In addition to the success of the pole vaulters at last weekends’ Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley the club came away with a further 7 Medals.

U20s

Thalia–Jade Mason - High Jump 1^st 1.55, 60mH 2^nd 9.14

Eva Henry - Long Jump 3^rd 5.00, Triple Jump 3^rd 10.61 PB

Casey-Mae Chandler - Triple Jump 4^th 9.98 PB

Archie Ashpole  - Long Jump 2^nd 6.23

Raphie Saunders - Triple Jump 3rd 11.50 PB,  200m 18th 25.26

Thomas Leakey - 60m H 8^th 7.12 PB,  SF 9^th 7.11 PB

Congratulations to all the  Bedford & County athletes who ran in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday. 


Adam Harris, achieved the 6 star Abbot World Marathon Majors award yesterday, by completing the Tokyo Marathon in a chip time of 2hrs 56mins 46sec (gun time 2hrs 57mins 11sec). He has achieved the 6 Star award by running the required marathons in: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York. 

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Yesterday, the final Chiltern League cross country of the season took place at Oxford. Bedford and County finished the season off in style on a very muddy course to win the overall competition, taking home the title for the first time in 7 years. 

We also won the team title for Senior Women and U17 Men, a title Bedford and County's Senior Women haven't won for 11 years.

An early season opportunity to have a run out at this Open Meet Track event at Stevenage on Sunday 30th March.

The U17 Men came away with the silver medal at today's SEAA Cross Country Championships in Beckenham. The U15 boys came 19th.

Well done to everyone that ran. See full results below.

We have now completed our affiliations to Track and Field leagues for 2025 and the fixture list is taking shape.

Seniors

The focus for the club this season for senior athletes will be the Southern Athletics League (SAL). This means that we get a home fixture, plus a further local match at Sandy, with the other two fixtures being at Colchester. This league also gives an opportunity to our U17 athletes, as the minimum age for this league is 15 as of 31/8/25. It has also historically proven to provide good competition for our masters athletes.

We have not affiliated to the National Athletics League this year, as in recent years we have found that the travel distances involved have meant that we have struggled to get teams out. We will, though, obviously support any of our senior athletes who wish to compete for NAL clubs as Higher Claim Athletes.