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With thick mist, high winds and driving rain over 200 hardy souls took part in the 5th East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League event at Firle Beacon. Equally hardy were the marshals and timekeepers that guided the runners through the mist, mud and rain to the finish and to record their positions and times. Medals all round. This was a critical race for the two…

Last Saturday the 23rd January it was the turn of the older runners in the club to compete in the Sussex Masters Cross Country Championships at Lancing Manor. Runners from all 38 Sussex compete within a variety of age groups for individual and team awards. With a hilly and challenging course Lewes AC runners came away with a bundle of well earned medals. First away…

With 5 team medals across all age groups Lewes AC at the Sussex Cross County Championships shared the top of the team medal table with Brighton and Hove AC. Each club showed a metaphorical clean pair of heels to all other Sussex clubs across what was a very muddy and challenging course at Bexhill. Close behind in the team medal chase was Hasting AC with…

Lewes AC and Hailsham Harriers are in a neck and neck battle to win the East Sussex Sunday Cross County League title. After 3 matches out of six both teams have 5 points. After the first two events Lewes AC were lying second and it needed a win by Lewes at the third event at Framfield to draw level with Hailsham in their title quest….

6th December in the WSEH open at Eton saw Livvy Connor (U20W) open her Pole Vault season with a fine clearance at 3.80m. Sunday 13th December saw Jack Harris (U17M) and Bill Saunders (U17M) competing in the Vault at Brunel jumps series. Jack cleared three new pbs to raise his best from 3.32m to 3.61m. Bill struggling recently managed a good clearance of 3.41m. Meanwhile…

After 3 matches from the four that make up the Sussex Cross Country League the Lewes AC women’s team is leading the club’s chase for County medals. In the tough and hilly cross county course at Lancing the Lewes team packed their 4 scoring runners at the front of the race. This secured first place by a large margin from the team from Hailsham Harriers….

Triple successes were achieved by Lewes AC athletes in the hilly Crowborough 10K plus team and individual successes in the Harvey Curtis sponsored Sussex Road Race Challenge. Battling through the wind and over the hills in the two lap course David Bradford was a convincing winning of the race in a time of 35mins 08secs. Also winning the women’s race was Joscelin Lowden in a…