Congratulation to Belinda Sergent, who set a new Senior Women's club triple jump record of 12.27 whilst coming 3rd in the South of England Championships last weekend. The new mark moves Belinda up to 14th place in the UK rankings.
Results from the South of England U20/Senior Championships at Bedford on 12th and 13th June...
Results from the British Milers Club Grand Prix at Watford on 12th June..
Sunday 6th June saw Bedford & county’s senior athletes return to league competition for the first time since august 2019, in the first round of the newly created National athletics league. Following last years cancellation and numerous format changes made in the last few months, the usual feeling of pre match trepidation was replaced with one of relief that things are slowly returning to a sense of normality.
The masters' teams were in action at Sandy on 2nd June, the youngest teams were in action at Bedford on 5th June, and the senior team were at Peterborough on 6th June. For the results...
Results from the LYDL on 5th June 2021 at Bedford...
Matt Leach finished 13th overall, and was the 4th British runner in the British Athletics 10,000m Championships & European 10,000m Cup that was held at the University of Birmingham track on Saturday 5th June. Matt's time of 28:22.33 was a season's best, and within a couple of seconds of his PB.
For a breakdown of results up to 6th June...
Bedfordshire AAA are putting on a Beds Open meeting over two evenings on Monday 14th June (Field) and Wednesday 16th June (Track) from 6pm. This is subject to a permit being issued. These meetings will operate under Covid secure protocols, and you should note that they will probably ask for a negative lateral flow test. These can be ordered online or collected from Pharmacists. The meetings are aimed at young athletes looking for English Schools qualification marks, although entry will not be exclusive to them.
For more information, see http://bedfordshireaaa.org.uk/Beds%20AAA%20Website/bedsaaa/TandF/index.html
