News Archive

Please extend a warm welcome to Pedro Bonillo-Farias who has just joined the club.

Congratulations to the WAC finishers of the Stroud Half Marathon. A link to the provisional results is below.

Men :
1st - Marc Bostock - 1h 34m 22s - 283rd overall
2nd - Nathan McQuaid - 1h 48m 47s - 737th overall

There were 1600 finishers
[ Provisional Results ]

Please extend a warm welcome to Ross Neads who has just joined the club.

We will not accept any more entries for the Christmas Cracker as the 2000 limit has now been reached.

Congratulations to Adrian Noble who came 6th (2nd MV45) in the Stumble in a time of 51m 04s. There were 102 finishers. A link to the provisional results is below.

[ Provisional Results ]

Congratulations to all the WAC finishers of the Exmoor Stagger. A link to the provisional results is below.

Men :
1st - Bryan Morley - 2h 21m 39s - 38th overall
2nd - Paul Snelling - 2h 27m 02s - 48th overall
3rd - Josh Harris - 2h 31m 11s - 63rd overall

Ladies :
1st - Nicola Fulstow - 2h 48m 03s - 123rd overall
2nd - Cheryl Valentine - 2h 50m 41s - 130th overall
3rd - Sarah Styles - 3h 10m 20s - 185th overall

There were 230 finishers

[ Provisional Results | WAC Times ]

Congratulations to all the 251 finishers of the October Prom Run. A link to the provisional results is below. If you have any queries about these results please send an email using the link below.

We have a couple of duplicate entries in the results as follows:
Emma Parfitt at positions 87 and 173
Gareth Weaver at positions 190 and 226

Could the above runners send an email using the link below to confirm their correct position and time. Many thanks.

Men :
1st - Barry Reynolds - GWR - 26m 18s
2nd - Matt Ellis - Westbury Harriers - 26m 25s
3rd - James Rodgers - Clevedon AC - 27m 08s

Ladies :
1st - Debbie Marsden - Westbury Harriers - 29m 38s
2nd - Aileen Brown - GWR - 32m 44s
3rd - Tamsin Chick - Westbury Harriers - 33m 00s

[ Provisional Results | E-mail race results queries | WAC Times ]

Please see below a link to the list of Prom volunteers. If you have any queries or are able to help out on the day, please send Lesley Cowell an email using the link below.
[ Send Lesley an Email | Volunteer List ]

Please extend a warm welcome to Rebecca Arlotte and Zoe Holtby who have just joined the club.

Congratulations to Dave and Lesley Cowell who completed the Amsterdam Half Marathon on zondag 17 oktober 2010 (thanks to Steve McLaren, Manager of FC Twente for the translation) in 1h 50m 01s finishing in 3790th and 3800th positions respectively. There were 10436 finishers.

[ Final Results ]

Congratulations to all the 262 finishers of the September Prom Run. A link to the final results is below. Don't forget that the next Prom Run is on Thursday, October 21st. Enter online (up until midnight Oct 19th) or on the night.

[ Final Results | WAC Times ]

Congratulations to the WAC participants in the Cardiff Half Marathon race on Sunday 17th October. A link to the provisional results is below (chip times/positions).

Men :
1st - Matthew Rushton - 1h 29m 47s - 695th overall
2nd - Andy Franks - 1h 34m 14s - 1137th overall
3rd - John Hinchcliffe - 1h 34m 29s - 1176th overall
4th - Dave Broadbent - 1h 35m 31s - 1307th overall
5th - Sean McHenry - 1h 42m 56s - 2540th overall
6th - Ian Shillcock - 1h 47m 20s - 3366th overall
7th - Ian Hughes - 1h 49m 03s - 3757th overall

Women :
1st - Elizabeth Nicholls - 1h 54m 50s - 5044th overall
2nd - Helen Badman - 1h 56m 40s - 5419th overall

There were 11,084 finishers.

[ Provisional Results ]

Congratulations to the WAC participants in the Abingdon Marathon race on Sunday 17th October. A link to the provisional results is below (chip times/positions).

Men :
1st - Bryan Morley - 3h 06m 25s - 108th overall
2nd - Martin Hurcombe - 3h 25m 48s - 249th overall
3rd - Marc Bostock - 3h 26m 02s - 251st overall

There were 707 finishers.

[ Provisional Results ]

Well done to Dominic Taylor-Jones who completed the Swindon Half Marathon on Sunday 10th October in a PB time of 1h 33m 30s. Dominic was 97th out of 1515 finishers. Congratulations!

Well done to Gareth Weaver who completed the Eden Project Marathon on Sunday 10th October in 3hr 56m 51s. Anything to get out of marshalling at the Muddle Gareth! Gareth came 65th out of 307 finishers. Congratulations Sir!

View the video of Gareth Hiscock's Skydiving adventure
[ Gareth's Video ]

Places for the Christmas Cracker are filling up fast (1488 received so far). There is a strict 2000 limit and there are no entries on the day so to be sure of a place get your entry in soon.

Click Here to download the paper entry form.
Click Here to access the online entry system.

Congratulations to all the participants in the Mendip Muddle race on Sunday 10th October. A link to the provisional results is below. If you have any queries about these results please send an email using the link below.

Men :
1st - Matthew Crane - Bristol & West AC - 1h 19m 11s
2nd - Richard Phillips - Serpentine RC - 1h 20m 04s
3rd - Stuart Leaney - Clevedon AC - 1h 20m 56s

Ladies :
1st - Emma Hitchins - SWRR - 1h 36m 51s
2nd - Lynette Porter - Bitton RR - 1h 38m 27s
3rd - Becky Glover - Serpentine RC - 1h 38m 49s

[ Provisional Results | E-mail race results queries ]

Congratulations to Phil Richards who has completed the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in a total time of 11:13:49 (Swim 1:25:51 Bike 6:04:53 Run 3:35:48) and was 34th in her age group. An amazing achevement - Well Done Phil.

Congratulations to the WAC participants of the Burnham 5k on Thursday 7th October.

Men :
1st - Bryan Morley - 19m 04s - 8th overall
2nd - Matt Washburn - 19m 32s - 9th overall
3rd - Chris Gough - 20m 20s - 13th overall

Ladies :
1st - Claudine Mercer - 21m 26s - 23rd overall
2nd - Pam Withers - 22m 59s - 33rd overall


There were 57 finishers.

[ Full Results | WAC Times ]

Don't forget to enter the Mendip Muddle race on 10th October.

We have received 314 entries so far and there is an entry limit of 350. Entries on the day are available. Please help us on the day by completing the "Entry on the day form" before arriving at race HQ armed with GBP14 cash or cheque (payable to Weston Athletic Club).
[Mendip Muddle EOTD Form]

Congratulations to the WAC participants of the Oldbury Power Station 10 mile race on Sunday 3rd October.

Men :
1st - Bryan Morley - 1h 6m 42s - 62nd overall
2nd - Matt Washburn - 1h 7m 47s - 68th overall
3rd - Martin Hurcomber - 1h 9m 24s - 72nd overall

Ladies :
No WAC ladies took part.

There were 179 finishers.

[ Full Results | WAC Times ]

Congratulations go to Stuart Haynes who completed the Atlantic Coast Challenge over the weekend. This is a tough event where the runner completes three marathons in three days along coastal paths, trails, beach and any other surface you can think of....not to mention the hills!

Day 1: 5h 38m
Day 2: 5h 55m
Day 3: 9h 15m
Total: 20h 49m 21s

Stuart was placed 104th overall. There were 158 finishers. Very well done Sir!
[ Provisional Results ]

Congratulations go to Josh Harris who completed his first marathon in a time of 3h 43m 51s and was placed 39th overall. There were 133 finishers. Very well done Sir!
[ Full Results ]

Congratulations to the WAC participants of the Burnham Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd October.

Men :
1st - Pete Clarke - 1h 22m 58s - 9th overall
2nd - Mike Walsh - 1h 26m 47s - 17th overall
3rd - Mark Jones - 1h 35m 34s - 45th overall

Ladies :
1st - Rowena Ham - 1h 38m 18s - 65th overall
2nd - Pam Withers - 1h 42m 51s - 93rd overall
3rd - Nicola Fulstow - 1h 47m 11s - 131st overall

There were 275 finishers.

[ Full Results | WAC Times ]

Apologies for the delay in posting this message; it was lost in the webmaster's email inbox.

Congratulations to the WAC runners who completed the Chippenham Half Marathon on September 16th.

1st - Marc Bostock - 1h 31m 34s - 111st overall
2nd - Matt Washburn - 1h 35m 51s - 169th. Well done all.

Please extend a warm welcome to Richard Jackson who has just joined the club.

We have now had 1079 entries for the Cracker so get your entry in soon to be sure of a place. Please refer to the Cracker page above for links to the online and paper entry forms. Runners who have sent off their entry form by post can check that the entry has been processed and accepted by looking at their bank statement to see if their cheque has been cashed. Those of you who included an email address on the form will receive a confirmation email in due course.

Regards

Kira Thorpe (Race Adminstrator)