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Six members of Lewes Athletic Club joined over 200 runners on Sunday, 14th September, to take on the 2025 Eastbourne 5k. They returned home with smiles, personal bests, and fantastic results to celebrate. The race featured a fast and flat course. It started on the promenade at the Holywell Tea Chalet before sweeping past Eastbourne landmarks, including the Bandstand and Pier. After a week of…

Thirty-three members of Lewes Athletic Club took to the South Downs on the evening of Tuesday, 2nd September for the Club’s annual Masters Mantell Challenge, a trail race designed to give runners of all abilities an equal chance of victory. The event’s distinctive level playing field system staggers start times according to recent performances. The format led to a thrilling conclusion, with participants converging towards…

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Toby Wolpe. Toby has been a long-time member of our club, joining in the early days of the club’s formation in the late 1980s. Toby was a fantastic runner, and his preferred discipline was 800m, running this distance competitively over the years. In recent years, Toby competed for Lewes in many cross-country races and…

Lewes was the proud stage for a world-class test of endurance on 16th August, as Lewes Athletic Club welcomed athletes from across Europe to the UK Race Walking Association’s National 100 Miles Race Walk Championship at the Lewes Athletics Track. The event marked two historic milestones: the 125th Anniversary of Surrey Walking Club and the 100th 100-Mile Championship organised by the Centurions 1911, the body…

Final preparations are underway for one of the UK’s most enduring and unique athletic challenges, the Race Walking Association National 100 Mile Championship, to be held at Lewes Athletics Track from Noon on Saturday, 16th August. The 24-hour event will feature 39 competitors attempting to walk 100 miles within the allotted time, a feat that defines membership in the elite group known as Centurions. Among…

On the weekend of 16–17 August, the English Race Walking Association will host its National 100 Miles Race Walk Championship at Lewes Athletics Track. This prestigious event marks the 100th edition of the 100-mile race walk since it began in 1911, and it coincides with the 125th anniversary of the promoting organisation, Surrey Walking Club. The race, hosted by Lewes Athletic Club, begins at noon…

Lewes Athletic Club’s senior members wrapped up an action-packed 2024/2025 season with a joyful Summer Sports Day celebration at the Lewes Track on Thursday, 3rd July, bringing the club’s vibrant community together to toast a successful year. Early evening sunshine provided the perfect setting for an old-school Sports Day with a twist. Club members teamed up for fiercely competitive (and hilariously chaotic) rounds of the…

We’re excited to announce that three of our outstanding Masters athletes, Emily Anderson, Rachel Hillman, and Karin Divall, coached by LAC Endurance Coach Dave Leach have been selected to represent England Athletics at the prestigious AJ Bell Great North 10 K in Gateshead this July. Emily Anderson and Rachel Hillman will don the England vest in the Women’s 35–39 (V35) age category, while Karin Divall will compete…

We’re excited to share some trail-running news. British Athletics has again selected Lewes AC’s Thomas Roach to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain! The Championships take place between 25th and 28th September and will see the world’s best mountain and trail runners compete across various gruelling events. As a GB & NI Short…

Lewes AC is delighted to share the exciting news that British Athletics has selected our very own Gemma Tutton to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid, Spain. Gemma, coached by Richard Pilling, will make her senior international debut in the pole vault, kicking off the competition on Thursday, 26 June, in a spectacular setting in front…