Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.

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:

• British Athletics League
  • First Place: 2008,2009,2010
  • Second Place: 1979,1998,2000,2003,2012
  • Third Place: 1980,1981
• English National Cross Country Championships
  • Winners: 2009

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete	Country	Events	Olympics	Medals
Jim Peters		marathon	1952
Daley Thompson		decathlon	1976, 1980, 1984, 1988
Paul Head		hammer throw	1992
Iwan Thomas		400 metres, 4x400 metres relay	1996, 2000
Michael East		1500 metres	2004
Chris Tomlinson		long jump	2008
Tyrone Edgar		100 metres	2008
Erison Hurtault		400 metres	2008, 2012
Christine Ohuruogu		400 metres, 4x400 metres	2008, 2012, 2016
Mo Farah		5000 metres, 10000 metres	2008, 2012, 2016
James Ellington		200 metres	2012
Steven Lewis		pole vault	2008, 2012
Rabah Yusuf		400 metres	2012
Lee Merrien		marathon	2012
Abdul Buhari		discus throw	2012

• A E Wood
• Stephen Hepples
• Rob Cole
• Keith Gerrard
• JJ Jegede
• Max Eaves
• Ryan Scott
• Richard Hurren

Stadium

Main article: Terence Mcmillan 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:

• Prince Regent DLR station
• Custom House station
• Plaistow tube station
• Canning Town station

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.

External links

• Terence McMillan stadium at RunTrackDirectory.com
• Official Club Website