Sep 26
Sabine Schaefer and Simon Smith travelled to Hertfordshire on a sunny but breezy day to take part in the Storm the Lakes event – a 7.5k continuous lake swim, the equivalent of 300 lengths of a standard swimming pool. Sabine finished in 2:34:40 to collect 3rd place female and Simon finished in 2:26:04 to finish …
Sep 24
Thetford runners Louise White and Kevin Vaughan stormed to victory at the Thompson 5k and 10k events on Sunday. In heavy rain running through pathways, lanes and bridleways in and around Thompson, Louise White finished 1st female in the 10k race and also achieved a new PB of 41:09. Kevin Vaughan was 1st overall in …
Sep 24
Six TAC athletes turned out in cold, wet and windy conditions for the annual Stowmarket Sprint Triathlon. The race consisted of a 300m pool swim, 18k bike and 5k off road run. Thetford’s newest member Heidi Smith completed the course in 1:29:58 Brian Wright stormed in with 2nd in his age group to finish in …
Sep 20
Written by Corrina Turner Well Team TAC, it’s all over for another year, THE EVENT that we rave about and this year was special as we introduced 12 new team mates to the magic that is the Round Norfolk Relay. Saturday dawned and was barely 3 hours old when myself, Peter, Cliffy, Paul “Stall” …
Sep 12
TAC runners were out in force at the weekend at the local Iceni Marathon, half marathon and 10k events. Coming home as 1st place female in the off road trail marathon was Louise White in 3hr 37min – setting a new course record. Other marathon runners were Natalie King and Shirley Standley who ran together …
Sep 12
Sabine Schaefer and Simon Smith from TAC took part in the Fritton Lake Big Swim which comprised of 3 individual swims – 5k, 3k and 1500m. This would have been the equivalent of almost 400 lengths of a standard swimming pool! Overall in the triple event Simon finished in 8th place with a total swim …
Sep 10
Kayleigh Bailey and Martin Godfrey joined the stars and elites at the Great North Run 2018. With a record breaking number of people running and in unusually warm temperatures for September, Kayleigh clocked a time of 2:17:18 and Martin 2:13:56
Sep 10
Gary Malliband travelled to Clacton to take part in the Standard Distance Triathlon. The event which raised money for the Brain and Spine Foundation consisted of a 1900m choppy sea swim, followed by a 40k bike and 10k run. Gary finished in 2:28:43 to secure 9th place in his age group.
Sep 09
COUNTY HONOURS AT SOUTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Four Thetford AC athletes earned a County call up and represented Norfolk at the South of England U15 & U20 Inter-Counties Track and Field Championships, held in Oxford. Representing Norfolk in the U15 boys Discus was Cameron Try. Cameron finished the day in 6 place, throwing the discus …
Sep 09
Thetford athlete Jessica Norkett was selected for the Norfolk Senior ladies team for the Hibbard Trophy event held in Bury St Edmunds. This event brought together athletes from the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk,Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex to contest for the Hibbard/Bemax trophy. Jess represented Norfolk in the senior ladies 800m b race where she …
