Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club

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City of Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club
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Founded1905
GroundSouthend Leisure and Tennis Centre (athletics track)
Location Garon Park, Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea SS2 4FA, England
Coordinates 51°33′13″N0°44′08″W / 51.55361°N 0.73556°W / 51.55361; -0.73556
Website official website

City of Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Essex. The club has one track, which is based at the Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre athletics track in Garon Park on Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea. The club is affiliated to UK Athletics, England Athletics and the Essex County Athletic Association. [1]

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History

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Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre (athletics track) in 2007
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Ann Wilson in 1972

The formation of Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club took place over 100 years ago in 1905 when it was known as Southend and County Harriers (or Southend Harriers for short). The club was primarily a cross country club and held its first run on 7 October 1905 from the club's headquarters at the Blue Boar Hotel in Prittlewell. [2] Within the first decade the club had become "A leading club in athletics".

In 1937, the Southend Harriers merged with another club called the Leigh-on-sea Harriers (founded 1912). [3]

In 2005 the club celebrated their centenary and in the same year the Senior Men were promoted to the British Athletic League. The club is based at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre, Garon Park, where it moved to in 1996 from its old home of Southchurch Park and in 2015 celebrated the opening of their Club House with a picture-window view of the athletic arena. The Leisure Centre is also home to many other sports such as: cricket, indoor and outdoor tennis + football, and golf.

Notable athletes

Olympians

AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/Ref
Frederick Harmer Southend Harriers400 metres hurdles1908 [4]
Henry Harmer Southend Harriers100 metres1908 [5]
Martyn Lucking Southend ACshot put1960, 1964 [6]
Christina Persighetti Southend AClong jump1960 [7]
Ann Wilson Southend AC80/100m hurdles, long jump, pentathlon1968, 1972 [8]
Peter Marlow Southend AC20 km walk1972 [9]
Sarah Wilhelmy Southend AC4x100 metres relay2000 [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us". City of Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Southend Harriers" . Sporting Life. 23 September 1905. Retrieved 24 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Club History". City of Southend-on-Sea Athletic Club. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Frederick Harmer Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Henry Harmer Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Martyn Lucking Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Christina Persighetti Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Ann Wilson Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Peter Marlow Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sarah Wilhelmy Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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