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The second of this winter’s series started and finished at Beechehurst Lodge on December 13th.  6 Forest of Dean AC members took part.  Mark Mathews was the first of these to finish: 2nd in 49:36.  Other times: Greg Nash 58:40; … Continue reading →

The third round of the Glos AAA’s Cross Country lEAGUE was held at Cheltenham’s Pittville Park.  As ever there were a great number of runners and some very hot competition.  The Men’s Senior Team were 17th as were the Ladies … Continue reading →

The weather was kinder than usual for the 2014 staging of Forest of Dean AC’s annual Christmas Tree Race.  This 5.5 mile route starts and ends at Ellwood football ground and includes mud and a few hills.  80 runners and … Continue reading →

The weekend began with Richard Pegler and Leyton Fleet attempting the Endurancelife Dorset Coastal Marathon along part of the Jurassic Coast Path.  The event is described as “extreme”, covering 27 miles of steeply undulating coastline requiring much walking.  They finished … Continue reading →

Sharla Fleet organised one of the Club’s rare social events, where Chairman Chris Hawkins presented the awards for 2015. Avon League The athletes who contributed to the club winning the senior men’s competition received trophies. Club Championship: Men’s Champion Peter … Continue reading →

Mark Mathews was first FoDAC home in 13th place with a cracking time of just under 30 minutes. Dan Sandford overtook Julian Boon half way down the descent to come 24th.  Jools was 27th followed by Mark Blake then Dave … Continue reading →

The Masters Cross Country Championships was held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham on November 22nd. FODAC member and coach Ann Nixon took both an individual bronze and helped her other team mates Dawn Kenwright and Rosemary Wilson secure a bronze team … Continue reading →

The last year has been an extremely successful one for the FODAC Juniors with honours in Track, Cross Country and Sportshall. This is thanks to some very talented coaches as well as the athletes themselves.  Many of the Junior members … Continue reading →

It’s one of those weeks where there have been numerous events.. Shakespeare Autumn Marathon – November 15th  This is a road marathon with no traffic given that it is staged at Long Marston Airfield, James Dobbing did the run in … Continue reading →

The sun shone on Newent for the 2014 Forest of Dean District school cross country championship the going was good to soft & the children turned out in coach loads.  The 2014 Championship was sponsored & supported by the Forest … Continue reading →