Bedford and County AC

Women's and Girls' Team Reports – National Road Relays – Saturday 7 October

There was a strong showing from Bedford and County’s women on Saturday 7th October at the National Road Relays in Sutton Park, Birmingham.

Boys Team Report – National Road Relays – Saturday 7 October

In what was an unseasonably warm day on Saturday 7th October, the Boys team had a great turnout at Sutton Park for the National Road Relays.

Two Club Records for Will

Congratulations to Will Macgee who has broken two M55 club records recently running 11.94 seconds for the 100m at the Newham Open meeting on 3rd September and 24.8 seconds for the 200m at the European Masters Championships in Pescara on 13th September.

New Club Records

Congratulations to the following who have broken club records recently:

Tenny James: M65 300m Hurdles (51.1 secs, 9th September, EMAC Final, Cambridge)
Tenny James: M65 100m Hurdles (16.04 secs, 28 September, European Masters Championships, Pescara, Italy).
Edith Caux: W65 200m (32.17 secs, 27th May, Lee Valley).
Chloe Kingman: U15 Girls Pole Vault (2.62 metres, 26th August, England U15 Championships, Birmingham).
Mia Flynn: U13 Girls Discus (26.34 metres, 23rd September, Biggleswade Open, Sandy).

European Masters Gold for Tenny

Congratulations to Tennyson James, who won the M65 100m Hurdles gold Medal at the European Masters Championships in Pescara on 29th September in 16.23 seconds. Tenny also won Gold in the M/W65 mixed relay, and Edith Caux won Silver in the W65 relay for France. Roy Chambers, who competes 2^nd Claim for Bedford as a master and for our NAL team came 6^th in the M35 Javelin.

Eastern AA Cross Country Championships 2023

The Eastern AA Cross Country Championships are taking place on 18th November at Horseheath Course near Cambridge, and the Eastern AA would love to see you there.

There are races for Under 13s, Under 15s, Under 17s, Under 20s, and Seniors/Masters. And there are team as well as individual competitions. The event also incorporates the Eastern AA Inter-County Competition (contact your respective County for selection) and the Eastern Masters (EMAC) championships.

The Eastern AA was created 1933 and now includes the geographical county areas of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, & Suffolk. For more information and entry, please follow the link to the Eastern AA website: https://easternaa.com

Euro Medals for Tenny and Alex

Congratulation to Tenny James, who won silver in the M65 200m at the European Masters Championships in Pescara, Italy, this week, and a Bronze in the M65 400m. Congratulations also to Alex Sczhweicki, who won silver in the M75 Cross Country.

Masters Club Records

Congratulations to Ellie Garraway who broke her own club W50 800m and 1500m records on 6th August at the Masters Inter Area competition with times of 2:28.57 and 5:07.05 respectively. Congratulations also to Bob Kingman who broke the club's M50 Pole Vault record with a height of 3.85 metres on 10th September at Milton Keynes.