On Sunday 10th September 13 Bedford & County athletes swapped their club vests for Bedfordshire vests. For many of these athletes it was the first time they wore the white, black, red and gold of Bedfordshire. They came away with 4 3rd place places for Quardi in the U15B 200m, Dane in the U15B shot, James in the U17M 400m and Archie in the U17M long jump. Lily U17W 800m, Verity U17W Hammer and Theo U17M 1500m all produced PBs.
BEDFORD & COUNTY AC Men’s Team were victorious at The Final of the Eastern Masters Athletic (EMAC) League which took place on Saturday 9th September at Bedford.
Competition is obviously at the very heart of athletics. We all find our own level at which we can compete, and to a large degree we often compete against ourselves in the quest for a new PB. It is fundamental to the sport.
So, the club committee wants to ensure that the type and format of competition we provide as a club aligns as closely as possible with what the current generation of athletes really want. We are not sure that this is currently the case, based largely on the declining level of support for league fixtures, most notably in the senior leagues, and where the fixture involves a lot of travel.
We need to hear your views – first and foremost, those of the athletes, but also of all other interested parties – parents, coaches, officials, and team managers.
The club is building its social media presence, making more use of the Facebook and Instagram accounts. Social media is a great way for members of the club to keep up with news, club success and information about upcoming fixtures. It would be great to get as many people behind this as possible, athletes and parents alike, so please do give us a follow:
We will also need help from you, if you have any photos or news from any event that you would like to share, provided you have the athlete in the photo’s permission, please send them via a direct message on Instagram/Facebook or send an email to
There were some excellent results at the British Masters Championships at Derby at the weekend. The highlights included three gold medals for Tenny James (M65 100m, 400m and 100m Hurdles), a win for Glen Kerr in the M45 Hammer, and two silver medals for Darren Kerr in the M50 Hammer and M50 Weight (with a new PB of 16.54 metres). A silver and bronze medal for Damian Larrington (in the M40 Shot and the M40 Discus respectively), two bronze medals for Graeme Packman (M65 Discus and M65 Shot), a silver meal for Jemma Eastwood, and a silver medal for Ellie Garraway.
The full results are at https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-otfc/
Ben Davies and Jack Goodwin both set excellent 1500m PBs in the BMC Gold Standard Races at Watford on Wednesday 23rd August. Ben improved his PB to 3.43.38, and Jack brought his PB down to 3.46.27. Sam Knee Robinson also returned a 3:51.20 PB in the open 1500m.
There were also some good performances from younger athletes over 200m:
Life member Raph Bouju reached the 100m Semi-Final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on 20th August, finishing 5th in 10.20 seconds. Raph had earlier won his heat in 10.09.
Thaila-Jade Mason took a second South of England Championship gold when she added the U17 Long Jump title to the Heptathlon U17 title she had won a fortnight earlier. Competing at Lee Valley on Sunday 13 August, three of her four valid jumps (5.73m;5.68m and 5.57m) were comfortably ahead of the silver medalist who jumped 5.30m.
