Monthly Archives: September 2014

About 500 runners completed the Forest of Dean Autumn Half on September 28th, including over 30 from Forest of Dean AC.  The course starts and finishes in Speech House field, is completely off-road, and has about twice the climb of … Continue reading →

Severn AC held this year’s event at Plock Court, Gloucester and Forest of Dean AC fielded 3 teams.  Leyton Fleet 10:41; Richard Pegler 10:39, John Russell 10:42 and Chris Penny 10:16 won the MV40 class, finishing 6th overall. Daren Smith … Continue reading →

MINI MOUNTAIN MARATHON – SEPT 20TH This weekend James Dobbing and Mark Mathews took part in the Rogue Runs mini mountain marathon. Based near Dan yr Ogof caves, the first running of this event saw a small field competing across both short … Continue reading →

Always a popular race in the Forest of Dean AC calendar, this is one of the very few events that stages races for athletes of all ages from the under 7 years to the over 70. This encourages whole families … Continue reading →

The Avon Track and Field League was set up in 1984 to provide locally-based Track and Field competition for clubs in or around the Bristol / Gloucester area.  It is a series of meetings, held monthly throughout the summer and … Continue reading →

NEARLY 2,000 athletes travelled to Wales from across the world this weekend, including our own FODAC athlete Julian Boon, as Pembrokeshire played host to one of the world’s toughest sporting events.  Ironman Wales is a long-distance triathlon in Tenby: a gruelling 2.4-mile … Continue reading →

The main event for senior Forest of Dean AC runners was the club championship race in Hereford.  The Breinton 10 is an undulating 10 mile road race, starting and finishing at Hereford Rowing Club.  6 men and 5 women from … Continue reading →

70 senior and 29 junior runners took part in this event, held at Five Acres on September 9th.  There was some close racing and many runners improved their personal bests. Fastest run of the night was by Chris Penny, finishing … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean AC was well represented at the Rose Inn Relay race, fielding 18 teams of 3 runners out of a total of 96.  They also came away with 5 prizes. The fastest team was “FODAC Young Ones”, Jack … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean AC’s champion for 2012 & 2013, Julian Boon, celebrated his 45th birthday by winning his age category (MV45) in the Hay Hillraiser on August 31st. The 11.33 mile road race climbs 400m over 7 miles from Hay-on-Wye … Continue reading →