The easing of covid restrictions has given hopes that the Tredworth Easter Monday 4.3 Mile Road Race held since 1948 will take place on April 18th @ 11:30 around the Elmore Loop from the Pilot Inn. Lockdown has caused cancellations in 2020 and 2021. Defending champions are Steve Kenyon from Elmbridge and Bethan Moor(Quedgeley). Event... Continue Reading →
Weekly News 16/01
Severn Athletic Club maintained their promotion challenge in Division Three of the Birmingham Cross-Country League. In the third race on a slippery 6 Mile Droitwich course they placed fifth of the 23 clubs amassing enough points to place third overall, slipping from second. Club captain James Rose said, "It's been a close fight all season... Continue Reading →
Weekly news 2/1
Compared with the vibrant club athletics scene of the late 1940's to the 1990's, track and field club athletics has declined.Severn Athletic Club's Terry Haines thinks that an idea to resuscitate grass roots track and field would be to reinstate the many sports days of the 1950's and 1960's. Then top local events were the... Continue Reading →
Weekly news 24/12
Stroud & District Athletic Club staged the first short course 4 Kilometre Cross-Country Race in the county since Severn Athletic Club ceased their series in 2016.A multi looped course around hilly Stratford Park presented many technical running challenges. Louis Peterson(Chiltern Harriers AC U20) won in 13 minutes 32 seconds beating Bill Legate(Cirencester AC V45) who... Continue Reading →
Weekly news 5/12
Severn Athletic Club utilised their home Plock Court Cross-Country 10K course to advantage in the second Birmingham Cross-Country Division 3 race. Equalling the first race score of 209 points they placed third of 23 clubs behind Western Tempo and Sphinx(Coventry), enabling them to move up to second overall increasing their promotion chances of a top... Continue Reading →
Birmingham XC results
The return of the Birmingham league XCFinishing joint 2nd place after race one as a club, is a promising start to our target of being promoted this season. Captain James Rose lead the team home in 13th with a time of 35.34 on the 5.8 mile course at Betley Court Farm in Crewe. Just 17... Continue Reading →
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John Chapman John Chapman(V50) summer signing for Severn Athletic Club, capped a successful first road race season with a personal best of 1 hour 24 minutes 34 seconds when 169th in the Oxford Half Marathon. Chapman has been in Severn's recent team victories in the Severn Bridge 10K and Dymock Half Marathon. At the Newport... Continue Reading →
Weekly News 17/10
Severn Athletic Club novice Richard Frape is delighted with being crowned county road race series veteran 40-44 champion in his first season. Unfortunately his current top form has been curtailed by injury, his dog tripped him up the day after his Angels 10K championship securing run when second in 40 minutes 28 seconds. Pratik Pradhan... Continue Reading →
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Severn Athletic Club’s captain James Rose won his local race the Dymock Half Marathon in 1 hour 18 mins 49 seconds for the eighth time. He had to work hard for victory after RAF runner Matthew Allen set off fast outpacing the field. Beginning to weaken at 11 miles, Rose set off in pursuit. Only... Continue Reading →
Clive Wootton – Bio
Nowadays few sports people excel at more than one sport, dour specialisation pursing one objective rules the day. Before the1980's there were many Gloucester citizens who excelled mixing rugby with other sports.Clive Wootton(83) still active walking the hills and fells was of Gloucester's finest. Top level at rugby and athletics between 1953 and 1983, he... Continue Reading →
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