Reading Athletic Club

11/10/2026

Hampshire Cross Country League, Match 1 of 5.
Bournemouth – Saturday 10 October

A fantastic start to the Hampshire League season for Reading AC Junior Endurance Athletes!

Well done to the 11 athletes who made the longest league journey of the season, rewarded with sunshine, a cooling breeze and delightful autumnal cross-country conditions.

⭐ Highlights

Benjamin Beechey U12 – 1st, 7:29, winning by an impressive 22 seconds and celebrating Mo Farah-style across the line!

Arabella Cooper U12 – 10th, 9:40, holding off several fast finishers with a brilliant sprint to the line.

Wilf Goodson U10 – A superb Reading AC debut, finishing 21st in 7:29, complete with a huge smile and proudly wearing his new club vest!

Austin Cooper U14 – 12th from 43, battling hard right to the finish.

Iris & Imogen Skinner U16 finishing in good positions of 28th and 34th respectively, who both took on the challenging 4.6km course with a lot of grace and determination, both making their U16 debut's.

Wilf May U16 led our boys home in an excellent 5th place, followed by Ted Thomond 10th, Joshua Ryman 13th, Raph Odlin 14th and Jairaj Agarwal 47th.

🏆 The Reading AC U16 Boys finished an excellent 2nd team overall, just 7 points behind Southampton.

A brilliant team effort and plenty to build on as the cross-country season gets underway. Well done athletes, coaches and parents!

Next week the U14/U16U18 will take 5 teams to race at the Southeast regional level for the SEAA XC relays at Wormwood Scrubs. Another fast and flat course which are just 2km or 3km.

In 4 weeks’, match 2 of Hampshire XC league is our clubs turn to host our home fixture on Saturday November 14th. Please can all athletes, family and friends clear your diaries and support our club. Notices will shortly go out asking for volunteers to help on the day.

07/10/2026

ERRA National Road Relays, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield –
Saturday October 3rd 2026

The ERRA National Road Relay Championships returned to Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, bringing together the country's leading young endurance athletes. In warm sunshine and excellent racing conditions, Reading AC athletes produced some outstanding performances, highlighted by the U16 Boys A team finishing 13th nationally, the B team placing 27th, and Victoria Marsh proudly representing the club in the U18 Women's race.

U16 Boys
A fantastic day for Reading AC at the ERRA National Road Relay Championships in Sutton Park, with both U16 boys' teams producing excellent performances against the country's best clubs.

Reading AC A finished 13th in 38:44, with strong runs from Ted Thomond (12:58), Wilf May (13:00) and Noah Mazieres (12:44). (Fun fact! Team average lap times were equivalent to a 16:37 5km parkrun)

Reading AC B finished 27th in 40:12, but were the 2nd fastest B team in the Country. This is extraordinary and shows the depth of talent we have at this age. Thanks to a remarkably consistent team effort from Joshua Ryman (13:27) – did brilliantly after a hard fall at the start, was shoved over and grazed both knees, Raph Odlin (13:23) and Irving Paviour (13:22).

Both teams showed a lot of grit and bravery, moving through the field on every leg, showing the depth, determination and teamwork that make Reading AC so competitive.

Well done to all six athletes for representing the club so brilliantly on the national stage!

U18 Women
With no full team available, Victoria Marsh proudly represented Reading AC as a solo runner at the ERRA National Road Relays in Sutton Park.

Victoria ran a strong 14:37 opening leg, placing Reading 22nd against some of the country's top young athletes. A brilliant effort on the national stage! (fun fact 18:51 equiv. parkrun)

As always, it is still early in the season, and the focus remains on building towards the bigger championship races later in November. To borrow a well-known athletics cliché, nothing is won before Christmas!

07/10/2026

The winter season officially kicked off with the SEAA Road Relays at Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, bringing together clubs from across the region for a fantastic day of competitive racing.

U14 Boys
Reading AC's Under 14 Boys teams delivered brilliant performances at this year’s SEAA Road Relays, made even more encouraging given that many of them were first year athletes.

Leading off for the A Team, Solomon Baderin unfortunately suffered a fall early on. Despite the setback, Solomon showed great determination to record an impressive 11:17 and bring the team through in 36th place. Hugo Kwan then produced a strong second leg run of 11:01, moving the team up twelve places to 24th and keeping Reading firmly in contention.

On the final leg, Teddy Brunsden delivered the A Team's fastest leg of the day, clocking 10:58 to move the team a further eight places up the standings. His effort secured 16th place overall, out of 50 complete teams, with a finishing time of 33:17.

Reading AC also fielded an incomplete B Team. Tine Razinger opened with 11:10 before Timothy James recorded the club's quickest leg of the day with an excellent 10:54, despite being held up in changeover congestion. The pair combined for a two-leg time of 22:05 and finished second among the two-athlete teams.

With the A Team charging through the field, sub 11 minute performances, and a never give up attitude from all the boys, Reading AC's U14 boys are looking strong for the upcoming season.

U14 Girls
Reading AC's Under 14 Girls were represented by a two athleteteam, both gaining valuable experience as year one athletes.

Leading off was Briony De Meyer who ran a strong opening leg of 12:38, bringing the team through in 44th place. Naomi Heaton then battled hard to record 14:23, moving the team up four places to 40th. The pair combined for a total time of 27:01.
Briony’s time was one of the fastest by an U14/U16 Reading AC girl over the 3k course and with both athletes showing great commitment, the experience gained will stand the girls in good stead for the rest of the season.

U16 Boys
The Reading AC Under 16 Boys produced an outstanding team performance, finishing 12th in a highly competitive field and just five seconds away from a top 10 placing.

Leading off for Reading A team, Ted Thomond ran a strong opening leg of 9:54 to bring the team through in 31st place. Wilf May then delivered an excellent second leg of 9:48, moving Reading up to 13th.

On the final leg, Noah Mazieres continued the momentum with a superb 9:45, the fastest Reading A leg of the day, gaining another place to secure 12th overall with a team time of 29:28. All three athletes broke the 10 minute barrier in an exceptionally consistent team performance.

For the B Team, Josh Ryman set the tone with a well pacedopening leg of 10:00 to place the team 37th after the first stage. Raph Odlin then produced an excellent 10:09 to move the team up eight places to 29th, before Peter Clack closed strongly with 10:14 to gain a further three positions and securing 26th place overall and the third placed B Team. With less than 15 seconds separating the three athletes, it was a brilliantly consistent team effort.

Reading's C team continued to show the squads quality. Irving Paviour produced a strong opening leg of 10:10 to bring the team through in 45th place, followed Toby Sawyer who took on the second leg, battling hard to record 11:24 and complete the team's two leg effort in a combined time of 21:35.

With three teams represented, it was an excellent day for Reading AC's Under 16 Boys and a reflection of the group's growing strength and depth.

U16 Girls
Both Iris Skinner and Imogen Skinner showed exceptional composure on their opening legs, coping incredibly well with all the pushing and shoving at the start of the U16 girls races.

The A Team finished in 50th place, completing the course in 39:39. Iris Skinner navigated the chaotic start to clock 13:36 on Leg 1, Isabelle Beechey ran 13:39 on Leg 2, and Isabelle Craven delivered a strong anchor leg of 12:22.

The B Team placed 56th with a total time of 42:56. Imogen Skinner opened well through the early race traffic in 14:17, and Maya Knowles followed in 15:07. Isla anchored the team with their fastest split of 13:31.

U18 Girls
Stephanie Simon represented the U18s on the longer 4.6k course, completing Leg 1 in 36th position with a time of 19:00.

Beyond the fantastic times and positions, the standout highlight of the day was the lovely community feeling at Aldershot.

A massive thank you to all the parents for turning up on the day, showing incredible support in the sunshine, and cheering on not just their own children but all the athletes. That is the true beauty of the relays, it takes an individual sport and turns it into a collective one!

03/10/2026

Reading AC Awards Ceremony
Sunday 11th October
2.00-4.30pm
at Loddon Hall, Loddon Hall Rd, Twyford, RG10 9JA.

All club members and their families, whether nominated or not, are welcome to attend.

Nominees have now all been contacted by email (please check your junk files too).

Please accept the general invite put out on Spond ‘Events’.

Tickets can be purchased on the door at a cost of £5 per head.

There will be a light buffet and soft drinks included in the price and the bar will also be open.

Dress code is smart but casual.

We would also ask if you could contribute a little to the buffet by bringing a small dish or some sandwiches, cakes, snacks or drinks with you and it would be useful to know a few days in advance what you may bring. Contact: [email protected]

27/09/2026

On a warm and sunny day the senior and veterans’ men got their winter season off to a start with the SEAA Road Relays at Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot.
Running the 1st leg for the senior team was club captain Luc Jolly, who seems to improve with age as he ran under 19 minutes for the first time on this course. Luc finished 28th in 18:55 on the 1st leg.
On the 2nd leg Isaac Farnworth was having his first run since the London Marathon back in April. Isaac finished 29th in 19:39.
Running the 3rd leg was Richard Price, who had been out injured and had not run for us since January 2024, and was running with heavy legs having run a half marathon the week before. Richard finished 33rd in 20:17.
On the 4th leg Arturo Martinez de Murguía proved what a great club man he is; despite carrying an injury all week he insisted on running because he didn’t want to let the club down. Arturo finished 35th in 21:07.
Robbie Bradford, who had been running 400m and 800m on the track, found it a bit long on the 5th leg but still ran well to finish 40th in 22:08.
Running the last leg was Isaac Peach, who was having only his second run for us but proved what an asset he will be to the club when he moved up to bring the team home in 36th position with a fine run in 20:45.
In the O40 veterans’ race I have got times only, no finishing positions.
On the 1st leg Jeff Titmas had a good run in 20:57.
On the 2nd leg Mate Lorincz had his usual solid run with a time of 22:02.
Joe Hayes, who had some sleepless nights due to a newborn baby, ran 24:27.
On the last leg Sandeep Simon had a very long day, having been there early with the younger ones, but still ran well to run 45 seconds faster than last year to bring the team home in 15th position in 23:00.
We had just one runner in the O50: that was Simon Toller, who was having his first run for us. Simon ran 23:26.
Our next fixture is the first Hampshire League at King’s Park, Bournemouth, in two weeks’ time.

Report by Ray Stevens

14/09/2026

Last chance to enter Friday's competition open to members & non-members in Year 9-12:

A competition for Year 9-12, where teams of 4 athletes will each take on one of; 100m, 800m, shot and long jump then all take part in a medley relay of 2x100...

14/09/2026

Bute Park, Cardiff on 27th September for the SportsShoes Podium Home Nations, which will also serve as the 5k British Championships.

The event will feature seeded races throughout the afternoon, with race times up to 22 minutes. Please note, the minimum age to participate in this race is 15 years old on the day of the event.

Fast, Flat, Lapped, Traffic Free CourseIndividual races start times will be communicated by email by the event organiser nearer the race.All competitors shall be deemed to have made him/herself familiar with and agreed tobe bound by the UKA…

07/09/2026

18th Sep
New Competition format for Year 9-12!

06/08/2026

Four of Reading AC’s veteran (masters) women were in action representing their area veterans’ organisations in the England Masters AA Outdoor Inter-Area Track and Field Challenge at Yate on Sunday.
Anna Godfrey was first to compete, representing Welsh Masters in the W35 1500m. Despite the pressure of being the pre-race favourite, Anna rose to the challenge, going straight to the front and leading the race from start to finish for a comfortable victory in 5:08.23. Sarah Holmes and Sue Francis represented Southern Counties Veterans in the 800m. Sarah put her early-season injury and illness problems behind her and put in a strong and confident performance in the W35 race, to finish 3rd in a pleasing season’s best time of 2:37.00. In the W50 race, Sue Francis was drawn in the outside lane and was surprised to find herself leading the race at the 100m break-line. Taking advantage of the fact that two of her faster rivals had already raced the 1500m, she held the lead for 600m, eventually finishing 2nd in 2:39.91. Julie Wilson was representing Northern Masters in the W60 throwing events, finishing 2nd in the discus (25.56m), and 4th in the shot (8.59m).
The match was won by Midland Masters, with Southern Counties Veterans close behind in 2nd place.

04/08/2026

With so much of the focus on the athletes, well done also to our officials who assisted at the Commonwealth Games last week. The week was very tiring but also rewarding. An unforgetable Tuesday night downpour will be remembered for a long time.
From left to right: Helen Apsey, Chris Apsey and Julie Dew.