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On the 8th September the adults were in action at the Hellingly 10K road race where Lewes AC runners took up three places in the first 10 in a race with nearly 300 runners. First club member in 4th position in a time of 34m 07sec was Dave Bradford followed closely by Tom Morris in 6th position in a time of 35mins 30secs who in…

It was a frantic competition weekend for the Club’s junior members up against all 10 Sussex track and field clubs in the under 15 league final at Crawley on the 6th September. In the League final at the K2 Arena at Crawley there were a stack of 1st and 2nd positions across many event to help the Lewes AC team take a very creditable 4th…

Whilst the Lewes AC veterans and under 13 athletes were battling it out for honours on the first September eight Lewes AC under 15 and under 17 athletes were competing in the England Athletics Championships at Bedford. With more athletes from Lewes AC qualified to take part than any other Sussex Club there were some great performances. Aidan Briffet as an under 15 clocked a…

It was a tough competition for the Lewes AC under 13 athletes in the final of the Sussex Under 13 League. Against 10 teams from across Sussex the Lewes AC juniors produced some great performances to finish mid table 5th out of 10 teams. Performances to note were Myles Bickmore-Vaughan who came first in both the high jump and the long jump with leaps of…

Sunday 1st September saw the final of the Southern Counties Vets League, at Ashford, Kent. Lewes AC, twinned as ever with Haywards Heath Harriers (HH), had won the Sussex League earlier in the summer, and as a result were sent to battle against seven other Southern Counties finalists; Herne Hill Harriers, Oxford, Southampton, Enfield & Haringey, Epsom & Ewell Harriers, Cambridge Harriers, and Blackheath &…

Eight Lewes athletes have achieved the qualification marks and will make the trek to Bedford this weekend for the U15/U17 national age group championships. Sam Rogers U15B 800m Aiden Briffett U15B 1500m Scott Staples U15B Javelin Ethan Bickmore-Vaughan 100 & 200m Polly Saunders U15G Pole Vault Millie Hemsley U15G Pole Vault Jack Harris U13B will compete in the U15B Pole Vault Livvy Connor U17W Pole…

17th August at Ashford in the SEAA U15 championships Scott Staples threw a pb and new club record in the Javelin of 49.10m to win the Silver medal. Well done to Scott with his 4th Javelin club record in two weeks.

Lewes AC team with Haywards Heath Harriers won the Southern Athletics League match at Carshalton on Saturday 10th August by over 60 points. The team scores were Lewes AC with Haywards Heath Harriers 277 points: Holland Sports 210.5 points: Sutton and District 167 points: Invicta East Kent 116 points and Poole Runners 82.5 points. In this match Sam Brown set a new league record for…

Scott Staples broke the club’s Javelin record for the third time in eight days with a distance 45.60m at Horsham open meeting, Sunday 4th August 46.51 at the under Sussex under 15 league match at Eastbourne on Wednesday 7th August and again on Sunday 11th August at the inter counties meeting to take second place with a throw 48.08m. This puts Scott up into 11th…