Midland Athletic League Division 1 – 2019 Match 4 Report for Combined Bristol & West/Yate & District team – Yate, 4th of August
A storming home win secures a repeat League Championship Our combined team for this last match was always looking strong, and so it turned out on the day when we won by a massive 89 points to record our 3rd win of the season and take the League title in …
Senior women clinch promotion back to Division 1 in UKWAL
Team manager Chris Elson looks back at the UKWAL season… It must be true, it’s in Athletics Weekly. At the beginning of the season I’d had my slide rule out and was optimistic that the team was in with a shout for promotion back to division 1. This expectation was …
Stacks of PBs at sunny Fast 5000s
Bristol and West ACs Fast 5000s was held for the third year at Yate AC’s bouncy new track at the Yate Outdoor Sports Complex on Saturday 27th July. The event was once again a success with athletes and spectators attending from around the South West and further afield. In total …
Results: Open Meeting and Avon Champs, Yate, Wed 17th July
Junior boys at the Sri Chinmoy relays
“Run and become. Become and run. Run to succeed in the outer world. Become to proceed in the inner world.” Sri Chinmoy Emma Withers reports: Last Tuesday night saw 18 Bristol and West Junior Boys (u15/u17/u20) arrive at Eastville Park to take part in the Sri Chinmoy 3 mile relay. What …
Midland Athletic League Division 1 – 2019 Match 3 Report for Combined Bristol & West/Yate & District team – Tamworth, 7th July
Second win in three matches gives us a good lead at the top of league with a home match left. One week before match 2 we had a team and set of reserves that could take on the world, but events happen and in the end we had a fantastic …
Monthly committee update #5
Each month we’ll usually profile a different committee member, give an update on what the committee’s been working on, and look forward to future projects. This month, the committee member profile takes a month off, but you can see an update on what we’ve been up to below. What have …
u15, u17 and u20 boys take a whirlwind few days in their stride
Emma Withers reports… It’s been a busy week for the u15/u17/u20 boys. Monday took us out to Blaise Castle Estate for the annual Westbury Wipeout and a chance for the boys to have some fun, “it’s a run not a race”, taking them off road through the river and …
Under 13 lads in fine fettle on the track, road & trails.
Ali Hurford reports… This competitive group of lads are certainly enjoying a mixture of summer races. Recently Zac Cox & Alex Auton Green competed over 800m in their first youth development league and clearly there is more in the tank. A few days later many of the lads were back …