Beckford finished third in the 400 metres at the 1990 UK Championships, and later earned relay selection for the European Championships in Split. The British quartet of Angela Piggford, Jenny Stoute, Beckford and Linda Keough ran 3:28.73 in the heats, to qualify for the final as the fifth fastest. With Sally Gunnell replacing Piggford, they broke the six-year-old British record with 3:24.78 in the final, to win the bronze medal, with Beckford running a 51.9 split.