There were some very good performances at the first Chiltern Cross Country League match of the season in Oxford on Saturday 16th October. Ben Davies came third in the Senior Men's race, with Jake Richardson one place behind him, and Jamie Seddon in seventh. The Senior Men finished second in the team event.
Photo by kind permission of Barry Cornelius.
Bedford and County Teams achieved two top-ten finishes at the National Road Relays at Sutton Park on Saturday 9th October.
The Senior Men's A team finished an excellent 6th, and the Under 15 Girls team came a brilliant 3rd. For the full results...
Well done to Matt Leach, and Josh Lunn, who finished ninth and fourteenth respectively in the London Marathon. Matt’s time was 2:15:31, and Josh’s was 2:18:06.
Given the cancellation of this year's Southern Road Relays, the SOAR Milton Keynes road relays on Sunday 26th September were seen by many as a replacement event. There were some strong performances from Bedford and County teams.
Howard Darbon writes:
Now that athletics is back in full swing there are a number of notable performances to record.
Well done to the Bedford and County athletes who took part in the South of England U15/U20 Inter Counties Championships at Horspath, Oxford on 11th September. The Bedford results were as follows:
Well done to the Bedford and County athletes who took part in the UK School Games at Loughborough on 3rd and 4th September. There were some excellent performances.
For a breakdown of some of the results in the period up to 16th August...
For a breakdown of some of the results in the period up to 1st August...
The men's team won the Eastern Masters league match at Bedford on 28th July.
For a breakdown of some of the results in the period up to 26th July...
Congratulations to Alex Alston, who improved his own 3000m Steeplechase Under 20 club record to 9:06.03 whilst representing Great Britain in the final of the 3000m Steeplechase at the European Under 20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday 18th July.
