Please note that training on Thursday 20/7 and Saturday 22/7 at Clevedon has been cancelled. As you may know already Chris will be taking part in a charity bike ride from London to Paris and as a result will not be available to run these sessions.

BUT JULIAN’S ENDURANCE SESSIONS AT TRACK (20TH) AND SCHOOL (22ND) ON AS NORMAL – AS ARE ALL ENDURANCE SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

As the school holidays near their completion, we confirm the following regarding training sessions with NSAC;

Mondays @ Nailsea School 6pm – 7.30pm (School Years 4-7) – Return to training Monday September 5th

Mondays @ Clevedon School 5.30pm – 7.30pm (School Years 6-9 invite only) – Return to training Monday September 5th

Mondays @ Clevedon School 7.45pm – 9.00pm (School Years 8+) – Return to training Monday September 5th

Tuesdays @ Clevedon School 6.45pm – 8.15pm – Continued throughout summer

Wednesdays @ Priory 6pm – 7.00pm (School Years 4-6) – Return to training Wednesday September 7th

Wednesdays @ Priory 7pm – 8.00pm (School Years 7+) – Return to training Wednesday September 7th

Wednesdays @ Clevedon Seafront 6.30pm – 8.30pm (School Years 7+) – Meet at seafront from Wednesday September 7th

Thursdays @ Churchill School 5pm – 6.15pm (School Years 4-7) – Return to training Thursday September 8th

Thursdays @ Churchill School 6.15pm – 7.30pm (School Years 7+) Return to training Thursday September 8th

Thursdays @ Filton WISE Campus 6.45pm – 8.15pm – Continued throughout summer

Saturdays @ Priory 10.30am – 12pm (School Years 4-11) – Return to training Saturday September 10th

Saturdays @ Clevedon School 8.30am – 10.30am – Continued throughout summer

Saturdays @ Clevedon School 10.30am – 12pm – Continued throughout summer

For athletes who have not paid the year’s training fees, this term will be due by the middle of September please. £40.00 per athlete, either by cheque to NSAC or by BACS. For more info, please contact membership@nsac.org.uk

During the summer holidays NSAC only train in certain venues and
on specific days. If you wish to continue involvement during the
summer holidays, we run the following sessions;

Saturdays @ Clevedon School 8.30am – 10.30am – Secondary School
age – Sprints, endurance, throws, fortnightly hurdles, pole vault
and long/triple jump

Saturdays @ Clevedon School 10.30am – 12.00pm – Primary School
age – All Athletic activities

Tuesdays @ Clevedon School 6.45pm – 8.15pm – Secondary School age – Endurance

Wednesdays @ Clevedon School 6.30pm – 8.30pm – Secondary School
age – Sprints, endurance, fortnightly hurdles

Wednesdays @ Weston (Various locations around the local area)
7.00pm – 8.00pm – Secondary School age – Sprints, endurance,.

Thursdays @ Filton College – 6.45pm – 8.15pm – Endurance –
Elite/Intermediate level athletes

SPORTS DAY – JULY 2016
FIELD EVENT RESULTS
YEAR 2-4 BOYS (19 ATHLETES)

We are running our annual sports day as shown below.

All Athletes from NSAC/NSAA are welcome to compete.
Families/Siblings/Friends welcome to come along and watch.

Saturday July 2nd 2016
Clevedon Secondary School
Registration 9.15am – 9.45am (Event starts at 10am)
Cost tba (but provisionally £2.50 per competing athlete for the
morning)

Designed as a fun, but (hopefully) well-organised event.
Absolutely nothing to worry about, just come along and enjoy!

AGE GROUPS
School Years 3-4 (Boys)
School Years 3-4 (Girls)
School Years 5-6 (Boys)
School Years 5-6 (Girls)
School Years 7-8 (Boys)
School Years 7-8 (Girls)

*ANYONE SCHOOL YEAR 9+, PARENTS, OLDER SIBLINGS ETC – WE WILL BE
LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TIMING TRACK EVENTS, MEASURING AND
CO-ORDINATING FIELD EVENTS, MANNING THE REFRESHMENTS AREA ETC *

TRACK EVENTS – PICK ANY TWO
30m Reaction sprints
60m Sprint
300m Run
600m Run (School Years 3-6)
1000m Run (School Years 7-8)

FIELD EVENTS – YOU CAN DO ALL FOUR!
Speed Bounce
Either Long Jump or Standing Long Jump (tba)
Shot Put
Vortex throw

We will also have some relays at around 12pm, whilst we
double-check the results – And maybe a world record attempt…
Medals for winners of all events
There will be a refreshments area which we would recommend you
take full advantage of!

No need to contact, just turn up on the day if you are free, and
locate registration. Numbers will be given. Ideally please bring
own safety pins, but we will have a stash available

Unfortunately due to the facilities not being available to us, all training on Saturday morning at Clevedon is cancelled. This is due to the sports centre having a football tournament.

Anyone that still wants to train on Saturday morning is welcome to come along to the session held at Priory School in Weston-super-Mare, BS22 6BP (opposite Sainsbury’s) 10.30-12.00.  All welcome.

After pole vaulting for less than a year, talented Combined events athlete Esther Leong hit a milestone when she vaulted 3m in competition recently at Birmingham’s HIPAC centre. A fantastic effort from an athlete who has previously excelled in long jump, high jump and hurdles. She joins Caroline Walder in the upper echelons of this very difficult event, and is currently ranked 18th in the UK!

Saturday April 2nd 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Saturday April 2nd 2016 – Priory Training – ON

Monday April 4th 2016 – Nailsea Training – OFF
Monday April 4th 2016 – Nailsea Training – OFF
Tuesday April 5th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Wednesday April 6th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Wednesday April 6th 2016 – Priory Training – OFF
Thursday April 7th 2016 – Churchill Training – OFF
Thursday April 7th 2016 – Filton Training – ON
Saturday April 9th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Saturday April 9th 2016 – Priory Training – OFF

Monday April 11th 2016 – Nailsea Training – OFF
Monday April 11th 2016 – Nailsea Training – OFF
Tuesday April 12th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Wednesday April 13th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Wednesday April 13th 2016 – Priory Training – OFF
Thursday April 14th 2016 – Churchill Training – OFF
Thursday April 14th 2016 – Filton Training – ON
Saturday April 16th 2016 – Clevedon Training – ON
Saturday April 16th 2016 – Priory Training – OFF

All training returns to normal from Monday 18th April 2016

There were some impressive performances from the young athletes of North Somerset whilst representing their county teams at the prestigious English Schools Cross Country Championships in Nottingham last weekend.

This is the premier Cross Country event in the calendar for any aspiring young athlete, with the nation’s top junior athletes competing for honours. So to make the top 50 of any category in this competition is evidence of exceptional talent.

Matt Howard and Sam Gentry deserve special mention after recording fantastic finishing positions of 15^th and 16^th respectively in the Junior Boys race. Imogen Maroney finished an impressive 41^st in the Intermediate girls race whilst Ellie Wallace recorded an equally impressive 45^th in the Senior girls race.

Other selected athletes Jack Wilkinson, Callum Smith, Mike Proffit, Joe Gentry, Olivia Burton, Alice Davies, Alys Withers, Angharad Flower and Harriet Moore all competed well in large fields of 300 plus of the country’s top athletes.

North Somerset AC had 23 athletes compete at Brecon for the final Gwent League fixture of the season and the senior men took centre stage to lift the division four title.

With Josh Davis and James Rodgers once again taking top 10 positions in 7^th and 9^th respectively the foundation were laid for the team to take top spot. Julian Emery ran his first completive race for 6 years and although he found the going tough he used all his resolve to finish a very impressive 42^nd place. The ever reliable Jonathan Flower also raised the bar to record his highest Gwent League position in 80^th place.

Rodgers 9^th place was also enough for him to take the senior men’s silver medal for the 5 race series. Davis himself would undoubtedly have medalled had he not missed the previous fixture at Monmouth.

Mel Calls Callas was the sole senior lady but she made the trip well worthwhile as she worked her way through the large field of runners to break into the top 100 for the first time.

Keira Devereux ran superbly for a 15^th place finish in the U11 girls race. It was her best race of the series and will give her great confidence going into next season when she’ll be at the top of her age group in the same category. Matilda Ballantine also ran really well in the same race and is another under age athlete that will have another season in this age group.

Will Maine couldn’t have timed it much better to have his best race of the season. His superb 3^rd place was enough to take him to 3^rd overall for the series and with it the U11 boys’ category bronze medal. Team mates Louie Brunsdon finished 32^nd and bottom age Jacob Forsbrook in his first ever cross country race ran really well to finish 71^st in a field of over 80 runners.

Cameron Baker-Perry was the U13 boys sole runner and worked his way superbly through the field to record his highest position for the season in 34^th… Maisie Squire was the sole U15 girl and she too ran another very disciplined race, looking strong from start to finish to finish 31^st.

Connie Ballantine once again led the U13 girls and can be well satisfied with her 19^th place, especially as she’ll have another year in this category. Ruth Day was the teams 2^nd girl home in 34^th with the ever improving Stephanie Brooks next to cross the line in 38^th. Alysha Forsbrook came through close behind in 42^nd with Natasha Statham completing the team in 46^th place.

The U15 boys were well represented on the day and were led in the early stages by Jaylan Bacon who went with the front runners from the off. Luca Murray settled in just behind the leading pack and made his move to close the gap with 1k to go. After moving through the field strongly he eventually past his team mate and two others to finish a fantastic 7^th place, with Bacon himself responding to finish just one place behind in 8^th. Alex Collins had his first race for some time and it was good to see him run well to finish 34th, just three places in front of the ever improving Will Cheek in 37^th. Bottom age Ryan Burton completed the teams scores finishing strongly for in 39^th place. 

All training on Saturday 12th March is cancelled at Clevedon and Weston. This is due to the clubs 25hr Pier Relay.

Another excellent turn out from NSAC/NSAA. Results can be found on Weston AC website.