Bedford Masters Shine at the British Indoor Championships
Bedford and County's Masters enjoyed success at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 18th and 19th February.
Bedford Athletes show their steel in Sheffield
Several Bedford and County athletes enjoyed success at the England Athletics Indoor Championships held in Sheffield 11th / 12th Feb.
Jasmine Wilkins, despite running with some soreness to her back ran 7.73 secs in the heats of the 60m, and 7.79secs in semi final.
Daniel Harding-Forbe lowered his p.b. from the previous week's run by returning a time of 50.89 secs in the 400m, another new club indoor under 20 best.
Both Jasmine and Daniel were a little disappointed with their performances, but overall accepted that it should stand them in good stead for the outdoor season ahead.
Thaila-Jade Mason (under U17) achieved a 60m hurdles PB of 9.16 seconds, and reached the semi-finals. She also Long Jumped 5.00m, finishing in eleventh place.
Club Indoor Bests for Daniel and Tenny
Congratulations to Daniel Harding-Forbes and Tennyson James, who have both set club indoor bests over 400m recently. Daniel improved his own Under 20 club indoor best to 50.89 seconds at the England Athletics U20/U17 & U15 Championships on 11th February. Tenny set his M65 indoor best of 62.60 seconds at the London Indoor Games U20/Senior on 21st January.
Chiltern League Round 5
The fifth and final round of this season's Chiltern League took place at Keysoe on Saturday 11th February. There was a win for Noah Campion in the Under 20 Men's, and top 5 places for Harry Brodie (3rd) and Craig Emmerson (5th) in the Senior Men's race, 4th places for Noah Campion in the Under 17 Men's race, and for Oliver Wilson in the Under 15 boys. There were some fine performances from the women, with Molly Betmead coming 4th in the Senior Women's race, Lyla Danobrega finishing 3rd in the Under 17 Women's race, Imogen Chesterton finishing 3rd in the Under 20 Women's race, and Lily Farr finishing 3rd in the under 15 girls race. The masters also did the club proud - Steve Horton was the third M40 home, whilst Alan Turnbull and Ewan Wilson were second and third respectively in the M50 category.
In the team competition, the club as a whole were second overall across the five match series, the Senior Men were top, as were the Under 15 Boys, the Under 20 Men second and the Veteran Men 4th. The Under 15 girls, and the Under 13 Girls also finished fourth.
Well done also to the Bedford and County organisers on an excellently run event.
Full Bedford and County Results:
Club Indoor Best for Tenny
Congratulations to Tennyson James, who set a new club M65 men's indoor best of 27.00 seconds for the 200m at the Run Jump Throw & Master GP in Sheffield on 4th February.
Club Indoor Best for Daniel
Congratulations to Daniel Harding-Forbes, who set a new club Under 20 men's indoor best of 52.28 seconds for the 400m at the London Indoor Games at Lee Valley on 21st January.
International Recognition for Gracie
Gracie Wall was one of three ladies selected to compete for the England under 20 high jump team as part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver in Hustopece, Czech Republic on 4th February. Despite limited training, Gracie managed to claim the bronze medal in a 1-2-3 for the English team. Later in the day at the same meeting, UK number 1 Morgan Lake set a new British women's high jump record of 1.99 metres. Congratulations to Gracie, both for her selection, and for the bronze medal.
Club Indoor Best for Jasmine
Congratulations to Jasmine Wilkins who ran an U20 Women's and Senior Women's club indoor best for 60m at the Loughborough Indoor Games on 15th January. Jasmine's time was 7.70 seconds.
British Universities Cross Country Championships
A good result today for Ed Blythman, who followed up a win in the county cross country championships with ninth place in the B race at the British University Cross Country Championships on 4th February. Well done Ed!
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