Bedford and County AC - News Archive

Records for the Kerrs

Brothers Glen and Darren Kerr hammered it at the weekend producing superb performances at the Dickenson Classic held at Windsor on Saturday 19^th April. Glen threw a magnificent 56.78m to go 9^th on the UK all-time M50 rankings. Not to be outdone, Darren produced a new M55 record of 48.06.M. Both promise more to come this season.

Leighton Buzzard AC and Bedfordshire County championship 10 Miler

The Leighton Buzzard AC Leighton 10, which also doubles as the Beds AAA 10 mile county champs, is now open for entries via the links below.

The race will take place on Sunday 21st September 2025, starting at the Ascott House estate.

There is a £5 early bird discount until 31st May. Entry fee for early birds are:

£18 for UKA affiliated runners,
£20 unaffiliated.

From 1st June entry fees will be

£23 for UKA affiliated runner,
£25 unaffiliated.

Enter via Race Results Leighton10 mile road race, or for full information see the LBAC Leighton10 page.

Eastern Young Athletes League Match 1 – 13th April at Norwich

A mix of new and seasoned junior athletes made the long journey to Norwich for their first EYAL match of the season where they came up against some very stiff competition. The weather was kind to us with rain only starting during the relays. We came away with a total of 69 PBs, 36 for the girls and 33 for the boys.

Match scores:

1^st Chelmsford 844
2^nd Norwich 811.5
3^rd HAWKS 569
4^th COBRA 552.5
5^th Bedford 501
6^th West Suffolk 255
7^th Beds Lions 153

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The AGM will be held on THURSDAY 15th MAY 2025 7.45 p.m.

BIAS Lecture Room (downstairs)

The AGM is held for the following purposes:

1. To receive a review of the annual accounts

2. To receive a report from the Executive Committee of the activities of the Club since the previous AGM.

3. To announce the election of the President, Chair, Vice Chair, Honorary Secretary, Membership Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and any other Club Officers to be appointed in accordance with the Club Articles

4. To transact any other business as may be brought before it (including without limitation the appointment of Life Members)

Items proposed for discussion under Any Other Business must be received in writing by the secretary at least 14 days prior to the AGM.

Only members over the age of 18 years can vote.

secretary@bedfordandcountyac.org.uk

Club record for Lois

Congratulations to Lois Fordham who has set a new U15 girls pole vault club record with her jump of 3.00m at the EYAL at the weekend.

Club record for Glen

Last Saturday, at the Bedfordshire AAA open meeting, Glen Kerr threw 55.39 metres in the Hammer competition. This is not only an M50 club record, but also places Glen 11^th on the UK all time list for Men's 50 hammer.

Congratulations Glen!

Bedfordshire AAA Open Meeting and 1500m County Championships

It was the Bedfordshire AAA Open Meeting today at Bedford, which included the Bedfordshire county championship 1500m races.

Our middle distance runners ran extremely well, coming away with a huge number of medals.

Congratulations to everyone that competed.

Results

Tenny adds Gold to his World Championships medal tally

Tenny has won another medal at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville in Florida, taking his medal haul up to a total of 3.

He has won a gold medal as part of the M65 4x200m relay team to add to the 2 silvers he had already won earlier in the championships.

He is now taking a well-deserved week off in Miami!

Congratulations Tenny!

Image from the medal ceremony for the M65 60m hurdles, where Tenny won the silver medal.

Pole Vault Club Records

Bedford & County held an indoor pole vault competition yesterday and there were some great results for the Bedford athletes, including:

Bob Kingman 3.92m - M50 club record

Lois Fordham 2.92m - PB and U15 girls club record

Oskar Eastwood 2.72m - PB

Well done to everyone who competed!

World Masters Indoor Championships in Florida

Over the last week it has been the World Masters Indoor Championships at Gainsville in Florida.

Bedford & County athlete Tenny James travelled to Florida to compete and won 2 Silver medals.

SEAA 6/12 stage road relays

Well done to everyone who ran in the SEAA road relays and U15/U17 5k championships in Milton Keynes yesterday.

Bedford & County had a successful day with team gold in the U17 Men 5k championships and bronze for our Senior Women A team in the 6 stage relay.

There were some outstanding individual performances, including Rebecca Murray as the fastest 2nd leg runner for the Senior Women, 3rd place for Mackenzie Kotrys in the U17 Men 5k and 1st place for Ethan Gibbs in the U13 boys 3k.

Full Bedford & County Results: