Congratulations to Ellie Garraway who broke her own club W50 800m and 1500m records on 6th August at the Masters Inter Area competition with times of 2:28.57 and 5:07.05 respectively. Congratulations also to Bob Kingman who broke the club's M50 Pole Vault record with a height of 3.85 metres on 10th September at Milton Keynes.
Peterborough & Nene Valley A.C. are hosting a Middle Distance Final Fling on Tuesday 3rd October. For details, see https://bedfordandcountyac.org.uk/index.php/performance/fixtures/eventdetail/472/-/peterborough-nene-valley-a-c-middle-distance-final-fling
Competition is obviously at the very heart of athletics. We all find our own level at which we can compete, and to a large degree we often compete against ourselves in the quest for a new PB. It is fundamental to the sport.
So, the club committee wants to ensure that the type and format of competition we provide as a club aligns as closely as possible with what the current generation of athletes really want. We are not sure that this is currently the case, based largely on the declining level of support for league fixtures, most notably in the senior leagues, and where the fixture involves a lot of travel.
We need to hear your views – first and foremost, those of the athletes, but also of all other interested parties – parents, coaches, officials, and team managers.
The club is building its social media presence, making more use of the Facebook and Instagram accounts. Social media is a great way for members of the club to keep up with news, club success and information about upcoming fixtures. It would be great to get as many people behind this as possible, athletes and parents alike, so please do give us a follow:
We will also need help from you, if you have any photos or news from any event that you would like to share, provided you have the athlete in the photo’s permission, please send them via a direct message on Instagram/Facebook or send an email to
Life member Raph Bouju reached the 100m Semi-Final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on 20th August, finishing 5th in 10.20 seconds. Raph had earlier won his heat in 10.09.
Congratulations to Glen Kerr, who set a new club M45 Hammer record of 53.47 metres in the NAL match at Bournemouth on Saturday 5th August.
Congratulations to Jack Goodwin, who, after later another another fine season, has been selected to run for England in the Adidas Home Nations 5K in Cardiff on 12 August. Jack has a 13:54.33 5000m to his name this year and set a 8:00.44 3000m PB at Watford last month. Good luck for the race Jack!
Congratulations to Ellie Garraway, who set a new club W50 1500m record at Watford on Wednesday. Ellie's new mark is 5:10.50.
Congratulations to Raph Boujou and Thaila-Jade Mason, who have both broken club records recently. Raph improved his own Senior Men's 100m record to 10.01 seconds at the European Under 23 Championships in Finland on 13th July, whilst Thaila-Jade improved the Under 17 Women's Long Jump record to 6.00 metres at the Schools International in Grangemouth on 15th July.
Congratulations to John Eves, who has broken two M40 club records recently. John's new marks are 8:43.61 for the 3000m, set at Watford on 28th June, and 15:07.21 for the 5000m, set at Finsbury Park on 21st July.
Congratulations to two athletes who have recently broken club records:
Both athletes have now broken club records five times this year.
