Trawden Athletic Club

Everyone in the club has been really busy since our last post, so it's time to share some recent team achievements starting with the Relays.

First up was Yorkshire 3 Peaks Relay in April where both our Ladies and Men's teams were 3rd in their categories.

In May it was then time for the Calderdale Way Relay, where our Ladies team finished 1st Vets and 5th overall.

Not to be outdone at the Bradford Millenium Way Relays in June the ladies then came an amazing 2nd place 🥈

Well done to all those who flew the Team TAC flag, as well as our Captains for organising.

The Relays really are a great opportunity for the club to come together and we are keen to include as many members as possible. If you fancy stepping up next year keep an eye out for the Captain's shout out!

Whilst we look forward to seven of our members running the London Marathon this Sunday, let's celebrate two of our recent Marathoners; Ian who competed at the Milano Marathon and Brent who took on the Boston Marathon.

Good luck to all our Marathon runners this weekend; whether it's at London or Blackpool, we know you'll smash it!

Trawden Athletic Juniors

Junior training spaces are currently available, aged 8-16. We train Tuesday evenings 6:15 - 7pm

If you are interested in getting your child into regular running and racing please contact [email protected]

All those on our existing waiting list have been contacted. If you believe your child was on the list and haven’t heard anything please do get in touch

A massive well-done to all our athletes who took on the Manchester Marathon on Sunday. There were some cracking times and PBs smashed 💪 If you want to see how you can improve your running like these champs check out the Up The Tempo training sessions, held on Tuesday evenings!

📣 Club update and it's been a busy few weeks, with members taking on events including the Wilmslow Half Marathon, the Surrey Half Marathon, Heptonstall Fell Race, Pendle Fell Race, and the Liver Hill Fell Race.

Noteable mentions include Kevin Fenton-Clough at the Darwen Half Marathon, who won his age category as well as finishing 9th overall, Mark Duerden for his category win at the Calder Vale 10 Miler, and Frazer Durris for winning the Pendle 5 Mile Trail Race.

On Saturday our Juniors and Seniors got together to celebrate all things Team TAC at the club's annual Awards Evening.

Generously hosted by Giddy Kippers, the soft play went down a storm with 'kids' of all ages, and putting on the evening really was a team effort, with our very own Dave Barnes as event photographer, Paul & Kirsty Hare who DJed, and Paula Walsh who organised the tombola, raising over £300 for club charities.

Here is a run down of our Award winners:

🏆Senior Awards 🏆

Newcomer of the Year - Ausra Pilitauskaite

Most improved Athlete - Gary Barwell

Achievement of the Year - Chris Atherton

Team Achievement of the Year - Yorkshire 3 Peaks men’s relay team

Female Athlete of the Year - Paula Walsh

Male Athlete of the Year - Martin Greenwood

Spirit of the Club - James Wright

Gerry McCabe Endeavour Award - Gillian Greenwood

Chair’s Award - Sean Cole

🏆 Junior Awards 🏆

Spirit of the Club - Lillie Coulton-Christie

Newcomer of the Year - Jacob Coates

Most Improved Athlete - Ellis Mitchell

Achievement of the Year - Jack Mitchell

Coaches Award - Mione Todd & Pheobe Glowdansky

Commitment Award - Ollie Glowdansky & Henry Robinson

Overall Athlete - Sam Midgley

🌞 Summer Club Champs 🌞

Overall winners including Fell, Trail and Road Series: Kevin Fenton-Clough & Sam Barnes

🥶 Winter Series 🥶

Paul Crabtree & Lucy Parker

A very well done to all our winners & nominees, and a massive thanks to everyone who supported the evening!

It was a busy weekend for Team TAC last weekend, with members flying the flag at races including the Trimpell 20, the Keighley 10K, the Craggrunner 5K and the Haworth Hobble. It's great to see club members tackling such a wide variety of distances and terrains 🖤🤍❤️

Last weekend saw a number of fantastic performances from Team TAC.

At the Stanley Park 10K Mark Duerden, Paula Walsh and Laura Monighan all won their respective age categories, whilst at the Settle 10k Debra Leah, Catherine Riley and Dave Barnes all topped their age categories. Congratulations also goes to Gemma Houghton for a PB and Al Houghton who ran a course PB in the Half Marathon.

Well done to everyone who ran 👏

Prepare to get faster & fitter and join us on Thursday evening at Seedhill for our Track session with Coach Matt.

Our club has a wide variety of training sessions and social runs every week and we welcome runners of all abilities. For further information please get in touch!