Bedfordshire AAA 10k Championships / Biggleswade Throw Fest / MK5000 PB Special
Bedfordshire AAA 10k Championships, 8th July 2022
Bedford and County won the men's team race, and there were some excellent individual performances:
English Schools Championships
Well done to all those who took part in the English Schools Championships at Manchester on 8th and 9th July. There were some excellent performances:
- Alex Alston: U20M 2000m Steeplechase - Gold Medal - 5:51.26 (PB)
- DJ Agbenu: U20M 100m - made the semi-final - 11.36
- Euan Supple: U17M 1500m Steeplechase - Bronze Medal - 4:31.68 (PB)
- Gracie Wall: U17W High Jump - Silver Medal - 1.74m
- Lyla Danobrega: U17W - 7th in her heat - 4:43.75 (PB)
- Milly Dunger: U17W 3000m - 8th - 10:07.28
- Sadie Werrett: U17W Javelin - 5th - 38.52m
Team Manager, Dennis Johnson, provides some detail about the medal-winning performances:
World Masters Championships, Tampere, Finland
The World Masters Championships has been taking place in Tampere, Finland. Congratulations to Jemma Eastwood, who won the W40 Pole Vault with a vault of 3.20 metres, and to Tenny James who finished fifth in the M60 100m Hurdles in 15.63 seconds, and then won a gold as part of the British M60 4 x 400m relay team who set a new national M60 record of 3:56.85. Tenny also qualified for the semi-final of M60 200m (26.76 sec), finishing 6th (26.83sec), and he missed out on a final place in the M60 400m by 0.01sec. Congratulations also to Alek Swiecicki who won Team Gold in the M70 Cross County. Pete Benedickter reached the final of the M50 400m hurdles, but sadly was injured and unable to finish in the final.
Podium 5k, Leicester
Dan Jarvis - 2nd in the A race - 14:12
Ed Blythman - 8th in the B race - 15:01 (PB)
National Athletics League - Round 3
In round 3 of the NAL at Stevenage on Saturday 3rd July Bedford and County finished 6th in the combined match. We were 5th in the Men's match, and 6th in the Women's match.
Some notable Bedford performances included:
- Belinda Sergent won both the Women's Long jump (5.40) and the Triple Jump (11.51), with Eleanor Smart also performing strongly in both events (4.52 and 9.35).
- Gracie Wall won the Women's High Jump, equalling her PB of 1.75 metres.
- Dan Steel finished second in the men's Long Jump (6.38 metres)
- Jack Goodwin was third in the men's 1500m (3:57.86)
- Frankie Johnson was third in the men's Pole Vault (4.32 metres)
We have qualified for the NAL Championship Plate final at Bedford on Sunday 21st August.
For the full results, see https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/nal-champ-3b/event/
Eastern Masters League Match Report, Cambridge, 22 June 2022
The third fixture of the 2022 Eastern Masters League took place on Wednesday 22nd June at the University Track in Cambridge. On what turned out to be a fantastic night for athletics (‘Oldies’ like a calm and sunny evening), the Bedford & County Masters Men’s Team managed a match winning performance, securing victory over Milton Keynes by 114.5 points to 114.0 points.
Eastern Championships - 25th June
There were several medals and PBs at the Eastern Championships in Cambridge of 25th June.
Club 100m Record for Raph
Congratulations to Raph Boujou, who broke the club's 27 year-old 100m record at the Dutch Championships with a time of 10.27 seconds on 24th June. The previous record of 10.33 seconds was set by former European Junior Champion, Danny Joyce, in 1995.
Club Under 20 record for Alex
Congratulations to Alex Alston, who broke his own club Under 20 3000m Steeplechase record for the second time in under a month at the UK Championships in Manchester on 25th June. Alex’s new record is 9:00.35.
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