News
The closing date for the main Berkshire Track and Field Championships on Sunday 13 May is approaching.
Closing date for entering is: Sun 29 April
Follow the link below to enter.
U13s can compete in the Quadrathlon on Sun 13 May with the main U13 Championships on the evening of Weds 11 July.
3,000m and steeplechase competitions for older age groups will also take place on 11 July.
Club championships high jump for U13s and older will now take place on Tuesday 17 April 2018 during the regular training session.
Competition will commence promptly at 5.45 PM for U13 girls and boys.
The competition for U15 age group upwards will commence immediately following the U13 competition.
Please assist the event by being prompt as stadium hire is time-limited due to the cycling club use.
Club Championships 1 to go ahead, but high jump and pole vault postponed.
Due to the heavy rain forecast for Monday 2 April, we have decided to postpone the high jump and pole vault. If you are entered in the high jump, the club champs competition will now take place on a training night to be decided or you can transfer your entry to triple jump if you are U15 or older.
For everyone else, please come prepared for wet weather, with water proofs and umbrellas. It will be good practice for any wet meets during the summer.
A big thank you to all those that have volunteered to help. Please report to Sarah Thomas to find where you are needed and there will be hot drinks for you to help stay warm.
Reading AC has been awarded funding as part of the England Athletics Game Changers Program. This will be used to encourage, train and reward more volunteers aged 14-24. If you would like to be part of the program please sign up to volunteer for 1 or more of the 30min volunteer slots at club champs. There will then be a meeting for all those that wish to continue to volunteer as coaches or officials shortly after the 2nd club champs day.
Timetable for the Club Championships 1 on 2 April 2018 has been published.. Please follow the link below.
In grueling conditions and bitterly cold winds, Kirsty Walker finished 2nd in the Senior Girls cross country at Temple Newsam, near Leeds.
The organizers stated that racing in the wintery conditions was "a chance to decry the increasing perception that kids nowadays are 'snowflakes'! Turn up, run, get cold, get muddy, enjoy getting warm again! This is proper cross country weather." And Kirsty certainly did that!
Eddie and Joseph lead Berkshire U17s to 11th in Inter-Counties.
A number of Reading's lads represented Berkshire in the Inter-Counties Championships on a muddy course at Loughborough on Saturday, with mixed fortunes.
In the 6km U17 race Eddie Steveni was the leading Berkshire runner, finishing in an excellent 32nd place in a time of 22.22. Joseph Mott continued his recent good form with 62nd position in 22.57 as Berkshire's second scorer, helping the team to a very respectable 11th place, while among the non-scorers for Berkshire was Tom Nike in a good 104th place in 23.38.
For the U15 Berkshire team in their 5km race, the reliable Laurie Baker was Reading's leading runner, finishing in 195th place and third home for Berkshire in 21.11, but Tom Rickards found the going tough, finishing as the team's fourth and final scorer in 202nd position, recording 21.16, and Mattie Raynor unfortunately lost a shoe in the mud soon after the start and was forced to retire. The
Berkshire team finished 35th.
Reading had two runners in the Berkshire team which finished 29th in the U13 3km race, but although Fraser Bradshaw kept going well, he was outside the scoring team in 252nd place in a time of 15.14, while Ollie Craggs was another to fall foul of the tough conditions, having to retire at around halfway.
A number of the Reading squad will be competing again this Saturday in the final cross country event of the season, the English Schools Championships at Leeds.
Report by Keith Whyte
On 11 March Sammy Ball won silver at the England Athletics Indoor U15 combined events championships in Sheffield, with a score of 2,684. Sammy achieved three PBs during the event in 60m hurdles (9.00 secs), shot put (10.20m) and 800m (2:21.54 mins).
11 March 2018, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
We are pleased to announce that you can now buy club kit online. All purchases support the club. The store can be accessed from the Get Involved menu of this site, or directly at http://store.readingac.com/.
