Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.

Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.

Founded	1887
Ground	London Marathon Community Track
Location	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Marshgate Lane, London E20 8ST, England
Coordinates	51°32′12″N0°00′56″W / 51.53667°N 0.01556°W / 51.53667; -0.01556
Website	official website

Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club is an athletics club in southeast England. The club competes in the British Athletics League and Southern League along with the National Junior League and Youth Development League for competitors under the ages of 20 and 17.

History

The London Marathon Community Track in the foreground with the Olympic Stadium behind

Daley Thompson

Mo Farah

The club was formed in 1887 as the Beaumont Harriers but became the Essex Beagles in July 1891. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1985, Essex Beagles merged with Newham Athletic Club, when it moved from Barking to the Terence McMillan Stadium (named after Terence Mcmillan the first charter mayor of Newham 1965–1966) in the London Borough of Newham, East London. ^[2] The opening meeting of the synthetic track was on 26 July 1985. It was resurfaced with Polytan PUR in 1995.

The Newham club was extremely close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games and a number of athletes competed at the event. ^[3]

In April 2018 the club moved from the Terence McMillan Stadium to the London Marathon Community Track in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park adjacent to the London Stadium. ^[4]

Honours

Senior Men:

• British Athletics League (First Place:2008, 2009, 2010; Second Place:1979, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2012; Third Place: 1980, 1981)
• English National Cross Country Championships (Winners: 2009)

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete	Club	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
Billy Saward	Essex Beagles	marathon	1900
William Taylor	Essex Beagles	marathon	1900
Jim Peters	Essex Beagles	marathon	1952
Daley Thompson	Essex Beagles	decathlon	1976, 1980, 1984, 1988
Richard Slaney	Essex Beagles	discus throw	1984
Paul Head	Newham & Essex Beagles	hammer throw	1992
Jason John	Newham & Essex Beagles	4x100m	1992
Alison Thorogood	Newham & Essex Beagles	canoeing	1992, 1996
Matt Yates	Newham & Essex Beagles	1500m	1992
Gary Jennings	Newham & Essex Beagles	400m hurdles	1996
Iwan Thomas	Newham & Essex Beagle	400 metres, 4x400m relay	1996, 2000
Damien Greaves	Newham & Essex Beagles	110m hurdles	2000
Michael East	Newham & Essex Beagles	1500 metres	2004
Chris Tomlinson	Newham & Essex Beagles	long jump	2008
Tyrone Edgar	Newham & Essex Beagles	100 metres	2008
Erison Hurtault	Newham & Essex Beagles	400 metres	2008, 2012
Christine Ohuruogu	Newham & Essex Beagles	400m, 4x400m relay	2008, 2012, 2016
Mo Farah	Newham & Essex Beagles	5000m, 10000m	2008, 2012, 2016
Steven Lewis	Newham & Essex Beagles	pole vault	2008, 2012
Abdul Buhari	Newham & Essex Beagles	discus throw	2012
James Ellington	Newham & Essex Beagles	200 metres	2012
Mumin Gala	Newham & Essex Beagles	5,000m, marathon	2012, 2016
Robbie Grabarz	Newham & Essex Beagles	high jump	2012, 2016
Lee Merrien	Newham & Essex Beagles	marathon	2012
Rabah Yusuf	Newham & Essex Beagles	400 metres	2012
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Newham & Essex Beagles	200m, 4x100m	2016, 2020
Asha Philip	Newham & Essex Beagles	100m, 4x100m	2016, 2020

Other

Athlete	Club	Notes
Max Eaves	Newham & Essex Beagles	2010 Commonwealth Games bronze
Ryan Scott	Newham & Essex Beagles	2010 Commonwealth Games gold
JJ Jegede	Newham & Essex Beagles	2012 European Athletics Championships 4th

Club kit

The club kit consists of a black vest, with a gold horizontal hoop and a yellow vest, with the word Newham in black. The British Men's league kit is designed by Asics.

References

1. "Amateur Athletic Association" . Sporting Life. 8 August 1891. Retrieved 4 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Benton, Tony (May 1987). Fine Spirit: Centenary History of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club, 1887-1987. Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club. ISBN   978-0951231609.
3. "A gr-eight Olympics for Beagles". Newham Recorder. Newham Recorder. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
4. "It's a new era for Newham and for Beagles athletics as they move into Stratford" (PDF). Newham Recorder . 25 October 2017.

External links

• Terence McMillan stadium at RunTrackDirectory.com