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Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.
Founded1887
GroundLondon Marathon Community Track
LocationQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Marshgate Lane, London E20 8ST, England
Coordinates51°32′12″N 0°00′56″W / 51.53667°N 0.01556°W / 51.53667; -0.01556
Websiteofficial 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

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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]

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.[1] 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.[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

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Senior Men:

Notable athletes

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Olympians

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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

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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