This year's Eastern Athletics Association Cross Country Championships are on 19th November at Southill Park, near Biggleswade.  There is a full programme of events from Under 13s up to Seniors, and the event also incorporates the Eastern Masters Athletics Club Cross Country Championships, and the Inter-Counties Presidents Cup.  For more information, go to https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2022/easterninfo.pdf, and to enter go to https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2022/easternxce.php.

For club members planning to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting on 4th October 2022, the proposed changes to the club's Articles of Association are set out below:

Please note that this year's Extraordinary General Meeting has been pushed back by one week, and will now be held at 7.45 pm on 4th October 2022 in the Clubhouse at Bedford International Athletics Stadium.  All senior club members may attend.  There is a link to the EGM agenda here: Extraordinary General Meeting Agenda - 27 September 2022

Please note that this year's Extraordinary General Meeting has been pushed back by one week, and will now be held at 7.45 pm on 4th October 2022 in the Clubhouse at Bedford International Athletics Stadium.  All senior club members may attend.  There is a link to the EGM agenda here: Extraordinary General Meeting Agenda - 4th October 2022

Bedford and County AC are seeking a health and safety coordinator to oversee health and safety tasks at the club.

What does the health and safety coordinator do? Generally, the health and safety coordinator ensures members are accessing club activity safely, protecting them from harm, incidents, and accidents.

The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 13th September.  Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 13th September 2022

Congratulations to Simon Coombes, who set two M50 Club records during last weekend's EMAC final.  These were for 800m (2:11.76) and 1500m (4:24.00).

Congratulations to Alan Turnbull, who set a club M55 record of 2hrs 10mins 21 secs for 20 miles at the Hillingdon 20 on Saturday 4th September.  This is Alan's sixth club record of 2022 (so far!).

If you are interested in representing the club in Cross Country or Road events in the various Male Vet (V40, V50, V55, V60) categories, please contact Jim Black, who has taken on the team manager role.  You can contact Jim Black by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Raph Boujou, who recently set a club 100m record of 10.27 seconds, starred at the European championships, anchoring home the Dutch team which finished 4^th in the 4 x 100 metres relay, which was won by Great Britain.  You can watch the race on YouTube.  The Netherlands are in lane 3, in orange vests:

https://youtu.be/lK63-oh2y_8

Congratulations to everybody involved in our National Athletics League team, who won the Championship Plate final on home soil today.  The team scored 490.5 points to second-placed Peterborough and Nene Valley's 483.  Full report to follow.