The club's senior teams were in National Athletics League action at Chelmsford on 7th May. The women's and the men's teams both finished sixth out of eight teams, with the combined result being seventh. Chelmsford made the most of home advantage to win the match. Our home match at Bedford is on 4th June.
Dan Jarvis - 4th (14:08.99)
Ben Alcock - 5th (14:15.31)
Sam Winters - 2nd (14:39.50)
Euan Supple (U17) - 40th (16:32.02)
Congratulations to the Senior Men, who followed up their bronze medal at the Southern Road Relays a couple of weeks ago, with an even better bronze at the National 12 stage relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham on Saturday 9th April 2022. Click 'Read More' for the full results.
Congratulations to Milly Dunger and Lyla Danobrega, who both had excellent runs at the National Young Athletes 5k Road Championships at Sutton Park on Saturday 9th April. Milly won the race in Under 15 girls race in 17:59, and Lyla finished third in 20:14. Both Milly and Lyla are ranked in the top 7 nationally for 5k in their age group.
Congratulations to the Senior Men's A Team, who took the bronze medal. There were also some fine performances from Bedford and County's women, including a fastest leg by Tia Wilson, and a win in the Under 15 Girls race for Milly Dunger. Full results below:
Results from the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Tonbridge, 19th March 2022:
Results from the National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill, 26th February 2022:
The fifth round of this season's Chiltern League took place at Shuttleworth on Saturday 19th February. There was a win for Jack Goodwin in the Senior Men's race, with John Eves ninth and James Minter tenth. Alex Alston was the second M20, and Charlie Palmer the top M40. Isaac Raddan came eighth in the U13 boys race. Millie Dunger won the Under 15 girls race, with Lyla Danobrega third, and Lily Farr ninth. We won the Senior Men's team race, and the Under 15 Girls team race, and came third in the Under 15 and Under 13 boys team races. Sadly, the Senior Women's race, and the Under 17 Men's race were both cancelled.
Full Bedford and County Results:
Congratulations to Gracie Wall, who claimed silver in the Under 17 Women's High Jump (1.64m), and also to Etienne Maughan (U20) who improved her own U20 and Senior Women's 60m Hurdles club indoor best to 8.69 seconds whilst finishing 4th in the England Athletic U20 Indoor Championships at the weekend.
Well done to Jack Goodwin and Harry Brodie, who both set 5k road PBs at Battersea on Friday 11th February. in a high quality field, Jack finished 16th in 14:09, whilst Harry came 36th in 14:23. Sam Knee Robinson finished 136th in 15:19, and Rebecca Murray came 11th in the Senior Women's race in 16:23.
Congratulations to Etienne Maughan, who set two club indoor bests at the weekend, to Jamie Webster, who got a bronze medal over 800m in the Southern Indoor Championships, and to Belinda Sergent who won bronze in the Triple Jump.
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.
