Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Eton, Berkshire, England. It is based at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre in Eton. The club competes in the British Athletics League Division 1, UK Women's Athletic League Premier as well as the Southern Athletics League and the London Metropolitan League.
History
In 1904, the Slough Wheelers' Cycling Club changed their name to the Slough Wheelers' Cycling and Athletic Club (also referred to as the Slough Wheelers' Cycling and Harriers Club), a move designed to encapsulate the emerging porpularity of athletics. Later that year the name became permanent following the Annual General meeting of the club held at the Dolphin Hotel. The branch of athletics was called the Slough Harriers, although at this time they remained affiliated to Slough Wheelers.
After World War I in 1919, the Slough Athletic Club was formed after the amalgamation of Slough Wheelers, Slough Harriers and another club called the Chalvey Harriers.
In 1948 a breakaway group formed Eton Athletic Club, who moved to Windsor and became the Windsor & Eton Athletic Club in 1953. However, twenty years later in 1968 the two clubs merged to become Windsor Slough & Eton AC, this was largely due to league athletics coming into existence.
Windsor Slough & Eton AC moved to their present base in 1999 and the following year merged with Borough of Hounslow AC to finally become the name used today, that of Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club.
Honours UK Women's Athletic League (first place: 1998; second place: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2013; third place: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Notable athletes Olympians AthleteClubEventsGamesMedals/RefJeff Gutteridge Windsor, Slough & Eton AC pole vault 1976, 1984Keith Connor Windsor, Slough & Eton AC triple jump 1980, 1984 Shirley ThomasBorough of Hounslow AC 100 metres 1984Bev Kinch Borough of Hounslow AC 4 × 100 m relay1988Simone Laidlow Borough of Hounslow AC 400 m hurdles 1988Mark Richardson Windsor, Slough & Eton AC 4 × 400 m relay 1992, 1996Mark Hylton Windsor, Slough & Eton AC4 × 400 m relay 1996Marcia Richardson Windsor, Slough & Eton AC100 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1996, 2000Georgina Oladapo Borough of Hounslow AC 4 × 100 m relay 1996Michelle Griffith Windsor, Slough & Eton AC triple jump 1996Kathy Butler WSE & H AC 5000 m, 10,000 m 1996, 2004James McIlroy WSE & H AC 800 metres 2000Nicola Sanders WSE & H AC 400 metres 2008Lawrence Clarke WSE & H AC 110 metres hurdles 2012Nigel Levine WSE & H AC 400 metres, 4 × 400 m relay 2012Shelayna Oskan-Clarke WSE & H AC 800 metres 2016 Andrew MatthewsWSE & H AC Bobsleigh 2014, 2018Morgan Lake WSE & H AC High jump 2016Taylor CampbellWSE & H AChammer throw 2020Jessie Knight WSE & H AC400 m hurdles 2020
Other Lyn Sprules (1998 Commonwealth Games) Kelly Morgan (2002 Commonwealth Games} Hayley Yelling (2002 & 2006 Commonwealth Games)
Kit The club kit is a light blue vest or crop top with two horizontal yellow stripes around the middle of the torso.
References
External links Thames Valley Athletics Centre