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With the cross country season now well behind us and the track and field season well under way Lewes AC has continued its winter winning streak with five firsts and two thirds in the events that have taken place so far. Over the May weekend the under 13 and under 15 Lewes AC athletes competing in the National Youth Development League secured a magnificent win…

The evening of Wednesday 1st May saw the first round of the Sussex Vets League, held at Eastbourne. As with the Southern Athletics League, Lewes are twinned with Haywards Heath Harriers, and both teams were out in force. We faced Eastbourne, Arena 80, Hastings AC, Brighton & Hove AC, and Worthing & Steyning. There were 4 track events and 4 field events for both the…

There was both success and disappointment for the Lewes AC runner Alan Velecky in the Brighton Marathon. The success and it was a big one was that of the 7,600 runners in the race Alan finished as 28th man and 32nd overall. His time was 2hours 53mins and 59seconds. At 47 years old this was a tremendous result and put him as the first over…

Moving on from the club’s successes in the winter cross country season the club has started the summer season with the best team results at the Sussex County Road Relay Championships since the club was founded way back in 1984. The first to mention must be the home grown talents of the Lewes AC senior men’s team of six who claimed the bronze medal behind…

We are rapidly approaching the time when the club will be hosting matches at the track. We need to make sure that the track and equipment is ready and in proper working order. This is particularly important this year as the club has just taken over full responsibility from the Leisure Centre for the maintenance of the track. We are therefore seeking your help to…

28 Lewes AC athletes travelled across to Hastings over the weekend to compete in the tough and hilly Hastings Half Marathon and came back with some amazing results. The first to mention must be David Bradford who finished 13 overall and 5th Sussex runner out of a field of 3,300 runners with a time of 1hr15mins. It is perhaps also worth mentioning that in 2005…

The Lewes AC pole vaulters had some excellent results when competing at the Carshalton indoor arena at the Sutton Field Event Festival. The star of the day must be 11 year old Jack Harris competing in the under 13 boys pole vault. Jack successfully progressed through the heights with each one being a personal best and a club record (2.52m 2.62m 2.72m and 2.82m) Jack…

Lewes AC runners played an important role in the successful Sussex Teams competing in very muddy conditions at the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Catton Hall, Swadlingcote in Derbyshire. First to mention in a staring role must be Maddie Smith who by finishing fourth in the Sussex scoring team of six helped the Sussex senior girls team to a major triumph by finishing in…

Just like buses league championships for Lewes AC this season comes in twos. Last week the club won the East Sussex Sunday Cross County League this week the Club became champions of Division two in the Brooks Sussex Saturday League. Setting themselves the target of winning their division the senior men triumphed with a points total of 241, a massive lead over the next club…

In the last race of the six race series at Pett Lewes AC became league Champions. Up against 11 other clubs in this hotly contested series of races the league win for Lewes is a tribute to all those that turned out to race and to represent the club. A combined team of 20 men and women across a number of age categories is required…