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A tribute: By Helen Bowman Nia loved to run. I cannot recall exactly when she first joined Lewes AC but she must have been about 11. At the time she was part of the Brighton and Hove girls football academy. She wanted to be able to run faster. Coached by Dave Leach she did indeed get faster, stronger, more focused and more determined. She enjoyed…

A record-breaking performance, strong age-category results, and a European flavour made the 2026 Lewes Downland 5 and 10-mile races a memorable day for Lewes Athletic Club. Nine runners from French club AC Marolles, Lewes AC’s twin club, joined 28 Lewes AC members and runners from clubs across the county in the Sunday 4th October races, which Lewes AC hosted and organised.   The 10-mile race,…

Male masters athletes from Lewes Athletic Club joined forces with athletes from Haywards Heath Harriers to form a composite Sussex team at the Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Club (SCVAC) Regional Track and Field League Final in London. The final, held at Linford Christie Stadium, East Acton, on Sunday 27th September, brought together teams from across southern England after a season of regional league competition. The…

Two young race walkers from Lewes Athletic Club have returned from the English Schools’ AA Combined Events and Race Walk Championships with national medals after an impressive performance at Bedford International Athletics Stadium. Seth Muddle and Stanley Taylor represented the Sussex Schools’ Athletic Association in the Junior Boys 2000m race walk at the championships on Saturday 19 September. Seth took silver, finishing the 2,000m in…

Lewes Athletic Club celebrated two Sussex titles and a string of podium finishes at the Sussex AA Road Relay Championships at Preston Park, Brighton, on Sunday. Seven senior and masters teams represented Lewes AC at the annual county championships, with the club’s senior men and women’s V70 team both crowned Sussex champions. The senior men produced a landmark performance, winning their three-leg race in a…

Three members of Lewes Athletic Club took on the undulating Hellingly 10K on Sunday, September 13, as the Sussex Road Racing Grand Prix reached its ninth fixture of the 2026 season. Organised by Hailsham Harriers, the race saw runners tackle a single lap on country roads around Hellingly, starting on Station Road and finishing at Roebuck Park Cricket Pavilion. Run on open roads, the course…

Six members of Lewes Athletic Club took on the challenging 2026 Henfield Half Marathon on Sunday 16th August, producing a strong set of performances across the masters categories despite hot and humid conditions. The Henfield Half Marathon was the ninth of twelve fixtures in the 2026 Sussex Road Racing Grand Prix (SGP), a series of races held across East and West Sussex between March and…

Lewes Athletic Club is delighted to announce that frame running events will be included in the Sussex Masters meeting for the first time. The events will take place during Match 4 on Monday 20 July 2026 at the club’s all-weather track behind Lewes Leisure Centre on Mountfield Road. The new frame running events will see athletes compete over 200 metres at 6:35pm and 100 metres…

There were plenty of smiles, and more than a little awe, when British pole vault champion Gemma Tutton stepped onto the track during Lewes Athletic Club’s Monday junior pole vault session. The Lewes Athletic Club member has already entered the record books as a junior, represented Great Britain on the international stage, earned a scholarship to Duke University in the United States, and, this summer,…

Lewes Athletic Club is delighted to announce that bookings are now open for its popular Summer Athletics Camps, offering children the opportunity to develop their athletics skills in a fun, supportive and active environment. Open to both Lewes AC members and non-members, the camps will take place at the Lewes Athletic Track, Mountfield Road, Lewes, BN7 2XG, with activities running from 10.00am to 3.00pm each…