Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club

The January fixture of the Chiltern League saw LBAC's best club performance in many many years. the major contributing factor was the fantastic number of senior men who ran on a very windy day at the top of a hill in Luton, however, there were great performances in many races.

For once we'll start with the boys, as the U13's had their best result of the season despite only having a team of three. Lloyd Milliken in 20^th was backed up brilliantly by Jamie Stancombe finishing 25^th in his first race of the season, while the ever present Patrick Clay also gained his best finish of the year in 39^th to help the team to 6^th, out of 14 teams in division one. read more

The club AGM is to held at 9pm on Wednesday 2nd February at Leighton Town Football Club. Food will be laid on for everyone and the bar will be open. ALL MEMBERS are invited and encouraged to come along and contribute. Any apologies need to go to Nick Clay (nickjclay@aol.com) please.

LBAC had a very successful day out at the Bedforshire and Buckinghamshire County Championships last weekend. The races were staged this year in Bucks as the two counties alternate the hosting duties year by year. The course that played home to the championships was at Hughenden Manor, a couple of miles north of High Wycombe and offered an extremely stern test to even the strongest of runners.

Every race started a little way up a very steep hill and simply went straight up so the first 200m "sorted the men from the boys"! There were 22 club members who made the journey to this picturesque part of Buckinghamshire and were wondering if that was the right decision when they arrived, but all decided they were up for the challenge. read more

Nobody likes running the Stag! If they say they do, they are either new or don't try hard enough! Three short flat out laps when you are either being chased down by the people behind, starting so far back you have to unlap yourself or just confused in the middle. It's during the dark damp winter months and Dave always gives you a much harder handicap than you should have because you are ill, injured and haven't trained for a year!

The January race is the epitome of this, as you can also add into the equation the habit breaking Christmas holidays, the over indulgence and the guaranteed cold weather. However, it is during the months of December to February that champions are made or broken for one of the clubs most prestigious and longest standing award. read more

On Saturday 12^th February LBAC will once again be playing host to the final Chiltern League fixture of the season at Cottesloe School in Wing. This is a very presitigous event as all of the end of season trophies are awarded and results completed.

There are many aspects to organising a Chiltern League fixture and Richard Inchley takes on the majority of them in this case, however, there will be a lot of help needed in the marshaling of the course. We therefore need EVERY SINGLE MEMBER to commit to being there on the day as the more volunteers we get the less marshaling everyone is needed for. Please DO NOT ASSUME that Richard knows you are coming. read more