Bedford and County Athletes selected for English Schools Athletics Championships 2024
Congratulations to:
Lois F
Mia F
Alex and Rosemary present their bursary
Congratulations to Ellie H and Rosie C who received their bursary from Alex and Rosemary tonight for their continued commitment to the club.
Thaila dominates Anglian Schools Heptathlon
Thaila-Jade Mason dominated the U17 Girls heptathlon at the Anglian Regional Schools Championships held at Chelmsford this weekend winning, by 679 points.
An 11.9 sec 80m hurdles (only 3/100ths short of her lifetime best) saw her off to a flying start, sharing the lead with Sophie Catchpole of Essex. She then seized an outright lead by clearing a new lifetime best of 1.66m in the high jump to go into a 200 point lead. She never looked back. Thaila’s shot of 9.22m, was just 2cms shy of her personal best, whilst another PB of 25.8 sec. in the 200m saw her with a commanding overnight lead of 400 points.
Although disappointed with her long jump of 5.58m, it was nevertheless, half a metre further than anyone else, extending her lead to 674 points. 25.66m in the javelin and 2 min 38.0 in the 800m (both close to her previous personal bests) saw Thaila accumulate a total of 4627 points – a lifetime personal best score by 124 points.
Thaila now qualifies for the English Schools National Heptathlon Finals to be held in Stoke in September.
Results from the Loughborough BMC Grand Prix on 22nd June
800m
Jamie Webster 1.53.44
1500m
Ben Davies 3.44.97
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YDL Lower Age Group 16th June at Bracknell
The Club’s U13s and U15s travelled to Bracknell on what turned out to be the day with the best weather of last weekend. Not a drop of rain in sight!
We finished 3rd behind Bracknell and Windsor. We are currently 3rd overall in our division. Match results are below.
Fast 800m for Sam
Congratulations to Sam Winters who ran a new PB of 1:51.0 at the Bracknell Mick Marlow memorial BMC on Wednesday 19 June.
Bedford & County Athletes Shine at Anglian Schools Inter Counties
Four Bedford and County athletes travelled to Norwich to represent Cambridgeshire County Schools on Saturday 15th June. In awful weather conditions they all came away with medals.
Club Record for Damian
Congratulations to Damian Larrington, who set an M40 Club Discus Record in the Eastern Masters Match last week with a throw of 37.98 metres.
Bedford Claim Second in Greensand Ridge Relay
Bedford & County claimed second in the annual Greensand Ridge Relay on Saturday 15 June. What is normally a hot and dusty mid-summer trail run from Leighton Buzzard to Northill village turned into a 35 mile cross country mudfest in the wind and rain. Run in a handicap format over 6 legs, the team of Ewan Wilson, Ellie Garraway, Sean Crawley, Charlie Palmer, Henry Taylor and Oliver Wilson started 33rd, overhauling 31 teams across 4 hours of racing to finish an agonizingly close 1min 51 secs behind the winners. Thanks to Andy Blair for logistics support on the day. We’ll be back next year to try to go one better.
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