Update on Bedford athletes competing in Gothenburg at the World Masters
Jemma Wins Masters Pole Vault World Championships
Club record for Mia
Congratulations to Mia Flynn who has broken her own U15 Girls club record for the Hammer with a throw of 43.51m at the SEAA U15 Champs in Walton on the 11 August.
AWARDS EVENING
We are looking for a person(s) who can help with organising a club awards evening to celebrate our athletes achievements. The event is planned for the end of October at the stadium. If you can offer help with organising this event, or would like further details of what is involved, please contact Penny Butcher on 07732013929 or at
Upcoming events in September
There are a few road and track races coming up in Sandy in September:
Wed 4th Sept 5k road race 7 pm from Sandy sling route 51 cycleway around a loop and back.
Wed 11th Sept 70 year anniversary 1 mile races on the track.
(See poster)
Saturday 28th Sept open track and field meet at Sandy.
Club records for John
Congratulations to John Eves who has set 2 Masters Club Records. 14:58.25 for the M40 5000m record at Wimbledon on 3rd August and 31:19 for the M40 10000m record at Chelmsford on the 29th June.
Club record for Mia
Congratulations to Mia Flynn who has set a new U15 Hammer club record of 42.41m at the England U15 Championships in Birmingham on 26th July.
Twin Silvers from Bedford Girls and International callup for Jasmine Wilkins
Congratulations to Jasmine Wilkins and Etienne Maughan who each claimed a
silver medal in the England U20 and U23 Championships held at Birmingham
on the weekend of 20/21 July.
Running in the 100m on Saturday, Jasmine comfortably won her heat in 11.82
seconds (w – 1.6) and finished second in the final with 11.94 seconds battling
against a -2.8 wind. On Sunday, she finished 5 th in the final of the 200m in a
time of 23.99 seconds, which also constituted a personal best and a club record.
Jasmine has been called up as part of the relay squad for the GB team for the
World U20 Championships to be held in Peru in August.
Not to be outdone, Etienne, recovering from injury, gained Bedford’s second
silver of the weekend placing second in the U23 100m Hurdles in a time of
13.64 seconds, just a tenth outside her personal best.
Club Record for Sam
Bedford & County Athletes representing Cambridgeshire at ESAA
Congratulations to Tilly W who represented Cambridgeshire in the IG Triple Jump, placing 12th with a jump of 10.34m.
Bedford and county athletes selected to represent England in the Cardiff home countries 5k
Congratulations to Jack Goodwin (Senior Men) and Noah Campion (U20 Men) who have been selected to represent England in the Cardiff home countries 5k road race on the August 24th.
Club record for Emily
Congratulations to Emily Elphick who set a new U13 Girls club record of 33.90m in the Javelin at the National Prep Schools Championships in Birmingham on 3rd July.



