Congratulations to John Eves, who set a new club M40 20 mile road best of 1:49:29 in the Essex 20 on 17th March.

Congratulations to Lily Farr, who finished an excellent 21st in the Inter Girls race at the English Schools Cross Country Championships last weekend.  

Lily was boxed in the stampede of 343 runners at the start and found it difficult to negotiate the phalanx of runners spread across the course in front of her. As space eventually began to open up, she worked her way through the field from 75th place to finish an outstanding 21^st - only 10 seconds behind 10^th place and an international vest.

Theo Beale  also enjoyed a good run to finish 88^th in a field of 329 runners.  Congratulations to all the Bedford and County athletes who took part.

Congratulations to Stephen Simmons, who has broken two Senior Men's club indoor records this winter.  Stephen's new marks are 5069 points for the Heptathlon, set at Sheffield on 6th January, and 8.34 seconds for the 60m Hurdles, set at Lee Valley on 2nd December.

Congratulations to Edith Caux, who has set two new W65 club records over the last few days.  Edith's new records are for 200m (32.13 seconds) and 400m (75.78 seconds).  These were set in Lyon, France on 1st and 2nd March respectively.

Congratulations to Lois Fordham, who set a new Club Under 15 Girls Indoor Pole Vault best at Lee Valley at the weekend - Lois's new mark is 2.55 metres.

Congratulations to Jemma Eastwood, who set a new Masters Indoor Club Record recently.  Jemma Pole Vaulted 3.31 metres at Lee Valley on 25th February, which is a W45 Club Record (and also higher than her own W40 Club Record).

The main 2024 Bedfordshire AAA Track and Field Championships (combined with Hertfordshire AAA) will take place on 11th and 12th May.  For more information, see https://bedfordandcountyac.org.uk/index.php/performance/fixtures/eventdetail/482/-/bedfordshire-aaa-track-and-field-championships.

There is also a separate championship for 1500m, which is on Monday 6th May.  For more information, see https://bedfordandcountyac.org.uk/index.php/performance/fixtures/eventdetail/483/-/bedfordshire-aaa-1500m-championships

Congratulations (again!) to Jasmine Wilkins and Etienne Maughan, who both improved their own Senior Women's club records whilst competing in the British Universities Championships on 23rd February.

• Jasmine's time of 7.60 seconds for the 60m beats the old record by two-hundredth of a second.
• Etienne's time of 8.36 seconds for the 60m hurdles beats the old record by four-hundredths of a second.

Jasmine's 7.62 is also an Under 20 Women's record for the club.

Etienne and Jasmine both reached the final of their events, with Etienne finishing fourth and Jasmine sixth.

Well done to both!

Congratulations to Jono Janes, who clocked 68:44 in his first half-marathon at Wokingham on Sunday.  Jono finished in 15th place.

Congratulations to Jasmine Wilkins and Etienne Maughan, who both set Senior Women's club records competing in the UK Indoor Championships on 17th February (Results from the UK Athletics Indoor Championships).

• Jasmine's time of 7.62 seconds for the 60m beats the old record by one-hundredth of a second.
• Etienne's time of 8.40 seconds for the 60m hurdles beats the old record by three-hundredths of a second.

Jasmine's 7.62 is also an Under 20 Women's record for the club.

Well done to both!

In addition to Tenny James winning the M65 60m Hurdles at the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on Saturday (Tenny Wins British Masters Gold), there were other Bedford athletes in action too over the weekend.

There were victories for:

• Bob Kingman   3.70 metres M50 Pole Vault
• Edith Caux        76.55 meteres W65 400m

Jemma Eastwood also set a new club W45 Pole Vault record of 3.30 metres, but as she was unable to compete in the W45 competition on the Sunday she non scored in the Men's Competition on the Saturday. Her performance was the best W45 performance by about 1 metre, but technically she did not win the W45 PV Championships.

The other Bedford competitors were:

• Steve Bass 4th M50 60m Hurdles  9.92 secs
• Peter Benedickter 4th M50 400m  58.93 secs
• Oriana Johnson 4th W60 Shot 6.80m
• Graeme Packman 4th M65 Shot 8.68m

Congratulations to Tennyson James, who won the M65 60m Hurdles gold at the British Masters Indoor Championships at the weekend.