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08/09/2026

FOR the third time this year Lucy Morrison broke her own club record and personal best in the 10k on the road in Cardiff on Sunday.

Well, to be frank this latest achievement was more a demolition of her own record as she slashed 57 seconds off her previous mark with a super time of 35mins 02secs.

It gave Lucy second place in a high quality event so arguably is one of her best results on the road since joining the club.

“My last few races have been going well but I didn’t expect another PB in the 10k straightaway, it came as a big surprise,” said Lucy.

“I went into the race after a normal training week and doing all my normal sessions. I had a shake-out on Saturday but didn’t do a six miles warm-up before the race, which definitely helped!”

Lucy was referring to her previous PB of 35:59, her first time under 36 minutes, at the Lightning Bolt 10k in August.

For that race she did the extensive warm-up with Ben Cole and James McGough then afterwards an eight miles warm-down, all as part of her preparation for the Berlin Marathon at the end of this month.

Lucy also explained that she wasn’t invited onto the elite start for Cardiff and had to start in the massed group just behind. It clearly didn’t distract her as by halfway she was leading the women’s race with a swift 5k split of 17mins 12secs.

“That was close to my PB and I slowed down by 40 seconds in the second half while the winner, who was with me at that point, was more consistent,” added Lucy, who is coached by Bryan Clinton.

“But you have to be brave sometimes and it still paid off as I held off the other girls.”

It is remarkable to consider that it was only a little under two years ago that Lucy ran her first 10k at Devizes clocking 38:27. Last year she improved to 36:40 and how she is on the cusp of going sub-35minutes.

And next up is the Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday and then two weeks later the Berlin Marathon. Good luck Lucy.

07/09/2026

CHAIRMAN Howard Moscrop declared the club’s end of-season Open meeting on Friday evening a resounding success.
“We had around 200 entries and 150 athletes on the night so it was very well attended,” said Howard.
“Unfortunately it was bit chilly and windy for the sprinters and all the 100m and 200m times were into quite stiff headwinds of three or four metres per second so that didn’t help.
“Nonetheless, there were some excellent performances even if the times don’t necessarily reflect that.”
The 400m certainly served up plenty of personal bests with the likes of Arthur Widdows (50.44), Luke Shankland (52.57), Ben Charlesworth (53.02), Benjamin Trybala-Lugembe (53.48), Harry Burdekin (56.43), Josh Paradise (59.43 - his first sub 60.0) and Molly Lyne (67.6) all going home with PBs.
Amber-Lea Clifton won the G 100m and then added a PB of 44.99secs as runner-up to Amelia Brandon, who also clocked a PB of 44.83, in the 300m C race.
James Mayneord enjoyed a fantastic solo win in the 1500m A race clocking a PB of 4:10.59 to finish virtually 15 seconds clear of clubmate Dan Giles, who was also rewarded with a PB of 4:25.04 James’s previous best was 4:15.25 from the indoor season.
Jesse Bryant was an impressive winner of the 800m A race from clubmate Dylan Necrews.
Finally a special mention to sprinter Josh Paradise, who was competing for the club for the last time after four years of devoted service before taking a break to focus on family life having become a father for the first time.
“Josh was ecstatic to break 60 seconds over 400m for the first time,” said Howard.
We all wish Josh, who also ran 25.24secs and 12.53secs on Friday, the very best and he promises we haven’t seen the last of him yet.
“This club means far too much to me to me for this to be goodbye forever,” said Josh.

SWINDON WINNERS

100B: Tamiah Roswell (U14) 13.56; C: Amber-Lea Clifton (U16) 13.00; E: Jaliel Joseph (U16); G: Amelia Brandon 13.72; G: Noad Head (U14) 13.95 (PB).
200C: Abigail Tempro (U18) 27.39 (PB); D: Sienna Bakali (U16) 29.77; G: Noah Head (U14) 28.39 (PB).
300A: Leo Kyson (U16) 40.32; C: Amelia Brandon 44.83 (PB).
400A: Arthur Widdows (U20) 50.44 (PB); B: Ben Charlesworth (U18) 53.02 (PB).
800A: Jesse Bryant (U16) 2:01.64; B: Ben Conway (U16) 2:12.32 (PB); C: Ellie Charlesworth (U16) 2:26.41; D: Lewis Parker (U14) 2:25.96; E: Thomas Lawson (U14) 2:35.57 (PB); F: Reuben Kane (U14) 2:28.49 (PB).
1500A: James Mayneord (U16) 4:10.59 (PB); B: Oliver Lewis (U18) 4:29.31 (PB); C: Sebastian Wright (U16) 4:59.24 (PB); D: Aaron Smith (M45) 4:45.14 (PB);

For fill results log onto: https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/schedule?id=29534

Thanks for Scott Gunning for his excellent selection of photos.

06/09/2026

ELLIOT Cox ended his season in superb style with a superb victory in the UK School Games National Finals at Loughborough University yesterday.

Competing for the Southern Scorpions on his debut in the event the 16-year-old won the 400m hurdles in a time of 55.59secs.

The gold medal will now sit nicely alongside his other major golds this summer from the British and South West Schools Championships and his silver at the English Schools Championships.

His personal best of 53.36secs has also put him third in the UK U18 Rankings.

To complete a busy day for Elliot he was also called up an hour-and-a-half later for an injured athlete to race the 200m, finishing fourth in 22.81secs, just outside his personal best of 22.63secs.

Interestingly the UK Schools schedule adopted the DNA format - dynamic new athletics - in which only one event takes pace at a time, there is music and a big screen TV for the spectators to get close-up pictures.

Athletes win points for their mixed teams - the Scorpions was selected from across the South of England - and the final event of the day, which decides who is the overall winner, is a relay event called ‘The Hunt’.

“Basically the team with the most points goes of first,” explained Elliot’s dad Neil, who was watching trackside.

“The other teams then start with a delay based on how many points behind the leaders they finished.

“Elliot’s team finished second behind the Scottish Wildcats and ahead of the Midland Bulls in third.”

Certainly a great way for Elliot to finish a truly memorable summer.

04/09/2026

ELLIOT Cox will bring down the curtain on a fabulous season when he make this debut in the UK School Games National Finals at Loughborough University this weekend.

The 16-year-old has been selected to run the 400m hurdles for the Southern Scorpions, a team compiled from athletes across the South of England.

Elliot is the only Harrier to make the squad with the 16-year-old having won the British and South West Schools titles and taken silver at the English Schools Championships. His personal best of 53.36secs has also put him third in the UK U18 Rankings.

“It will be my last race of the season and I will be looking to do as best as I can,” said Elliot, who is coached by Howard Moscrop.

“Obviously I want to win or at least get a medal but I will be up against some good people who I have raced before this season.”

Elliot is scheduled to race heats today with a final to follow although entire are such that it may yet be one race.

The UK School Games is a multi-sport event held over three days comprising other disciplines like basketball and triathlon.

03/09/2026

LATE night racing might not be for everyone but it didn’t catch teenager Dylan Necrews napping at Watford last night.

The 9.30pm start took Dylan out of his comfort zone but you wouldn’t guess it from the result as the 15-year-old smashed his personal best over the 3000m event.

Dylan clocked a time of 9mins 27.83secs to slash 11 seconds off his previous best which he set at the Brewer Games back in May.

“I was nervous going into the race, having never run so late before,” said Dylan, who is coached by Debbie Gunning and Jon Hughes.

“But I was really pleased to have had a strong finish to my final 3k of the season.”

Also in action last night was Jesse Bryant, who clocked 1:58.31 in the 800m, just outside his recent PB of 1:57.99.

02/09/2026

OUR chairman Howard Moscrop has broken new ground again for his member of the Month for August - with three recipients sharing the accolade.

Howard has opted to highlight the achievements of Reka Carr, Sam Waddell and Kieran Golding explaining that all three athletes played an immense role in what was one of the busiest summers in the club’s history for the senior section.

“With the club in effect having senior teams in two leagues this year, there have been three National Athletics League fixtures and four Southern League fixtures this season, the last two in August,” said Howard.

“Only three members in the senior ranks have been at all seven matches - one lady and two gents.

“They have not only competed in their own events but also on a number of occasions, in other events to fill in where the team had gaps.

“Kieran has also put his ‘other hat’ on for the club and officiated as well.

“They have accumulated over 200 points between them and have travelled almost 1000 miles each.

“From a club and team perspective, a dedicated and successful season.

“Reka Carr (pictured with her relay team-mates), Sam Waddell, Kieran Golding (also pictured) hats off to you, you are my members of the month for August. Many thanks for all your efforts.”

02/09/2026

Also at the recent South West 5K PB Series in which Lucy Morrison grabbed the headlines the club had a strong presence in the men’s competition.
Simon Byrne was our first man across the finish line in fourth (14:49) with Ben Lines also making the top 10 in eighth (15:26).
Teenager Leo Kyson made his debut at the distance and was fourth in the U16s age group in 17:47.
Others: 35 Ben McIntyre 15:52; 52 Simon Dill 17:30; 70 Alex Williams (U20 3rd) 18:06; 79 Collin Fox (M45 6th) 18:25.

31/08/2026

LUCY Morrison admitted she was ‘buzzing’ after smashing her personal best over 5k on the road .

The 29-year-old not only carved 10 seconds off her lifetime best but also dipped inside 17 minutes for the first time with 16mins 54secs in the South West 5K PB Series around the traffic-free Odd Down cycle circuit near Bath.

“It was a pipeline dream and then suddenly here we are, no taper required,” she said.

Lucy’s success follows hard on her first sub 36 minutes for 10k when she clocked 35:59 in the latest Lightning Bolt event at the start of the month.

Both results should give her a big confidence boost as she builds up to the Berlin Marathon at the end of September.

Meanwhile on the track teenager Finley Byrne was showing PB form in the latest British Milers Club Regional meeting at the Exeter Arena.

Lining up for the men’s 1500m B race Finley clocked 4mins 07.13secs for sixth place, clipping 1.02secs off his previous PB set at Loughborough University earlier in the month.

26/08/2026

IT was not only our young relay runners who were making headlines at the weekend as the club’s senior athletes also completed a successful return to the National Athletics League.

In the third and final match of the Championship West Division at Yeovil the combined senior men and women finished fourth.

On top of winning the opening match at Yate in May plus another fourth place in match two last month in Bournemouth that meant the club finished third overall on their return to the top level of club athletes in the UK.

Star of the meeting and continuing her outstanding season was Teresa Iannetelli.

Teresa ran two club records and personal bests in the 200m (24.48secs) and the 400m (53.98secs), the latter acclaimed as the second best performance overall of the meeting according to the UK Athletics age grade rankings.

Teresa’s time improved the PB of 54.06secs that she set just the previous weekend at the Stratford Speed GP Series while the 26-year-old’s previous PB over 200m was 25.03secs.

So great for Teresa to end the season as a sub 25 and 54 seconds runner for 200m and 400m respectively while having also gone not just sub 60 but also sub 59 with her PB of 58.57secs for the 400m hurdles, also the previous weekend in the Southern League.

What a brilliant summer for Teresa!

Also making the top 10 performances overall on the age grade basis was our over 40 veteran runner Ben Cole, who clocked 8:43.32 to finish third in the 3000m with Ben Lines (8:54.34) just behind to win the B race.

Arthur Widdows also impressed to win the 400m hurdles in 55.14secs and the 4x400m relay squad of Samuel Waddell, Arthur, James Newton and Ben Lines raced to victory in 3:31.84.

Match 1: 1 Swindon 582pts; 2 Cardiff Athletics 460.5; 3 Yeovil Olympiads 434; 4 Yate & District 419; 5 Bournemouth AC 327; 6 Wi******er & District 196.5

Match 2: 1 Yeovil 592; 2 Bournemouth 525; 3 Cardiff 494; 4 Swindon 421; 5 Wi******er 277; 6 Yate 196.

Match 3: 1 Yeovil 621; 2 Cardiff 503; 3 Bournemouth 431; 4 Swindon 379; 5 Wi******er 298; 6 Yate 293.

24/08/2026

THE club’s Under 18 men are celebrating a superb medal at the England Athletics National Relay Championships in Birmingham.

The quartet of Elliot Cox, Luka Shankland, Al Virgilio and Ben Janes won the bronze medals in the 4x400m relay event.

The lads clocked a club record time of 3mins 26.16secs to win the B final and with only the top two in the A Final running quicker - Tonbridge were third but 0.65secs slower - they made the podium.

“I think we were expecting to win a medal and realistically looking at who else was there bronze was the most realistic for us,” said Elliot.

“We had not done this event before so it is a big achievement for us.”

For Elliot personally it is another national medal after his gold at the British & Irish Schools Championships and silvers at both the English Schools and Welsh U18s Championships.

It is also worth noting that all four young men are coached by our chairman Howard Moscrop so what a super group of athletes he has there.

“They have all trained very hard throughout the winter to get to where they are this summer,” said Howard.

“Performances have been excellent and to finish together with a bronze in the National Relays is a great way to finish a season.

“Together with Teresa (Iannetelli), Arthur (Widdows), Kalina (Karacheva) and others, they have spurred each other on.

“It is a wonderful medal to get and I am very proud of them all.”

If there was delight for the U18 men then the club’s U16 girls suffered the heartache of missing out on a medal by just 0.14 of a second in the 4x100m relay.

The team of Hannah Sharrad, Amber Lea Clifton, Ola Onyia and Arabella Penny Griffths ran a club record time of 49.04secs but were just edged off the podium by Croydon Harriers (48.90).

“I was gutted for them and the U16 boys, who also ran a club record,” said coach Tony Jackson, who was at the stadium.

The U16 boys squad comprised Lewis Belgrave, 15-yer-old Luka Shankland, Jayden messiah and Ethan Bryon with reserve athlete Jaliel Joseph.

There also two reserves of the U16 girls with Tamiah Roswell and Sienna Baklava on standby in case of last-minute injury.

“But a big mention has got to go to the friends and parents of the Swindon athletes,” added Tony.

“They were the loudest cheerleaders in the whole stadium! We took the roof off when the Swindon athletes were introduced over the tannoy system.”

England Athletics Relay Championships, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham

U18 men - 4x400m Final B: 1 Swindon Harriers 3:26.16 (PB); 2 Preston Harriers 3:27.80; 3 Chelmsford 3:29.69

Final A: Cambridge Harriers 3:22.29; 2 Havering AC 3:22.38; 3 Tonbridge AC 3:26.81.

U16 girls - 4x100m: 1 Be Fit Today Track Academy 46.92; 2 Birchfield Harriers 48.77; 3 Croydon Harriers 48.90; 4 Swindon Harriers 49.04 (PB).

U16 boys - 4x100m ht 3: Swindon 45.78 (PB).

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