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Fresh from winning the South Down Way 100mile relay four of the Lewes team went on to dominate the Heathfield race and win the team prize by a significant margin. The Bradford brothers were first and second in the race with Matt edging out his brother to win in a time of 35mins 08secs. David was just 18 seconds behind with a time of 35mins…

Four Lewes athletes gained the required entry standard to go into the schools selection process for one of the 60 places available in the Sussex team for the championships at the Alexander stadium Birmingham in July. Larissa Carter although throwing the Hammer consistently over the schools mark is unlucky not to get selected due to being fourth on the county rankings. Good news for the…

With a rush of competitions over the weekend there came a rush of medals for Lewes AC young athletes. Reaching for new heights was James Shackleton who in the Sussex Schools Championships on Saturday 14th June won a gold medal in the U20M Pole Vault with a vault of 4.00m. The other gold medal won at this event was by Livvy Connor in the U17W…

Having had a bad day at the office in the under 13 and under15 Youth Development League (YDL) match at the end of May the young athletes bounced back with great performances over the following four days. In the under 17 and under 20 age group YDL at Gillingham one day later the team secured second spot behind a strong Ashford side and in the…

Up against 50 teams from across the South East Region the Lewes AC team of six runners comprehensively beat all other teams to complete the tough 100 mile relay in 10 hours 29minutes 30seconds. The 100 miles relay along the South Downs National Trail from Eastbourne to Winchester is divided into 18 legs with each runner completing 3 legs each. Not only did the Lewes…