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With darkness closing in 46 Lewes AC runners posed for a group photograph following the 5.3 mile club handicap race over the Sussex Downs up to Black Cap and back. With each runners set off at different times according to their own personal handicap rating it was a question of not being overtaken and trying hard to overtake the runner in front of you. The…

Starting on Monday 24th August the track will be closed for 8 weeks whilst the old surface is removed completely and then replaced with a brand new synthetic surface. Completed in 1999 and having over 46,000 individual uses in a year the track surface is now showing signs of wear. The Lewes club having raised the £658,000 to build the community track in the first…

Representing Sussex in the under 20 Inter-County match Livvy Connor won both her events against tough competition from athletes from other Counties. On a very wet and windy Sunday Livvy won her pole vault event with a vault of 3.80m. Not content with this win Livvy then followed this up with a win in the 100m hurdles in a personal best time of 14,90secs. Returning…

There were 98 teams across all age groups competing in the relays in the grounds of Herstmonceux Castle. With laps of just over one mile and with this number of runners the first lap runners had to be quick off the mark to make any headway in the mad rush from the crowded start line. The diminutive and speedy Izzy Coomber was first away and…

Competing for Sussex in the Inter County match at Bedford on Sunday 2nd August Livvy Connor came away with some stunning results. It was a first division inter-county match with teams competing from as far away as Yorkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Warwickshire and all points west. Never phased by the competition Livvy won a bronze medal in the pole vault with a vault of 3.90m. This…

Larissa Carter was selected to represent Sussex in the under 17 inter counties match at High Wycombe on Sunday 19th July In this match Larissa, competing in the hammer and shot putt events yet again broke the club’s hammer record with a throw of 47.33m. Larissa also broke the club’s shot record with a putt of 8.86m

Twenty is very much a lucky number for the 26 athletes that took part in the Phoenix 10K race along the Brighton and Hove sea front. With over 560 runners in the race 20 of the Lewes AC runners finished in the top twenty in their respective age group categories. Leading the Lewes runners at the sharp end of the race was David Bradford who…

With some tough top level competitions over the weekend Lewes AC athletes came away with some excellent results. Seven Lewes AC athletes helped the Sussex County team at the English Schools competition return from the Gateshead with the best County results for over 50 years. Leading the way with a gold medal performance in the senior girl’s pole vault was Livvy Connor. She not only…