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For the first week of the school holidays 70 aspiring young athletes enjoyed five days of fun athletics. During the morning sessions they were all coached in the running, jumping and throwing events that make up the sport of track and field athletics. In the afternoons they took part in athletic based games having been formed into teams with names from countries competing in the…

Fourteen Lewes AC runners turned out for the Tilgate Forest five run on Sunday 5th July and turned in some good performances. Pride of place must go to Pablo Ibarguren who came 4th overall in a time of 29.00mins. A special mention must also go to Bev Sheridan who coming back from injury secured 180th position in a race of over 130 runners with a…

There were a string of first places and new club records when the Lewes AC under15 team won their match at Eastbourne earlier this month. With a score of 96 points Lewes were ahead of the Brighton and Hove City Team who scored 93.5 points, Hastings AC with a score of 82.5 points and Eastbourne with a score of 49 points. Livvy Connor won the…

Saturday 27th June saw Round 3 of the Sussex Veterans League, where athletes over the age of 35 descended on the Lewes track to battle it out over a selection of track and field events. Lewes AC (twinned with Haywards Heath Harriers for this league) were up against Brighton & Hove AC, Eastbourne, Worthing & Steyning, and Hastings AC. There was a good turnout of…

Lewes AC took a magnificent triple at the Heathfield 10k last Sunday, June 24th: first and second individual places, plus the team win. The club’s David Bradford led from gun to tape over the hilly country lane course, winning in 34mins 33secs, 42secs ahead of club-mate Tom Morris in second. Bradford was pleased with his run, having already covered 70 miles in training in the…

Lewes athlete Emilie Blackwell will be making her third appearance and Bryce Williams-Watson his second at the English Schools National Championships at Gateshead. They will be joined by first timers Hannah Macdonald and Matt Dingle on the 660 mile round trip to Gateshead together with the rest of the 60 strong Sussex schools team. To be selected to compete in the English Schools Championships is…

Lewes AC’s Rob Mullett ran the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympic Trials on Saturday, and finished third, in a time of 8.42.86. This means Rob has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships, in Helsinki, Finland, which begin this Wednesday – the 3,000SC heats take place on Wednesday, BBC red button 3.50pm. Rob is the first Lewes AC athlete to earn a…

There were some excellent performances by Lewes AC athletes when they competed at the Sussex Schools Track and Field Championships at Crawley on Saturday 16th June. Overall the junior club athletes set three new club records recorded eight all time personal bests and won seven gold medals, four silver and five bronze medals. The gold medal winners and Sussex Schools Champions were Matt Dingle in…

Saturday 9th June saw Round 3 of the Southern Athletics League come to Lewes. Competitors from Chichester, Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers, and Cambridge Harriers (based in South London) descended on the Lewes track for a very windy afternoon of track and field events. Lewes athletes (twinned with Haywards Heath Harriers for this league) were out in force, and fought hard against the impressive Cambridge Harriers….

No fewer than 22 Lewes AC athletes turned out on a cool, windy evening on Wednesday 6th June for the Worthing 10k. Despite the challenging conditions, Lewes runners packed the top-10 and dominated the team contest. David Bradford finished fourth, in 34:22, 31 seconds clear of club-mate Robbie James in fifth, followed by Josh Burgess in sixth, who clocked 35:09. The other Lewes AC finishers…