[9] The sprint section is led by various coaches and the race walking teams are run and trained by former Commonwealth Games athlete Verity Snook-Larby.
[14] The ladies through Sheena Fitzmaurice, Pat Card and Margaret Bram had made an effective climb to the top of women's cross country.
At the time the club had just received permission to organise its Sunday morning training at the Mons track at the back of the Military Stadium.
They had indoor training at North Camp for the girls and St Michael's School for the boys under the superb direction of Tim Carroll.
Visits from men who were to become world-famous but were AAA National coaches at the time – Ron Pickering, Tom McNab and John Anderson to name but a few were made.
AFD organised women's and youths and boys road relays in Aldershot which attracted huge entries and were the most popular in the country.
The leading athlete was Ron Stonehouse, who had the misfortune to be a contemporary of Brasher, Shirley, Disley, Chataway, Norris, Pirie and Driver and would in any other era have been one of the greats of the sport.
In the sixties and seventies the club developed an enormous amount of talent and with the founding of the League system, were soon to become a force in track and field as well as cross country and road running.
On the night of 8 November 2016 at around 7:10pm, two promising young athletes, Lucy Pygott, 17, and Stacey Burrows, 16, were killed by a drunk driver whilst crossing Queen's Avenue as they jogged from the stadium to begin their evening training session.
Lucy Pygott, who was from Hartley Wintney, represented Great Britain in July at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she won a bronze medal in the Under 18 3000 metres.
As a club, we are humbled by the many messages of support that have been received from across the World which further demonstrates the wealth of feeling and respect for these two young ladies within the athletics community.