Congratulations to Etienne Maughan and Lyla Danobrega, who both set new club records at the English Schools Championships at the weekend.  Etienne's 13.98 seconds is a new club Senior Women's and Under 20 Women's record for 100m Hurdles.  Lyla's 5:06.16 is a new club Senior Women's and Under 20 Women's record for 1500m Steeplechase.  

Senior Relay Team the Golden Cherry on top of a Silver Speckled Cake

Bedford and County athletes in the Bedfordshire Schools Senior Relay Team put a golden cherry on top of a silver speckled cake at the English Schools Athletics Championships held at Birmingham’s Commonwealth Stadium last weekend.

In the inaugural running of the mixed 4 x 100m relay event, the well drilled quartet of Etienne Maughan, Jasmine Wilkins, Daniel Harding-Forbes and Ben Moseray stormed away to win the “A” final in a time of 45.05 seconds, beating the time of the winners of the B final by over a second. With this being the first running of this particular event, their time will mean that Bedfordshire currently hold five Championships Best Performances from over the 98 years of these national championships. 

The silver speckles come in the form of three silver medals over the two days of the championships.

The English Schools Championships are currently in progress in Birmingham, and there have been some fantastic performances from Bedford and County athletes.  Lyla Danobrega claimed the silver medal in the Intermediate Girls 1500m Steeplechase, running 5:06.16, and Etienne Maughan also claimed silver in the Senior Girls 100m Hurdles in 13.98.  Both these times are new club records subject to ratification.  Thalia-Jade Mason also won the silver medal in the Inter Girls Long Jump with a PB of 5.59 metres.  Noah Campion finished fourth in the Senior Boys 3000m in 8:44.75.  Full report to follow.

The British Milers Club Grand Prix at Watford on 1st July produced PBs for  for Ben Davies over 800m (1:52.46), and Jack Goodwin over 3000m (8:00.43), and Sam Knee-Robinson also over 3000m (8:19.96).

There were some excellent performances at the Eastern Championships in Cambridge on 24th June, with wins for Aston Lockwood, Glen Kerr, Bryan Zapnahiah, and a win and a Championship Best Performance from Sadie Werrett.  Well done to all those who took part.

The funeral of Jenny O’Shea will take place at Bedford Chapel, Norse Road on Thursday 13th July at 13.45, followed by a wake at the Knife and Cleaver, Houghton Conquest. Those wishing to attend the service or service and wake should indicate which by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. who will pass details on to Paddy. There will also be a live streaming and later viewing. Again, contact Dennis for details.
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