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Well done to a much depleted team due to the summer holidays. The U15 final held at Withdean stadium Brighton on Friday 31.07.2009. Fourth place ahead of Chichester,Eastbourne,Hastings and Horsham is a fantastic result. The only winner in either the boys or girls A or B string was Naomi Lee in the Pole vault. Well done to everybody who turned out for the cllub

Three athletes gained the required standard and made it through the rigorous selection procedure to represent not only Sussex schools but Lewes at the English schools champs held at Sheffield on the 10th & 11th July. Sam Brown & Chris Pilling both with injuries managed to finish 7th & 10th in the U20 Pole Vault both with 4.20m. Maddy Smith was out of sorts and…

A team of six tackled the 100 mile South Downs Relay on Saturday 6th June and came 4th out of 47 teams. Aiming for a top ten place the team were 5 minutes off third place in a time of 11 hours 22 minutes. There were excellent runs by all team members David Bradford, Simon Thomas, Simon Barry, Martin Komen, Andrew Masters and Alan Velecky….

Highlights of the Sussex champs are listed full results for Lewes athletes will follow shortly. Olivia Conner Silver in U13G Minithon with three pbs, setting a new club Discus, 150m and Minithon records. James Kemp Bronze medal in U13B Minithon. Rosie Lane 5th in U13G Minithon including an 8cm pb in the high jump. Maddy Smith Gold in U15G 1500m and 800m. Sam Brown Silver…

By wining the last event at Pestalozzi by a convincing margin Lewes AC secured the league title. Not only did the club win the league but there were many individual overall age category prizes as well. These are scored by taking the best 4 results from the 5 league events. David Bradford: First Senior Man Andrew Masters: Third Senior Man Matt Bradford: Forth Senior Man…

Held at Sutton arena over last weekend. The normal poor turn out from Lewes AC, with only seven athletes turning out. Emilie Blackwell continued her excellent start to the season adding another 10cm to her own pb and U15 G Pole Vault record (2.70m) to take the gold. Naomi Lee produced another seasons best (2.40m) to take the U15 G Pole Vault Silver. Chris Pilling…

Congratulations to the men’s XC team on their second promotion in the Sussex County XC League Division 3 to Division 2 in the first season. Now Division 2 Champions. The first Division next season will need 6 men to score. A challenge to be faced!

Thursday 19th February saw two Lewes athletes competing in the third Horsham open 50m Sprints and Hurdles held at Broadbridge Heath. Olivia Conner twice equalled her own club U13 girls 50m sprint record of 7.6. Emilie Blackwell set a new club record of 8.6 seconds in the 50m hurdles. Then went on to beat Laura Mc Browns(7.5) 19 year old U15 girls 50m sprint record…

Just two from Lewes entered the UK indoors championships at Birmingham held on Saturday14th /Sunday/15th February. Naomi Lee came seventh in the U15G Pole Vault, raising her seasons best to 2.25m. Fantastic performance as she is still in her first year in the age group and has hardly touched her pole due to injury. Emilie Blackwell also in the U15G Pole Vault came fifth clearing…

To Lewes AC members: Next year, 2009, is an important milestone for Lewes Athletic Club. To celebrate the past and present achievements of our first 25 years, you are invited to join with former athletes, coaches and other volunteers who have played a significant part in the formation and earlier years of the club. When: Saturday 14 February 2009 Where: Corn Exchange (adjoining Lewes Town…