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The social event of the year is nearly upon us - the annual club awards night and celebration on 8 February (next Friday). If you are going don't forget the venue is the Winter Gardens and the time is 7:00pm for 7:30pm.

Please take a moment to look over the table plan and menu choices which can be found here. If there are any problems can you let Sheryl know as soon as possible either by email or on the facebook page.

Double top at Slaughterford

Mud, hills and a bitterly cold wind were no match for Weston Athletic Club’s runners at the Slaughterford 9 on Sunday. The nine mile-off road race covers a challenging course with 1,300 feet of climb along the way and the heavy rainfall the night before the race made for particularly hard-going conditions.

Out of the 400 runners taking part, Weston fielded a team of 21. Eager to retain his crown from last year’s race, Chris McMillan ran a strong race and finished some way out in front of the pack, with a clear lead for the final brutal ascent. He crossed the line in 56.03, a full minute in front of the next runner. Sharing the spoils at the top was Susan Duncan who continues to get stronger and faster. Improving on her 2018 race time by eight minutes, Susan was the overall female winner in a blistering time of 1.07.56, three minutes ahead of her closest rival. Both also bagged age category prizes... Read more

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members Tracy Heppenstall, Sarah Fielder, Adam Lane, Sarah Phillips, Nicky Mager and Ben Mager.

Weston’s women win at the prom

A field of over 300 runners lined up last week for the first five mile prom of 2019 organised by Weston Athletic Club. And it was an impressive showing of yellow vests with 85 of the runners representing the club. The cool, calm evening made for excellent racing conditions with many of the runners achieving personal best times as a result.

The club’s females overshadowed the men taking both of the top two spots in the women’s race. Immy Moroney won in 31.06 with Susan Duncan in hot pursuit finishing in 31.24. Susan also bagged a new personal best by a second. Michelle Fryer took third club spot with her 34.19 finish... Read more

There’s still time to secure your place at the WAC Awards on Friday 8th Feb. Simply transfer your money to the bank account and email us your menu choices. There are limited places available and all are welcome so hurry.

For full details see the event page or facebook

We have a new race director for the Mendip Muddle. Martin Hurcombe has agreed to take on the role from Carol O’Leary who stepped in temporarily when Tony Hogg stood down a couple of years ago. Martin’s involvement will allow Carol to focus on the junior prom races and the Mini Cracker.

With regards to the Hangover, your committee took the decision last week that this year’s event would be the last one for the time being and certainly the last one on the current course. In recent years as both road traffic volumes have increased and the race has become more popular, it has become more and more apparent that the two things are not compatible! This year again we dealt with impatient drivers and tight squeezes and we are not prepared to put our runners or volunteers at risk.

Thank you Martin and Carol for all your hard work directing both races.

Well Done to all the participants of this fifth 1 Mile Prom Run of the Series 2018-19 on Thursday 17th Jan 2019.

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.

We understand that some runners were not recorded over the line due to some confusion with the Finish funnel.
Can you all please look to see if there are any results missing or incorrect, and inform via the email address below, with your name, race no, and estimated finish time, so we can investigate further. Apologies to those that were not officially recorded.

Please also ensure you always run with a registered and correct Race Number for the event, otherwise we may have to remove your finish form the official results. Thank you.

Congratulations to you all and we look forward to seeing you at the next race in the Series.

Male:
1st - William MAINE (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 5m 02s
2nd - Ollie CAMPBELL (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 5m 04s
3rd - Oliver ANDREWS (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 5m 30s

Female:
1st -Poppie BURTON-DICKIE (Year 10) - North Somerset AC - 6m 09s
2nd - Mary HEMMINGS (Year 9) - North Somerset AC - 6m 17s
3rd - Lyla BRIFFITT (Year 7) - North Somerset AC - 6m 31s

There were an amazing 75 finishers for the fifth one mile prom in the season.
[ Provisional Results | E-mail Prom Entry Sec with Prom Results Query | Prom Page | Paper Entry Form ]

Congratulations to all the Participants in the fifth Prom Race in 2019 for the series 2018-19 on 17th January 2019.

Well done to you all.

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.

Online and paper entry forms are available using the links below or via the Prom Run page for this series 2018-2019, including the Team Competition, which this year features a Mixed Team option.

Male:
1st - Jed BARTLETT (1325) - Clevedon AC - 26m 38s
2nd - Chris MCMILLAN (194) - Weston AC - 26m 41s
3rd - Luke MURRAY (325) - Clevedon AC - 26m 44s

Female:
1st -Immy MORONEY (1364) - Weston AC - 31m 06s
2nd - Susan DUNCAN (98) - Weston AC - 31m 24s
3rd - Clare MERAZ (196) - Great Western Runners - 31m 26s

There were another excellent 302 finishers for in this fifth race of the series.
[ Web Site Results | Click Here to enter online | Send Results Query Email to Split Second Timing | WAC Results | Prom Page ]

Tales of the Riverbank

Weston Athletic Club’s racing year got under way at the weekend with the Riverbank Rollick race - an almost ten miles off-road event across fields, through woodland, up hill, down dale and along the bank of the River Severn in the shadow of the new bridge.

It was all to play for this year, with a revised longer than usual route, meaning every runner was guaranteed a course best from the outset. It was a good showing from the club with 17 men and 16 women toeing the line in yellow vests

And club members did not disappoint with a convincing set of results including two podium placings. Overall race winner with a margin of a minute was Kieron Summers in an exceptional time of 1.03.06. He was followed by three runners from Chepstow Harriers before Matt Wheeler crossed the line in fifth place with a 1.09.25 finish. Rob Furlong followed hot on his heels in 1.09.38. Both Matt and Rob scooped second place in their age categories... Read more

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members Sharon Wheatley, Nia Charles, Kym Pope, Jennifer Devereux, Rachael Bobbett, Cara MacMahon and Elaine Burgess.

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members David Gilhooley, Rachael Jones, Kim Sims, Tracie Farr, Christine Simpson, Louisa James, Joanne Cooper-Burrows, Mel Biddington, David Hill, Dawn Roche, Mairi Coyle, Lorraine Thomas, Kay Wells and Rachael Pennington.

Monday Recovery run 1 group HM 6.50pm for 7.00pm. Tuesday 5k H/cap Tropicana 7.00pm. Thursday Hills Route HM 6.50pm for 7.00pm. Saturday Reps Drove Rd Rec 8.00am.

Congratulations to the participants of the Hangover 10km race this Tuesday 1st January 2018.
The full provisional results are available via the link below.
If you have a query with the results please use the email link to contact the webmaster.

Male:
1st - Johnny SUTTLE (423) - 34m 18s - Quenns Park Harriers
2nd - Luke HANSON (250) - 34m 22s - Nailsea Running Club
3rd - Kieron SUMMERS (327) - 34m 35s - Weston AC

Female:
1st - Susan DUNCAN (355) - 40m 21s - Weston AC
2nd - Rebecca PIERCE (468) - 40m 32s - Team Bath
3rd - Maria POWELL (321) - 42m 48s - BAD Triathlon

There were an excellent 335 finishers on a lovely day for a running start to the New Year.
Have a Successful Running Year to you all.
[ Provisional Results | Send results query e-mail to Hangover Secretary ]