Woodford Green with Essex Ladies
{{Short description|British athletics club}}
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| founded = 1908
| ground = Ashton Athletic Centre
| location = Woodford, London
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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..{{cite web|title=Woodford Green - Ashton Playing Fields Track|url=http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=woodford|website=Run Track Dir|accessdate=8 August 2015}}
History
File:Olympic athlete and GLL Sport Foundation patron Sally Gunnell.jpg
Woodford Green was established in 1908{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.wgel.org.uk/index.php/other-info-mainmenu-63/64-history|website=Woodford Green and Essex Ladies|accessdate=8 August 2015}} and admitted to the Amateur Athletic Association in March 1908.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19080304/021/0002 |title=Amateur Athletic Association |work=Sporting Life |date=4 March 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 March 2025}}
Essex Ladies AC began life as Eastern Ladies AC in 1921, in 1922 became Manor Park Ladies AC and finally Essex Ladies in 1924.
Woodford Green AC merged with Essex Ladies AC in 1998.{{cite web|title=Club night: Woodford Green with Essex Ladies|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/club-night-woodford-green-with-essex-ladies-19565/|website=Athletics Weekly|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 August 2015}}
The club topped Division 1 of the British Athletics League for the first time in 2005.
Honours
- British Athletics League: winners 2005; second place: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011; third place: 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012
- UK Women's Athletic League, winners 1987, 1988 (as Essex Ladies)
Olympic athletes
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| width=150|Athlete
!width=180|Club !width=200|Events !width=130|Games !width=80|Medals/Ref | ||||
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| Harry Payne | Woodford Green AC | marathon | 1928 | |
| Nellie Carrington | Essex Ladies AC | high jump | 1936 | |
| Dorothy Manley | Essex Ladies AC | 100m, 4x100m relay | 1948 | 16px |
| Joan Shepherd | Essex Ladies AC | long jump | 1948 | |
| Geoff Elliott | Woodford Green AC | pole vault, decathlon | 1952 | |
| Jean Desforges | Essex Ladies AC | 80m hurdles, 4x100 relay | 1952 | 16px |
| Pam Seaborne | Essex Ladies AC | 80m hurdles | 1952 | |
| Gerry Carr | Woodford Green AC | discus throw | 1956 | |
| Derek Johnson | Woodford Green AC | 800m, 4x400m relay | 1956 | 16px16px |
| Dave Chapman | Woodford Green AC | 3000m steeplechase | 1960 | |
| David Jones | Woodford Green AC | 100m, 200 metres, 4x100m | 1960 | 16px |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Ron Jones | Woodford Green AC | 100m, 4x100 | 1964, 1968 | |
| Sue Longden | Essex Ladies AC | pentathlon | 1976, 1980 | |
| Gladys Taylor | Essex Ladies AC | 400m, 400m hurdles, 4x400 | 1976, 1984 | |
| Kim Hagger | Essex Ladies AC | long jump, heptathlon | 1984, 1988 | |
| Jenny Stoute | Essex Ladies AC | 200m, 4x400 | 1988, 1992 | 16px |
| {{flagicon|SLE}} Prince Amara | Woodford Green AC | 800m, 4x400 | 1992, 1996 | |
| Sally Gunnell | Essex Ladies AC | 100m hurdles, 400m h, 4x400 | 1988, 1992, 1996 | 16px16px |
| {{flagicon|SLE}} Josephus Thomas | Woodford Green AC | 4x100 | 1996 | |
| Ashia Hansen | Essex Ladies AC / WGEL | triple jump | 1996, 2000 | |
| Shelley Holroyd | Essex Ladies AC | javelin | 1996 | |
| Joice Maduaka | WGEL | 100m, 200m, 4x100 | 2000, 2004 | |
| {{flagicon|NGR}} Uchenna Emedolu | WGEL | 100m, 200m, 4x100 | 2000, 2004, 2008 | 16px |
| {{flagicon|NGR}} Musa Audu | WGEL | 4x400 | 2004 | 16x16px |
| Malachi Davis | WGEL | 400m, 4x400 | 2004 | |
| Joanne Fenn | WGEL | 800m | 2004 | |
| Emeka Udechuku | WGEL | discus throw | 2004 | |
| {{flagicon|POL}} Robert Wolski | WGEL | high jump | 2004 | {{Power of 10 name|116849|Robert Wolski}} |
| Sarah Claxton | WGEL | 100m h | 2004, 2008 | |
| Jeanette Kwakye | WGEL | 100m, 4x100m | 2008 | |
| Daniel Awde | WGEL | decathlon | 2008, 2012 | |
| Shana Cox | WGEL | 400m, 4x400m | 2012 | |
| Tiffany Porter | WGEL | 100m hurdles | 2012 | |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Mark Dry | WGEL | hammer throw | 2016 | |
| Cindy Ofili | WGEL | 100m hurdles | 2016, 2020 | |
| Phil Norman | WGEL | 3,000m steeplchase | 2020 | |
| Daniel Rowden | WGEL | 800m | 2020 |
- English unless stated
Club kit
The club vest is green and white alternating hoops, with black running shorts.
References
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