The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 21st July (postponed from 19th July). Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 21st July 2022
In round 3 of the SAL at Woodford Green on Saturday 16th July, Bedford and County finished 4th.
Team Score
1: Woodford Green with Essex Ladies - 180
2: Ealing Southall & Middlesex AC - 193
3: Ashford AC - 140
4: Bedford & County - 125
Despite a disappointing result, there were several wins on the day:
Athletes who are under 18 years are advised not to train on Tuesday due to the extreme temperatures and the fact that they will have been at school or college all day. Athletes over the age of 18 can decide whether or not to train.
Congratulations to Gracie Wall, who won the silver medal at the Schools International in Belfast on Saturday 16th July.
Some results from the Watford Open Meeting on 13th July and the England Athletics U23 Championships on 16 July
Bedford and County won the men's team race, and there were some excellent individual performances:
Well done to all those who took part in the English Schools Championships at Manchester on 8th and 9th July. There were some excellent performances:
Team Manager, Dennis Johnson, provides some detail about the medal-winning performances:
The World Masters Championships has been taking place in Tampere, Finland. Congratulations to Jemma Eastwood, who won the W40 Pole Vault with a vault of 3.20 metres, and to Tenny James who finished fifth in the M60 100m Hurdles in 15.63 seconds, and then won a gold as part of the British M60 4 x 400m relay team who set a new national M60 record of 3:56.85. Tenny also qualified for the semi-final of M60 200m (26.76 sec), finishing 6th (26.83sec), and he missed out on a final place in the M60 400m by 0.01sec. Congratulations also to Alek Swiecicki who won Team Gold in the M70 Cross County. Pete Benedickter reached the final of the M50 400m hurdles, but sadly was injured and unable to finish in the final.
