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The Lewes AC team of under 13 and under 15 athletes made an early start to travel to Maidstone to compete in the first match of the UKA Youth Development League. With seven teams competing against each other the Lewes team with 452 points came away with a very creditable second place behind the strong home team of Medway and Maidstone with 684 points. In…

With club athletes competing in a range of UK events and travelling to France to compete in the Loire Valley trail races it has been a hectic week of so for the club. The leading performance must be Lewis Sida who came 24th overall in Manchester Marathon and the first over 45 runner. His time of 2hours 36mins 27secs has now ranked him the second…

The following are the dates and and venues of all the Track and Field League matches that the club will be participating in during 2016 Sussex under 13 League o Wednesday 4th May – Lewes Track o Wednesday 15th June – Lewes Track o Wednesday 20th July – Eastbourne o Sunday 4th September – League Final – K2 Crawley Sussex under 15 League o Wednesday…

November 2015 saw the opening of the newly resurfaced track which will herald a new chapter in the success and development of the Lewes Athletic Club. At this time the club committee took the opportunity to look to the future and to review what has been successful so far in the development of the club and what has been less successful. This review resulted in…

Competing on the National stage was Ben Martin who raced at the National Cross Country Championship at Nottingham over the last weekend. Competing in the under 15 boys race Ben had a fantastic race to finish 7th. This was the best position by any of the Sussex runners from the Sussex Clubs taking part in the National Championships. Ben was only beaten in his race…

Livvy Connor invited to compete in the British Indoor Championships at the EIS Sheffield on Saturday 28th February. Livvy will be competing in the senior womens Pole vault starting at 13.55 the event is being live screened via youtube British Athletics TV.

With six league matches taking place across East Sussex with eleven competing teams from 15 clubs it was down to the last race at Pett Village to decide the eventual league winner. Going into this final event two teams Hailsham Harriers and Lewes AC shared first place so both teams turned up determined to win the league. In a closely fought battle at Pett Lewes…

Bill Saunders cleared 3.65m at the English age group nationals held in Sheffield last weekend. The clearance giving him U17M Pole Vault Bronze medal. Bill had two very close attempts at new pb height of 3.80m.

Open and development race walks on track 1k, 2k, 3k and 5k Races (B grade with race walking judges) Races starts 12.15pm Coaching sessions from 11.15am Saturday 12th March 2016 All welcome from 10 years old upwards – Experienced or non experienced Race entry fee – Adults £3.00: Juniors £2.00 Beginners and novices who would like a short coaching session on race walking will be…

Braving an early morning start 22 Lewes AC runners made their way to Chichester to join 1,700 other runners in the 10K road race. Continuing to build on the club’s success in endurance events across the County the Lewes runners produced some outstanding results is a race with competitors from across the South of England. Leading the charge in the men aged over 40 category…