Bedford Masters Men and Women made the journey to Thurrock on Saturday to contest the Eastern Masters League Final. The Women’s team having qualified for the first time in 20 years, a terrific result for a very small team.

The match started with the pole vault for both men and women and resulted in the Bedford competitors Bob Kingman, Simon Eastwood, Richard Phelan and Gemma Eastwood all winning their events, setting the team up for the rest of the day.

From that great start the Men’s Team was never headed with sterling support from all athletes. Everyone competed in multiple events, some covering events that they had not tried for many years, but there were still a few unfilled places due to holidays, work and injuries.

The Women’s team competed well but shortage of numbers meant they were always going to struggle.

Special mention must be made to Bob Kingman who was awarded the Men’s Field Best Performance Trophy for his 3.8m pole vault.

Congratulations to Bob Kingman on increasing his M50 pole vault record to 4.01m at the SAL in Sandy on 31 August 2025.

Congratulations to Helen Buller who set a new W45 5000m club record at the SAL in Sandy on 31st August with a time of 19 minutes 26.5 seconds. 

Many congratulations to Mia Flynn who jumped to number 3 on the UK U15 Hammer rankings with a massive throw of 49.95m at the Biggleswade Open Meeting on Saturday 23 August, improving her own club record by over two and a half metres.