Club record for Mia
Congratulations to Mia Flynn who has set a new U15 Hammer club record of 42.41m at the England U15 Championships in Birmingham on 26th July.
Twin Silvers from Bedford Girls and International callup for Jasmine Wilkins
Congratulations to Jasmine Wilkins and Etienne Maughan who each claimed a
silver medal in the England U20 and U23 Championships held at Birmingham
on the weekend of 20/21 July.
Running in the 100m on Saturday, Jasmine comfortably won her heat in 11.82
seconds (w – 1.6) and finished second in the final with 11.94 seconds battling
against a -2.8 wind. On Sunday, she finished 5 th in the final of the 200m in a
time of 23.99 seconds, which also constituted a personal best and a club record.
Jasmine has been called up as part of the relay squad for the GB team for the
World U20 Championships to be held in Peru in August.
Not to be outdone, Etienne, recovering from injury, gained Bedford’s second
silver of the weekend placing second in the U23 100m Hurdles in a time of
13.64 seconds, just a tenth outside her personal best.
Club Record for Sam
At the Tooting BMC meeting on Wednesday 24th July Sam Winters broke the long standing Bedford & county senior mens 800m club record with a time of 1.50.66, finishing 4th in a high quality field. Congratulations Sam.
Other performance's at the meeting were.
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YDL Lower Age Group Windsor 21st July
The Club’s U13s and U15s travelled with a small team, due to it being the first weekend of the
summer holidays, to Windsor for the last YDL match of the season. The athletes produced 29 PBs
and 2 SBs. The boys came away with 10 PBs and 2 SBs. The girls 19 PBs.
We finished 5th.
Match results were:
Thalia wins silver at the Schools International Athletics Match
Thaila- Jade Mason (Van Dyke) added a silver medal in the long jump at the Schools International Match to the gold she had won at the English Schools Championships the previous week.
In persistent rain at Carmarthen, South Wales, Thaila jumped 5.83metres to lead her Welsh rival Olivia Scrimshaw by a single centimetre. However, the Welsh Champion hit back in the next round to set an Under17 UK leading mark of 5.96m to settle the competition. Gracie Osman of England was third with a personal best of 5.71 metres. England won the match from Scotland, Ireland and Wales by a comfortable margin.
Pictured Gracie Osman (L) Thaila – Jade Mason (R)
Results from the Doug Anderson 5k
Bedford and County had a brilliant turn out for the 21st Doug Anderson 5k on Wednesday 17th July. There were a few PBs achieved at this race.
Winning both the male and female team medals and there were some who won the Bedfordshire 5k county champ medals too.
1st male team were
Harry B, Jamie P, and Isaac M
1st female team were
Juliet L-P, Sue B, and Ellie H
Bedford & County Athletes representing Cambridgeshire at ESAA
Congratulations to Tilly W who represented Cambridgeshire in the IG Triple Jump, placing 12th with a jump of 10.34m.
Bedford and county athletes selected to represent England in the Cardiff home countries 5k
Congratulations to Jack Goodwin (Senior Men) and Noah Campion (U20 Men) who have been selected to represent England in the Cardiff home countries 5k road race on the August 24th.
Club record for Emily
Congratulations to Emily Elphick who set a new U13 Girls club record of 33.90m in the Javelin at the National Prep Schools Championships in Birmingham on 3rd July.
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