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The emergency tree surgery around the track has been completed and our track and clubhouse is open again.

We are so pleased to invite all members of Lewes Athletics Club and their families, to an evening of races and refreshments at the Lewes Track on Thursday 6th July, between 5 – 8pm. Track Racing!! Yes, we’re going to be making the most of our wonderful facilities at the track by holding Academy Time Trials for our younger athletes between 5 – 6pm and…

Many of this summer’s track and field competition fixtures have now been confirmed for Academy and Junior age groups. These can be found on the ‘Competing‘ page. If you are unsure as to which event or competition you would be best to compete in please ask the head coach at your Academy training session.

Please note there is no Academy training at the track on Saturday 11th February. Instead we are encouraging all our young athletes to compete at the Sussex Cross Country League, taking place at Stanmer Park, BN1 9SE. Full details have been emailed to all Academy members. Alternatively email academy@leweac.co.uk for further details or visit Sussex Athletics where you can also sign up. Hope to see…

The Club Annual General Meeting for 2021 took place at the Southdowns Club at 19:00 on Friday September 24th 2021. It was the first AGM for quite a while and provided an opportunity exchange views, to hear more about the club and its activities and contribute to plans for the future. The meeting was open to all Club members, whether athletes or the parents of…

Recent tragic events have highlighted the immensely important issue of women’s safety. At Lewes AC we take this very seriously, for our members, other people who run and take exercise outside, and for every single member of our community.  We all have a right to run and walk our streets and Downs, to take exercise, at any time of day or night without fear of…

Lewes AC and the Strava-saurus With no athletic activities possible on the Lewes Athletics Track and with runners only able to run by themselves or with one other person club members are inventing new ways to keep fit and to enjoy their sport. The latest challenge is to create shapes and forms by running around Lewes streets in a socially distanced way and recording their…

Further to the Government’s latest lockdown this message confirms that all club activities are suspended for 4 weeks starting from Thursday 5th November until Wednesday 2nd December. For clarity this includes all track sessions and gym sessions. The suspension also includes all club off track activities. As of this moment the regulations fail to include athletic tracks as a ‘public outdoor place’ and therefore it…

Background We struggle on through the pandemic and continue to do the best we can for all Lewes AC members. There have been much creative thinking and actions and a range of athletic activities have been put in place to create opportunities for running and track and field activities. At the beginning when lockdown was a new phenomenon there were a large number of virtual…

Despite a weekend of wind and rain there were some great results by Lewes AC runners taking part in tough multi-terrain races across the Sussex Downs. Running in the South Downs Way 50 mile event from Worthing to Eastbourne David Prince-Isles smashed the course record for men aged over 60 with a time of 8 hours 14.38. Also competing in this challenging event were Ruth…