Torbay Athletic Club

This weekend, seven TAC runners took on the Bideford half marathon - the last of our 2025/26 Grand Prix events.

We were accompanied by a great atmosphere as we conquered 13.1 miles of North Devon roads and Tarka Trail, starting and finishing at the Quay in Bideford. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃

We headed back to the bay with fantastic medals after some brilliant performances. Here are the results:

Kevin Loft 1:30:13 - PB!
Pete Henderson 1:34:46 - PB!
Anthony Raine 1:36:20
Nick Robinson 1:37:33
Nadine Lee 1:54:31
Shaun Andrew 1:54:31
Anna Andrew 2:25:11

Four TAAC adult athletes took part in the Westward League’s cross country at Plymouth Central Parktoday. This was the fifth and penultimate XC event of the season. The recent rain made sure that there was plenty of mud for us to enjoy (!) and battle through, Pete popped his xc cherry and Kevin nearly went the wrong way right before the finish funnel! A big thank you to the weather for not raining on us whilst we ran 🙏
Final results to be confirmed, the following are from Strava:

Nadine 35m29s

Kevin 40m28s
Anthony 45m25s
Peter 48m31s

Celebrating local success! 🏆

On Friday evening, we joined Torbay Athletic Club for their annual awards presentation night, celebrating the outstanding achievements of their members. From athletes climbing the world rankings to those reaching incredible new milestones, it was inspiring to see so much local talent recognised for their dedication and hard work.

As part of the Torbay Half Marathon, we introduced the Torbay Athletic Club Trophy, celebrating the fastest male and female Torbay residents in the Half Marathon. A huge congratulations to Naomi Flanagan, who also claimed 1st place female overall, and Jason Hurford, the fastest male Torbay resident.

These trophies were proudly presented at the awards evening in recognition of their fantastic performances in this year’s event.

👏 Join us in congratulating our winners and celebrating the continued success of Torbay’s running community!

The Torbay Athletic Club Trophy will return for 2026, to qualify all you need to do is be signed up with a Torbay postcode. Join the challenge today! Enter at www.torbayhalfmarathon.co.uk

We are looking for volunteers to marshal at the Torbay Half Marathon and 10km on Sunday 21st September. All volunteers will receive free entry into a future Ta**us event - an offer that can't be refused!

Follow the link below to sign up!

https://torbayaac.co.uk/volunteer?sfnsn=scwspmo&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMHF_VjbGNrAwcX72V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe6ZL08-Yw1x2lepTyqhdMY8N54of6EOV3EMbzO-zuovURBgC5LZLpYoXCOso_aem_OQEyn_oaIhF3_ctsTPqCkQ

Six Torbay AAC athletes took part in Sunday's Totnes 10k. The race starts and finishes at Totnes Leisure Centre and takes in a scenic off road route through the Dartington Estate. The weather was hot, but the conditions underfoot were good and dry. Results on the day were:
25 Kevin Lofts 46.55
62 Kevin Fine 50.44
92 Anthony Raine 54.09
188 Nadine Lee 01:01.12 (3rd FV55)
356 Ian Sharrock 01:12.42
485 Celine Bonnet 01:24.06

Alex Snell and Glen Hawkins ran the Canal Canter this weekend. The half Alex for and 10k for Glen, a nice run along the canal in the mid Devon countryside organised by Winding paths
Alex finished in 4th place overall and 1st MV40 in a time of 1:28:05
In the 10k
62 Glen Hawkins 1:10:15

Great run with Great Company tonight, beautiful views 🏃‍♂️😆😆

Well done to everyone who raced this weekend!

Competition Time

With the launch of the kids race entries, we are running a competition to win 2 free places to the 1500m pre 10k race.

All you have to do is like and tag a friend in the post to be entered. If you can share the post that would be appreciated.

Deadline for entries is Sunday 20th July 6pm.

https://torbaytwilight10k.godaddysites.com/

Well done to everyone who completed the Dawlish Dash last week in very warm conditions, and to Kirsten who continues to take TAC on tour, completing the Bridge Run - over the Oresund bridge leaving Denmark and crossing into Sweden! 🇩🇰 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🇸🇪

Three of our members travelled to North Devon this weekend to take part in the Falklands Challenge on the anniversary of the end of the Falklands conflict. This was not a race but an opportunity to represent Torbay Athletic in remembering the veterans involved. Starting in Instow with a spot of Zumba, followed by a 10 mile run, walk or yomp, along the Tarka Trail. Well done everyone!