A talented trio of Bedford & County athletes claimed four silver medals between them in international competition last weekend.
Pride of place must go to Life Member Raphael Boujou, who was competing in the European Under 23 Championships for Holland where he now resides.
Round 3 of the SAL took place in Bedford on Sunday 9th July. With a stronger than usual turnout, the club finished a close third in the Division 3 North fixture. There were wins for:
There were some good performances at the Watford Open Meeting on 12th July.
Jack Goodwin set a new 1500m PB of 3:49.61 with a strong run the BMC A Race.
In the open meeting at Watford, Ben Alcock was not far off his PB in winning the 3000m with a time of 8:18.04.
Meanwhile, in Birmingham, Ed Blythman won the fastest open 1500m race of the evening in a new PB of 3:55.67.
On another good evening, Bedford hosted the latest round of the EMAC Masters League. The evening started with the now customary wins for Adam Hills and John Borgas in the 1500m walk, well done lads you are currently undefeated.
Congratulations to two athletes who have recently broken club records:
Both athletes have now broken club records five times this year.
Three members of Bedford and County competed at the British Championships in Manchester on Saturday.
Gracie Wall was 7th in the Women’s High Jump final with a third time clearance at 1.73m; Etienne Maughan placed 3rd in her heat of the 100m hurdles posting yet another club record of 13.78 seconds - her 5th of the season; whilst Ben Davies was 6th in his heat of the 1500m in a time of 3min. 49.81 having had to avoid a faller at the start of the last lap.
At the start of a very busy month for our youngest members of the Club the Girls put on an amazing show. The U13s came 2nd, U15s and U17s 4th. We again had an amazing number of PBs - 20 and SBs – 5.
Hornchurch was our first fixture of the month, and with 4 weekends of matches, we are certainly in for a busy few weeks. A warm welcome to our newest members of the team: Wilf, Owen and Archie. What a great start you made with fantastic performances and earned the team 24 points between you and 1st place positions for Archie and Owen – well done!
Bedford and County finished the fixture in 4th place yesterday; the boys scored 149 points in total.
