British Milers Club Grand Prix, Sportcity, Manchester, 28th May
There were some excellent performances at the BMC Grand Prix in Manchester on 28th May.
Youth Development League, Match 1 – 8th May at Bedford. Boys' Team Report
Report by Jodi Henderson:
Firstly, I would like to thank all of the parents and athletes for such a warm welcome as Boys Team Manager – you have all made my job much easier!
YDL
On Sunday 8 May, the U13 and U15 boys represented ‘Team Bedfordshire’ in the first round of the YDL. It was a tough field and the team scored 261 points overall and finished in 5th place. Standout performances came from Dane R in shot who came 1st and a 3rd place for Bejay M in the 80m hurdles.
Southern Athletics League Match 1 Report
| Team | Score | |
| 1 | Dacorum AC | 224.5 |
| 2 | Havering AC | 172.5 |
| 3 | London Heathside | 153 |
| 4 | Bedford and County AC | 143 |
Report by Craig Emmerson:
Sunday the 22nd of May saw Bedford & County’s senior Men and Women open their Southern athletics league campaign at Hemel Hempstead. After a reasonable start to the season in the First NAL match, Team managers Craig Emmerson an Emma Coombes had hoped that a solid team performance would really kick start the season for the seniors. However it wasn’t to be quite to be.
Club Record for Dan
Congratulations to Dan Jarvis, who broke the club's 3000m Steeplechase Record in the Diamond League at Birmingham on 21st May. Dan's new mark is 8:37.58.
Watford Open Graded Meeting, 18th May 2022
800m
Sam Winters, 1:51.50 (PB), 6th in BMC A race.
Lauren Nichols, 2:20.34, 9th in race 8.
AGM Tuesday 24th May
BEDFORD AND COUNTY ATHLETIC CLUB
AGM For Bedford & County Athletic Club Ltd
The AGM of the above company will be held on Tuesday 24th May at 7.45 pm at Bedford International Athletic Stadium.
County Championships - Saturday 14th May
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire both staged their county championships recently, and Bedford and County athletes competed at both events. There was only a partial field programme at the Cambridgeshire championships due to lack of officials. Those field events not held on Saturday will be held at open meetings in June.
Youth Development League, Match 1 – 8th May at Bedford. Girls Team Report
The youngest members of the junior section of the club took part in a very tough first YDL Match at Bedford on 8th May as part of Team Bedfordshire, a composite team with Biggleswade, Leighton Buzzard and Luton. We were up against some extraordinarily strong teams from Basildon, Brighton and Hove, Croydon, Herne Hill and Medway and Maidstone.
Another Club Road Best for Alan
Congratulations to Alan Turnbull, who set a new M55 10 mile club road best of 57m 20s at Dereham on 15 May - this is Alan's third M55 club road best since the beginning of April.
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