Entry for the Eastern Indoor Track & Field Championships is now open!
 
The championships is on the 1st & 2nd March 2025 and is combined with the Essex Indoor Championships.
 
 
 
 
 
Entry deadline 17th February. Please read all the information provided before entering.
 

Some of Bedford and County’s athletes were at the Last Friday of the Month 5k in Hyde Park yesterday and ran some big pbs.
 
Archie Henderson was 8th in 15:59
Oliver Coombes was 37th in 17:54
Harry Henderson was 39th in 17:59
Oliver Henderson was 67th in 19:03
Emma Coombes was 177th in 26:11
 
Well done all!

On Sunday 22nd December Bedford hosted an indoor pole vault competition. We had athletes from Biggleswade, Hunts AC, Dacorum & Tring, as well as former BCAC member Mark Burgman (now living in Hawaii) and his daughter Jessie Layman from Melbourne competing. 

There were prizes for best height (related to 2024 SB). Lois Fordham won with a 1cm PB and new U15 girls club record, ranking her equal 10th in the UK for U15. Jemma was 2nd - 7cm down, Chloe was 3rd with 10cm down and Oskar was 4th with 12cm down.

Congratulations to Lois Fordham on what is probably the last record of 2024, when setting a new U15 Pole vault record of 2.81M at the Bedford Christmas Invitation Pole Vault on Sunday 22nd December.

Thanks to everyone who helped make yesterday’s 44th Annual Christmas Handicap such a success.
The race was won by Emma Coombes who, after going close to winning several times in the past, strode to a well deserved and very popular victory. Emma closed a 3 minute gap on the 3 ladies in front, passing them just a few hundred metres from the finish to win by 11 secs. The first man to finish was Matt Bray who set off 9 mins behind Emma but finished 32 secs behind in 5th place.

Congratulations to Thaila-Jade Mason who was awarded the prestigious Junior Sports Personality of 2024 at an inspiring Bedford Sports Awards Ceremony held at the Corn Exchange on Monday 9th December. She came out on top of a very strong field of 16 nominations for the Junior Award.

A number of other Bedford and County members were nominated. Jemma Eastwood, Etienne Maughan, Jasmine Wilkins and Euan Supple were among 12 nominations in the Senior Category, whilst Lyla Danobrega was also nominated for the Junior Award.

The Wheelchair Racing Section were nominated in a number of categories: Sean Chigumba and Varun Bandi respectively for the Junior and Senior Disability Awards; The coaching team of Zoe Luscombe, Michael Blunt and Sharmila Harman for the Open Coaching Award (16 nominations in that category); and the Wheelchair Racing amongst 12 nominations for the Club of the Year.

Kempston Academy, whose Head of PE is Gav Fordham, won the Secondary School of the Year Award.

Jasmine Wilkins taking a break from winter training competed in the 60m at the Cardiff Dual Meet on the 4th Dec, running 7.47secs a new club record beating the previous record of 7.60 she also held.

Jasmine was satisfied with the result and feels she will run quicker in the new year.

She is off to Tenerife in early Jan, training, and then off to Dublin for an indoor meet there and is off to another longer camp training meet at Easter.

Tia Wilson was a part of the GB team that took gold at the European U23 Cross Country Championships held in Turkey last Sunday. Tia, who is the latest of a long line of successful Bedford and County Cross Country runners, finished in a magnificent 17th place to seal the victory for the British team ahead of Turkey. She finished as the 3rd brit, behind race winner Phoebe Anderson and Mia Waldmann (6th) and just ahead of Kate Willis (18th). 

Congratulations Tia!

 

Well done to everyone that raced at the chiltern league yesterday in Stopsley.
 
There were some great performances including a win for Rebecca Murray in the Senior women’s race, 2nd place for Harry Brodie in the senior men’s race, 2nd place for Mackenzie Kotrys in the U17 men’s race and 3rd place for Ethan Gibbs in the U13 boys.

Upcoming Events

25 Jan 2025
South of England Cross Country Championships
Beckenham Place Park
01 Feb 2025
BUCS Cross Country Championships
Cardiff
08 Feb 2025
Chiltern League (5th fixture)
Horspath, Oxford
22 Feb 2025
National Cross Country Championships
Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath
08 Mar 2025
Inter Counties Cross Country
Wollaton Park, Nottingham
15 Mar 2025
British Masters Cross Country Championships
Tollcross Park, Glasgow
15 Mar 2025
English Schools Cross Country Championships
Ardingley Showground, West Sussex
30 Mar 2025
SEAA 6/12 stage Road Relays
Stantonbury Campus, MK (TBC)
12 Apr 2025
National 6/12 Stage Road Relays
Sutton Park
27 Apr 2025
London Marathon
London
03 May 2025
British Masters Road Relays
(TBC)

 

 

 

 
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