Club Committee Meeting - February 2022
The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 7th February. Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 7th February 2022.
London Indoor Games U13/U15/U17
Well done to Jessica Frost (U17), who competed in the U13/U15/U17 London Indoor Games at Lee Valley on 29th January. Jess won her 60m race in a new PB of 8.49 seconds, and also set PBs in the Long Jump (4.59m) and the Shot Put (8.12m). Gracie Wall won the U17 High Jump with 1.67m.
Are you Interested in Volunteering as an Official?
The club is always looking for volunteers, and at the moment we are particularly short of officials. If your child or grandchild will be competing in the Eastern Young Athletes League or the Youth Development League this season, or if you are able to help out with officiating at British League, Southern League, or other events, England Athletics have some officiating courses coming up: https://www.englandathletics.org/officiating/officiating-journey/officiating-journey-step-1/
The club will pay for you to attend.
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Ben Wins England Selection
Congratulations to Ben Alcock, who has been selected to run for England in Diest , Belgium on Sunday 13th February.
Harry Wins Southern U20 Cross-Country, Ben Alcock 2nd in Senior Race
Congratulations to Harry Brodie, who won the Under 20 Southern Cross Country Championships at Beckingham Place on Saturday 29th January, and to Ben Alcock, who came second in the Senior Men's event.
Pentathlon Success for Leanne and Penny
Congratulations to Leanne Buxton, who won the British Masters W40 Indoor Pentathlon in Sheffield on 23 January, and to Penny Butcher, who took the bronze medal in the W60 pentathlon. The full results were:
Indoor Results Roundup - January 2022
The indoor athletics season has got into swing over the last month or so. Here is a roundup of results:
Award for Varun... ...and an Unlucky Break
Varun Bandi, aged 17, has recently been awarded the Bedford Sports Award in the Junior Disabled Sportsperson of the Year category. This is the second time has has won this award, the previous occasion was in 2019. However, he has recently been involved in an accident when delivering news papers. On an icy morning his wheelchair slipped and he crashed into a van, fracturing a bone in his leg! Fortunately it will probably only involve a three week rest from racing and so we hope to see him back again in February!
Southern Success for Gracie
Congratulations to Gracie Wall who had a convincing win in the Under 17 Women's High Jump at the Southern Indoor Championships last weekend. Gracie cleared 1.69 to take the title, 6 cm higher than the silver medallist.
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