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Despite the wind and rain there was a great team effort at Whitbread Hollow when Lewes AC won the first of the Sunday Cross Country League events. Led by Robbie James in first place and David Bradford in 4th place the men were off to a good start. First of the Lewes AC women was Natasha Fuller followed by Catherine Swinson and Carol Walters. The…

Congratulations to the Senior Men’s team in winning the team prize in the Lewes 10 mile race. Dave Bradford, Ashley Williams, Matt Bradford and Andrew Masters made up the team with a combined score of 47 beating Brighton and Hove with a team score of 53 and Phoenix with a score of 76. Congratulations also to Dave Bradford who won the whole race with a…

All the provisional dates have now been fixed for the 2009/10 East Sussex Sunday Cross Country League. See the fixtures section of this web site for dates and venues. Lewes AC has been asked to put on one of the events at Plumpton College and this has been fixed for the 28th February 2010. Help will be required to put this event on.

Congratulations to Alan Velecky who has been selected to represent England in the Veteran Home Inter National Orienteering Championship in the Peak District. Good luck Alan

The final Southern mens league match of the season took place on 1st August at Bracknell. The combined Lewes/Haywards Heath team winning with 117 pts Bracknell 107 and East Grinstead 69 with Hastings making a no show. Lewes event winners. Rob Mullet 8.53.5 in 3000m S/C A new club rec. Sam Brown 4.20m Pole Vault A = club rec. Chris Pilling 16.4 in 110m Hurdles…

Held at Bedford on Saturday 8th August 2009. Just two Lewes athletes achieved the required standard. Emilie Blackwell cleared 3m to take fourth place in U15g Pole Vault and Naomi Lee cleared p.b. 2.70m to take 5th place and move to to 7th on UK rankings it would have been even better as her third attempt at 2.80m was a huge clearance only to see…

Held at Crawley on Sunday 2nd August 2009. Just one Lewes athlete competing. Naomi Lee in B string Pole Vault. A fine second place with 2.60m made even better as most girls/women in this event are 2nd year U17 and Naomi is first year U15. Well done Na.

Match three held at Eastbourne on 5th August 2009. Again summer holidays produced a depleted team but didn’t they do well well finishing 2nd behind Brighton. Lewes winners James Kemp 75m A 10.4 Julian Gower Discus B 15.54 Livvy Conner 75m A 11.0 Emma Sallis 75m B 11.8 Eve Rothwell 1000m A 3.18.5 Eve Rothwell Javelin B 12.78 Emma Sallis, Jasmine Tickner, Rene Panteli Young…

Well done to a much depleted team due to the summer holidays. The U15 final held at Withdean stadium Brighton on Friday 31.07.2009. Fourth place ahead of Chichester,Eastbourne,Hastings and Horsham is a fantastic result. The only winner in either the boys or girls A or B string was Naomi Lee in the Pole vault. Well done to everybody who turned out for the cllub

Three athletes gained the required standard and made it through the rigorous selection procedure to represent not only Sussex schools but Lewes at the English schools champs held at Sheffield on the 10th & 11th July. Sam Brown & Chris Pilling both with injuries managed to finish 7th & 10th in the U20 Pole Vault both with 4.20m. Maddy Smith was out of sorts and…