It was good to see so many BCAC athletes making the very long trip north to Sedgefield, County Durham, for the National Cross Country Championships last weekend (21^st February).

Best team performance of the day was in the senior men’s race, where we had 10 athletes on the start line, with the team finishing a very creditable 6^th (2^nd southern club), led home by Ben Alcock’s fine 13^th place, a commendable effort, coming as it did just 6 days after running a half marathon pb.

Congratulations to our athletes who have been awarded their Bedfordshire County colours – Luca, Oskar, Serena, Mia, Lois, Juliette, Holly. Fraser and Sophia.

Well done to all our athletes who competed at the Eastern Indoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend.

Overall Bedford & County athletes achieved 20 personal bests and 8 medals. 

Congratulations to Darren Kerr who set another new club M55 Masters Shot Record on Saturday 21^st February at the British Masters Athletics Championship at Lee Valley in winning the M55 Championship with 11.99m.

The final match of the 2025/26 Chiltern Cross Country League season brought the campaign to a close at Luton last weekend, with testing conditions at Stopsley Common providing a fitting end to a highly competitive winter.

5 of our athletes won their races; Ed Blythman (Senior Men), Oliver Weddell (U17 Men), Fraser Williams (U15 Boys), Poppy Makin (U13 Girls) and Imogen Murphy (U11 Girls). 

Across the age groups Bedford & County came away with 3 individual league titles and 5 team titles, finishing 2nd in the overall team competition behind Chiltern Harriers.

Ben Alcock ran a PB of 63:09 in the Barcelona Half Marathon yesterday (Sunday 15th February 2026), the second fastest ever by a Bedford & County athlete behind Matt Leach’s club record.

Mia Flynn claimed victory at the inaugural U16 England Athletics South Regional Winter Long Throws Championships 2026 in testing conditions at Lea Valley Athletics Centre.

Battling torrential rain and biting, horizontal winds, Mia delivered a composed and consistent performance. She produced three throws over 47 metres, with a best mark of 47.62m — an impressive result given the challenging weather.

Bedford athletes excelled at the England Age Group Championships with five athletes sharing three medals, three club indoor records and thee lifetime bests. 

Congratulations to Ed Foy on his new Club Senior Men's Indoor Shot record of 14.85m at Loughborough on Sunday 1^st February.