On Sunday 24 members of Torbay AAC headed out in force to The Templer 10. The trail race boasts a start and finish in the beautiful grounds of Stover School and follows an undulating course around Teigngrace and Stover Country Park. The fierce storms, lashing rain and hurricane force winds of the previous day had […]

Torbay AAC’s Pete Monaghan had a great run at the Tavy 7 on Sunday. This 7-mile undulating scenic road race on the western edge of Dartmoor starts on Plaster Down and takes in Pew Tor and the hamlet of Sampford Spiney. Pete finished 7th overall in a time of (40:52) and won his age category. […]

Sunday Torbay AAC athlete Kevin Fine had a tremendous first marathon in The Abingdon Marathon finishing in position 176 with a time of (3:06:38) Well done Kevin! Saturday night and it was ‘Hello darkness my old friend’ for Torbay AAC at the Haldon Night Run. Great fun and lots of podium spots for Team Torbay […]

Torbay AAC were not deterred by the rain over the weekend. Six athletes took on The Great West Run. The new and improved route took runners through Exeter City Centre down leafy roads with a sharp hill up to Exeter University before returning to Exeter Athletics Stadium with a lap of the track to finish. […]

Thirty Five Torbay AAC junior and adult members made the trip to the 1st Westward League Cross Country Meeting at Plymouth’s Central Park. The league attracts some of the regions best athletes. Finishing position is what scores points for individuals and the club. The weather was kind on the day with sunshine despite overnight rain […]

Fifteen Torbay AAC Ladies took part in the Torbay AAC’s 10k Championship Dornafield 10k on Sunday which is a scenic course following rural lanes through local hamlets of Ogwell and Denbury. In 3rd place and 1st FV55 was Elizabeth Bebbington. Other podium places went to Sara Crozier who was 2nd FV50 and Hayley Ratcliff who […]

On Saturday two Torbay AAC runners Chloe and Steve Weeks took on the inaugural Tory Brook Trail races, a 10k and a 2k in the picturesque surroundings of the Newnham Park, across rivers, forest and open hills. Steve finished in 15th place in the 10k with a time of 45.11 and Chloe 2nd female in […]

On Sunday two Torbay AAC members ran the Simply Health Great Bristol Half. Betsy Bebbington ran a personal best time to storm home and win her age category. Being a City centre race, the fresh morning became warm very quickly, race organisers cancelled the ‘Strava Mile’ challenge due to the heat. There were staggered starts, […]

On Thursday Anthony Raine ran the Michelmores 5k Charity Race around the City of Exeter. The race hosts over 600 runners all wearing the same sponsored race T-Shirts. The route starts and finishes at the Cathedral and takes in the High Street, the Castle, Gandy Street, Rougemont Gardens, Princesshay and parts of the Roman Wall. […]

This Saturday 6 of Torbay AAC’s finest male vet athletes competed in the 5.1 Mile Dartmouth Regatta race which takes athletes along the Dartmouth Quayside towards Warfleet where they begin a long ascent towards Stoke Fleming. The second half of the race is a fairly quick descent back into Dartmouth to cheering crowds, beer tents, […]