Category: Athletics & Running

Running and athletics in and around Rye, from club training and road races to long-distance challenges and notable individual performances. These articles follow local competitors, community events and the determination behind the results, preserving both the sporting achievement and the friendly, volunteer-led culture that made the meetings possible.

RYE RUNNERS BEGINNERS’ GROUP

RYE RUNNERS BEGINNERS’ GROUP Rye Runners is starting an 8-week beginners’ course on Saturday 13th June 2015. If you have never run at all, or run just a little, or haven’t run for some time and want to build your fitness and confidence in a supportive and fun environment, sign up! Men and women of … Continue reading RYE RUNNERS BEGINNERS’ GROUP

Rye,Hythe & Romney Runners Well Represented in 30th. Hastings’ Half Marathon

23rd March saw Hastings’ 30th Half Marathon and nearly three and a half thousand finishers. Ion Castro was there with his camera. Ion would have brought Happy Harold, Hastings’ own 1928 former trolleybus to enhance the spectacle and provide a viewing platform but unfortunately the extensive repairs to his engine (the ‘bus, not Ion) are … Continue reading Rye,Hythe & Romney Runners Well Represented in 30th. Hastings’ Half Marathon

The Oliver Curd Trust

Young Oliver Curd died in November 2007 having battled bravely against Ewing’s Sarcomo, a form of cancer. During his illness his parents, Richard and Sarah Curd, were supported by family and friends, by the Conquest and Royal Marsden Hospitals and by cancer charities.

Prewar Rye Sports Long Distance Race Winner

The ‘Long Distance Race’ at Rye Sports Started with two laps of the Track then moved to the road via Peasmarsh & Iden. The distance was nine miles The recent article in Rye’s Own on the Long Distance Race and Rye Sports ‘Like Grandfather, Like Father, Like Son’ brought back memories for Mary Hall of