Ealing Southall and Middlesex Athletics Club

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Ealing Southall & Middlesex Athletics Club
Ealing Southall and Middlesex Athletics Club logo.jpg
Founded1966
Ground Perivale Park Athletics Track
LocationStockdove Way, Perivale, Greenford UB6 8TJ, West London, England
Coordinates 51°31′57″N0°20′15″W / 51.53250°N 0.33750°W / 51.53250; -0.33750
Website official website

Ealing, Southall & Middlesex Athletics Club (known as ESMAC, or ESM for short) is an athletics club based in Ealing, West London, England. It is based at the Perivale Park Athletics Track. The club competes at all levels in senior and junior road racing, cross country, and track and field. [1]

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History

the track in 2014 Athletics Ground, Perivale Park - geograph.org.uk - 4224961.jpg
the track in 2014

The origins of the club derive from the formation of two clubs called Ealing Harriers (who were established in 1920) and Southall AC (who were founded in 1931). [2]

In 1966 an amalgamation of the two clubs took place to form the Ealing & Southall AC, although the move did not please everybody because the Southall president George Brogden quit as a consequence of the merger. [3]

On 1 January 1994 [4] the club amalgamated with another local club, Middlesex Ladies Club (originally formed in 1923) [5] and the name that is used today was taken.

Kelly Holmes won two Olympic gold medals as a member of the club in 2004, she still holds the Club's record at 400m, 800m, 1500m, and the mile. [6]

Notable members

Olympians

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Dame Kelly Holmes
AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/Pos, Ref
Georgia Bell ESM1500m2024 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Kelly Holmes Middlesex Ladies/ESM800, 1500m1996, 2000, 2004 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Commonwealth Games

AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/Pos, Ref
Ethel Raby Middlesex LAClong jump, relay1938 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Silver medal icon (S initial).svg

Olympiad/World Games

AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/Pos, Ref
Vera Palmer Middlesex LAC250m1926 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Ealing Southall and Middlesex Athletics Club. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Athletic Club" . West Middlesex Gazette. 22 August 1931. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Athletes amalgamate as Southall club president quits" . Middlesex County Times. 15 April 1966. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Ealing & Southall AC in Middlesex merger" . Middlesex County Times. 14 January 1994. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Middlesex Ladies' Athletic Club" . Kensington Post. 26 October 1923. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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