Here you can find results for the Team Bath AC organized events and a list of race reports that City of Bath AC members have taken part in.
Race reports:TBAC Bank Holiday Open Meeting - 26th August 2007
By Di Vales...
Almost 200 athletes enjoyed the sunshine at the Bank Holiday Open Meeting
staged by TeamBath A.C. at the University of Bath on Sunday. There were
some excellent performances and very close finishes. The host club produced
some winners, with English Schools champion Joe Hutchinson foremost among
them with a hat trick of victories in the U/15 boys events. He won the shot
with 12m86, the 200m in 23.3 secs and the triple jump with 12m30. Another
triple medallist was Natasha Lewis who won the U/15 girls long jump with a
last round leap of 5m08, following a silver medal in the javelin with 19m69
and a bronze in the 100m in 13.3. Other gold medallists from the host club
were James Threlfall in the U/15 boys high jump with 1m72, Ryan White in
the U/15 boys 800m in 2.32.9, Laura Butcher in the U/17 girls pole vault
with 2m60, Chloe Hillier in the U/17 girls high jump with 1m55, Edward
Mason in the senior mens high jump with 1m85 and Alex Stock in the U/13
boys 800m in 2.23.2.
Second places went to Drew Goodchild in the U/15 boys 400m in 56.6, Nick
Salisbury in the senior mens high jump with 1m65 and Michael Towler in the
senior mens 5,000m in 17.35.4. Third places went to James Threlfall in the
long jump with 5m33, Alex Stock in the 200m in 28.4 and Craig Bridges in
the 5,000m in 18.30.9.
There were some outstanding performances from visiting athletes, especially
in the throws, none more so than the shot putt of University based Trafford
athlete Chiris Gaviglio who threw a massive 18m93, followed by Sam
Westlake-Cann of Shaftesbury Barnet with 16m89. Impressive throwing too,
from Emma Crooke of Hereford in the U/13 girls events with a shot of 9m15
and a javelin of 29m83. The javelin also produced some superb throws from
the male athletes with U/13 boys Thomas Peters from Sheffield throwing
37m46 in the U/13 age group, Sam Norris of Mendip throwing 35m47 in the
U/15 boys, Sam Petty of North Devon throwing 37m44 in the U/17 boys and
Simon Bennett of Woodford Green throwing 61m54 in the senior mens. Other
notable performances came from Ding Yang of Bristol who won the u/17 boys
long jump with 6m57 and the high jump with 1m85, Cameron Walker-Shepherd of
Bristol who won the pole vault with 4m00 and Jamie Brock of Yate who did
the senior mens double winning the 100m in 11.1 and the 200m in 22.6.
Posted by Luke Sturgess-Durden on 28th August 2007
Compton Dandy Race Report - 11/08/05
By Andy Middleton...
Someone spotted our Bath vests and commented "Bath used to dominate these races, winning everything". He gave us a sympathetic look, the type of look that people give old boxers who don't know when to retire he's still looking for the long lost glory all he gets is more punch drunk. Except none of us noticed.
The Compton Dandy the last of the Summer Series Races and we had a full male team, Craig, Jim, Simon, Chairman Mullet and I. Elies and Jo represented the girls with Iwein and Nick our supporters.
As usual the scenery was great the low sun made the views fantastic but navigation was difficult with more than a few runnners taking detours around the paddocks, including our own Andy.
Some races say "multi-terrain" but this one takes the term to a new level. We ran on roads, through wheat, clover, cow fields, on forrest tracks, farm roads and waist deep streams all packed into 10k.
Our results were also fantastic, Craig picked up 2nd, Jim, Simon and I all managed to get on the first page of results (top 20) Andy was a little further behind due to the extra field he ran around.
Jo was 3rd female proving that the hard Tuesday runs are paying dividends and Elies reveled in the stream overtaking people on the toughest part of the course.
And our male team, did we taste the canvas? Are Baths glory days gone?
Ding, ding fights over don't retire yet, City of Bath first place!! and a bottle of cider each!
O.K. so it's not the World Champs but i'll be grinning from ear to ear on Tuesday.
Posted by Gavin Davies on 12th August 2005
