Men’s Team victorious at the final of the Eastern Masters Athletic (EMAC) League
BEDFORD & COUNTY AC Men’s Team were victorious at The Final of the Eastern Masters Athletic (EMAC) League which took place on Saturday 9th September at Bedford.
Competition Formats for 2024 – We Need Your Views!
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.
Bedford and County Social Media
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:
- Facebook: Bedford & County Athletic Club
- Instagram: @bedfordandcounty
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
British Masters Championships
There were some excellent results at the British Masters Championships at Derby at the weekend. The highlights included three gold medals for Tenny James (M65 100m, 400m and 100m Hurdles), a win for Glen Kerr in the M45 Hammer, and two silver medals for Darren Kerr in the M50 Hammer and M50 Weight (with a new PB of 16.54 metres). A silver and bronze medal for Damian Larrington (in the M40 Shot and the M40 Discus respectively), two bronze medals for Graeme Packman (M65 Discus and M65 Shot), a silver meal for Jemma Eastwood, and a silver medal for Ellie Garraway.
The full results are at https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-otfc/
Watford Open Graded Meeting, 23rd August - 1500m PBs for Ben and Jack
1500m
Ben Davies and Jack Goodwin both set excellent 1500m PBs in the BMC Gold Standard Races at Watford on Wednesday 23rd August. Ben improved his PB to 3.43.38, and Jack brought his PB down to 3.46.27. Sam Knee Robinson also returned a 3:51.20 PB in the open 1500m.
200m
There were also some good performances from younger athletes over 200m:
- Leo Foster (U17), 26.37
- Daniel Toner (U17), 23.42
- Morgan Aislabie (U13), 25.33
Raph Reaches Semi-Final
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.
Pentathlon Success for Darren
Darren Kerr claimed the Bronze Medal in the British Masters Athletics Federation Throws Pentathlon Champs at Horspath, Oxford in the M50-54 age group on 20th August.
This event consists of 5 different throwing events- Hammer, shot, discus, javelin and weight.
Darren achieved Personal Bests in his first 2 events- Hammer (47.82 M) and shot (9.75 M).
The full results are at https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-tpen/event/P01/
Thaila grabs gold at South of England Championships
Thaila-Jade Mason took a second South of England Championship gold when she added the U17 Long Jump title to the Heptathlon U17 title she had won a fortnight earlier. Competing at Lee Valley on Sunday 13 August, three of her four valid jumps (5.73m;5.68m and 5.57m) were comfortably ahead of the silver medalist who jumped 5.30m.
Home Nations 5k, 12th August
Representing England, Jack Goodwin finished 5th in the Home Nations 5k in Cardiff on 12th August, running a road PB of 13.59, and helping England to win the event. In the Women's elite 5k race, Rebecca Murray finished 13th in 16:21.
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