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Having suffered a 3 point defeat by Hailsham Harriers at the last Sunday Cross Country League race at Pett last month 27 club members turned up at the Ashdown Forest event determined to reverses the score line. This they did with tremendous effect winning by 307 points from their nearest rival in a race of 300 runners. With a score of 574 points Lewes AC…

Some good early season 50m sprints and hurdles at Horsham on Thursday 29th January. Ciaran Harvey V40 M broke his own club 50m record recording 6.5 seconds. Sam Chard equalled the 50m U15B record with 6.9 seconds. Grace Salter equalled the U17W 50m record with 7.1 seconds. Livvy Connor set a new U20W 50m & 50m hurdles records with 7.0 & 7.8 seconds. Jay Sinden…

Whilst 29 Lewes AC runners battled it out at the South of England Cross Country Championships at Stanmer Park on Saturday 24th Feb on the Sunday 27 other club members took part with 700 other runners in the Lido 4 mile race along the Worthing Sea Front. First across the line for Lewes in 13th position was Andrew McLennon followed by Mat Brass in 18th…

Over 2,600 runners took part in the South Of England Cross Country Championships at Stanmer Park. First up were 227 runners in the under 13 boys race and Leo Brewer showed all other Sussex runners a clean pair of heels as he stormed to a fantastic 6th place. Only beaten by runners from London, Cambridge, Aldershot and the Chilterns Leo was just 13 seconds off…

Seven Lewes athletes made the trip to Lee Valley for the SEAA U20/Senior Indoor Championships. Greta Cicchetti S/W clocked a time of 8.84 in the 60m Matthew Mubiru S/M jumped 5.67m in the Long Jump. Miles Seavil S/M clocked 2:22.10 in the 800m heats. Aaron Guilford U23M started the 200m but had to pull up injured. Livvy Connor cleared 3.50m in the U20W Pole Vault…

Looking to emulate the medal winning exploits of the younger Lewes AC runners at the recent Sussex Cross Country Championships at Bexhill Common the more senior club runners took to the hills at Lancing Manor. Competing in the Sussex Masters Cross Country Championships it was clear that the over 40 men were in medal winning form over the tough and hilly 6 mile course. As…

Having won the first three East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League races Lewes AC were going for their fourth win at Pett Village on Sunday. However a win was not to be as the team of Hailsham Harriers beat the Lewes AC team by just 3 points. With a score of 675 points the Hailsham team came first just beating the Lewes team with a…

Just two medals won for Lewes athletes at the South of England Indoor U15/U17 championships, held at Lee Valley on 10th/11th Jan. A few Lewes athletes entered this high level competition. Jay Sinden, Jack Harris, Bill Saunders, Mimi Miles, Freya Fitchett, Millie Hemsley, Lucy Thompson and Grace Salter all competed in the Red & Yellow vests. Only Bill Saunders and Jack Harris in the U15…