by Joy Wright | Apr 10, 2023 | Track_Reports, Uncategorized
The outdoor season commenced with the spring Open Meeting hosted by BAC at Kings Park on Sunday 26 March 2023. The club welcomed a great turnout with almost 500 athletes entered. Those in attendance enjoyed a fantastic atmosphere with some great performances. Most...
by Richard Brawn | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two Bournemouth AC bravehearts in the shape of Toby Chapman and Gemma Bragg took themselves up to bonnie Scotland to try their luck in the 53-mile Ultra Trail Marathon they call the Highland Fling. And if 53 miles of trail doesn’t sound tough enough, if you throw...
by Richard Brawn | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Your first marathon is always going to be a nerve wracking experience. It is the culmination of three months of hard graft. All those long, draining weekend runs and then back out there again the next day before the body has fully recovered. It’s always an arduous...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
BAC ‘supervets’ (explanation later) Ian Graham and Dave Parsons made the trip to Guernsey this Easter for the Running Festival which comprises four races in four days. It is fair to say that they are stalwarts of this event with Dave competing for his 20th successive...
by Richard Brawn | Apr 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of the year where the races come thick and fast as we build up to the showpiece event of the running calendar, the London Marathon. For some Bournemouth AC members, that meant heading to the seafront again, just as they had the previous weekend at...
by Richard Brawn | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was another big step forward for Julian Oxborough as he took on and completed the Yeovil Half Marathon on Sunday 25th March. Julian now resides in Somerset, so for him it was a fairly local race but, although he no longer lives in Bournemouth, he still has the club...