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A much higher turnout of the Red and Yellow Lewes vests than in previous years. 15 athletes returned to Sussex from Sutton with 14 medals and no fewer than 10 club Indoor records. Tom Woodall Sen Men 60m 7.71sec Bronze. Sam Brown Sen Men Pole Vault 4.40m for Gold. Aaron Guilford U20 Men 60m 7.44sec Silver and Club record. James Shackleton U17 Men Pole vault…

On Wednesday 22nd Feb it was the South Sussex area primary schools cross county event held at the Stanley Turner Ground. In the girls race Danielle Jacobs secured a very creditable 5th place and from this a place in the team to compete in the Sussex Schools event to be held at Bexhill. Also well placed in the boys event was Ben Walter who came…

On a sunny Saturday 25th February Lewes AC had nine athletes competing in the various age groups in ‘The National’ at Parliament Fields in London. Pride of place must go to Angel Collins who was 65th overall in the under 20 women’s competition and the first Sussex runner in a time of 26mins 24sec. Lizzie Keep finished 89th in the same age group in a…

Rob Mullet who is currently living in the USA had some tremendous results over the weekend when competing in Indianapolis. Competing in the Polar Bear 3mile and 5mile road races he decided to run both races straight after each other in place of his normal training runs. The first race, the 3 mile race started at 8.30am in the morning and Rob was the first…

Mixed fortunes for our five club members that travelled to Birmingham to compete in the UK Indoor U20/U17/U15 Championships. Ella James U17W continued her good start to the season clearing 1.55m in the High Jump. Emilie Blackwell U20W sadly lacking in confidence at the moment did manage to get a height but was far from happy with her 8th place finish and height of 3.10m….

The UK National Indoor Championships are taking place over the weekend of 25th/26th February at the NIA Birmingham. I am happy to report that the clubs Pole vaulters are being joined this year by two very talented young ladies. Ella James and Millie Cable who will be competing in their first National level competition. Ella competes in the U17W High Jump at 10.15 on Sunday,…

The day dawned frosty but sunny for the Brighton Half Marathon, and 13 Lewes AC runners were among the 7300 who took part. The course was flat and easy, with only a mild headwind as runners came back into town after the first loop out towards Ovingdean. However at around this point those watching their times at each mile marker were thrown into consternation as…

Having won the East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League it was down to a few key runners to fly the Lewes flag at the last Brooks Sussex Cross Country event over a dry but tough hilly course at Lancing Manor on Saturday. Pride of place must go to Aiden Briffett who was placed 4th in the under 13 boy’s race, and Robbie James who was…

Lewes AC wins the East Sussex Cross Country League Over six events taking place across East Sussex through the winter Lewes AC emerged as the overall league winners. With events taking place from Eastbourne to Wadhurst, with 12 competing teams and all weathers the cross country league presents a challenge to both runners and clubs alike. It is therefore a great achievement for Lewes AC…

There was a good turnout for Lewes AC last weekend in two countries and two counties despite the very poor weather conditions. Firstly, Five Lewes AC boys represented Sussex County at the South East Inter County schools cross country at Basildon on Saturday. It was a bitterly cold day and a few flakes of snow fell before the races started. In the junior boys race…