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Holly hits highest PB Award Level in Club
Sunny evening at lovely location During the summer holidays there are not too many athletics meetings, as the majority of athletes are...
dorianmatts
Aug 6, 20252 min read
A little bit of parkrun history made, but otherwise a quiet week for racing
Whilst our weekly report is primarily about club members running exploits, it would be remiss not to mention a little piece of Parkrun...
brian17harris
Aug 3, 20253 min read


How far is "too far" for children to run?
I started to answer this question at the beginning of 2023, following UK Athletics reduction in the maximum distance for Under 9’s...
dorianmatts
Aug 1, 20252 min read


Juniors Achievement Award 2026
Alice receiving the Cup from Club Chairman, Luke Campbell at the Club's 40th Anniversary Celebration At Wednesday 16th’s training session...
dorianmatts
Jul 29, 20251 min read


Lakeland 50 and Sophie's Super Sydney 10k
TRAIL RUNNING Over the weekend three club members ran the Lakeland 50, the “shorter” of two options in what the organisers modestly bill...
brian17harris
Jul 27, 20253 min read


Teens progression
Boys, there had to be a football, didn't there ! As the Teens develop, both physically and mentally, they become capable of performing at...
dorianmatts
Jul 26, 20252 min read


Midsummer Night's Dream performances by Teens
For the last week of summer training, nine of our Teens went to Gloucester to compete in the last Midsummer Open (MSO) meeting. Hosted by...
dorianmatts
Jul 24, 20254 min read
New club kit representative
I am pleased to let members know that Andy Duff has agreed to take over the role of kit representative, which I've been doing for almost...
brian17harris
Jul 22, 20251 min read


Can you help with the Juniors or Teens?
For those interested in a little of the background of the Teens. In 2020, when I took over the coaching of the Teens, we had about half...
dorianmatts
Jul 21, 20251 min read


Teens compete at South West Track & Field Championships
Two of our Under 13's competed today in Exeter in the South West Inter-counties Championships. This is a significant step-up from the...
dorianmatts
Jul 20, 20252 min read


PB & county points at Blaisdon, and Hail Steve
Tuesday 15 th July – Gloucestershire AAA road series update The Blaisdon 10k hosted by the Forest of Dean AC is one of the smaller...
brian17harris
Jul 20, 20255 min read


Changes in Juniors Groups
Hi all, as we approach the last Junior session of the summer, I have been reflecting on how we can improve the athletics experience for...
dorianmatts
Jul 19, 20252 min read


Changes in Teens Groups coming soon
Here's a reminder that there's no more training sessions at Deer Park until Wednesday August 27th. Last “session”, next week, is at the...
dorianmatts
Jul 19, 20252 min read


Low Key Opens 2 and 3 Round-up
I have been a bit tardy with reporting recently, but here's how some of our Juniors have done at the last two Low Key Opens LKO). For the...
dorianmatts
Jul 14, 20253 min read


CWR - breaking news 😥 😥
COTSWOLD RELAY – UPDATE With 100 teams running 10 legs, there’s always lots of data to review in the days after the relay race and...
brian17harris
Jul 13, 20257 min read


Vet Hares (Victorious) in Cotswold Way Relay - see update next week
Men’s Captain Aaron Willis organised this year's entry of two club teams – Veteran Hares and Racing Hares (mixed category). Our thanks go...
brian17harris
Jul 6, 20256 min read


Great performances at first Midsummer Open
Lovely evening for Track and Field I always extol the importance of quality over quantity and for this first Midsummer Open (MSO) Track...
dorianmatts
Jul 3, 20253 min read


Not the 40 o'clock news
Those of a certain elderly vintage may twig the headline ;-)) With Saturday's anniversary parkrun already covered, and part 2 of the...
brian17harris
Jun 30, 20254 min read


40th Anniversary celebrations part 1 - Parkrun Takeover - winners, new faces & PB's galore
There was a fantastic response to our invitation for current and former club members to join us at the Cirencester parkrun on Saturday...
brian17harris
Jun 29, 20254 min read
PARKRUN UPDATE
Just a short reminder that this week’s event (28th June) at Cirencester is the first part of the club’s celebrations for its 40th...
brian17harris
Jun 24, 20251 min read
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