SONYA Ellis (pictured) has revealed why the South West Inter Counties Cross Country Championships has been brought forward to the week before Christmas from its traditional slot at the start of the New Year. “England Athletics insisted the event was moved as it clashes with the South West Indoor Championships in Cardiff,” said Sonya, who Read more about Why the South West Cross Country Championships has been switched[…]
THE North Somerset AC men continued their dominance of the weekend’s events with James Rodgers racing to an emphatic victory in the Grand Pier half marathon in Weston. The day after his clubmates Josh Davis strolled to victory in the Gloucestershire League Rodgers clocked a time of 70mins 28secs to finish 52secodns clear of Bristol Read more about Pierless performance by champion Rodgers[…]
JOSH Davis continued his excellent start to the winter season with a thumping victory in the second fixture in the 2015/16 Gloucestershire Cross Country League season. The North Somerset AC runner finished 1min 19secs clear of Cheltenham’s Harry Bishop with a powerful display on Peachfield Common, in Malvern. The win comes a few weeks after Read more about In-form Davis in a class of his own in Gloucestershire League[…]
TEAM Bath chairman Dave Coales completed his 24th marathon in New York on Sunday and admitted afterwards that he got his tactics all wrong. Even though Coales is one of the most experienced marathon men in the west country the event is so unforgiving that even the slightest miscalculation can prove to be very costly. Read more about ‘School boy error’ costs Coales dear in New York marathon[…]
ANDY Hickman of Southville Running Club won the Nightingale Nightmare 10k multi terrain race. Hickman finished 1min 38secs clear of James Plunkett-Cole (Town & Country Harriers) with Bristol & West AC’s Neil Williams third. There were 182 finishers.
IT has been confirmed that Bristol & West AC’s men won the team event in the inaugural Bristol-Bath marathon last weekend. First club finisher in seventh place was Ciaran McQuade in 2:48:25, followed home by Scott Watkins who finished thirteenth in 2:50:54. Alex Whittaker was next in 41st in 2:59:45 with Matt Deacon 125th in Read more about Bristol & West men win new marathon team prize[…]
OLIVIA Burton made it two wins out of two in the Gloucestershire Cross County League season. The North Somerset AC runner (pictured centre) won the under 15 girls’ race on Malvern Common after a good contest with Gloucester’s Niamh Powell and also led her club t team victory with support from Rosie Whitehead (fifth) and Read more about Olivia on the winning trail again in Gloucestershire League[…]
BRISTOL & West AC’s senior teams travelled in hope but ultimately the medals eluded them again at the English Cross Country Relays on Saturday. Both the men and women were fourth twelve months ago but this time had to settle for sixth and 14th respectively. The men’s result was particularly tough for the men’s team Read more about Bristol & West agony at English Cross Country Relays[…]
AARON Phelps and Zoe Wassell clinched a superb Gloucestershire double in the Aztec West Fast 5k road race in Bristol this week. The Stroud & District AC pair emerged victorious over the quick three-lap course with 22-year-old Phelps smashing his personal best by over a minute with a time of 14mins 56secs and 16-year-old Wassell Read more about Phelps races to surprise victory in Aztec West 5k[…]
THERE is not much that former Tavistock runner Adam Holland doesn’t know about marathons so it was somehow appropriate that he should win the inaugural Bristol to Bath race on Sunday. “This was my two hundred and fortieth marathon, and the second fastest time I have ever completed the distance, which I’m really pleased with,” Read more about Marathon man Holland pays tribute to new Bristol to Bath event[…]