Club Road Best for John
Congratulations to John Eves, who set a new club M40 road best for 20 miles at the Hillingdon 20 on Sunday 26th March 2023. His time of 1:50:09 beat the previous record of 1:55 held by Pete Dancer.
Bedfordshire AAA & Herts AAA Championships
The Bedfordshire AAA & Hertfordshire AAA 1500m Championships are taking place on 1st May at Ridlins Stadium, Stevenage. For for details, see https://bedfordandcountyac.org.uk/index.php/performance/fixtures/eventdetail/398/-/bedfordshire-and-hertfordshire-county-championships
Please note - registration is now open for this event.
Bedfordshire AAA & Herts AAA 1500m Championships
The Bedfordshire AAA & Hertfordshire AAA 1500m Championships are taking place on 1st May at Ridlins Stadium, Stevenage. For for details, see https://bedfordandcountyac.org.uk/index.php/performance/fixtures/eventdetail/449/-/bedfordshire-and-hertfordshire-aaa-1500m-championships
Please note - registration is now open for this event.
Noah and Lyla Star for Bedfordshire Schools
The 2023 English Schools Cross-Country Championships took place at Wollaton Park, Nottingham on Saturday 18th March.
On a testing course with intermittent showers at Nottingham’s Wollaton Park all members of the Bedfordshire team gave of their best, but the undoubted stars of the show for Bedford and County were Noah Campion and Lyla Danobrega.
Extraordinary General Meeting
There will be a club Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday 23rd March at 7:45pm in the clubhouse. This will set the club membership fees for the coming year, and also vote on some proposed changes to the club's articles of association. For both the Agenda and the proposed changes to the club articles, please see Extraordinary General Meeting Agenda - 23rd March 2023.
BMAF Winter Throws Championships
Bedford & County AC's Masters athletes were in action over the weekend at the BMAF Winter Throws Championships at Horspath stadium in Oxford. Darren Kerr took home two silver medals, coming second in the M50 Hammer with a throw of 45.68m, and second in the M50 Weight with 15.13m. Darren also came fifth in the M50 Discus with 31.75m. Graeme Packman collected a silver medal with second in the M65 Discus with 29.69m, and a bronze medal in the M65 Hammer with 22.67m. Graeme also won the non-championship M65 shot with 8.77m.
Eastern Counties Indoor Championships & More
There were PBs, medals and club records for the club members from near and far at the weekend, from Lee Valley to Marseilles to Istanbul.
Trafford 10k
Result from the Trafford 10k on 5th March:
| First name | Last name | Chip Time | Chip Pos | Gender | Pos | Category | Pos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | Knee-Robinson | 30:38 | 54 | Male | 56 | Senior (20-34) | 45 | |||
| James | Minter | 31:43 | 108 | Male | 103 | Senior (20-34) | 80 | |||
| Ed | Blythman | 32:34 | 159 | Male | 151 | Senior (20-34) | 105 | |||
| Rebecca | Murray | 32:42 | 165 | Female | 8 | Senior (20-34) | 8 |
Masters Inter Area Championships - Ellie's Star Performances, and Four Club Records
First and second claim Bedford and County Masters Athletes were in action on Sunday 26th February representing Eastern Masters in the Masters Inter-Area Championship where the various regions of England (East, Midlands, London, Southern , South West, North etc) compete against Wales and Scotland.
In a very high standard competition that saw British age group records broken, the Eastern Masters' Team - managed by Bedford's Graeme Packman - was very successful winning the men's competition out of 9 teams, and coming close runners up in the Ladies' Competition such that they won the overall combined competition trophy too.
Nine Bedford athletes were in action on behalf of the EMAC team, setting a number of club records along the way.
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