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Whilst the senior runners were running in France the junior athletes were competing at Southampton. Both groups were very successful but in different ways. Eleven Lewes AC members travelled to Marolles in the Loire Valley to compete in regional races put on by the Lewes AC twinned athletic club AS Marolles. The first Lewes AC runner in the very competitive, tough multi-terrain 20K race and…

With nearly 10,000 finishers in the Brighton Marathon two Lewes AC runners had a storming run to finish in the top 50 in the race. Ben Messer with a time of 2hours 54mins 59secs finished in 41st position and 13th in his 35-44 age category. Close behind was Jamie Seddon in 43rd position in 2hours 55mins 10secs and 15th in the 18 – 34 age…

There was much success and a few near misses for the Lewes AC teams at the Sussex Road Relay Championships held at Christ’s Hospital on Easter Saturday. The gold medal successes came from the club’s young athletes and the medal near misses at the other end of the age spectrum. Starting the day off with a bang was the team of three under13 boys who…

With 3,000 runners in the 13.1 mile Hastings Half Marathon there were some stunning results for Lewes AC runners racing in their respective age group categories. The Bradford brothers not only had an amazing race in their 18 to 39 age group but also were also 6th and 9th overall in the race. Matt finished 5th in his age group in a time of 72mins…

Ollie Hopkins won the Cambridge Harriers under 15 boys league series after completing three events. In the final2.5K race he finished just short of his best time recording 15mins 2 secs. The competition involved accumulating the score from each of the three races and Ollie was consistent in all of them. Ollie also received more encouraging news when he was placed second in the Annual…