David Foster

Pat Cook is the first winner of the inaugural Masters Mantell Challenge a new event put on for Lewes AC members. Run over 5.4 miles of the Sussex Downs each runner has a staggered start time with the slower runners starting before the faster runners. The aim of the event is to give every runner an equal opportunity to win the Masters Mantell Trophy. Over…

With the Olympic event now one year old Mick Acott a Lewes AC club members was determined to celebrate and keep his memories fresh and alive. To this end he entered the Anniversary 5MILE at the Olympic Park. This was a five mile run around the Olympic park with the last 300m finishing in the Olympic Stadium itself in front of several thousand spectators. He…

Despite several forced withdrawals due to injury and circumstances, 12 Lewes AC turned out for a gruelling Phoenix 10k on Wednesday evening the 17th July. In the blazing evening sunshine with the temperature still around 23C there were some great performances. Chris Gilbert finished 11th overall and broke the 36 minutes barrier for the first time, Allan Jackson was also under 38 minutes, and Jonathan…

There were mixed fortunes for the Lewes AC team at Hastings on Saturday 20th July. With only two women being able to be part of the team it was left to the men to keep the show on the road. This they did with a particularly good performance by Chris Pilling who competed in seven events and scored one fifth of the Lewes AC points…

On the same day and evening as the Phoenix 10K Lewes AC had 10 younger athletes competing in the open event at Crawley. It must have been something in the air as the ten athletes achieved 12 life time bests in their events. This included a new club record for Sam Rogers who ran 2mins 07.20 for the under 15 boys 800 metres.

The evening of Wednesday 10th July saw the third and final match of the Sussex Vets League, held at our home track. The joint team of Lewes & Haywards Heath men went into this match as firm favourites for the league, having already won both the Eastbourne and Brighton matches. The women were currently lying in 3rd place, (although this was mainly due to a…

Two Lewes AC teams have finished top of their leagues in two age groups. The club’s young under 13 and under 15 athletes finished top of the UKA Youth Development League following a closely fought match at Hastings. At the other end of the age spectrum the Club’s veteran athletes won the Sussex Masters league by winning all three matches. The under 13 and under…