Daventry AAC

20/07/2026

At the weekend William Combstock competed in the Winwick Hall Trail Race (5km option) finishing in first place and also setting a new course record - as seen beating all other human, sheep and geese challengers in the process!

Congrats!

13/07/2026

At the weekend, at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, Ethan Best competed in the English Schools 400m representing Northants in the Intermediate Boys age category. Ethan ran a speedy 51.80 (his 2nd fastest over 400m), came 5th in his heat and was 20th overall.

Congratulations!

29/06/2026

Over the two days of last weekend the East Anglia Region Combined Events competition was held in Bedford. Ethan Best represented the club in the Inter Boys Octathlon (a traditional Decathlon without the 100m and pole vault).

As well as some great individual event results (big points in 400m, 100m hurdles and 1500m) Ethan finished in an impressive 4th place overall.

Congratulations!

24/06/2026

We have made he decision to cancel Thursday training this week due to the red weather warning issued for our area. Sadly all we wanted was for 'the sun to put his hat on' and instead he took it off! Hopefully all ok for next week.

21/06/2026

The Mason Trophy inter-county schools competition took place at Northwood Stadium in Stoke on Saturday. 10 counties (Northants, Warwicks, Notts, Derbys, Staffs, Hereford & Worcs, Shropshire,
Cheshire, West Midlands & Greater Manchester) contest the trophy annually in a high quality event that is only one step below the English Schools Championships.

Congratulations to the following Club athletes who were selected to represent Northants:

Ethan Best - Intermediate Boys 400m - new p.b. 51.15
William Combstock - Intermediate Boys 800m - new p.b. 2.04.59
Craig Smith - Intermediate Boys 800m
Sophia Meulle - Intermediate Girls High Jump - equal p.b. 1.48m
Beatrice Brinza - Junior Girls 1500m
Cruz Confue - Junior Boys 1500m - new p.b. 4.29.20
Will Walters - Junior Boys Javelin
Dillon Best - Junior Boys Javelin

Photo attached (without Sophia & Will)

16/06/2026

Well done to Will for becoming Northants Schools 800m Champion after competing on Saturday at the County Track and Field Championships, finishing in a PB time of 2:05.3! He’ll now represent Northants at the Mason Trophy next Saturday Good luck Will, what a fantastic achievement!

21/05/2026

With the cross country season finished, trophies were presented on Tuesday to the winners of the best male & female cross country runners of 2025/26 ...

Best Female: Isla Orchard
Best Male: Craig Smith

A special award was presented to Joshua Orchard who has been the best male cross country runner in the Club for the past four seasons.

A big well done not only to those three athletes but everyone else who competed over the winter in what was one of the Club's most successful cross country seasons.

12/05/2026

Apologies, one missed medal from the weekend's county athletics and that was U16 1500m bronze for Cruz Confue. Congratulations also!

11/05/2026

13 Daventry AAC members competed at the Northants Track & Field Championships at Corby over last weekend and returned home with an impressive haul of 19 medals (including 5 golds) and
numerous personal bests.

In the U/14 Boys category Jayden Tchakounte won gold in the 100m plus bronze in the 200m & High Jump while Dillon Best won a quartet of silver medals in the Long Jump, High Jump, Javelin
& Discus.

In the U/16 age group Ethan Best was County Champion in the Boys 300m & Long Jump and also won silver medals in the 200m & Javelin.

In the U/18 age group there were silver medals for Finley Williams in the Men's 1500m, Hattie Askew in the Women's Triple Jump and William Combstock in the Men's 800m (also bronze in 5000m). There were also bronze medals for Harry Tester in the Men's 200m and Craig Smith in the Men's 800m..

James Best won gold in the Masters Men's Hammer and in the last event of the day Joshua Orchard won the U/20 Men's 1500m and was also awarded the Roy Johnson Memorial Cup for the being the
fastest Senior Man in the event (see photo).

06/05/2026