumpton

Mon 28 Nov 2011

The under 13 girls look like rivalling the boys in that age group and turned out in record numbers for the second cross country league race in Plumpton. Six of them ran (two teams) and, remarkably, this was the first cross country race ever for four of

Superb BUCS Bronze medal for Sam Wade

Mon 21 Nov 2011

Fantastic Week of racing for Phoenix athlete’s, top of the pile was a superb Bronze medal for Sam Wade in the British University Duathlon Championship (BUCS).

Beautiful weather shock at Phoenix races

Tue 15 Nov 2011

After two years of abysmal weather for this event, Sunday 13 November saw us basking in sunshine at the new-look races. The entry by young athletes benefitted as did the adult mile race with a greatly expanded line-up and a course record.

Phoenix raises £600 for the City's Homeless

Tue 15 Nov 2011

Phoenix recently presented a cheque for £600 to The Clock Tower Sanctuary to support its work with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or insecurely housed. The cheque represents funds raised by Phoenix’s first ever 10K seafront race.&

Men's Medal Muddle

Mon 7 Nov 2011

Phoenix men have just been awarded silver county medals as runners up in the 2010 Sussex 10K Challenge, a competition we didn't realise we were taking part in. Eleven months late has to some kind of record for SCAAA.

Thriving at thirty. Phoenix celebrates

Mon 31 Oct 2011

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear Phoenix, happy birthday to us. Knoyle Hall on the last Saturday in October was the scene of our 30th birthday bash combined with the club awards ceremony.

Phoenix Men complete white wash of individual wins

Tue 25 Oct 2011

Phoenix Men complete white wash of individual wins in the first sussex cross country league race at Goodwood

Phoenix Men fastest Sussex team for over a decade at National Road Relay Championships

Mon 17 Oct 2011

Team Phoenix went into the National Championships with five of the original six from the Southern Championship team making the journey.

Phoenix dominate Sussex Cross Country Relays

Mon 3 Oct 2011

The only thing hotter than the weather at the Sussex Cross Country Relays this weekend was the Phoenix Team, gold medals, records broken this meeting had it all.

Phoenix Senior Men make National Road Relay Championships

Mon 26 Sep 2011

The National Road Relay Championships is regarded as the premier club event in the country, but to get to this exclusive event you first have to qualify through the regional championships.

Faye retains her T4 Title in China

Mon 12 Sep 2011

Faye McClelland retained her T4 paratri category World Title in Beijing on Friday 9th September in a time of 1:16:21 for the sprint distance.

Team Phoenix takes Watford Open 3000m

Thu 25 Aug 2011

As the track season draws to a close and the dark nights threaten to return, four of Team Phoenix middle distance athletes decided to travel up for a final run out over the 3000m distance at Watford.

Faye takes gold (again)

Fri 12 Aug 2011

Faye McClelland won Gold at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship series race in London on 7th August 2011. Faye won the Tri 4 class in the Paratriathlon event for the third year running.&l

Inaugural Phoenix 10K a success

Thu 21 Jul 2011

The inaugural running of the Phoenix 10K was an undoubted success. Not only did the race sell-out but initial feedback from competitors is very positive. Thirty of us ran but what was so heartening was the number of you that turned out to help.

Finn and Robbie take Sussex 3k championships

Mon 11 Jul 2011

Finn Mcnally and Robbie Fitzibbon both managed to out kick the opposition in taking their respective age group championships. Finn moving up to the seniors in his first year won in 8.50 dead well off his best for the distance. While Robbie

U13 County Championships

Wed 6 Jul 2011

Phoenix had seven boys competing, six in the U13's and one in the U11's; all boys won county medals. In total Phoenix won two golds, one silver and three bronze medals. Archie Davis won gold in the 1200m. We think he was the only

Ray and Sonal Shine at Black Cap

Sat 2 Jul 2011

The annual BlackCap 5M handicap race took place on Thursday 30 June. Sonal Chaudhary was the fastest women in a time of 41:08. Ray Matthews recorded the fastest men's time in 32:16.

LIzzy qualifies for Kona

Mon 27 Jun 2011

Liz Brama qualified for the Ironman World Champs in Kona Hawaii in October by winning her age group at the Ironman France Race in Nice on Sunday in a time of 10hours 49 minutes. Well done Lizzy a great performance.

European Tri Champs

Mon 27 Jun 2011

Faye McClelland retains her European title in the T4 sprint and Malcolm Hughes takes Bronze in his age group in the standard distance race..

Another fabulous day at the SDW relay

Mon 6 Jun 2011

On the first Saturday of June each year, in the early morning, some 50 teams set out from Eastbourne and with each of six runners running three legs, with a bit of luck and decent navigation, Winchester is reached around 8pm with 100 miles covered.

Phoenix youngsters shine at Hove Park

Mon 6 Jun 2011

Five firsts, two course records – our young athletes really set the pace in the WSFR league races at Hove Park on Sunday 5 June. Archie Davis continued his run of form by taking the U13 boys race (1500m) in 4:55, a new course re

Charlie, Ray and the Under 13s kickstart the track season

Tue 31 May 2011

Honours go to Charlie Grice who was running in the Global Athletics meeting in Nijmegen on 25 May. His 1500m time of 3:44:03 takes .46 seconds off the twenty seven year old U20 record held by Phoenix's Johan Boakes. Charlie now holds t

Lizzy puts power to the pedals to win the BUCS championships

Wed 4 May 2011

Liz Brama finished first in the 25-mile time trial at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) national championships, on Saturday 30 April in Cambridge.

Senior men and over 60 men triumph at Sussex Road Relays

Sun 24 Apr 2011

This is the one we wanted to win and the competition, at a baking hot Christ's Hospital, was fierce. Brighton and Hove led for the early laps but the Phoenix senior men's team took fire and emerged the winners by nearly a minute.

2 Thirds at Goodwood

Tue 12 Apr 2011

Two of our athletes get third places at the Goodwood Duathlon

Vets excell in Brighton Marathon

Mon 11 Apr 2011

It was vet honours in the second Brighton Marathon withthree of the first four Phoenix places going to the 40-50 age group. Senior Alex Bonzi was the first home, though, in a splendid 2:54:51 for 25th place.

Max wins with senior boys at English school champs

Mon 21 Mar 2011

Max Pickard was second scorer in the senior boys team that triumphed at the English Schools cross-country champs in Nottingham on the 19th of March. This is only the second time in the championship's 50-year history that a Sussex

Spring Newsletter now available

Wed 16 Mar 2011

We are publishing our newsletter in two formats from now on. You can download from the home page in glorious colour or, if you prefer, pick up a copy printed in fabulous black and white on track night. Either way it is crammed from edge to edge with fa

Phoenix Fly at Frosty

Thu 10 Mar 2011

Tom Hopkins was the winner by almost 4 minutes at Sunday's Frosty Aquathlon. Also picking up prizes were Erica Martin for 2nd female and Deb Evers 1st female super vet. Brighton Phoenix were the leading team. The daw

GOLD medal for Mike Collins

Tue 1 Mar 2011

Mike won GOLD at the British Masters Indoor Champs at the

Feb 19/20 – great weekend for Phoenix

Sun 20 Feb 2011

The Big event was the Brighton Half Marathon on Sunday. 25 of us ran with considerable success. Lead runner was Ian Leitch, second in the race in a time of 1:08:30. With Dave Carter 8th and Daryll Hards

Phoenix Abroad

Thu 17 Feb 2011

Gus Kennedy won his first 400m of his Australian tour on Thursday night in Melbourne.

The Under 13 boys fly the flag for Phoenix.

Mon 14 Feb 2011

At the last cross-country league race at Lancing on the 12th February, the Under 13 boys team who have been excellent all season took first place on the day and claimed silver team medal for the season.

Phoenix successes in Sussex Grand Prix

Mon 7 Feb 2011

The results are now available for the 2010 Sussex Grand Prix season. Phoenix prize winners are: Andrew Haig 1st V5, Bruce Faulkner 1st V2, Terry Avey 3rd V4, MaxPickard 1st JM,