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Members and guests of Lewes Athletics Club marked the official re-opening of the Lewes Community Track on Tuesday evening 24th November with a mass celebratory run round the recently resurfaced track. Each finisher and guest then enjoyed a slice of cake. Chairman Peter Masters ceremoniously cut the ribbon at 7pm and club member and guest for the evening Ian Cumming fired the starting gun. Nearly…

Last Sunday 36 Lewes AC members together with 2,700 runners in the Brighton 10K did battle with the weather along Brighton Sea front. Despite the challenging conditions and very strong winds the Lewes runners turned in some excellent results. David Bradford was 19th in a wind affected time of 34mins 13secs. David led home a pack of Lewes runners with Mike Ellicock next across the…

Having had fantastic runs at the Barns Green half marathon four Lewes AC runners came away with County Championship medals. David Bradford won the bronze medal in the Senior men’s category; Lewis Sida was awarded the gold medal in the men 40-49 category with Chris Gilbert winning the silver medal in the same age group. Moving up to the men’s category 60 – 69 Andrew…

Lewes AC runners had storming runs at the Bexhill 5 kilometre race over the weekend. There were 3 Lewes AC women in the first four in the race. This was almost equalled by the men who had 3 finishers in the first five. With 230 runners in the race this was a solid performance by club members and reflects the strength in depth that the…

17 Lewes AC runners decided that they would spend their Saturday taking on one of the toughest marathons in the South East. Not content with running in excess of 26 miles there are 300 steps and 14 gates to tackle along the route. After starting in Eastbourne the marathon route goes through Jevington, Alfriston and Friston Forest before finishing across Seven Sisters and Beachy Head….

It was an extremely busy and energetic weekend for Lewes AC runners as they competed in four events over both days. Never ones to be defeated by a challenge 99 club members turned out to take part in the events with some fantastic performances. 54 members across all age groups competed on Saturday 17th October in the first of the Brooks Sussex Cross County League…

On 4th October 2015, Gustavo Iriarte, Karen Morse and Rachael Hornigold of Lewes AC took on the Downslink Ultra, an annual 37.5 mile off-road race from Guildford to Seaford. Congratulations to all three on completing the race. Here is Gustavo’s report on his run. I signed up for the Downslink ultra-marathon unaware that it was happening a week after the Berlin Marathon. I mainly did…

Celebrating his selection for the junior England team in their match against Ireland next weekend Ollie Hopkins stepped up a gear and competed in the 10k race at the festival of walking held last Sunday at a circuit near Heathrow. Ten kilometres is twice the distance he has raced to date but his Lewes AC coach Peter Selby considered he would gain valuable experience. This…