Local veteran athletes, including a couple of over 70s, enjoyed a successful Easter weekend
Peterborough & Nene Valley AC had four athletes in action at the European Masters Indoor Championship held at Torun in Poland.
Dave Brown narrowly missed out on making the over 45 800m final after clocking a time of 2:07.59 in his heat.
Max Hall placed 12th in the over 35 pentathlon. The high spot of his competition was a 2nd place finish in the shot with a 11.69m throw.
Simon Achurch finished 7th in the over 50s Weighted Throw with a new personal best (PB) of 15.57m.
Although it was an indoor championship an outdoor cross country race was included in the itinerary and Paul Parkin finished 20th in the over 60 category finishing as the 4th Great Britain runner.
**Peterborough & Nene Valley AC’s Andrea Jenkins was first over 50 in the Hammer at the Bedford Open Meeting with a throw of 44.59m
**Helpston Harrier Ruth Jones clocked a time of 20:25 at the Veterans AC 5k at Battersea Park
**Helpston Harrier James Gelsthorpe was the first over 35 at the Oakley 20 mile road race finishing in a time of 2:00.13. Yaxley's Claire Piercy clocked 2.39.24 and was the 5th over 50 lady across the line.
Four Bushfield runners also headed to Bedfordshire to run in what is traditionally a key race for athletes preparing for Spring Marathons. Bushfield were led home by Adrian Olik with a time of 2.54.57, ahead of Ian Stones who clocked 2.56.14. Nicki Parrott crossed the line in 3.14.22 with Shane Goldsmith finishing in a time of 3.20.16.
**PANVAC throwers Kevin Bates and Tim Needham were in action at the Milton Keynes Spring Throws meeting on Easter Sunday.
Bates achieved a distance of 11.18m in the shot while Needham threw the hammer 30.97m. They both finished first in the over 70 age group and are both currently ranked 2nd in the UK for their age group in the 2026 standings.