Category Archive: News

Mar 18

Stowmarket Half Marathon

Linda Cusack completed the Stowmarket half marathon on Sunday 15th March. It was a breezy day with head wind and cross winds during the first half of the race but a nice tail wind for the final few miles. Linda finished in a time of 1:47:03 gaining her 1st in her age group and 138th …

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Mar 16

Suffolk League XC

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 …

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Mar 16

Go Beyond 15k Trail Run

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

Beowulf 10k

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

Ryston XC Success for TAC

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 …

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Mar 12

Cambridge Half Marathon 2020

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 …

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Mar 10

European Duathlon Championships

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 …

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Mar 02

Ringland Half Marathon

  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 …

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Feb 24

National Indoor 1500m Champion

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

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 …

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