David Foster

With over 300 runners taking part in the club’s Downland races organised by Lewes AC it was the club’s own runners that won the men’s team prize and took the bronze medals in the men and women categories. The tough ten mile race was run in beautiful autumn sunshine and crossed the summits of Black Cap and Mount Harry and climbed up through the valley…

There must be something in the autumn air that has brought out the best in a bundle of Lewes AC athletes. Of the 14 adult runners that took part in the in the Barns Green Half Marathon no less than eight achieved life time bests. The most impressive must be Chris Gilbert who not only was the first Lewes AC runner in the race by…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 &…