BMC Grand Prix, Watford, 12th June
Results from the British Milers Club Grand Prix at Watford on 12th 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
Congratulation to Etienne Maughan and Dan Jarvis, who have both broken club records during the last few days. Etienne clocked 11.26 seconds to go top of the UK U17 80M hurdles rankings and smash the Club record into the bargain. She was delighted to win against high class field at the Lee Valley Hurdles Fest on 31st May. Dan broke his own 3000m Steeplechase club record at the Manchester Invitational meeting on 27th May. Dan's new mark is 8:39.49.
For a breakdown of results up to the end of May...