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Sunday 4th July at K2 centre Crawley saw the first Sussex U11 Quadkids championships. A large field saw only three Lewes athletes competing. Matt Pickering ran the 75m in 11.8 the 600m in 2.01 jumped 1.86m in the standing long jump and threw the vortex howler 34.06m (some 8m further than any other competitor) to take the gold medal. The Sussex U13 championships saw more…

A trio of Lewes athletes have been selected to represent Sussex schools at the English Schools championships being held at the Alexander Stadium Birmingham on the 9th & 10th July 2010. The three athletes have all achieved the exacting English schools entry standards, which in itself is fantastic feat. We wish the best of luck to Sam Brown Senior Boys Pole Vault. Emilie Blackwell Inter…

On Saturday 5th June 2010 the Senior A team of Sussex AC took bronze medals in the 100 mile South Downs Relay. With 57 teams entered from across the South of England a third place for Lewes was a fantastic achievement. Well done guys. In scorching weather and high temperatures the team of six competed the 100 miles in 30 seconds under the 11 hours….

Wednesday 2nd June at Withdean stadium. Lewes athletes Livvy Conner, Millie Cable, Ruby Whyte-Wilding and Alex Chitty took the year 7 girls Quadrathlon by storm. Alex Chitty finished in 10th position 70m hurdles 15.7, Long jump 3.22, Shot putt 4.76m and 3.01.9 for 800m. Millie Cable finished in Bronze medal position with 1559 pts. 70m hurdles 13.6, Long Jump 4.34m, Shot putt 6.83m and 2.54.6…

Emilie Blackwell U17W competed on Sunday in the National Junior league at Eastbourne. Looking for higher level vault competition before next weekends Southern championships. She came in at 2.85m to win the competition, then cleared 3.00 first attempt and p.b. 3.21m on a very lucky third attempt, which not only saw the bar turn right over and stay on the pins but also survived her…

There were great results for Lewes athletes who competed over the weekend in the Sussex outdoor championships held at K2 Crawley. Seven gold medals, two silver and two bronze medals plus other fine performances. The results for club members are as follows Danial Sullivan U17M Triple Jump 11.06 Gold. 100m 12.4, 200m 25.1. Holly English U15G 200m final pb 28.1 6th place and 1500m pb…

Saturday 10th April 2010. Naomi Lee added a metre to her U15G Club Hammer record (31.65). Emilie Blackwell Vaulted 3,10 to add 30cm to the outdoor U17W record. Livvy (the cat) Conner equalled her U13G vault record with 2.60m and added the 100m record to her collection (13.98) The U13G 100m record had stood for 21 years.

Winning five of the six events Lewes AC made sure that they were the overall winners of the Sussex Sunday league. Not only was it a magnificent team effort but Lewes AC members scooped a whole range of individual medals. Leading the field was Dave Bradford who won both the overall men’s prize and the Senior Man’s gold medal. Not to be outdone Martin Komen…

Congratulations to the seven Lewes AC athletes that have been selected to represent Sussex in the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Birmingham. The magnificent seven include Robbie James (SM) Josh Burgess (U20M) Ludo Goodliffe (U17M) Lizzie Keep (U17M) Maddie Smith (U15W) Eve Rothwell (U13G) Holly English (U13G) Congratulations and the best of luck on Saturday 13th March

Three gold medals and one Silver for the Lewes pole vaulters during the Sussex indoor championships held on 6th/7th March at the Sutton arena. Sam Brown took the U20M gold with 4.20m and had three very close shots at 4.36m. Emilie Blackwell took the U17W gold with p.b. 3.20m a height which moves her to 3rd in the UK rankings and to 40th position on…