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Tight at the top for Lewes AC runners in the Sussex Cross Country League In the Sussex Cross Country League the Lewes AC women’s team won the third match of four held at Lancing Manor. This win puts the Lewes team joint top with Arena 80 both teams having 205 points. With the last match of the four taking place at Stanmer Park in February…

Running for England in the Chester Marathon on the 8th October the husband and wife duo of Helen and Lewis Sida both had a great runs. Helen was the star runner with first place in the women over 50 category in a time of 3 hours 08mins 43sec. This age category win placed Helen 18th woman overall in the race with over 2,500 finishers. Lewis…

Picked to represent England in the Chester Marathon on the 8th October the Lewes AC husband and wife team of Helen and Lewis Sida tried out their fitness in the Barns Green Half Marathon. Their results in the race showed that things are looking good for their England debut. Helen no doubt will claim family bragging rights with her first place in the women’s 50-59…

Adam Lawson broke the club U13 75m (9.81) & 150m (19.09) records competing in the Sussex U13 championships this earned him two silver medals and a gold was added in the 4 x 100m relay win. Rosie Kornevall set a new club U11 150m record of 23.21 competing at the Blackheath & Bromley open. Big sister Chloe went second on the U15 800m rankings with…

Six Lewes AC athletes have been included in the Sussex schools team. They will be competing at the Alexandra stadium Birmingham on the 7th & 8th of July. The action can be watched live on Vinco sport. Larissa Carter U19 W Hammer Friday 10.00/11.15 Jack Harris U17 M Pole Vault Friday 12.30 Anouska Fairhurst U15 G Javelin Friday 12.00 Ivy Spencer U15 G Pole Vault…

Friday 2nd June; Gemma Tutton U13 girl guested in the Sussex U15 league West. Gemma had to wait over an hour to enter the competition clearing 2.80m on her first attempt. The bar them moved to 3.00m which she cleared after a couple of hiccups on her third attempt. The next height of 3.21m cleared first time for new UK U13 record. The bar was…

Anouska Fairhurst an under 15 athlete travelled to Loughborough University over the weekend to take part in a national competition for young javelin throwers. In its sixth year the ‘UK Javelin Carnival’ is supported by British Athletics and draws athletes from across the UK and abroad to compete against each other. With new javelins on offer as prizes to the winners the competition is fierce…

On Saturday at Withdean stadium Alex Bates set a new U15B Long Jump record, jumping 5.69m Gemma Tutton U13G set a new 150m record crossing the line in 20.4 seconds. Aaron Duncan U15B with a 7 second pb just missed the 800m record with a time of 2;07.6 Adam Lawson U13B also just missed out on not one but two records. Recording 13.3 for 100m…

Held at K2 over the weekend of 13th & 14th May. Forty odd Lewes athletes entered and competed. Many lifetime bests listed the medal winners. U13 Girls minithon Gemma Tutton 79points Gold = club record U13 Boys minithon Jack Palmer 57 points Bronze U15 Boys 100m Sam Dunstall 12.12 Silver U15 Boys 300m Ben Goode 39.07 Silver U15 Boys 80m Hurdles Bailey Dean 14.51 Bronze…

Scott Staples won the U20 Javelin with new championship record. Jack Harris wins U17 Pole Vault. Gemma Tutton wins U13 Minithon by a massive 16 points and equals the Lewes club record.