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 5^th and the Senior Women A in 10^th.

Congratulations to Glen Kerr who elevated himself to 8^th 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 27^th September in Hull.

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Many of our athletes travelled to Aldershot on Saturday 20th September to take part in the SEAA Road Relays, and produced some outstanding individual and team performances.

Well done to everyone who ran. Bedford & County results:

Glen Kerr continued his renaissance as a Masters athlete with a throw of 57.23m to win the M50 Hammer at the British Masters on Sunday. In 1991 as an intermediate boy, he won gold at the English Schools Championship, following it with another gold at the Schools International a week later. As a Senior Man he represented Scotland and set the current Club Record of 65.53m. 

Congratulations to the twenty Bedford & County athletes who represented Bedfordshire at the SEAA Inter Counties Championships at a very wet and windy Horspath Stadium on 13/14 September.

Ten athletes achieved top three places:

Bedford & County’s Junior athletes took part in the EYAL Plate Final on Sunday 7th September at Thurrock. We went into the match 3^rd on paper.  After an amazing set of performances we finished 2^nd overall. Our U13 & U15 girls won their age groups. U17W were 6^th, U13B 3^rd, U15B 2^nd and U17M 5^th.

Match results:

1^st  Thurrock 623

2^nd Bedford 565

3^rd Herts Phoenix 544

4^th Ipswich 528

5^th Cambridge 503

6^th Cobra 488

Bedford Masters Men and Women made the journey to Thurrock on Saturday to contest the Eastern Masters League Final. The Women’s team having qualified for the first time in 20 years, a terrific result for a very small team.

The match started with the pole vault for both men and women and resulted in the Bedford competitors Bob Kingman, Simon Eastwood, Richard Phelan and Gemma Eastwood all winning their events, setting the team up for the rest of the day.

From that great start the Men’s Team was never headed with sterling support from all athletes. Everyone competed in multiple events, some covering events that they had not tried for many years, but there were still a few unfilled places due to holidays, work and injuries.

The Women’s team competed well but shortage of numbers meant they were always going to struggle.

Special mention must be made to Bob Kingman who was awarded the Men’s Field Best Performance Trophy for his 3.8m pole vault.