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 club was formed in 1887 as the Beaumont Harriers but became the Essex Beagles in July 1891 and merged with Newham AC in 1985 when it moved from Barking to the Terence McMillan Stadium in the London Borough of Newham, East London. [1]

The Newham club was extremely close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games and a number of athletes competed at the event. [2]

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.[3]

Honours

Senior Men:

Notable athletes

Olympians

AthleteCountryEventsOlympicsMedals
Jim PetersUnited Kingdommarathon1952
Daley ThompsonUnited Kingdomdecathlon1976, 1980, 1984, 1988

Paul HeadUnited Kingdomhammer throw1992
Iwan ThomasUnited Kingdom400 metres, 4x400 metres relay1996, 2000

Michael EastUnited Kingdom1500 metres2004
Chris TomlinsonUnited Kingdomlong jump2008
Tyrone EdgarUnited Kingdom100 metres2008
Erison HurtaultDominica400 metres2008, 2012
Christine OhuruoguUnited Kingdom400 metres, 4x400 metres2008, 2012, 2016

Mo FarahUnited Kingdom5000 metres, 10000 metres2008, 2012, 2016

James EllingtonUnited Kingdom200 metres2012
Steven LewisUnited Kingdompole vault2008, 2012
Rabah YusufSudan400 metres2012
Lee MerrienUnited Kingdommarathon2012
Abdul BuhariUnited Kingdomdiscus throw2012

Stadium

Named after Terence Mcmillan: First Charter Mayor of Newham 1965–66.

The track was originally cinder although it is not shown on a 1971 OS map. The opening meeting of the synthetic track was on 26 July 1985. It was resurfaced with Polytan PUR in 1995.

The nearest stations are:

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. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "A gr-eight Olympics for Beagles". Newham Recorder. Newham Recorder. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "It's a new era for Newham and for Beagles athletics as they move into Stratford" (PDF). Newham Recorder. 25 October 2017.


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