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The bank holiday weekend gave Lewes runners the chance to shine in four challenging running event. Locally there was the Newick 10K, the Hove Hornets 9.5K ‘Stinger’ and the 5K Kings Head Canter at East Hoathly. Somewhat further away there was the Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland where the club was represented. On the Bank Holiday Monday 50 club members and friends took part in the…

Good luck to the nine club athletes who have achieved the entry standard and are travelling to Bedford for the English U17 & U15 age group championships. Up first at 10.45 on Saturday will be Jack Harris & Bill Saunders in the U15 boys Pole Vault. Freya Fitchett & Lucy Thompson follow in the U15 girls Pole Vault, starting at 14.00. Ben Martin races in…

With seventy teams made up of four runners from clubs across Sussex competing in the Herstmonceux Castle relays the Lewes AC men’s team for the first time in the club’s history won the event outright. It was very nearly a double win with the Lewes AC women’s team just missing top spot by a mere 4 seconds. Each leg of the four leg relay was…

Despite a stiff headwind for most of the course over half of the 35 Lewes AC runners in the race achieved personal best times. Leading the Lewes charge in the race of 325 runners was Matt Bradford who finished 4th overall in a time 15:58mins reducing his PB by19 seconds. With an even better personal best improvement was Lara Barazzuol who was not only 8th…

With many Lewes AC members in action across the extended weekend there were some significant successes for the club and for club members. On Sunday the under 17 and under 20 athletes were competing at Lewes in the last match of the Southern Youth Development League. The Lewes athletes competing as Team Sussex with athletes from the East Grinstead and Hayward Heath clubs came out…