Club Committee Meeting - September 2022
The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 13th September. Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 13th September 2022
Wheelchair Section Roundup - September 2022
Howard Darbon writes, “After a quiet start to the season, the club’s Wheelchair Athletes have been involved in a number of races since the end of July.
Competing at Sandy on 28th July 2022 were Katie Connolly and Sean Chigumba.
Both athletes set season opening times in the 100m and 800m. For Sean, times of 25.1 seconds and 3:02.8 were his first experiences of competition in a racing chair. Katie set a personal best in the 100m of 27.6 seconds, and her time of 4:13.8 in the 800m was her first attempt at the 2 lap distance.
Extraordinary General Meeting - 4th October 2022
Please note that this year's Extraordinary General Meeting has been pushed back by one week, and will now be held at 7.45 pm on 4th October 2022 in the Clubhouse at Bedford International Athletics Stadium. All senior club members may attend. There is a link to the EGM agenda here: Extraordinary General Meeting Agenda - 27 September 2022
Club Records for Simon
Congratulations to Simon Coombes, who set two M50 Club records during last weekend's EMAC final. These were for 800m (2:11.76) and 1500m (4:24.00).
Men's Masters Team Take Silver in EMAC Final
Sunday 4th September saw the final of the Eastern Masters League take place at Bedford with a full programme of events for Men and Women, covering the ages of 35 to over 70.
Injuries and availability for Bedford made the task of wrestling the trophy from Milton Keynes AC difficult, but with athletes doubling and trebling up and more, and some racing out of age group, the overall result was in doubt right up to the final relays.
Another Club Record for Alan
Congratulations to Alan Turnbull, who set a club M55 record of 2hrs 10mins 21 secs for 20 miles at the Hillingdon 20 on Saturday 4th September. This is Alan's sixth club record of 2022 (so far!).
2022 School Games
The biennial School Games took place in Loughborough on 2nd and 3rd September. Bedford and County's Gracie Wall and Euan Supple were selected as one of the top 8 ranked athletes in the U.K in the Under 17 High Jump and 1500m Steeplechase respectively. The competitors live within the athletes' village at Loughborough for 3 days and participate in the event, which brings sports people from athletics, cycling, swimming, hockey, cricket, wheelchair basketball and netball - amongst others - together to experience a mini Olympic Games.
Competing for ‘Kuala Lumpur’ to take on the teams from other former Olympic venues, Gracie won the High Jump, with a clearance of 1m73. This rounds off a very good season for Gracie, who would like to thank her coach Barry Johnson for his support and guidance. She knows she would not have achieved any of this without him!
Euan also rounded off an excellent season with a fourth-place finish in the 1500m steeplechase in a time of 4:27.79.
Men's Masters (Vets) X-Country and Road Team
If you are interested in representing the club in Cross Country or Road events in the various Male Vet (V40, V50, V55, V60) categories, please contact Jim Black, who has taken on the team manager role. You can contact Jim Black by emailing
Gracie is U17 Champion, Euan Medals
Gracie Wall and Euan Supple enjoyed success in the England Athletics U15 and U17 Championships at Bedford yesterday (Saturday 27th August). Near the end of a long season, Gracie had to dig very deep under pressure from English, Scottish and Irish athletes, but first time clearances at earlier heights, meant she kept enough energy to jump well enough to win the Under 17 National title with a jump of 1.75m.
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