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.
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. 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.
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.
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 AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/RefBilly Saward Essex Beaglesmarathon1900William TaylorEssex Beaglesmarathon 1900Jim Peters Essex Beagles marathon 1952 Daley Thompson Essex Beagles decathlon 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 Richard Slaney Essex Beagles discus throw 1984 Paul Head Newham & Essex Beagles hammer throw 1992 Jason John Newham & Essex Beagles 4 × 100 m 1992Alison Thorogood Newham & Essex Beagles canoeing 1992, 1996Matt Yates Newham & Essex Beagles1500 m 1992Gary Jennings Newham & Essex Beagles 400 m hurdles 1996Iwan Thomas Newham & Essex Beagle 400 metres, 4 × 400 m relay 1996, 2000 Damien Greaves Newham & Essex Beagles 110 m hurdles 2000Michael 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 400 m, 4 × 400 m relay 2008, 2012, 2016 Mo Farah Newham & Essex Beagles 5000 m, 10,000 m 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 Beagles5000 m, marathon 2012, 2016Robbie Grabarz Newham & Essex Beagles high jump 2012, 2016Lee Merrien Newham & Essex Beagles marathon 2012 Rabah Yusuf Newham & Essex Beagles 400 metres 2012 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Newham & Essex Beagles 200 m, 4 × 100 m 2016, 2020Asha Philip Newham & Essex Beagles 100 m, 4 × 100 m 2016, 2020
Other AthleteClubNotesMax EavesNewham & Essex Beagles2010 Commonwealth Games bronzeRyan ScottNewham & Essex Beagles2010 Commonwealth Games goldJJ JegedeNewham & Essex Beagles2012 European Athletics Championships 4th
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
External links Terence McMillan stadium at RunTrackDirectory.com