Woodford Green with Essex Ladies

Woodford Green with Essex Ladies
Founded1908
GroundAshton Athletic Centre
LocationWoodford, London
Coordinates51°36′26″N 0°03′00″E / 51.60722°N 0.05000°E / 51.60722; 0.05000
Websitewww.wgel.org.uk

Woodford Green with Essex Ladies is one of the leading British athletics clubs. They are based at Ashton Athletic Centre, Woodford, London and share the stadium with Woodford Town F.C..[1]

History

Sally Gunnell

Woodford Green was established in 1908[2] and admitted to the Amateur Athletic Association in March 1908.[3]

Essex Ladies AC began life as Eastern Ladies AC in 1921, in 1922 became Manor Park Ladies AC and finally Essex Ladies in 1924. [2] Woodford Green AC merged with Essex Ladies AC in 1998.[4]

The club topped Division 1 of the British Athletics League for the first time in 2005.

Honours

Olympic athletes

Athlete Club Events Games Medals/Ref
Harry Payne Woodford Green AC marathon 1928
Nellie Carrington Essex Ladies AC high jump 1936
Dorothy Manley Essex Ladies AC 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1948
Joan Shepherd Essex Ladies AC long jump 1948
Geoff Elliott Woodford Green AC pole vault, decathlon 1952
Jean Desforges Essex Ladies AC 80 m hurdles, 4 × 100 relay 1952

Pam Seaborne Essex Ladies AC 80 m hurdles 1952
Gerry Carr Woodford Green AC discus throw 1956
Derek Johnson Woodford Green AC 800 m, 4 × 400 m relay 1956

Dave Chapman Woodford Green AC 3000 m steeplechase 1960
David Jones Woodford Green AC 100 m, 200 metres, 4 × 100 m 1960

Wales Ron Jones Woodford Green AC 100 m, 4 × 100 1964, 1968
Sue Longden Essex Ladies AC pentathlon 1976, 1980
Gladys Taylor Essex Ladies AC 400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 1976, 1984
Kim Hagger Essex Ladies AC long jump, heptathlon 1984, 1988
Jenny Stoute Essex Ladies AC 200 m, 4 × 400 1988, 1992

Sierra Leone Prince Amara Woodford Green AC 800 m, 4 × 400 1992, 1996
Sally Gunnell Essex Ladies AC 100 m hurdles, 400 m h, 4 × 400 1988, 1992, 1996

Sierra Leone Josephus Thomas Woodford Green AC 4 × 100 1996
Ashia Hansen Essex Ladies AC / WGEL triple jump 1996, 2000
Shelley Holroyd Essex Ladies AC javelin 1996
Joice Maduaka WGEL 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 2000, 2004
Nigeria Uchenna Emedolu WGEL 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 2000, 2004, 2008

Nigeria Musa Audu WGEL 4 × 400 2004
Malachi Davis WGEL 400 m, 4 × 400 2004
Joanne Fenn WGEL 800 m 2004
Emeka Udechuku WGEL discus throw 2004
Poland Robert Wolski WGEL high jump 2004 [5]
Sarah Claxton WGEL 100 m h 2004, 2008
Jeanette Kwakye WGEL 100 m, 4 × 100 m 2008
Daniel Awde WGEL decathlon 2008, 2012
Shana Cox WGEL 400 m, 4 × 400 m 2012
Tiffany Porter WGEL 100 m hurdles 2012
Scotland Mark Dry WGEL hammer throw 2016
Cindy Ofili WGEL 100 m hurdles 2016, 2020
Phil Norman WGEL 3000 m steeplechase 2020
Daniel Rowden WGEL 800 m 2020
  • English unless stated

Club kit

The club vest is green and white alternating hoops, with black running shorts.

References

  1. ^ "Woodford Green - Ashton Playing Fields Track". Run Track Dir. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "History". Woodford Green and Essex Ladies. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Amateur Athletic Association". Sporting Life. 4 March 1908. Retrieved 28 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Club night: Woodford Green with Essex Ladies". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ^ Robert Wolski at Power of 10
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