HUGE plaudits to the women of Bitton Road Runners for their performance at the English National Six-Stage Road relay Championships last weekend. The squad of Lucy Wallace, Liz Sanigar, Lisa Newing, Fiona Blackmore, Catherine Vooght and Helen Clark finished 22nd overall and, in the absence of Bristol & West AC and Westbury Harriers, were the Read more about Bitton Road Runners women flying the flag on the national stage[…]
ALEX Hamblin and his Westbury Harriers team-mate Ben Wood (pictured above) both had plenty to smile about after the Newport marathon on Sunday. Hamblin smashed his personal best by almost nine minutes with a time of 2hrs 46mins 32secs for 30th place while M45 veteran Wood clocked a solid 3:06.31 on his debut. But fastest Read more about Why Westbury clubmates Hamblin and Wood are celebrating![…]
KURT Taylor’s (pictured above wearing A 12) time in the English National 12-Stage Road Relay Championships is the second fastest recorded by a Bristol & West AC runner in the modern era. The long stage was altered in 2016 so the times posted by the former greats of the club like Nick Rose, Devon McNeilly Read more about Now Taylor is second quickest in B&W modern 12-stage history[…]
KURT Taylor will happily swap his race organiser’s hat for his racing shoes tomorrow when he spearheads the Bristol & West AC senior men’s challenge at the English 12-Stage Road Relay Championships. A week ago Taylor was focussed purely on helping the Bristol Track Club deliver an incident-free evening of top class racing in the Read more about Now captain Taylor switches his sights to the 12-Stage Relays[…]
MIKE Wilsmore might be edging ever closer to the M40 age group but he is showing no signs of slowing down – at least over the longer distances. Wilsmore, who is a member of Bristol & West AC and runs his own physiotherapy business in Plymouth, carved 10 seconds off his lifetime best with 14mins Read more about Wilsmore shows he is hitting form again with 5k PB[…]
ELLIE Wallace again underlined her emergence as one of the best female runners in the South West with an excellent second place behind Ireland international Ciara Mageean in the On Running Bristol Track Club 5k last weekend. The North Somerset AC runner was brave enough to go off with Mageean as she followed a fast Read more about Ellie shaping up nicely for England 5k road title defence[…]
IN the wake of the record-breaking victories in the On Running Bristol Track Club 5k road race there were a glut of personal bests on the Odd Down cycle circuit. Bristol & West AC’s Natalie Bretherton took full advantage of the competition as she broke 17 minutes for the first time with a PB of Read more about Natalie breaks 17 minutes for 5k with cracking PB[…]
WHAT a fabulous evening of racing was served up by the On Running Bristol Track Club 5k road race. Course records by the Ireland pair of Efrem Gidney (13:49) and European and Commonwealth Games medallist plus National 1500m record holder Ciara Mageean (15:24) were the highlights on a top class night of competition at the Read more about Bristol Track Club 5k road race is a record-breaking success![…]
DYLAN Stoneman is this week celebrating becoming a British record holder. The 17-year-old Team Bath AC runner broke a 41-year-old record when he raced to a personal best time of 69mins 09secs in the Reading half marathon on Sunday. Stoneman’s time, in his third attempt at the distance, broken the UK U17 record previously set Read more about Dylan’s delight at breaking UK half marathon record[…]
WINNING an unexpected team or individual medal is always a cause for even greater celebration and satisfaction in sport so little wonder that Bristol & West AC’s senior women were delighted with their success at the Midland Counties 6-Stage Road Relay Championships. The squad had headed to the iconic Sutton Park course in Birmingham with Read more about Bristol & West women delighted with surprise bronze[…]