Woodford Green with Essex Ladies

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Woodford Green with Essex Ladies
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Founded1908
GroundAshton Athletic Centre
Location Woodford, London
Coordinates 51°36′26″N0°03′00″E / 51.60722°N 0.05000°E / 51.60722; 0.05000
Website www.wgel.org.uk

Woodford Green with Essex Ladies is one of the leading British athletics clubs. They are based at Ashton Athletic Centre, Woodford, London and share the stadium with Woodford Town F.C.. [1]

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History

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Sally Gunnell

Woodford Green was established in 1908 [2] and admitted to the Amateur Athletic Association in March 1908. [3]

Essex Ladies AC began life as Eastern Ladies AC in 1921, in 1922 became Manor Park Ladies AC and finally Essex Ladies in 1924. [2] Woodford Green AC merged with Essex Ladies AC in 1998. [4]

The club topped Division 1 of the British Athletics League for the first time in 2005.

Honours

Olympic athletes

AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/Ref
Harry Payne Woodford Green AC marathon 1928
Nellie Carrington Essex Ladies AC high jump 1936
Dorothy Manley Essex Ladies AC 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1948 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Joan Shepherd Essex Ladies AC long jump 1948
Geoff Elliott Woodford Green AC pole vault, decathlon 1952
Jean Desforges Essex Ladies AC 80 m hurdles, 4 × 100 relay1952

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Pam Seaborne Essex Ladies AC80 m hurdles1952
Gerry Carr Woodford Green AC discus throw 1956
Derek Johnson Woodford Green AC 800 m, 4 × 400 m relay 1956

Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Dave Chapman Woodford Green AC3000 m steeplechase1960
David Jones Woodford Green AC100 m, 200 metres, 4 × 100 m1960

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ron Jones Woodford Green AC100 m, 4 × 1001964, 1968
Sue Longden Essex Ladies AC pentathlon 1976, 1980
Gladys Taylor Essex Ladies AC 400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4 × 4001976, 1984
Kim Hagger Essex Ladies AClong jump, heptathlon 1984, 1988
Jenny Stoute Essex Ladies AC200 m, 4 × 4001988, 1992

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Prince Amara Woodford Green AC800 m, 4 × 4001992, 1996
Sally Gunnell Essex Ladies AC 100 m hurdles, 400 m h, 4 × 4001988, 1992, 1996

Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Josephus Thomas Woodford Green AC4 × 1001996
Ashia Hansen Essex Ladies AC / WGEL triple jump 1996, 2000
Shelley Holroyd Essex Ladies AC javelin 1996
Joice Maduaka WGEL100 m, 200 m, 4 × 1002000, 2004
Flag of Nigeria.svg Uchenna Emedolu WGEL100 m, 200 m, 4 × 1002000, 2004, 2008

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Flag of Nigeria.svg Musa Audu WGEL4 × 4002004 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Malachi Davis WGEL400 m, 4 × 4002004
Joanne Fenn WGEL800 m2004
Emeka Udechuku WGELdiscus throw2004
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Wolski WGELhigh jump2004 [5]
Sarah Claxton WGEL100 m h2004, 2008
Jeanette Kwakye WGEL100 m, 4 × 100 m2008
Daniel Awde WGELdecathlon2008, 2012
Shana Cox WGEL400 m, 4 × 400 m2012
Tiffany Porter WGEL100 m hurdles2012
Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Dry WGEL hammer throw 2016
Cindy Ofili WGEL100 m hurdles2016, 2020
Phil Norman WGEL3000 m steeplechase2020
Daniel Rowden WGEL800 m2020

Club kit

The club vest is green and white alternating hoops, with black running shorts.

References

  1. ↑ "Woodford Green - Ashton Playing Fields Track". Run Track Dir. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "History". Woodford Green and Essex Ladies. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Amateur Athletic Association" . Sporting Life. 4 March 1908. Retrieved 28 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Club night: Woodford Green with Essex Ladies". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Robert Wolski at Power of 10
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