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There were over 300 runners competing in the Lewes Athletic Club’s 10 mile and 5 mile Downland Runs on Sunday 7th October 2012. The best result for Lewes runners was in the 5 mile race where club members took four places out of the first six. The top spot was taken by Stephen Ferroni from the Brighton Club closely followed by Lewes runners Aiden Briffett…

Lewes AC thought that they had made a cracking start to the cross country season by winning the first East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League race held at Whitbread Hollow in Eastbourne. However this was based on the provisional results and when the final results were circulated Lewes had to play second fiddle to Hailsham Harriers. There were however some great individual performances in the…

Club runners were in action in the cross country relays at Goodwood on Saturday 29th September. The best performance from Lewes was the under 15 boy’s team of James Martin, Sam Rogers and Aiden Briffet in securing the silver medal in their event. There were two near misses of a medal with fourth places by the Senior Men’s team of Josh Burgess, Tom Kearns, Patrick…

Lewes AC pole vaulters took part the Jim Day Memorial Pole Vault Competition at the Sutton Arena on the 23rd September where 100 vaulters from a wide range of clubs across the South East were competing for honours. First from Lewes to claim a medal was Freya Fitchett who secured a silver medal in the under 13 girl’s event with a vault of 1.92m. Also…

David Bradford competing in the Berlin Marathon and Alf Pollard competing the World Duathon Championships in Nancy in France both came away with some stunning results. With over 40,000 competitors in the Berlin Marathon David’s 42nd place overall and 16th in his age group in a time of 2hours 28mins 51secs was a really fabulous effort. In the battle of the Brits David was second…

In busy weekend for Lewes AC road runners 14 club members took part in the Seven Stiles race at Henfield on Saturday 15th Sept. Coming to the finish Ed Wheeler just pipped Dave Leach into 14th place but both were given the same time of 27mins 12 secs. Next over the line in 41st position was Matt Haycocks in 29.28 with Gerard Dummett in 66th…

Twenty members of Lewes AC took part in the Hove Prom 10K road race on Sunday. Despite a noticeable south-westerly breeze, several athletes recorded personal best (PB) performances on the pan-flat, two-lap promenade course. In a race won by Neil Boniface (Horsham Joggers) in 32mins 02secs, the Lewes club’s top finisher was David Bradford, who placed third in 33:15, equalling his PB for the distance….

There were three athletes competing in the Combined Events Championships over the weekend all of whom came away with championship medals. Myles Bickmore-Vaughan in the U13 boys Pentathlon won silver, Livvy Conner in the U15 girls won gold and Ella James in the U17 women’s Heptathlon won a bronze medal. Myles got off to a great start in the first of his five events taking…

Athletics clubs throughout the country, including Lewes AC, have been inundated with membership enquires following the success of the London Olympics. Together with increased interest following our programme of after school clubs the junior waiting list at Lewes AC has leapt to 150. The club has reached capacity on its Tuesday club night (no track space) We are now looking at the feasibility of starting…

On August Bank Holiday Monday many Lewes AC members will be competing in the Kings Head Canter helping to raise money for the British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society. By ‘piggy backing’ on the race this enables club members to not only enjoy the 5k race from Chiddingly to East Hoathly but also to raise money to help the charity that David Bradford works tirelessly to support….