Gracie Wall and Euan Supple enjoyed success in the England Athletics U15 and U17 Championships at Bedford yesterday (Saturday 27th August). Near the end of a long season, Gracie had to dig very deep under pressure from English, Scottish and Irish athletes, but first time clearances at earlier heights, meant she kept enough energy to jump well enough to win the Under 17 National title with a jump of 1.75m.
After a season of what ifs , near misses and a lot of frustration, Bedford & County’s senior squad finally had reason to celebrate ( and they certainly did!) with victory in the National Athletics League Championship plate.
After narrowly missing out on qualification for the cup competition, featuring the top 8 teams after the first three round of regular league matches, Bedford went into the match with high hopes of victory. Hopes were further heightened when Bournemouth, on equal league points going into the match, declared a much weaker team than expected. However, a one off match can spring many a surprise, league form went out of the window and Bedford were met with an unlikely challenge from Herne Hill Harriers.
Raph Boujou, who recently set a club 100m record of 10.27 seconds, starred at the European championships, anchoring home the Dutch team which finished 4th in the 4 x 100 metres relay, which was won by Great Britain. You can watch the race on YouTube. The Netherlands are in lane 3, in orange vests:
https://youtu.be/lK63-oh2y_8
Congratulations to everybody involved in our National Athletics League team, who won the Championship Plate final on home soil today. The team scored 490.5 points to second-placed Peterborough and Nene Valley's 483. Full report to follow.
Congratulations to Gracie Wall and Milly Dunger who won the Under 17 High Jump and 1500m titles respectively at the South of England Championships in Chelmsford on 13th and 14th August.
On Saturday the 13th of August the club’s senior athletes visited Thurrock for round 4 of the Southern athletics league. Despite battling against a temperature in the mid-30s, a less than favourable wind and traffic chaos, there were some strong results and a number of wins for Bedford athletes:
Congratulations to Lyla Danobrega, who set a new club Under 17 and Senior Women's record of 5:22.8 for the 1500m Steeplechase in the Southern Athletics League match at Thurrock on Saturday.
Sam Knee-Robinson 3:51.52 (PB)
Tom Powell 2:04.72
Harry Brodie 1:58.05 (PB)
Ben Davies 1:54.84
Jamie Webster 1:55.04
Craig Emmerson 15:00.16 (PB - couldn't be much closer to sub-15!)
The club is currently short of officials, who are vital for our league matches, including the YDL and EYAL. If you are a parent, or a grandparent, and you are taking your child to a match anyway, please consider officiating. There are spaces in online courses available during August. For a list, please see below.
