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At the all England Athletics under15 and under17 Championships held at Bedford over the weekend there were some great performances by Lewes AC young athletes. Leading the way on Sunday was Livvy Connor who won the gold medal in the under 17 women’s pole vault competition with a vault of 3.60m. This win equals her own club record and adds the National outdoor title to…

Ollie Hopkins who has only recently taken up race walking under the guidance of Peter Selby his coach has been selected to represent Sussex Schools to compete in the all England Schools Championships at Boston (Lincs) on the 20th September. He will also compete at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham in an exhibition walk as part of the UKA Youth Development League national final. Olly’s…

The bank holiday weekend gave Lewes runners the chance to shine in four challenging running event. Locally there was the Newick 10K, the Hove Hornets 9.5K ‘Stinger’ and the 5K Kings Head Canter at East Hoathly. Somewhat further away there was the Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland where the club was represented. On the Bank Holiday Monday 50 club members and friends took part in the…

Good luck to the nine club athletes who have achieved the entry standard and are travelling to Bedford for the English U17 & U15 age group championships. Up first at 10.45 on Saturday will be Jack Harris & Bill Saunders in the U15 boys Pole Vault. Freya Fitchett & Lucy Thompson follow in the U15 girls Pole Vault, starting at 14.00. Ben Martin races in…

With seventy teams made up of four runners from clubs across Sussex competing in the Herstmonceux Castle relays the Lewes AC men’s team for the first time in the club’s history won the event outright. It was very nearly a double win with the Lewes AC women’s team just missing top spot by a mere 4 seconds. Each leg of the four leg relay was…

Despite a stiff headwind for most of the course over half of the 35 Lewes AC runners in the race achieved personal best times. Leading the Lewes charge in the race of 325 runners was Matt Bradford who finished 4th overall in a time 15:58mins reducing his PB by19 seconds. With an even better personal best improvement was Lara Barazzuol who was not only 8th…