Bedford & County Athletics Club celebrated their Annual Awards Evening on 21 November 2025. The celebration honoured retrospective winners from 2019-2023, who missed out on receiving their awards due to Covid, as well as 2025 winners. The event took place at the Bedford International Athletics Stadium with the awards being presented by Ryan Apps Great Britain Rugby 7s Player who was also a Bedford & County member.
A few of our runners travelled to Sefton Park in Liverpool on Saturday to take part in the Cross Challenge xc race that doubled as the qualifiers for the European Cross Country Championships next month.
Standout performances for Bedford & County include U15 boys Fraser and Oliver who came 8th and 10th respectively in their race.
Congratulations to Ed Blythman on his PB of 30:25 for 18th place in a high quality field at the Fulham 10k last Sunday.
Oxford City AC organised the 2nd Chiltern League Match, held at Horspath, Oxford on the 15th November. The course, still reeling from the after-effects of Storm Claudia was wet and boggy, which came to suit many of our athletes. The performance of the afternoon on the men’s side goes to U17 Oliver W, who came 2nd place and only 5 seconds away from winning the U17 men’s race. Meanwhile in the Senior Women Rebecca M won by an impressive 45 seconds overall.
On the 1st November, Bedford and County travelled to Mansfield for the highly anticipated National Cross County Relays, taking on a newly crafted and challenging course. All teams excelled, with honourable mentions to the youngest runners on the boys’ side, the Under 13 and 15 Boys.
Congratulations to Ben Alcock on his outstanding time of 63:42 at the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday.
St Albans Cathedral was the backdrop for the first Chiltern League match of the 2025 – 2026 Cross Country season at Verulamium Park. With the U11 Girls, U13 Girls, U15 Boys, Under 20 Men and Senior Men all winning their respective leagues.
Bedford and County AC took on the wind and rain of Storm Amy when they travelled to the National Road Relay Champs at Sutton Park in Birmingham, with each team giving their all in a brilliantly rewarding day in the West Midlands. The most notable of results included top 10 finishes for: the Under 15 Boys A in 5th and the Senior Women A in 10th.
Congratulations to Glen Kerr who elevated himself to 8th on the all-time M50 rankings for the Senior 7.26K hammer with a throw of 50.23M at the Hammer Circle Reunion meeting on 27th September in Hull.
