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There were amazing performances by Lewes AC athletes over the last weekend with National, County and Club records achieved, many personal bests secured over a very busy few days for the club. Pride of place must go to Livvy Connor with her performances in the biggest pole vault competition in the UK at the Carshalton Arena in Sutton which attracted 124 of the top vaulters…

Sunday 25th March at Carshalton Arena Sutton. Eleven Lewes vaulters entered Vault London the UK’s biggest Pole Vault event of the Indoor season. Eight of the Vaulters produced lifetime bests, Two more vaulters had Indoor lifetime bests, gaining three Club records and one Sussex record. Jack Harris U13B 2.14m pb Club record Bill Saunders U13B 1.84m pb Polly Saunders U15G 2.34m pb Vicky Warren U15G…

Now that the Olympic torch route and torch carriers have been announced it is great to record that Dave Bradford from Lewes has been chosen to carry the torch in Sussex. Dave is not only a first class runner with a 2hour 38min time for the marathon and a very active member of Lewes AC but has raised an amazing amount of money for the…

With Lewes runners spread far and wide across the globe Rob Mullet, currently in the USA, finished 3rd in the high quality race the Rhodes City 10Km in a time of 30mins 32sec. Dave and Matt Bradford are two other Lewes AC runners who are also spreading their wings and have travelled to Bekoji in Ethiopia to take part in high altitude training and to…

Lewes AC were well represented at the Sussex Indoors Athletic Championships at the Sutton Arena. In the senior men’s pole vault Sam Brown picked up the gold medal with a vault of 4.40m. Not to be outdone Livvy Connor also won gold in under 15 the pole vault with a vault of 3.20m. Close behind was Vicky Warren in second position with 2.40m and Polly…

Last weekend was the English School Cross Country Championships at Ilton near Taunton in Somerset where the best 300 runners from schools from 39 Counties compete as teams and as individuals. This is a tough event and Lewes AC had two runners representing Sussex at the event. Finishing in 66th position in the race Maddy was the fourth Sussex finisher to help the Sussex team…

Congratulations to Josh Burgess who over the weekend won the Prison Service National Cross Country Championship at Birmingham. Running for the Lewes Prison, where Josh works, he had a great run to finish first and become National Champion. Last year Josh was narrowly beaten into second place but this year he wasn’t to be beaten and became National Champion. Josh helped the Lewes Prison Team…

Now in its 28th year the Lewes Athletic Club is again organising its festival of running and Fun Run at the Lewes Running track on Easter Monday. There will be running events for all the family from toddlers to the more experienced runners. Starting with the ‘Toddlers Trot’ at 10.30am there is then the 2 mile race along Ham Lane to the South Down Club…

Securing the best ever results for the County of Sussex at the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park in Birmingham on Saturday 10th March two Lewes AC runners were in medal winning teams. Up against 40 other Counties and across all age groups the Sussex under 17 women’s team of four won team silver and the Sussex under 20 men’s team of four…

On Sunday 11th March 10 Lewes AC runners were in action in the Foxes Five Mile race at Shoreham which goes along both banks of the River Adur First Lewes AC runner home was David Foster in 65th position in a time of 34mins 50secs followed by Mick Acott in 90th position in 36mins 16secs just two seconds ahead of the first Lewes AC women…