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Marolles – a name to conjure with and to wonder what it means. It is the name of the small village just outside Blois in the Loire Valley in France. In the first year of the formation of the Lewes club we twinned with AS Marolles the athletic club based in the village. In the early part of the year (currently 3rd weekend in April)…

Organised by the Lewes Athletic Club there was a fantastic turnout for all the races put on by the club at the Lewes Athletic track. There were over 1,000 runners in the four events and with friends and spectators coming to enjoy the day the crowd swelled to nearly 2,000 people. Blessed by good weather on Easter Monday the races started with the toddlers trot….

Lewis Sida had a storming run in the Brighton Marathon finishing 36th out of the 8,500 marathon and 10K finishers. In his over 45 age group category Lewis gained a magnificent second place with a fantastic time of 2 hours 51mins 04secs. Also competing in the same age group was Colin Bennett who also had a great run with a finishing position of 35th with…

Twenty five Lewes AC runners travelled to Hastings to do battle in the tough Hastings Half Marathon race. With nearly 3,500 finishers in the 13.1 mile race the Lewes AC runners came back with a stack of great individual and team results. Winning the Sussex Championship team gold medal for Lewes in the men’s over 40 age category were Chris Gilbert who came 18th overall…

Four Lewes athletes competed at Vault Manchester held at the Etihad stadium on Saturday 8th March. Bill Saunders U15B set two new pbs on his way to picking up the Silver medal. James Shackleton U20M was a little below his best clearing 3.78m for 15th place. Polly Saunders U17W cleared 2.63m for 10th place. Livvy Connor U17W again a little below her best cleared 3.43m…

Held over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd of March at the EIS Sheffield. Jack Harris competed on Saturday in the U15B Pole Vault. Jack did well to finish sixth clearing 2.70m which well below his best. He was the youngest competitor in the field and injured his lower leg in the warm up. So watch this space next year ! On Sunday it…

At the last of the four Sussex Cross Country League races over a very muddy Little Common course at Bexhill Lewes AC members came away with a bunch of individual and team medals. The title of muddy marvel must go to Chris Gilbert who won an individual gold medal in the over 40 men’s category and also a gold team medal. Winning his medals was…