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Lewes Athletic Club wins SE Regional Club of the Year Award

Each year England Athletics makes awards to clubs and volunteers for outstanding performance and commitment. This year Lewes AC has received the prodigious award of Development Club of the Year. The award has been made in recognition of the outstanding work and initiatives undertaken by its coaches and club members to further develop the club and its activities. Special recognition was taken of the club’s…

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Lewes AC athletes win championship medals across the age groups

With the summer track and field season coming to an end and the cross county season beckoning there have been some great results in recent Championship events. Starting at the top end of the age groups Hamilton Thomas and Peter Kennedy both won medals in their events at the Masters UK Track and Field Championships held at Birmingham over the weekend. Hamilton won gold medals…

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Great results in the Hellingly 10K

On the 8th September the adults were in action at the Hellingly 10K road race where Lewes AC runners took up three places in the first 10 in a race with nearly 300 runners. First club member in 4th position in a time of 34m 07sec was Dave Bradford followed closely by Tom Morris in 6th position in a time of 35mins 30secs who in…

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Many first and second places for the Under 15 athletes

It was a frantic competition weekend for the Club’s junior members up against all 10 Sussex track and field clubs in the under 15 league final at Crawley on the 6th September. In the League final at the K2 Arena at Crawley there were a stack of 1st and 2nd positions across many event to help the Lewes AC team take a very creditable 4th…

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Success at England Athletics under 15 and under 17 Championships

Whilst the Lewes AC veterans and under 13 athletes were battling it out for honours on the first September eight Lewes AC under 15 and under 17 athletes were competing in the England Athletics Championships at Bedford. With more athletes from Lewes AC qualified to take part than any other Sussex Club there were some great performances. Aidan Briffet as an under 15 clocked a…

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Sussex Under 13 League Final

It was a tough competition for the Lewes AC under 13 athletes in the final of the Sussex Under 13 League. Against 10 teams from across Sussex the Lewes AC juniors produced some great performances to finish mid table 5th out of 10 teams. Performances to note were Myles Bickmore-Vaughan who came first in both the high jump and the long jump with leaps of…

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Lewes AC battle against tough opposition in the Veterans’ League Final

Sunday 1st September saw the final of the Southern Counties Vets League, at Ashford, Kent. Lewes AC, twinned as ever with Haywards Heath Harriers (HH), had won the Sussex League earlier in the summer, and as a result were sent to battle against seven other Southern Counties finalists; Herne Hill Harriers, Oxford, Southampton, Enfield & Haringey, Epsom & Ewell Harriers, Cambridge Harriers, and Blackheath &…

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UK U15/U17 Championships

Eight Lewes athletes have achieved the qualification marks and will make the trek to Bedford this weekend for the U15/U17 national age group championships. Sam Rogers U15B 800m Aiden Briffett U15B 1500m Scott Staples U15B Javelin Ethan Bickmore-Vaughan 100 & 200m Polly Saunders U15G Pole Vault Millie Hemsley U15G Pole Vault Jack Harris U13B will compete in the U15B Pole Vault Livvy Connor U17W Pole…

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Scott Staples – Club record

17th August at Ashford in the SEAA U15 championships Scott Staples threw a pb and new club record in the Javelin of 49.10m to win the Silver medal. Well done to Scott with his 4th Javelin club record in two weeks.

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