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Bromley Ladies
Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC is an athletics club based in South-East London, England. It is based at the Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent. It competes in division one of the British Athletics League, the premier division of the UK Women's Athletic League and the Southern Athletic League. History The club was formed in October 1869 as Peckham Hare and Hounds, and by 1871 it had become the Peckham Athletic Club. A group of oarsmen, cricketers, gymnasts and general sportsmen would seem to be the earliest instance of a club deliberately incorporating both track and cross-country in the basic purposes of its existence. Explosion of the population of London caused the club to move to "The Green Man" at Blackheath in July 1878 and to change its name to Blackheath Harriers. Under the presidency of Frederick H Reed from 1882 to 1905, membership soared to exceed 200 by 1883, and the Club provided many prominent competitors and officials for national and area athletics. In September 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Athletics League
The British Athletics League was a men-only track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ... team competition in the United Kingdom. The women's competition was known as the UK Women's Athletic League. The events were the pinnacle of the British athletic clubs league system. The competition ended after the 2019 edition, with it being replaced by the National Athletics League for the 2020 season, which was a merger of the mens and womens leagues. History Launched in 1969, the British Athletics League was split into different divisions, which gathered a total of 38 track and field teams from all over the United Kingdom. Since 2009, there were five different divisions (Premiership, National 1, National 2, National 3 and National 4). Each of them has eight tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Page (athlete)
Ernest Leslie Page (27 September 1910 – 9 December 1973) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born in Lambeth, London. At the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada, he won the silver medal in the 100 yards contest. The following year, Page became the national 100 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1931 AAA Championships. Page then finished second behind Fred Reid in the 100 yards event at the 1932 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards Page was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 100 metres event. He was also a member of the British relay team which finished sixth in the 4×100 metres competition. Page continued competing at the highest level, finishing third behind Cyril Holmes in the 100 yards event at the 1937 AAA Championships and winning a bronze medal at the 1938 Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Marti
Deborah Jane Marti (born 14 May 1968) is a former high jumper from England, who was born in Switzerland. She represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, finishing ninth in the 1992 final. She set her outdoor personal best of 1.94 metres, on 9 June 1996 at a meet in Tallinn. On 23 February 1997 in Birmingham, she cleared 1.95 metres to set a British indoor record, which stood for 17 years (1997–2014). She also won bronze medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships and the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Career Marti was born in Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland and from the age of two, was raised in England. She was a member of Bromley Ladies Athletics Club. A prodigious talent, Marti cleared 1.81 m at the age of fourteen in 1982 before achieving 1.88 m at 15 in 1983 to win a European Junior Championships bronze medal. This still stands as a UK age 15 best. The following year she improved to 1.89 m and was unlucky not to earn selection for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Bailey
Shireen Bailey ( Hassan; born 27 September 1959) is an English former middle-distance runner who competed in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. She represented Great Britain in both events at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1983, she became only the second British woman in history to run the 800 metres in under two minutes. She is also a former English national record holder at the distance. Biography Bailey was born in Kensington, London. She was a member of the Bromley Ladies. She competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, finishing fifth in the final of the 800 metres in 2:02.41. In 1983, Bailey was the UK's top ranked woman at 800 metres. In May, she became the British 800 metres champion after winning the UK Championships title in 2:01.36, ahead of Lorraine Baker. In July, she won the WAAA Championships title at the 1983 WAAA Championships in 2:00.58, ahead of Anne Purvis and Christina Boxer. Then on 23 August in Oslo, she ran a personal best of 1:59.54 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shot Put
The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olympics, revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948. The shot put is part of the most common Combined track and field events, combined events, the decathlon, the Women's Heptathlon, women's and men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Trojan War, siege of Troy but there is no record of any weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for Stone put, stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Augee
Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee (born 4 February 1965) is a female English retired shot putter who competed at two Olympic Games. Augee was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours. Biography Augee represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics. She competed at four Commonwealth Games and won a medal on all four occasions. Representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, England in 1986 she won a bronze medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later she represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, England and won a gold medal, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. This was followed by a silver medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The final appearance was when she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, England and won another silver, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster Watson
Luke Graeme Lynton George Watson (born 19 November 1957) is a male retired British sprinter and decathlete who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Biography At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in the men's 200 metres. He represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the Men's decathlon, and also competed for England in the Men's 200 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. Watson also represented Great Britain at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. At national level, he was also double sprint champion at the 1983 UK Athletics Championships, 100 metres runner-up in 1982, and 200 metres runner-up in 1984.UK Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2018. At the |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watts (athlete)
John Thomas Watts (born 23 April 1939) is a British former athlete who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Biography Watts began his athletics career with Holbeach AC but after joining the Royal Navy switched to Blackheath Harriers. Watts finished second behind Bill Tancred in the discus throw event at the 1967 AAA Championships and then followed this up with two third place finishes behind Tancred at both the 1968 AAA Championships and 1970 AAA Championships. Watts finally became the British discus throw champion at the 1971 AAA Championships by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete behind New Zealander Les Mills. Despite another second place finish behind his nemesis Bill Tancred at the 1972 AAA Championships he represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich finishing 24th in the men's discus throw. Watts became a Masters athlete Masters Athletics managed by World Masters Athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herring (athlete)
John Bryan Herring (10 April 1935 – 7 October 2003), was a British athlete who ran in the 1964 Summer Olympic Games. He was assistant director of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, a member of the London Marathon organising team and a long-time member of Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club. Competitive career He was a member of Blackheath Harriers. In 1964 he was ranked fourth in the UK behind Mike Wiggs, Fergus Murray and Bruce Tulloh. He represented Britain over 5000 metres in the 1964 Summer Olympics when Tulloh withdrew with measles. He remained a member of Blackheath Harriers for 50 years and in 2015 still holds the club record for Men Masters (over 40) mile at 4.23.3 set on 30 July 1975. Personal Bests Athletics Administration From 1970 to 1987 he held the post of assistant director at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. He became involved with the International Athletes' Club (IAC) and in his capacity as chairman of the IAC he became ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5000 Metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a standard 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's. The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events. 3 miles The 5000 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Braughton
Jack Braughton (22 February 1921 – 30 October 2016) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Grimsby. Biography Braughton was born in February 1921 in Grimsby and attended Grimsby Technical College. He ran for Cleethorpes Harriers and Grimsby Harriers, winning the Eastern-Counties Junior Cross-Country title in 1939. Braughton was in the army in India, where he continued running, with the aim of competing at the Olympics. He joined the Blackheath Harriers, and later won multiple titles in Surrey in the three-mile event. Braughton worked on a building site, and needed permission to take time off from work to compete at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He had to do so in his own time, and was not paid to take time off from work. Braughton raced in the men's 5000 metres, finishing in eighth place in his heat. As an amateur, he lost half a day's pay, and made his own way to Wembley Stadium using public transport. Once at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
