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Lewes Athletic Club kicked off the 2025/26 Sussex Cross Country League season in strong form at the opening fixture held at Goodwood. On a cool, dry autumnal day, runners tackled the undulating course with determination, producing an excellent set of early-season results across all age groups. The Sussex Cross Country League is a long-standing highlight of the county’s running calendar. Taking place between October and…

We are deeply saddened to share that Angela Brinkhurst, one of our club and academy coaches and a long-standing club and committee member, passed away peacefully yesterday morning after a brave battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family at St Peter’s Hospice in Chailey. Angela was instrumental in the success of our Junior Academy, laying the foundations for what we have today. She…

Another successful exchange has come to an end, culminating in the Lewes 10 Downland race on Sunday, 5th October. Although not part of the official Lewes-Blois twinning, the link with Marolles came about through Blois AS. They felt that a smaller athletics club like Marolles was more appropriate as a twinned club, given the relative size of Lewes AC at the time, back in 1984….

Lewes Athletic Club hosted another successful edition of the Lewes Downland 5 and 10-Mile Races on Sunday 5th October, welcoming runners from across Sussex and beyond to take on the scenic and challenging courses of the South Downs. Held annually on the first Sunday in October, the event forms a much-loved fixture in the local running calendar, with the 10-mile race also counting towards the…

Runners from Lewes Athletic Club put in a strong showing at the 38th John Faulds Hellingly 10k on Sunday, 28 September. The race, organised and hosted by Hailsham Harriers as part of the Sussex Grand Prix, took competitors on a scenic but testing course through the undulating country roads and lanes of Hellingly, finishing in Hellingly Country Park. The Hellingly 10k is part of the…

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…