Last Saturday, at the Bedfordshire AAA open meeting, Glen Kerr threw 55.39 metres in the Hammer competition. This is not only an M50 club record, but also places Glen 11th on the UK all time list for Men's 50 hammer.
Congratulations Glen!
Tenny has won another medal at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville in Florida, taking his medal haul up to a total of 3.
He has won a gold medal as part of the M65 4x200m relay team to add to the 2 silvers he had already won earlier in the championships.
He is now taking a well-deserved week off in Miami!
Congratulations Tenny!
Image from the medal ceremony for the M65 60m hurdles, where Tenny won the silver medal.
Bedford & County held an indoor pole vault competition yesterday and there were some great results for the Bedford athletes, including:
Bob Kingman 3.92m - M50 club record
Lois Fordham 2.92m - PB and U15 girls club record
Oskar Eastwood 2.72m - PB
Well done to everyone who competed!
Full Bedford & County Results:
In addition to the success of the pole vaulters at last weekends’ Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley the club came away with a further 7 Medals.
Thalia–Jade Mason - High Jump 1st 1.55, 60mH 2nd 9.14
Eva Henry - Long Jump 3rd 5.00, Triple Jump 3rd 10.61 PB
Casey-Mae Chandler - Triple Jump 4th 9.98 PB
Archie Ashpole - Long Jump 2nd 6.23
Raphie Saunders - Triple Jump 3rd 11.50 PB, 200m 18th 25.26
Thomas Leakey - 60m H 8th 7.12 PB, SF 9th 7.11 PB
Congratulations to all the Bedford & County athletes who ran in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday.
Adam Harris, achieved the 6 star Abbot World Marathon Majors award yesterday, by completing the Tokyo Marathon in a chip time of 2hrs 56mins 46sec (gun time 2hrs 57mins 11sec). He has achieved the 6 Star award by running the required marathons in: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
