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.

Congratulations to Glen Kerr, who set a new club M45 Hammer record of 53.47 metres in the NAL match at Bournemouth on Saturday 5th August.

Congratulations to Jack Goodwin, who, after later another another fine season, has been selected to run for England in the Adidas Home Nations 5K in Cardiff on 12 August.  Jack has a 13:54.33 5000m to his name this year and set a 8:00.44 3000m PB at Watford last month.  Good luck for the race Jack!

Congratulations to Ellie Garraway, who set a new club W50 1500m record at Watford on Wednesday.  Ellie's new mark is 5:10.50.

Congratulations to Raph Boujou and Thaila-Jade Mason, who have both broken club records recently.  Raph improved his own Senior Men's 100m record to 10.01 seconds at the European Under 23 Championships in Finland on 13th July, whilst Thaila-Jade improved the Under 17 Women's Long Jump record to 6.00 metres at the Schools International in Grangemouth on 15th July.

Congratulations to John Eves, who has broken two M40 club records recently.  John's new marks are 8:43.61 for the 3000m, set at Watford on 28th June, and 15:07.21 for the 5000m, set at Finsbury Park on 21st July.

Congratulations to two athletes who have recently broken club records:

• Etienne Maughan broke her own Senior Women's and Under 20 Women's 100m hurdles record with a time of 13.78 seconds at the British Championships last weekend.
• Tennyson James broke the club's M65 100m record with a time of 13.5 seconds in the EMAC league match on 10th May.

Both athletes have now broken club records five times this year.

Congratulations to Etienne Maughan and Lyla Danobrega, who both set new club records at the English Schools Championships at the weekend.  Etienne's 13.98 seconds is a new club Senior Women's and Under 20 Women's record for 100m Hurdles.  Lyla's 5:06.16 is a new club Senior Women's and Under 20 Women's record for 1500m Steeplechase.  

The funeral of Jenny O’Shea will take place at Bedford Chapel, Norse Road on Thursday 13th July at 13.45, followed by a wake at the Knife and Cleaver, Houghton Conquest. Those wishing to attend the service or service and wake should indicate which by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. who will pass details on to Paddy. There will also be a live streaming and later viewing. Again, contact Dennis for details.
Those wishing to make donations to the Alzheimer’s Society in the name of Jenny should do so using http://www.abbott-funerals.co.uk/ 

Congratulations to Bob Kingman and to Lois Fordham who have both broken club records recently.  At the recent NAL match, Bob Kingman improved his own Pole Vault record to 3.80m; whilst Lois Fordham set new figures for the U13 Pole Vault by clearing 2.12m at the Biggleswade Jumps Fest on 21^st June. The previous holder was Gracie Wall who did 2.01m in 2018.

Jenny O’Shea, who has passed away after a long illness, will have been known by many members of Bedford and County AC. She was an outstanding sprints coach, a regular timekeeper at many of our meetings and was for many years Championships Secretary and organiser of the Bedfordshire AAA Championships. Those wishing to attend her funeral should contact Dennis Johnson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)