Club Under 20 record for Alex
Congratulations to Alex Alston, who broke his own club Under 20 3000m Steeplechase record for the second time in under a month at the UK Championships in Manchester on 25th June. Alex’s new record is 9:00.35.
Southern Championships Success for Juniors
Two Bedford and County juniors came home with gold medals from the Southern Championships in Chelmsford on 18th and 19th June. Milly Dunger won the Under 17 3000m in a new PB of 10:05.56, Whilst Gracie Wall stepped up an age group to win the Under 20 High Jump with a jump of 1.70 metres.
Gracie has been working with coach Barry Johnson on her fitness, and set a new PB of 1.75 metres whilst winning the Bedfordshire Schools title earlier in the month. Both Gracie and Milly are amongst the Bedford and County contingent who will be competing at the English Schools Championships in July.
Bedford & County Youngsters Selected for the English Schools Championships
Congratulations to the Bedford and County youngsters who have been selected to compete for Bedfordshire Schools at this year's English Schools Championships in Manchester, 7th -9th July:
Club M55 Road Best for Alan
Congratulations to Alan Turnbull, who has broken his fourth Bedford and County M55 Road Best of the year. Alan completed the Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) Half Marathon in 76mins 35s on Sunday 19th June. He now holds the M55 club road bests for 5 miles, 10 Km, 10 miles and the Half-Marathon.
British Masters Championships, Derby
A contingent of our first and second claim athletes competed at the BMAF Championships last weekend in Derby and the group returned with some medals! The results were:
Jemma Eastwood W40 PV 1st 3.12m
Tenny James M60 100H 2nd 16.06 secs
M60 200m 5th 26.94
M60 400m 4th 61.21
Graeme Packman M65 Discus 3rd 32.25m
M65 Shot 5th 9.08m
Of the 2nd claim athletes that compete for Bedford in the EMAC T&F League
Bob Kingman M45 PV 1st 3.42m
Ricard Phelan M60 PV 2nd 2.72m
Dave Folgate M70 TJ 1st 9.02m
Club Committee Meeting - June 2022
The next club committee meeting is scheduled for 14th June. Here is the agenda: Committee Meeting Agenda - 14th June 2022
Club Under 20 record for Alex
Congratulations to Alex Alston, who set a new club Under 20 3000m Steeplechase record at Watford on 11th June, beating his own mark from last year. Alex’s new record is 9:04.52.
British Milers Club Grand Prix, Watford, 11th June
There were lots of PBs at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Watford on 11th June.
1500m
Sam Winters, 3:47.65 (PB), 1st place in the D race
Alfie Yablsey, 3:49.10 (PB), 2nd place in the F race
5000m
Jack Goodwin, 13:52.31, 7th place in the A race
Harry Brodie, 14:31.78 (PB), 18th in the B race
Sam Knee-Robinson, 14:44.77 (PB), 6th pace in the C race
Rebecca Murray, 16:17.02, 12th place in the A race
3000m Steeplechase
Dan Jarvis, 8:48.88, 1st place in the A race
Alex Alston, 9:04.52 (PB), 4th place in the A race
Congratulations to Jack and Alex who have been invited to compete in the British Championships in the 5000m and 3000m Steeplechase respectively. Alex will be joined in the Steeplechase by Bedford and County's Senior Men's record holder, Dan Jarvis.
You should be able to watch the BMC highlights on the Vinco website.
EYAL Sunday 5th June at Stevenage – Girls’ Report
The young athletes of the club had another fine turn out on a cool, damp Sunday at Stevenage for the 2nd EYAL match. With a bigger and stronger team than the first match we finished a very strong 3rd place.
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