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Always up to a challenge Lewes AC athletes are also competing in the Sussex 10K Challenge. This is a team event that takes place during the year with teams having to compete in five 10K races across Sussex with the best four results to count. After the first 10K race at Chichester Lewes AC men’s team are currently placed in 5th position out of the…

In the Trundle Hill Downland Race at Lancing on Wednesday 16th May there were eight Lewes members competing in a race with 326 competitors. First for Lewes was Pablo Ibarguren who has currently hit fine form finishing in 10th position in a time of 40mins 47secs. Next across the line was Colin Bennett in 26th position in 43.48 with Mat Haycock next in 38th position…

There was much action over the weekend with two track and field league matches a tough Downland run and two road races. The senior athletes were at Bromley competing in the Southern Athletics league and the junior athletes were at Hastings in a UK Young Athletes League match. In the Bromley match Lewes held third position against some strong London Clubs. Blackheath and Bromley took…

Whilst there was much action at the County Championships at K2 on Sunday 13th May there was also much action at the Portslade 5 mile race over the South Downs. There were 21 runners from Lewes AC with Pablo Ibarguren adding to his win at the Barcombe 10K with a fine 3rd place in this tough Downland run with a time of 32mins 41secs. The…

At the Sussex Track and Field Championships held at the K2 Stadium at Crawley over the weekend of 12/13th May Lewes AC athletes came away with 32 individual and team Championship medals. There were 8 gold medals, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals. Those with gold medals included four gold medallists in the Pole Vault event. Sam Brown in the senior man’s category had the…

Just a word from across the Atlantic Rob Mullett came second in a 1500m race in Indianopolis on the 4th May in a cracking time of 3mins 45.08secs. Rob also currently tops the 2012 UK rankings for the 3000m Steeple Chase with a time of 8mins 32.80secs.

The club was in action over the May Bank Holiday weekend on Sunday competing in the Young Athlete’s League at Maidstone in Kent. It was a disappointing result for the club as it was not possible to field a full team of athletes. As a result Lewes AC had to settle for 5th position of the six teams competing. There are two more league matches…

On Saturday 21st April Lewes AC members were competing at Hastings in the newly formed Southern Athletics League. This league has men and women competing in the same club team whereas before the men and women competed in separate leagues. Up against teams from Brighton, Hastings and Invicta East Kent the Lewes combined team came a very creditable second position in the match. In gaining…

Mike Scholes a 58 year old runner with very little sight ran a fantastic 3hrs 14mins 48sec London Marathon guided by Dave Bradford from the Lewes Club. Dave who himself has Retinitis Pigmentosa an hereditary sight loss condition helped Mike thread his way through the mass of 37,000 runners to achieve a great time. At the half way mark Mike was on for a 3…

There were some amazing results for Lewes AC runners in the Brighton Marathon held on Sunday. There were eight life time bests out of the 16 Lewes AC runners taking part. Best of the bunch must be Matt Homewood who knocked 41minutes from his previous best time when he finished in 3hrs 15mins 45secs. Not too far behind in ‘beating the personal best stakes’ must…