Bob Lewis Memorial Meeting 2026: Six Weeks to Go

Six weeks out from the Bob Lewis Memorial Meeting, entries are open on OpenTrack and the event is shaping up for another strong edition at the Weir Archer Athletics and Fitness Centre in Kingston upon Thames. Now in its fourth year, the Bob Lewis Memorial Meeting is Momentum Sports' own annual athletics event, held on 30 August 2026. It is named after Bob Lewis, a European Masters Games Champion over 400m, and the meeting reflects that legacy by sitting firmly within the masters athletics tradition — open to all ages, but with particular emphasis on the Masters age groups and the 400m.The meeting is sponsored by TF1 Athletic and is part of the European Masters League calendar, which adds a points dimension for Masters athletes competing across the season. For anyone chasing Masters league points in the final stretch of the outdoor season, 30 August is a date worth having in the diary. It falls at a useful point in the calendar — late enough to benefit from a full season of training and racing, but ahead of the autumn transition, meaning performances tend to reflect where athletes genuinely are in their season. The signature feature remains the lemon drizzle cake prize. Awarded to the best Masters 400m performance based on age grading, it carries on a tradition rooted in Bob Lewis's well-documented fondness for the cake. Age grading is the standard method in masters athletics for comparing performances across different age groups — it expresses a result as a percentage of the world record for that age group, allowing a 65-year-old and a 45-year-old to compete for the same prize on genuinely equal terms. In practice it means every Masters athlete in every age group is in contention, which tends to produce a more competitive one-lap race than a straightforward age group result would. Bob Lewis won the European Masters Games 400m title during his competitive career, and the meeting in his name has returned for a fourth consecutive year. That continuity matters in club athletics — events that persist build a following, attract return entries, and become part of the rhythm of the season. The Bob Lewis Memorial Meeting has been doing that since its first edition, and the lemon drizzle prize has become its most recognisable detail along the way. The Weir Archer Athletics and Fitness Centre on Kingston Road, KT1 3PB is where Momentum Sports is based, where its athletes train daily, and where the Surrey Schools Track and Field Championships are also staged. It is a well-equipped facility and a familiar venue for athletes from across the south and south-east who have competed at county level on the same track. The home crowd, the European Masters League points, a competitive Masters 400m field, and the prospect of lemon drizzle cake — the Bob Lewis Memorial Meeting has established a character of its own. Entries are open now on OpenTrack. The meeting takes place on 30 August 2026.