Club record for Mia
Congratulations to Mia Flynn on her win at the SEAA U15 Championships at the weekend with a new U15 hammer club record of 45.72m.
Marston 5k
Bedford & County had a successful evening at the Marston 5k on Friday, picking up lots of trophies.
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Bedford & County Juniors collect 3 podium finishes at the South of England U13, U15 & U17 Championships 7th & 8th June at Crystal Palace
Eight of the club’s junior athletes took part in the South of England Championships this weekend and came away with 3 medals and 5 PBs.
U13
Poppy B – Long jump 4 th 4.43m
Eliza G - 800m H 2.48.09
U15
Mia F - Hammer 1st 45.72m PB
Emily E – Javelin 3rd 31.28m
Lois F – Pole Vault 6th 2.60m
Harry H - 800m H 2.10.30 PB F 2 nd 2.05.60 PB
Ethan G - 800m H 2.09.05 F 4th 2.05.79 PB
Oliver H - 1500m H 4.29.27 PB
Alex and Rosemary present their 2025 bursary to Lola and Eliza
Alex and Rosemary presented their bursary for this year to Lola N and Eliza G for their commitment to training, eagerness to compete and showing strong team spirit.
Bank Holiday Events at Chelmsford
Three Bedford and County athletes competed in high quality fests at Chelmsford over the bank holiday weekend.
On Saturday Thaila-Jade Mason set a lifetime best of 15.28sec in the 100m hurdles at the Bruce Longden Hurdles Fest and then followed it up on Monday with a season's best of 5.85m long jump at the Biggish Field Events meeting.
Meanwhile also at the Biggish meeting, High Jumper Gracie Wall was just 1 centimetre off her season's best with 1.64m while training partner Zaphaniah Bryan cleared 1.92m for his second highest jump of the year.
Eastern Young Athletes League Match 2 – 18th May at Ware
The youngest athletes in the club travelled to Ware on Sunday 18th May for another tough match. The weather started cool with the sun coming out in the afternoon. We came away with a total of 92 PBs, 50 for the girls and 42 for the boys.
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Tom selected to play in European Champions Cup Final
Congratulations to Tom Litchfield who was selected to play for Northampton Saints in yesterday’s European Champions cup final v Bordeaux.
Tom was a Bedford and County AC club stalwart representing our junior teams all the way from U13 through to U20, across most events. His main specialism was as a hammer thrower, for which he represented Bedfordshire at the ESAA champs.
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Medals at the BMAF Throws Pentathlon
Yesterday, the British Masters Athletics Federations'(BMAF) Throws Pentathlon took place at Horspath Track - Oxford.
Darren Kerr won gold in the Men's 55 year old category in a very close and high quality competition, beating some very accomplished throwers.
Graeme Packman was also competing in the Men's 70 year old category and won a bronze medal.
The Throws Pentathlon consists of the hammer, shot, discus, Javelin and heavy weight with performances in each being turned into a points score and aggregated across the 5 events.
Club record for Bob
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