30th June 2009

Fred Robson put 78 years of experience to good use to overcome tough conditions at the Turku Marathon. With temperatures topping 30 degrees, Fred finished a superb 2nd in his age category in the race held in honour of Finnish Olympic legend Paavo Nurmi. Jane Wassel has also been in fine form with victory in the Oldbury-on-Severn 4. Cirencester AC's ladies performed well at the Bourton Hilly Half with Carol Clark and Liza Darroch both completing age group wins, and Trudy Compton leading home the Cirencester finishers ahead of Mark Gluning. Ed Morris headed for Yorkshire where he completed the Esholt Bash 10k multi-terrain race in 23rd position, whilst Terry Ranger recorded a time of 45.52 at the Thame 10k.

23th June 2009

Charles Woodd led home the Cirencester AC challenge at the St James's Place 10k Fun Run - making the most of local knowledge to finish as runner-up around the trails within Cirencester Park. Marc Fallows returned to action with a comfortable fourth place, whilst Kevin Snowball also made the top ten with his time of 41.12. Ian Pople continued his run of fine form over the half marathon distance, finishing 136th at Torbay, whilst Alice Thomas equalled her own club U20 record of 20.46 at the White Horse 5k. Bob Ferris had a solid outing at the Marlborough Triathlon finishing second in his age group, as did Diane Moore who held off the challenge of Trudy Compton to be first club lady home.

16th June 2009

David Wright was back in action at the Broad Town 5 and led for much of the race, eventually settling for an excellent second place behind Swindon's Gary O'Brien who made the decisive move up the final hill. Alice Thomas didn't enjoy the warm conditions but did enough to finish as first junior lady, whilst Jane Stevens, Barbara Thomas and Christina See completed the Cirencester presence. Graham Grafton was the lone Cirencester runner at the Lethbridge 10k, finishing in a time of 50.21.

12th June 2009

Click here to read a report from Cathie Cowell about the Westonbirt triathlon

11th June 2009

Chris Illman narrowly failed to complete a hat-trick of victories at the Westonbirt 10k, as Dursley's Gary Hughes pulled away in the second half of the race to win in a time of 32.45. Kevin Snowball ran well to finish 24th, just holding off the challenge of Jane Wassell who had the consolation of finishing second lady. Amongst the other Cirencester runners on show, both Martin Denning and Mark Evans made the top hundred, whilst the evergreen Fred Robson was pleased to break 60 minutes.

8th June 2009

Chris Illman was thwarted in his attempt to retain his title at the recent Fairford 10k, finishing in third behind Bristol athlete Stephen McGuigan. However, backed up by Adrian Williams and David Wright, who both enjoyed comfortable runs to finish in 4th and 6th respectively, Cirencester AC were commanding winners of the team race. Such was the club's dominance the "B" team were runners-up, with Barry Sampson and Matt Shannon also in the top 10, and Stephen Elverd having a fine run in 16th. This consolidated his position at the top of the club road race championship after the first 5 races. The women's championship is led by club junior Alice Thomas who finished Fairford in a time of 46.30.

At the Dorney Dash 10k Martin Croucher finished in an excellent 34th position, whilst Bryan Reid made a welcome return to club colours finishing in 40.57. There was success for Cirencester at the recent "Back in a flash" 5k in Swindon with both Scott Richardson and Charles Woodd finishing on the podium, whilst at the "Cloud Cuckoo" multi terrain race Steve Elverd and Jane Thomas survived the hills to finish in 40th and 104th respectively. Neil Dunnage continued his build up to the UK Ironman by completing the Swashbuckler Triathlon in the New Forest. Comprising a 1.9k sea swim, 80k bike and 22k run, Neil was pleased to finish under 5 hours.

3rd June 2009

Click here to read Niel Dunnage's account of the New Forest Triathlon.

2nd June 2009

Click here to read Chris Goldie's account of the Edinburgh Marathon.

2nd June 2009

Members of Cirencester AC have been travelling the country in recent weeks in search of action. Chris Goldie defied heatwave conditions to complete the Edinburgh Marathon, whilst Matt Shannon and Martin Croucher both completed half marathons in Plymouth and Wokingham respectively. Closer to home, Terry Ranger recorded an excellent top fifty placing at the Pewsey Vale 10k, whilst Adrian Williams led home a large Cirencester contingent at the White Horse 5k, finishing 11th. Barry Sampson was close behind in a new personal best of 16.41, whilst Tony Shelbourne finished first V60. At the Westonbirt Triathlon, Ben Cox led home Bob Ferris and Mark Evans, with Nicola Denning first club lady home. John Evans finished first M60, whilst Jenny Hill, Alice Thomas and Lynne Ferris were all making their triathlon debuts.