After a packed week last week, this could be the shortest weekly report ever. (If you did race, do let us know!) {There's still time to enter this club 5k race in a few weeks time - several of us will be going} https://race-nation.co.uk/register/calne-running-club/heddington-5k-series-2026-august Almost as far away as you can get from the UK (apart from NZ, before Steve Hale corrects me), Paul Timms ran his first Australian parkrun at the Pirrama course in Sydney. It was a g

*********************WARNING - BUMPER EDITION********************* It feels like a bit like a Googlebox moment – despite many members being abroad on holiday there was still “loads of great running (not telly) this week” and not just at the weekend, so here is some of what you’ve all been up to in chronological order. {unfortunately we didn't have photos for either of the "headline" performances, so Frampton it was...} Monday - Frampton 10k After a small club turnout fo

It's usually a quite couple of months or so, for track and field meetings, unless you're good enough for the Commonwealth Games or European Championships! As it's school holidays the number of younger athletes competing drops significantly, but there are some interesting meetings in the next 6 or so weeks. I have looked for all events within 2.25 hours travel time, which I know is a long time so I have included the more local (based on time) first. NB please check all the age

Teens team (L->R) : Beth Benians, Holly Stewart-Hodges, Aria Stavrakakis, Abigail Cunningham (our 4x 100m team), Toby Conway, Henry Woodfine, Wilf Williams, Tippi Brown, Ed Knight (our endurance runners) plus Magnus Brown (long jump) not shown On a warm, but not oppressively so, evening at Blackridge Stadium (that's in Podsmead, Gloucester), ten of our Teens participated in the last Midsummer Open games of the season organised by C&CH, and they all did rather well. In additi

Earlier this month, on a couple of Wednesdays, some of of our Teens were competing on the track, especially running 800m, in the heat: Alice and Emily Averies running 800m at the Bristol Open Ed Knight and Henry Woodfine running 800m at both the second and third C&CH organised Midsummer Opens at Blackridge (probably will do 4th as well!) Aria Stavrakakis doing the long jump and running 200m at the third Midsummer Open. 8th July Despite the temperature both boys achieved PBs

With just one road race this week - the Glos county 10k championships at Blaisdon on Tuesday - it was two different but both outstanding performances overseas that share this week's newsletter headline. {Ed. although we all know the biggest athletics story of the week - Josh Kerr's new mile WR!} European Middle Distance Triathlon Championships After spectating at the Blaisdon 10k, watching husband Andy and cheering on her 3 Ciren AC colleagues, Kate Kilby flew off the nex

We celebrated the achievement of two (out of many) good Juniors and Teens who through their consistency in training, representing the Club and in the case of the Teens, their performances, 'won' the Juniors' and Teens' Achievement Awards. Although, we had presented the Juniors Award to Albert at the Awards ceremony, there were not many other Juniors there to witness it, so we took the opportunity of another warm Wednesday evening training session to present him with his 'keep

PS to last week The final results are out for the Cotswold Way Relay, confirming that our only team won the veterans category. Well done to all the runners and you can see the details here https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQIRNtyEGlJzi23tsjSrhClaDjHR6MrIm4DlyJNcSLuCr6xHwt6ZBknoGchnc3xDzkpnunOLwGcXQBZ/pub 11th July Duathlon - European qualifying event A standard duathlon comprises 1st run of 10km, bike 40km and 2nd run of 5km. No dreaded swim leg that many (but n

Cotswold Way Relay 4th July The results won’t be final until 8th July, but if confirmed our “Silver Hares” team came 6th overall out of 104 teams and was also the fastest veteran team, which would be a brilliant result ! Team organiser Ian Barrett thinks we had 4 top 10 finishes on the day – Rob (2nd) , Aaron, James and Bill (2nd ). And another couple just outside the top 10 for their leg, including the 2 non-members Jonny & John. Ian did a sterling job with his last/only

In the last week, there were two events where Cirencester AC Juniors and Teens competed: Low Key Open 3 on 28th June at the Prince of Wales stadium and Midsummer Open 1 on Wednesday 1st July at Blackridge track, both put on by Cheltenham & County Harriers. Representing the Club at LKO were: Jess Jacobs (8), Evelyn Mawby (8) and new member, Alfie Grayburn (10), so Under 10 and 12, respectively (we've gone metric!). At MSO 1 it was just "stalwarts": Aria Stavrakakis (13) and Ed

********************APOLOGY - NO NEWSLETTER LAST WEEK************* A combination of being away helping family move house all last weekend, and then the very hot weather this week are my only excuses for forgetting to write about w/e Sunday 21st June. However, apart from parkruns, it was only our esteemed results co-ordinator David Wright who actually raced (a 10k at his Ranelagh stomping ground in Richmond). ****************NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED******************** In a we

Unfortunately there will be no organised training session this evening (June 23rd) due to the heat and the Deer Park venue being closed (so we cannot use the parking). Please do NOT arrive at Deer Park, the gate will be locked. You are welcome to organise a social run with other members if you wish, but we cannot provide somewhere with shade and available water. Enjoy the sun! Committee team

Alice Parry doing Long Jump at a Low Key Open We're in the track and field season proper now and there are a number of events coming up for athletes / runners of various ages. Here's a selection of local / fairly local events that may be of interest to you. Sunday 28th June at Prince of Wales stadium, Cheltenham : Low Key Open 3 - suitable for U10s to U14s only. An opportunity to try out track and field in a supportive environment. Enter here. Deadline :Thursday 25th From tho

Emily Averies on her bike! The weekend of 6th & 7th June was a busy weekend for our junior members competing, whether on foot, or jumping or even cycling. There was : the second Low Key Open where seven of our Junior and Teens members took part in a range of track and field events on Sunday 7th. Fairford Fun Run (3km) complete with obstacles, where a few of our younger members ran. also on Sunday7th ! British Schools Cycling Association National Hill Climb Championships, in D

Summer Sizzler 2026 Wednesday 10th saw the first sizzler with Luke Campbell acting as RD – our thanks and congratulations to him for all his hard work (not just on the day itself). New this year were Locals Lush Timing - with their fab individual printouts A cake stall (what runner doesn't like cake?) Wooden medals - re-usable as coasters A sensitively deployed PA system inc. to help withe prize giving Fortunately, the forecast rain stayed away for both junior and senior

FAIRFORD 10K {Before reading about the results, thank you !! if you were one of the many supporters around the course cheering us runners on} The Fairford 10k was a sell-out event this year (although only 430 odd finished), maybe as it was its turn to be in the Glos AAA road race series (it alternates with our own Sizzler). It certainly attracted a good contingent from the club (the largest for at least 3 years), and the rain held off which was an improvement on the forec

SIZZLER NEXT WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE - LOOKOUT FOR WHATSAPP MESSAGE TOMORROW ABOUT VOLUNTEERING Stroud AC Beer Race at Minchinhampton Those of you who’ve run this 7.2 mile road event before will know it’s already quite challenging in terms of elevation, so the 30C or so temperature on Wednesday was an extra bonus this year, although a slight breeze and some marshals equipped with water pistols and other ways of getting runners wet did help. The conditions didn’t stop our ladi

The weather was kind to us for the combined awards ceremony and social event at Cirencester Rugby Club last Saturday (30th May), and there was plenty of green space available adjacent to our tables. After everyone had arrived and had a drink or two, chairman Luke Campbell introduced the orienteering/treasure hunt activity that he and brother Oliver had kindly set up within the rugby club grounds and Harebushes. Twenty playing cards had been carefully hidden with their locati

We should start this bank holiday weekend report by confirming that indeed Rob Forbes did come first in the Guernsey Ultra last weekend – well done Rob, who is now off enjoying running and pinching the locals’ Strava segment records in historically famous locations around Greece. {Ed. - with only the mobile version of Strava, functionality seems somewhat reduced, so I may have missed some news this week - if any Parkrun milestones/PB’s were missed you could always let us kno

{Please make allowances for the fact that your editor is overseas this week and next, so less time for getting formats perfect and digging into every result plus photos are more of a challenge} Old County Tops Fell Race - Saturday 16th May Aaron Willis ran this ultra event as a pair with Alex Banks as a pair. The organisers description of this event “Held in May, The Old County Tops Fell Race covers 37 miles and involves around 10,000 feet of ascent. The exact distance and