News Archive

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to marshal tomorrow's race. Please be at race HQ by 9:00 for your briefing unless otherwise stated. A list of volunteers and duties can be downloaded from here, please check to see what you will be doing.

Please extend a warm welcome to new club member Jacqui Cashmore.

Online entry to the Hangover 10k is now closed; but you can still enter on the day for £10 (£12 for unattached runners).

We still need marshals for the Hangover 10k on New Years Day. If you can spare a couple of hours to help out from 9:00 could you let Martin know. Also we need cake bakers! Cakes are needed to sell to the runners after the race; all proceeds going to Barton Camp. So get baking and drop Martin a line.

Congratulations to everyone who ran in this years mini cracker. Results are now available thanks to Split Second Timing. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Female Category Winners

• 7-10 - Sophie Carrett - 09:01
• 11-13 - Keira Devereux - 08:15
• 14-15 - Stephanie Brooks - 07:56

• 7-10 - Thomas Darton - 08:07
• 11-13 - Eoin O'Hallara - 07:45
• 14-15 - Max Hopkins - 12:09

Fireplace seen running on Weston beach

2,000 Santas, elves, reindeer, snowmen and even a festive fireplace all lined up to take on the 30th Christmas Cracker 10k on Sunday, organised by Weston Athletic Club. Starting and finishing on the beach by the pier, the runners created an amazing Christmas scene as they hurtled off down Weston beach towards Uphill... Read more

Your Christmas Cracker photos are now available. Thanks to Photo-fit.net.

GROUP

• 1st - Cinderella - This Mum Runs
• 2nd - TRC OAP’s - Taunton Running Club
• 3rd - Jamaican Bobsleigh Team - Great Western Runners

• 1st - All things Christmas - Andy Shaw
• 2nd - Sheppard - Brian Gash
• 3rd - Christmas Tree Game - Darren Nunn

Congratulations to everyone who ran in this years cracker. Results are now available thanks to Split Second Timing. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Male

• 1st - Alastair Campbell - 34:47
• 2nd - Tom Lander - 34:49
• 3rd - Keith Shapland - 36:10

• 1st - Annabel Granger - 38:33
• 2nd - Jennifer McNamara - 41:22
• 3rd - Victoria Ratcliffe - 42:12

Don't forget that entries to the Hangover 10K are available on-line. What better way to start the year as you mean to go on than with a run by the seaside? Held around the village of Kewstoke (near Weston-super-Mare), the Hangover 10km helps you to get over the effects of the night before.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to assist with this yeas Christmas Cracker – your help is much appreciated.

This is the final allocation document which is being printed for team/marshal leaders.

Please could you look at the attached document and do the following:

• Find your name and be aware of what your duties are – some people have more than one duty to undertake.
• Be aware of the meeting points and times of each duty.
• Be aware of who you need to report to for each duty.

Congratulations to all the participants of the 4th and wettest 1 Mile Prom Run of the Series 2017-2018 on Thursday 14th December.
A link to the final results is below. If you have any queries with the results then please use the email link below and we will investigate your issue.

Quickest Male so far for series and setting a new Course Record was Ollie LOCK (North Somerset AC - Year 10) in an amazing 4m 53s from October's Race.
Quickest Female is now Stephanie BROOKS (North Somerset AC - Year 9) in 5m 32s this month.

Well Done to you all and we look forward to seeing you back every month

Male:
1st - Ollie CAMPBELL (Year 8) - North Somerset AC - 5m 22s
2nd - Samuel HOLLOWAY (Year 7) - North Somerset AC - 5m 48s
3rd - Louie BRUNSDON (Year 8) - North Somerset AC - 5m 49s

Female:
1st - Alice BRIDGER MORALES (Year 9) - Bristol & West AC - 5m 35s (Second Overall)
2nd - Stephanie BROOKS (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 5m 55s
3rd - Poppy BURTON-DICKIE (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 6m 34s

There were an excellent and brave 35 finishers for this 4th one mile prom in the season, top 5 all under 6 minutes.
[ Final Results | E-mail Rob Skeen with Prom Results Query | Prom Page | Paper Entry Form ]

Well Done to all the Participants in this month's wet (again) Prom Race 14th December 2017.
A link to the provisional results is below.
If you have any queries with the results then please use the email link below and we will investigate your issue.
The next run in the series will be (next year) 25th January 2018.

Online and paper entry forms are available using the links below or via the Prom Run page, but please be advised that On-Line entries for January's race close on Tuesday 23rd January.

Male:
1st - Chris McMILLAN (451) - WAC - 26m 06s
2nd - Jared LINDEN (1423) - Unattached - 26m 23s
3rd - Luke MURRAY (1457) - Clevedon AC - 26m 58s

Female:
1st - Kelly DICKS (76) - Great Western Runners - 30m 37s
2nd - Jen BISHOP (20) - Clevedon AC - 31m 08s
3rd - Chloe BROUGHTON (33) - Great Western Runners - 31m 34s

There were 287 cold and wet finishers for this race and all runners came in under the hour!
[ Web Site Results | Click Here to enter online | Send Results Query Email to Split Second Timing | WAC Results | Prom Page ]

Grand Pier 9.00am for all you wonderful helpers. A jolly jaunt and breakfast before the big day. Fancy dress or at least lots of tinsel.

The Weston 22 take on Burnham

Weston Athletic Club were out in force on Thursday evening, with 22 runners lining up to take on the final Burnham 5k of 2017. Despite the plummeting temperature and keen wind, the club made up over a third of the race field, with members keen to earn themselves valuable championship points in one of the last road races of the year... Read more

Following last months prom race which was found to be slightly short of 5 miles due to an incorrectly positioned turn cone we have decided to make the following offer: Any athlete who had entered, paid and run for just the month of November will be invited to compete in our December race free of charge. To take up this offer they will need to enter at race HQ on the night by completing an entry form and handing it into a member of our registration desk team. This offer is not available for on line entries. On behalf of Weston AC can I offer my apologies for the mistake made and ensure all runners that we have taken steps to avoid this happening again.

Please also note that due to the increased popularity of Icescape and challenge of managing members of the public crossing the race route we have decided to use the alternative 3 lap course for the December race which will avoid passing the front of the Tropicana. This alternative route was measured and ratified by ARC in August 2015.

If you would like to contact me regarding this or any matter please email me using the link on our contacts page

Pete Telford’s funeral will take place on Monday 11 December at 4pm at Weston’s crematorium.

It will be followed by a wake at the Coach House in Locking.

All Pete’s friends are welcome.

Donations to Weston Hospicecare and no flowers.

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members Andrea Phillips, Trenise Marsden and Michele Miles.

The Dirty Dozen versus the Full Monty Cute

Twelve runners from Weston Athletic Club braved the mud on Sunday to take on the ten miles and ten hills of the Full Monty Cute race organised by Crewkerne Running Club. The route begins and ends on the top of Ham Hill, and during the race this year runners encountered more than their fair share of cloying and slippery mud to sap their energy before tackling hill after hill. After just over 1,500 feet of climb, and looking decidedly muckier than when they began, the dirty dozen eventually climbed their way back to the top of Ham Hill to cross the finish line... Read more

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to assist with this years Christmas Cracker – your help is appreciated.

Please could you look at the attached document and do the following:

• Find your name and be aware of what your duties are – some people have more than one duty to undertake 😊
• Be aware of the meeting points and times of each duty
• Be aware of who you need to report to for each duty

Dear Weston AC members

It is with enormous sadness that I bring you news that our dear friend and long-standing club member Pete Telford passed away at home this morning surrounded by his family. It was Pete’s wish that he spend his final days at home, and thanks to the care given to him by his wife Sue and two daughters, this wish was able to be honoured.

Pete will be remembered fondly by all who met him, and his support and encouragement for the club’s triathletes has been tremendous over the years. How happy he was to see daughter Sarah recently complete her first triathlon.

Pete’s family are, I’m sure, in all our thoughts at this difficult time.

Ian C.