Yate & Sodbury Sports Network

☀️ Heatwave Update 🌞

👉Academy
All Academy sessions are cancelled this week, Tues 11th, Weds 12th and Thurs 13th August. Please contact Jennie Young at [email protected] if you would like to arrange a replacement session

👉Club training
Please contact your coaches for training arrangements.

We’re kicking off our centenary year in style with Yate Hockey President’s Day!!!

When: Saturday 5th September, 10:30am–4pm
Where: Yate Outdoor Sports Complex

Make sure you’re there to help start the celebrations for our 100 years of hockey in Yate.

❤️ Red Ride ❤️ 62 miles across the bridge in to wales on our ride to Usk last Sunday. 4000ft of elevation so not too bad for a red ride!! Lovely group and good coffee ☕️ 🤩

Join us this Sunday for our green ride? Email us for details [email protected]

Congratulations to U12 Sophie winning her first medal in a Yate vest at the recent Quadkids event at SGS Wise!
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🍀🍀🍀Good Luck Everyone!!!

TODAY’S THE DAY! 🎉💜

After months of planning, Yate Relay 2026 is finally here!

Whether you’re joining us for the whole weekend or just popping in for a few hours, we can’t wait to see you. Site opens from 10am, and Relay starts at 12!

Safe travels, come and say hello, and let’s make our 20th Birthday one to remember.

Check out what's going on at yaterelayforlife.org.uk/2026

See you soon! 💜

A new Mini Athletics Summer Camp for 5-8 year olds will take place alongside our Academy Holiday Camp in August. ☀️

🗓️ Tues 4 - Thu 6 August
⏰ 9:00am – 3.30pm
👟 Children aged 5–8 (Reception to Year 3)
🌟Special Offer £27 per day (until 10 July)

This is an amazing opportunity for younger children to try athletics on the track, learn to long jump into a sand pit and take part in lots of fun challenges.

Every day is designed to help children stay active, make friends, build confidence, and create unforgettable summer memories. ✨

With a different theme each day and plenty of surprises planned, this is a holiday camp not to be missed!

🔗 Link to book - https://www.miniathletics.com/mini-athletics-bristol-summary/

Any questions please email - Hannah at [email protected]

Spaces are limited and expected to fill quickly!

Please note that this is not run by Yate AC.

🏑💜 We’re lacing up our boots and taking on Relay for Life – Yate 2026!

As we celebrate our Centenary Year, Yate Hockey Club is proud to be walking, running and relaying for Cancer Research UK. 100 runners. 24 hours. One goal. 💛

📅 July 11 (Midday) – July 12 (Midday), 2026

📍 Yate Outdoor Sports Complex, Yate, Bristol, BS37 7JL

Join our team – Yate Hockey Club 1927–2027 (Password -YHC) – and help us make our centenary year one to remember for all the right reasons. Scan the QR code or search for us on the Relay for Life website!



Yate Outdoor Sports Complex Yate Relay For Life

Yate & District athletic club
Congratulations to Toby Richardson on an excellent performance at last weekend’s Welsh Athletics Championships.

Toby claimed gold in both of his races, setting a new 200m PB of 28.51 and running 17.41 in the 100m despite a challenging -3.0 headwind.

The results mean Toby is crowned Welsh National Champion in the U20 T54 wheelchair racing category!

A fantastic weekend of racing and a well-deserved reward for all the hard work.

⭐️ Andy Metherell ⭐️

At the weekend I raced in the National Road Bike Time trial Championships, its a relatively new event for road bikes, however one year George Fox won it on a TT bike with dropped handle bars which caused a lot of converse and sine then the course has been on hilly or rolling terrain more suited to road bikes. I first entered this event in 2023 when it was on our local course near Marshfield, on that occasion I got stuck behind a tractor and was a bit disappointed with my time. The following year it was on a pan flat course near Cambridge and the it absolutely poured with rain I was soaked freezing cold and but glad I made the effort to enter. Then in 2025 they announced the course was in the Yorkshire dales on the circuit of Ingleborough. I was super excited, on the day I didn’t pace it at all well due to all the climbing and steep gradients in the first half and ran out of gas in the final km’s. This year when I saw the course was in Scotland I thought that I must go and have another attempt.

Its called the Tour of the Meldons which is a 22 mile circular course with 3 climbs with a mixture of quite B roads, single track lanes and has an up hill finish into the grounds of a hotel. I travel up on Friday night so that I could ride the course before race day and this time planned my pacing strategy meticulously which was to go full gas on the down hill / rolling middle section that had a massive head wind thinking that the second climb would feel OK due to the huge tail wind. That just left quite a technical decent which I had ride twice before and a short up hill finish.

On the day it all went perfectly to plan and found my self going full gas up the final climb into the ground of the hotel .My time was 56:03 which was over 2 min faster that the predicted Spindata time, when I returned to the HQ I discovered that I had won my Vet age group 55 to 59! And then I was presented with a medal!

I’m super happy with the result and that I made the effort to travel all that way to take part in this event!!



Sodbury Cycle Sport

🏃‍♂️ Calling All Athletes! 🏃‍♀️

Still plenty of opportunities to represent the club this season!
We’re looking for dedicated athletes to compete in our upcoming league matches!

With multiple teams entered this season, there are opportunities for all ages and abilities to get involved, gain experience, and be part of a supportive, competitive environment.

Whether you’re aiming to push your performance or just want to be part of a team, we’d love to have you on board.

Get in touch with the relevant team manager ASAP!





Let’s make this season one to remember 💪