The club’s young athletes travelled to Cambridge for the last EYAL match of the season on Sunday 12th September.  In the sunshine they finished a brilliant 3rd (348 pts) behind Cambridge and Coleridge (373 pts) and winners Bedfordshire Lions (394).

Congratulations to Mark Burgman, who broke his own M65 club pole vault record with a height of 2.60 metres at the SAL at Bedford on 11th September.

The funeral of former club President and long-time member, Ron Sullivan, will take place at Norse Road Crematorium Chapel, Bedford on Thursday 16th September at 12.15 pm.  The family have asked for flowers only from family members, but donations may be made to the British Heart Foundation c/o Clarabut and Plumbe Funeral Directors, 11 Kingsway, Bedford, MK42 9BJ.

Congratulations to Sadie Werrett who set a new under 17 club record for the Javelin whilst taking the bronze medal at the UK School Games in Loughborough on 3rd September.  Sadie's new mark is 41.87 metres, and she is now 7th in the UK under 17 rankings.

Well done to the Bedford and County athletes who took part in the UK School Games at Loughborough on 3rd and 4th September.  There were some excellent performances.

Despite fielding a team weakened by injuries and the holiday season, there were some fine individual performances, and we finished second in the National Athletics League Match at Bedford on Saturday 28th August.