The British Masters Indoor Pentathlon Championships was held last Sunday at the EIS in Sheffield.
 
Bedford & County athlete Leanne Buxton competed in the W45 category and won the National Title.
 
She achieved three W45 club records (60 Hurdles 9.51 sec; High jump 1.39m; and Long jump 5.00m) in setting a club W45 pentathlon record of 3868 points.
 
Congratulations Leanne, what an amazing start to her 2025 competitive season.

We have now completed our affiliations to Track and Field leagues for 2025 and the fixture list is taking shape.

Seniors

The focus for the club this season for senior athletes will be the Southern Athletics League (SAL). This means that we get a home fixture, plus a further local match at Sandy, with the other two fixtures being at Colchester. This league also gives an opportunity to our U17 athletes, as the minimum age for this league is 15 as of 31/8/25. It has also historically proven to provide good competition for our masters athletes.

We have not affiliated to the National Athletics League this year, as in recent years we have found that the travel distances involved have meant that we have struggled to get teams out. We will, though, obviously support any of our senior athletes who wish to compete for NAL clubs as Higher Claim Athletes.

After returning from a tough warm weather training session in Tenerife, Jasmine Wilkins flew to Dublin for an indoor meet at Abbotstown, running in the 60m and 200m.

 

Although very tired from Tenerife Jasmine still managed a new club record in the 200m, 24.33 secs.

 

Not one to rest for long, Jasmine has been selected to represent England in Iceland  at the Reykjavik International Games on 27th Jan.

 

Entry for the Eastern Indoor Track & Field Championships is now open!
 
The championships is on the 1st & 2nd March 2025 and is combined with the Essex Indoor Championships.
 
 
 
 
 
Entry deadline 17th February. Please read all the information provided before entering.
 

Some of Bedford and County’s athletes were at the Last Friday of the Month 5k in Hyde Park yesterday and ran some big pbs.
 
Archie Henderson was 8th in 15:59
Oliver Coombes was 37th in 17:54
Harry Henderson was 39th in 17:59
Oliver Henderson was 67th in 19:03
Emma Coombes was 177th in 26:11
 
Well done all!

On Sunday 22nd December Bedford hosted an indoor pole vault competition. We had athletes from Biggleswade, Hunts AC, Dacorum & Tring, as well as former BCAC member Mark Burgman (now living in Hawaii) and his daughter Jessie Layman from Melbourne competing. 

There were prizes for best height (related to 2024 SB). Lois Fordham won with a 1cm PB and new U15 girls club record, ranking her equal 10th in the UK for U15. Jemma was 2nd - 7cm down, Chloe was 3rd with 10cm down and Oskar was 4th with 12cm down.

Congratulations to Lois Fordham on what is probably the last record of 2024, when setting a new U15 Pole vault record of 2.81M at the Bedford Christmas Invitation Pole Vault on Sunday 22nd December.

Thanks to everyone who helped make yesterday’s 44th Annual Christmas Handicap such a success.
The race was won by Emma Coombes who, after going close to winning several times in the past, strode to a well deserved and very popular victory. Emma closed a 3 minute gap on the 3 ladies in front, passing them just a few hundred metres from the finish to win by 11 secs. The first man to finish was Matt Bray who set off 9 mins behind Emma but finished 32 secs behind in 5th place.

Upcoming Events

14 Mar 2026
EMMA Masters Indoor Inter Area
Lee Valley
14 Mar 2026
English Schools Cross Country
Liverpool
26 Mar 2026
Euro Masters Indoor Champs
Torun, Poland
29 Mar 2026
SEAA 12 & 6 Stage Road Relay
Stantonbury Campus, Milton Keynes (TBC)
11 Apr 2026
National 12 & 6 Stage Road Relay
Sutton Park, Birmingham
19 Apr 2026
Bedfordshire AAA County Championship 5 mile
Creasy Park LU6 1BB
26 Apr 2026
London Marathon
16 May 2026
SAL Match 1
Milton Keynes
21 Jun 2026
SAL Match 2
Bedford

 

 

 

 
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