Ron Noble
The Club is very sad to announce the death of Ron Noble on Sunday 20th September.
Ron was a long time member of the club and coach of the U15 boys.
SEAA Road Relays 2026
We had a brilliant day out at the SEAA road relays in Aldershot on Saturday 26th September.
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Ben finishes 11th at ESAA Pentathlon Championships
Ben Philips finished a very creditable 11th at the English Schools’ Pentathlon Championships held in Bedford last weekend. With the pentathlon lacking some of Ben’s strongest events, the javelin, discus and pole vault – the latter of which he is currently English Schools champion, he was always going to find it harder than he did in winning the England U15 Octathlon in August.
Nevertheless, Ben set personal lifetime bests in hurdles (14.97s) shot (12.65m) and 800m (2m 21.06) with his 5.40m long jump only a couple of centimetres short of his PB. His total score of 2676 points surpassed his previous Pentathlon best by over 600 points.
Eastern Masters Track & Field League Final 2026
The Club's Men's Masters Team was competing in the Eastern Masters Track & Field League Final at Milton Keynes on Saturday 19th September.
In the qualifying League matches through the summer Bedford had been the top qualifying team and Milton Keynes the second best across the whole of the Eastern Region.
With the Final of the Top 8 teams being at Milton Keynes , the home club had orchestrated a major campaign to seize back the Trophy that Bedford won last year.
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Young Throwers Excel at the End of the Season
There have been some outstanding results from our junior throwers as the 2026 season draws to a close.
Representing Bedfordshire at the Southern Inter-Counties Match, Holder Botha produced two excellent personal bests. He improved his discus PB by a huge three metres, recording a very impressive 41.52m. At the same meeting, he extended his shot put best to 11.82m.
At the annual Ron Bowden Memorial Hammer Competition at Woodford Green, Mia Flynn and Bismarck Botha claimed victory in their respective age groups.
U16 & U18 Southern Intercounties
On Sunday 13th September 15 of the Club’s U16 & U18 athletes made the journey to Chelmsford again to represent Bedfordshire in the Southern Intercounties, coming away with 7 top 3 finishes and 6 PBs.
EYAL Top Six Final - Junior Team Battle Right To The End!
Our Junior athletes made the long journey to Chelmsford to take part in the EYAL Top Six Final. We finished a very commendable 5th overall, 13 points behind 4th and 35 behind 3rd. The other 5 teams we were up against were also in the Finals last year. The athletes produced an amazing 44 PBs (16 for the girls and 28 for the boys).
Adam completes seventh star marathon at Sydney
Bedford & County's Adam Harris completed the TCS Sydney marathon, adding to his numerous sub-3-hour finishes and a Seven-Star award for the World Abbot Major marathon series on the 30th August 2026.
He has already achieved the prestigious marathon majors Six-Star award, by running the London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York City marathons and the Tokyo marathon with the club Vice president Paula unwittingly finishing close by who also has a 6 Star. Adam met up with Paula at the Sydney marathon where she was commentating to sign his vest.
Club record for Oriana at the World Masters Athletics Championships
Oriana Johnson competed in the W65 Women’s Hammer Throw at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Oriana produced an excellent performance to finish 19th overall, exceeding her pre-competition ranking in a very strong international field that saw seven athletes throw beyond 30 metres.
Her best throw of 19.78m was the third-longest competition throw of her career and, even more impressively, set a new W65 club record.
Oriana added more than 2.5 metres to the previous record, set by Dorothy Fraser in 2004, bringing a 22-year-old club record to an end.
A superb achievement on the world stage and a performance Oriana can be extremely proud of.
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