Welcome to the Official Weston A.C. Website

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members; Steve Lovell and James Watson.

Please remember that Tuesday training is now on the seafront meeting at the shelter between the Trop and Sealife at 6:50

With the the number of people that may be around due to the good weather your group of 6 may be on the pavement, the beach lawns or maybe even the beach itself.

Weston Christmas Cracker 2020

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all runners, marshals and spectators is our first priority when organising any of our events. With the ongoing challenges of the Pandemic, simply cancelling the event is an easy option for us but has serious implications for our main race charity, Weston Hospicecare. Additionally we know how much local runners and those from further afield look forward to competing in this festive favourite race and like the motivation of having an event to prepare for, especially in the winter months.

For these reasons we have decided that the Christmas Cracker 2020 will be a virtual fun race which you can all enjoy and look forward to. It will also provide much needed help to our race charity, Weston Hospicecare, which does an incredible job, like all the hospices around the country. All profits from the 2020 virtual event will go to Weston Hospicecare.

So here is your opportunity to appear on a Christmas Cracker Virtual Race Results page where you can compare your times against your friends and family.

Christmas Cracker Virtual Event Details (Over 16 only)

• your own socially distanced 10k any time between 12th and 28th December. Even on Christmas day!!
• Submit your time to our Race Website Results page
• In January all finishers will receive their finisher's medal

Virtual Fancy Dress Competition

Additionally, we will be rewarding the best Festive themed Fancy Dress

Once you have submitted your 10k time simply send your photos to our Cracker Facebook page and see how many likes you get. The best liked is the winner in each category!

Best in each category will be announced asap after the event has finished and will win the opportunity to enter the Christmas Cracker race 2021 at half price!!!

The Fancy Dress Categories are:

• Male
• Female
• Mixed Group (up to 6)
• Female group (up to 6)
• Male group (up to 6)
• Best pose
• Family
• Best location
• Best animal.

So what to do next? Get involved and have some festive fun by entering here……ENTER THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER VIRTUAL 10K…

Virtual Junior Mini Cracker

Weston Athletic Club Christmas Cracker Junior Scavenger Hunt.

Just to let you know we haven’t forgotten the Juniors and their families with regards to the Christmas Cracker. We are putting together an exciting Christmas Themed Scavenger Hunt to be held on 12th and 13th December. Take your family out on an adventure, walking or running, to find and then photograph yourself, team or family with the “found” items. You will be emailed the list of items to be hunted for on the first day of the event and you have all weekend to complete. The more imaginative the better!! So get your fancy dress out to spruce up your photos. (Photos will not be shared without permission). Every child under the age of 16 that participates will receive a medal.

Like the main virtual adult event, the Junior Scavenger Hunt is also supporting Weston Hospicecare and all proceeds from the event will go to this worthwhile local charity.

Enter here

Full details of event will be emailed to signed up participants before the 12th December

Please welcome our two latest new club members; Nicholas Pocock and Elizabeth Boyland.

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members; Andrew Pitts and Katie Cox.

Change of venue for rep/intervals tonight (28/7) to Ashcombe park. Meet Bristol Road Upper 6:50 for 7:00 by cafe entrance. Unfortunately HM out of action again.

Please extend a warm welcome to new club members; Andrew Mallin, Hannah Sewell, Anita Wright, Zoe Gillespie, Isaac Gillespie, Lexie Dearing, Arianna Turvey, Rosie Turvey, Dayne Troskie, Ollie Plumridge, Kay Lawrence, Chris Blackwell, Dominic Bingham, Garrad Bailey and Liz Bailey.

With regret due to the ongoing Corvid19 situation there will be no Mendip Muddle this year - hope to see you in 2021

Unfortunately Hutton Moor field will be out of action for some time so we will meet at the following revised locations

Tuesday 30th June - Meet 6:50 for 7:00pm at Ashcombe Park on Bristol Rd Upper by cafe entrance

Saturday 4th July - Meet 8:00am - Drove Rd Rec. The car park adjoining now charges so park on the road around the corner if you wish to avoid payment

Following the cancelation of the final 3 races of our Weston AC 5 Mile Prom Race series we have decided to award the series prizes based on the best performance of 4 races from the 6 races that took place. Trophies and prizes will soon be on their way to the winners of each category and top 3 overall..

The top 3 positions in each category are shown here. Congratulations to all the winners:

1st Overall Chris McMillan Weston AC
2nd Overall David Eagon Bristol & West AC
3rd Overall Andy Cooke Bristol & West

1st Overall Female Chloe Williams Great Western Runners
2nd Overall Susan Duncan Weston AC
3rd Overall Francesca Rawlings Clevedon AC

1st MV40 Andy Cooke Bristol & West
2nd MV40 Matt Ellis Westbury Harriers
3rd MV40 Kieron Summers Weston AC

1st FV40 Francesca Rawlings Clevedon AC
2nd FV40 Helen Clark Bitton Road Runners
3rd FV40 Laura Croker Clevedon AC

1st MV50 Matt Wheeler Weston AC
2nd MV50 Paul Deaton Southville Running club
3rd MV50 Colin Pemble Westbury Harriers

1st FV50 Sam Mumford Great Western Runners
2nd FV50 Helen Ball Clevedon AC
3rd FV50 Helen Diamond Weston AC

1st MV60 Jonathan Goodland Great Western Runners
2nd MV60 Dave Wintle Great Western Runners
3rd MV60 John Mallone Nailsea Running Club

1st FV60 Felicity Russell Bristol & West AC
2nd FV60 Diana Pease Southville Running Club
3rd FV60 Karen Shears Wells City Harriers

Thank you to all runners that took part in the 6 races of this series. Further news about the 2020/2021 series will be posted as soon as Government guidelines permit.

Malcolm Gammon Weston AC