Name: Thetford AC Press Officer
Date registered: 3rd May 2018
Mar 16
Pakenham was the location for all the action at the latest Suffolk Winter League Cross Country. Testing out the new course for the first time it was Bethany Wilson representing the Juniors and finishing 6th in the U13 Girls category in a time of 13:40. For the Seniors it was Gary Malliband completing the 5 …
Mar 16
Sabine Schaefer was the sole TAC competitor in the Go Beyond Events held at High Lodge at the weekend. Sabine was victorious in the 3 lap 15k trail run (although the course was actually closer to 18k) winning the race convincingly in 79:11 claiming 1st female and 4th overall.
Mar 16
TAC was represented by Peter Elliott, Richard Crew and Steve Crawshaw on Sunday 15th March at the Beowulf off-road 10k in West Stowe. Peter finished in 45:59 in 5th place, 1st in his age group, Richard finished in 12th place in 47:21 with Steve finishing in 59:04.
Mar 13
The final race of the Ryston Cross Country Winter Series was held 2 weeks ago with regular TAC members participating. In the final Junior race of the series Poppy Findlay finished in 7th in the U9 Girls in 3:48, Jake Dorbin once again took 1st place in the U13 Boys in 11:07, Alfie Findlay in …
Mar 12
There was a good turnout at the Cambridge Half Marathon at the weekend from Thetford AC. The new course which included views of the Kings College proved fast and flat with many PB’s achieved. Thetford’s first runner to finish was Chris Greenough with a PB in 1:32:14 followed by Gary Malliband also with a PB …
Mar 10
With blue skies and warm light winds Punta Umbria (Spain) was the perfect location for Simon and Charlotte Smith to take part in the 2020 European Duathlon Championships. For Simon is was due to be a double race weekend taking part in both the Sprint race (5k run, 20k bike, 2.5k run) and the Standard …
Mar 02
Linda Cusack completed the Ringland half marathon, her first time doing this event. Conditions were relatively good, sunny but a little windy and part of the course at mile 9 was flooded which was almost knee deep in the middle, plus a few hills thrown in for good measure. She finished in a time …
Feb 24
NATIONAL INDOOR TITLE The England Athletics National Indoor Track and Field Championships was held in Sheffield at the English Institute of Sport. Thetford AC athlete Jessica Norkett made the journey to contest the U20 Women’s 1500m. It proved a successful day for Jess where she was victorious, winning the 1500m National title.
Feb 24
NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY ACTION The England Athletics National Cross Country Championships was held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Due to the recent weather conditions and rainfall, the course was tricky to say the least, with parts of the course representing a river. Thetford AC had two athletes contesting these difficult conditions, both having fantastic races, competing …
Feb 24
TAC runners were presented with some extra challenges conditions at these races with gale force winds and rain adding new dimensions to the already undulating course. Karl Wright was sole competitor for TAC in the 10 mile race, finishing in 1:13:52. In the 20 mile it was Daniel Routledge back first for Thetford in 2:26:05, …
