Congratulations to Darren Kerr who set another new club M55 Masters Shot Record on Saturday 21^st February at the British Masters Athletics Championship at Lee Valley in winning the M55 Championship with 11.99m.

The final match of the 2025/26 Chiltern Cross Country League season brought the campaign to a close at Luton last weekend, with testing conditions at Stopsley Common providing a fitting end to a highly competitive winter.

5 of our athletes won their races; Ed Blythman (Senior Men), Oliver Weddell (U17 Men), Fraser Williams (U15 Boys), Poppy Makin (U13 Girls) and Imogen Murphy (U11 Girls). 

Across the age groups Bedford & County came away with 3 individual league titles and 5 team titles, finishing 2nd in the overall team competition behind Chiltern Harriers.

Ben Alcock ran a PB of 63:09 in the Barcelona Half Marathon yesterday (Sunday 15th February 2026), the second fastest ever by a Bedford & County athlete behind Matt Leach’s club record.

Mia Flynn claimed victory at the inaugural U16 England Athletics South Regional Winter Long Throws Championships 2026 in testing conditions at Lea Valley Athletics Centre.

Battling torrential rain and biting, horizontal winds, Mia delivered a composed and consistent performance. She produced three throws over 47 metres, with a best mark of 47.62m — an impressive result given the challenging weather.