Congratulations to everybody involved in our National Athletics League team, who won the Championship Plate final on home soil today. The team scored 490.5 points to second-placed Peterborough and Nene Valley's 483. Full report to follow.
Congratulations to Lyla Danobrega, who set a new club Under 17 and Senior Women's record of 5:22.8 for the 1500m Steeplechase in the Southern Athletics League match at Thurrock on Saturday.
The club is currently short of officials, who are vital for our league matches, including the YDL and EYAL. If you are a parent, or a grandparent, and you are taking your child to a match anyway, please consider officiating. There are spaces in online courses available during August. For a list, please see below.
Bedford and County AC are seeking a second welfare office to work with our current welfare officer, Tina Blackwell. England Athletics recommends that athletics clubs have at least 2 welfare officers, one male and one female.
What does the welfare officer do? Generally club welfare officers are there to ensure that the club fulfils its safeguarding duties to children and adults.
Bedford and County AC has a new privacy policy, which can be found here.
The Privacy policy explains what personal data we hold and process about you and for what purpose.
The Privacy policy also explains your Privacy rights concerning your personal data.
The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 21st July (postponed from 19th July). Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 21st July 2022
Athletes who are under 18 years are advised not to train on Tuesday due to the extreme temperatures and the fact that they will have been at school or college all day. Athletes over the age of 18 can decide whether or not to train.
Congratulations to Raph Boujou, who broke the club's 27 year-old 100m record at the Dutch Championships with a time of 10.27 seconds on 24th June. The previous record of 10.33 seconds was set by former European Junior Champion, Danny Joyce, in 1995.
Congratulations to Alex Alston, who broke his own club Under 20 3000m Steeplechase record for the second time in under a month at the UK Championships in Manchester on 25th June. Alex’s new record is 9:00.35.
Congratulations to the Bedford and County youngsters who have been selected to compete for Bedfordshire Schools at this year's English Schools Championships in Manchester, 7th -9th July:
Congratulations to Alan Turnbull, who has broken his fourth Bedford and County M55 Road Best of the year. Alan completed the Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) Half Marathon in 76mins 35s on Sunday 19th June. He now holds the M55 club road bests for 5 miles, 10 Km, 10 miles and the Half-Marathon.
