Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies

23/09/2026

Joe Everitt has written an epic website report on the YDL Lower National Final at which our team finished a superb 3rd. A selection of photos should accompany it but due to a technical issue these will be delayed.

https://www.wgel.org.uk/news/10-athletics/3779-ydl-national-finals-team-bronze-and-64-medals-for-woodford

23/09/2026

General Knowledge Quiz at the club.

Friday 27th November in the clubhouse. 7pm for a 7:30 start.

Cost will be £12 per head plus whatever food (pizzas) you order, with an option to bring your own if preferred.

Ideally teams of 8, but 10 at a push. If you only have a few people I can potentially combine you with another team, so just let me know.

This is always popular, so contact me to book your table at [email protected]

21/08/2026

Ahead of another big weekend of track & field competitions, we wanted to share these fantastic shots from the ClubConnect relays that took place in the Olympic Stadium in July. What an amazing opportunity for our athletes 😍💚🤍

📸 Thanks Paul Hancock for these snaps!

01/08/2026

Congratulations to our Yemi Mary John on her silver medal, running Leg 2 of the Mixed 4 x 400m relay in the Commonwealth Games!

England with a superb silver in the mixed 4x400m relay ‼️

The quartet of Ben Jefferies, Yemi Mary John, Toby Harries and Lina Nielsen combine to clock 3:11.58 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

They placed behind Jamaica and ahead of Nigeria 🌎

31/07/2026

A tribute to Gwen Simpson who has died aged 98. Gwen coached throws to a high level for many years, and was a former President of Essex Ladies AC.

https://www.wgel.org.uk/news/9-announcements/3772-rip-gwen-simpson

31/07/2026

The website features a report on the 3rd Southern League match, which was hit by a tornado!

Woodford Green Athletic Club with Essex Ladies is a top class athletics club, one of the best in the UK.

22/07/2026

Some of the runners, jumpers, throwers & hurdlers of our Lower YDL Team who recently competed at Reading for their 3rd match of the season! Love these photos from Johnny Ng 💚🤍📸

20/07/2026

💚🤍 NAL Home Fixture 🤍💚
It was 4th on the day, leaving us joint 3rd in the league, for our senior teams at the recent National Athletics League fixture. A full report sharing lots of excellent performances is on the website! 💻

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17/07/2026

Racing at the BMC Watford Grand Prix on Saturday evening, Ben Potrykus broke the longest standing Men's "domestic" (GB qualified) Club T&F record when he recorded 7m55.62 secs. This improved the mark of 1968 Mexico Olympian Maurice Benn, who recorded 7min57.65 at Crystal Palace in July 1975. The absolute bests are held by Youcef Abdi (Aus), outdoors with 7m54.31 secs and David McCarthy (Ire) indoors with 7m51.24 secs