Mia Flynn threw a huge PB in the U16 Hammer at the Peterborough open today of 54.09m, increasing her club record and moving her to No1 in the UK. Well done Mia! 

Well done to all our runners who completed the London Marathon last week, on a record-breaking day. It was great to see Bedford & County athletes out in force, with several impressive performances across the field.

Results:

Bedford Wheelchair Racing, a section of Bedford and County Athletic Club, has been selected to take part in a Tesco In-store Vote.  When customers make any transaction in any one of the stores in the Bedford area – Super stores, Extra and Express – they will be given a token which they can cast for Bedford Wheelchair Racing. Voting will commence in the stores on Tuesday 28^th April and close at the end of July.

Well done to our junior athletes who took part in the London Mini Marathon Championship race yesterday. A brilliant event running the final 2.62k of the London marathon course.

Bedford & County hammer throwers were out in force at the Dickenson Classic Memorial Hammer competition in Windsor on Saturday 11^th April, honouring former hammer thrower and BBC commentator Paul Dickenson.

Mia returned to form in style, throwing back over 50m to win the U16 girls’ event and take home an impressive haul of prizes.

Darren experienced a mixed competition but saved his best for last, digging deep in the final round to produce a new personal best and club M55 record, launching the 6kg hammer to 49.07m.

Glen delivered a solid series just shy of 56m, but one of the standout moments of the day came away from the circle. The team caught up with Hungarian Olympic champion Krisztián Pars. Glen and Pars previously competed together back in 2003 while Glen was on international duty for Scotland in Slovenia. Remarkably, Glen still has the original scorecard from that event - a piece of history featuring three Olympic champions: Pars (2012), Adrián Annus, and Primož Kozmus.

Picture of Glen, Krisztian, Darren and Mia.