Bideford Amateur Athletic Club

Bideford Amateur Athletic Club Social and competitive rowing and running fitness opportunities and a fun social scene too. Welcome to Blues News on Facebook.

For all runners, rowers and friends of Bideford AAC. Bideford Amateur Athletic Club (Bideford AAC) is locally known as Bideford Blues. Predominantly a running and rowing club offering senior and junior recreational and competitive opportunities. Friendly, sociable and warmly welcoming members of all abilities; the clubhouse offers members excellent training and social facilities. For information o

n running groups, booking information and events please visit bidefordaac.co.uk/running

Rowing training sessions depend on tide times. Please get in touch with the rowing section for more information: bidefordaac.co.uk/getintouch

Club membership is reasonably priced and runs annually from 1 January to 31 December. Bideford AAC owns its clubhouse and membership, along with the proceeds from the bar, cover the costs of maintaining the clubhouse, such as insurances and running costs, maintenance, facilities, equipment and minibus. Bideford AAC is run by volunteers with all coaches, officials, committee members and helpers giving their time for free. For more information please get in touch with the relevant section by visiting http://bidefordaac.co.uk/get-in-touch

02/07/2026

We had a great night at the North Devon Relays last night. Thank you Torrington AAC for a great race and the buffet was epic as well 🍕🍰🍩

We are looking forward to hosting the final in Bideford on Wednesday 15th July 🎽

The Junior Rowers wanted a training session but then remembered England were playing 😄
01/07/2026

The Junior Rowers wanted a training session but then remembered England were playing 😄

You can have a coffee now.😄😄
30/06/2026

You can have a coffee now.😄😄

🏅 Double Gold for Bideford AAC’s John Shapland! 🏅A fantastic performance from John Shapland at the South West Veterans T...
30/06/2026

🏅 Double Gold for Bideford AAC’s John Shapland! 🏅

A fantastic performance from John Shapland at the South West Veterans Track & Field Championships in Yate on Sunday.

John won gold in the 1500m in 6:18, despite taking a fall during the race, before adding a second gold in the 5000m with a time of 22:18 on a very windy track.

Congratulations, John, on another excellent day’s racing! 👏

Apologies for the late post but we have only just seen the results from the Peter Brend Young Athletes Open Meeting whic...
29/06/2026

Apologies for the late post but we have only just seen the results from the Peter Brend Young Athletes Open Meeting which was held on Sunday 21st of June at Braunton Track.

A big well done to all our juniors who went along and represented the club and their schools. Great to see them trying new events.

Ava Loosemore - U11G
2nd - 75m - 12.3s
2nd - 600m - 2m 10.5s
1st - Shot Putt - 4.55m

Chloe Cornish - U11G
4th - 600m - 2m 17.9s
1st - 70m Hurdles - 17.6s

Dante Nusser - U12B
1st - 150m - 22.5s
1st - 600m - 1m 49.9s
1st - 75m Hurdles - 17.4s

Max Cook - U12B
2nd - 75m - 12.3s
3rd - 150m - 24.3s
5th - 600m - 2m10s

Jacob Lucas - U15B
3rd - 100m - 14.4s
1st - 200m - 30.2s
1st - 800m - 2m 33.1s

These are great events for children to have ago at new activities on the track.

Please be sure to let me know if your child takes part in any events as we like to celebrate their achievements.

Massive congratulations to Sammy Antell finishing 1st female at the North Devon Marathon 3:48:45 her 1st attempt at a tr...
28/06/2026

Massive congratulations to Sammy Antell finishing 1st female at the North Devon Marathon 3:48:45 her 1st attempt at a trail marathon 🎽💪🏻👏🏻

Wimbleball RegattaIt was touch and go to if our Rowers were going to get a race, the wind coming across the lake turned ...
28/06/2026

Wimbleball Regatta

It was touch and go to if our Rowers were going to get a race, the wind coming across the lake turned a 1000m race into 500m.

An eventful day turned into 5 wins, 2nd and 3rd places, capsizing and great help from our Juniors with rigging and unrigging boats.

Our wins came from
Barney Sen C 1x
Colin Masters 1x
Hannah & Sophie 2x
Ladies Sen C +( Hannah, Becca, Kirsty,Zoe & Sophie)
Open Novice 4+ ( Tom, Theo, Sophie, Flyn & Hannah)

Our Juniors Izzy,Izzy, Michael and Harry took 2nd in OJ/16 4X+ with Ross ( Reds coxwaining)
This was the 2nd race of the day and with the conditions they did brilliantly.

We had 2nd & 3rd places from our Senior Men in 4s and 2-.
Jens, Rupert,Bri, Barney and Tom.

Our Star of the day was definitely our young
J/14 sculler Harry Guy. His race was one of the last events and he was determined to row it despite the conditions. He capsized at the start but got back in, he capsized again during the race. Most scullers would have come back in but not Harry, he carried on and finished the race and received a huge cheer from Senior rowers from other Clubs.👏👏

Thanks to Neil for driving the boats 😄

Rowers are at Wimbleball today.
27/06/2026

Rowers are at Wimbleball today.

24/06/2026

Captain Chat

Yet again another busy week.

Tuesday night Sharon Cloak trusted me with taking our Juniors to Barnstaple for the Relays.

They were a credit to our Club as always along with our Seniors who took part. I’d forgotten how enjoyable these relays are, Seniors and Juniors all taking part in the same race.

Today was our home Regatta. Very proud again of our younger rowers with many of them competing for the first time. Today we took 7 wins. Wimbleball next week.

The main thing this week is acknowledging our parents. Your help and support at events mean everything. Transport, making cakes, safety boat and marshalling. Without you we couldn’t manage our events.

Thank you

Tracey

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The Pill, Kingsley Road
Bideford
EX392PF

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