Eight of the club’s junior athletes took part in the South of England Championships this weekend and came away with 3 medals and 5 PBs.

U13
Poppy B – Long jump 4 th 4.43m
Eliza G - 800m H 2.48.09

U15
Mia F - Hammer 1st 45.72m PB
Emily E – Javelin 3rd 31.28m
Lois F – Pole Vault 6th 2.60m
Harry H - 800m H 2.10.30 PB F 2 nd 2.05.60 PB
Ethan G - 800m H 2.09.05 F 4th 2.05.79 PB
Oliver H - 1500m H 4.29.27 PB

Alex and Rosemary presented their bursary for this year to Lola N and Eliza G for their commitment to training, eagerness to compete and showing strong team spirit.

The youngest athletes in the club travelled to Ware on Sunday 18^th May for another tough match.  The weather started cool with the sun coming out in the afternoon.  We came away with a total of 92 PBs, 50 for the girls and 42 for the boys.

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On Monday Paula Radcliffe, Life Vice President of Bedford & County, ran the Boston Marathon finishing in a time of 2 hours 53 minutes 46 seconds. This run breaks her own W50 marathon club record that she set only 7 weeks ago in Tokyo. 

The Tokyo Marathon was Paula's first marathon in a decade after retiring from competitive running in 2015, and her time of 2 hours 57 minutes 22 seconds took an hour off the previous W50 club record.

Paula has added Six Star finisher to her roll of honour after completing the Boston Marathon as her final World Major Marathon. In a full circle moment Paula was awarded her Six Star Medal in Boston, 33 years after she won her first international medal there at the World Cross Country Championships in 1992.

Congratulations Paula!

Brothers Glen and Darren Kerr hammered it at the weekend producing superb performances at the Dickenson Classic held at Windsor on Saturday 19^th April. Glen threw a magnificent 56.78m to go 9^th on the UK all-time M50 rankings. Not to be outdone, Darren produced a new M55 record of 48.06.M. Both promise more to come this season.