ATHLETES from Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club achieved a record medal haul at the annual Surrey track and field championships at Kingston over the weekend.

IN a topsy-turvy weekend of football, Chelsea's battling women held on, exhausted, for the club's fourth Women’s FA Cup trophy at Wembley hours after the men had lost their final to Liverpool on the same turf in yet another tense and ultimately unsuccessful penalty shoot-out.

FOR me, one of nature's finest creatures is the trout, a symbol of beauty, power and grace. Indeed, it has been described as the 'perfect 'fish in terms of both shape and colouration.

FLYING leaders Surrey were frustrated by the weather after making history against Kent at Beckenham.

FOUR runners from Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club were among the many thousands taking part in the Vitality London 10 kilometres road race through the streets of Central London.

IT’S cup final week, for both Chelsea’s men and women – a remarkable achievement for both sides as the club flounders in a sea of uncertainty.

GARETH Batty paid tribute to Surrey as they maintained the pace at the top of the LV County Championship.

The 'merrie' month of May provides a riot of glorious colour. Foremost among the blossom trees are hawthorn (may), with its flowing cascades of frothy white and sometimes pink blossom, sweeping down to ground level above an under storey of Queen Anne's lace (cowparsley). May blossom often attracts tiny metallic green longhorn moths with extensive hair-like antennae.

HERCULES Wimbledon Athletic Club’s top teenage athlete, Ellen Weir, faces a challenging summer trying to combine taking her A-level exams with making the British team for the IAAF World Junior Athletics championships.

CHELSEA travel to Goodison Park this weekend for a pressure encounter with Everton, who are desperate for points to cling to Premier League status.