Athletics Weekly

Indeed. If criminals and terrorist suspects can use and abuse the Human Rights Act for their own ends, then why can't young athletes take advantage of it as well? High time it was used for some good. I regard the petition as a first step towards getting rid of any 'Humberside' connotations, rather t...

The whole situation is a farce. The main reason being there is no such thing as 'Humberside', a joke county that only existed from 1974-1996. Humberside Athletic Association (HAA) should be abolished. Its component part south of the River Humber should be be merged into the Lincolnshire Association....

Today marks the 36th aniversary of Lillian's premature death:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 542813.stm


A black day in the history of athletics.

Seb Coe winning the Olympic 1500m in 1980 is one of my favourites:


http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletic ... HeroID=156


Just love the expression on his face.

This epic race, which saw a collison between Zola Budd and Mary Decker and a silver medal for Wendy Sly, is recalled in today's Sunday Times:


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 04243.html


Interesting to find out what they're all doing now.

Lillian features prominently in this excellent article, inspired by the death of snooker player Paul Hunter, about tragic British sports stars:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.j ... gall13.xml

It's interesting to read more about Lillian Board, my favourite athlete of alltime. I greatly admire her courage, determination and talent. Unlike some of today's athletes, she often gave up her time for others and never made excuses when she lost a race. Her bright personality and track success (Ol...