
NEWS 2016

SOUTH WEST INDOOR MEDALS
December 6th 2016
The recently formed TAC Combined Events team headed off to Cardiff at the weekend for the South West Indoor Champs, and came back with an amazing haul of 10 medals - four golds, one silver and five bronze.
Many congratulations to all!

ENGLISH SCHOOLS COMBINED EVENTS
September 23rd 2016
Congratulations to the Taunton AC athletes who took part in the weekend's English Schools Combined Events. Ellie Carrow came 11th and Holly McKenna 22nd in the Junior Girls Pentathlon, Cerys Lee came 25th in the Intermediate Girls Heptathlon, while James Slipper came 8th and Tim McKee 22nd in the Senior Boys Decathlon.

MAIA WINS FIRST NATIONAL MEDAL
September 7th 2016
Congratulations to Maia Dart who won bronze in the women's javelin at the 2016 UK School Games at Loughborough University representing England South West with a throw of 39.91m. This was Maia's first national medal and rounds off a season that includes winning the Devon County Championships and the South West Inter-Counties Championships.

SW INTER-COUNTIES 2016
August 9th 2016
Well done to all Taunton AC athletes who competed for Somerset at Sunday's SW Inter-Counties. Click here for a full set of results, but congratulations to Will Larkman who won gold in the Under 20 men's javelin, and Maia Dart who won gold in the Under 17 women's javelin.

2016 SCHOOL GAMES SELECTION
July 28th 2016
Congratulations to Maia Dart and Matthew Alvarez who have both been selected to take part in the 2016 School Games. These are to be held at Loughborough University between 1st and 4th September, when 1600 of the nation's finest young sports stars will compete across twelve sports. Maia also represented Devon at English Schools where she placed 6th in a field of 21 with a national standard throw of 40.31m, while Matt, representing Somerset, came 5th in the Inter Boys 200m.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS
July 18th 2016
Congratulations to all Taunton AC athletes who performed so well at English Schools last weekend, especially Matt Alvarez (5th Inter Boys 200), Elliot Scott (3rd Senior Boys 400), Archie Walton (3rd Senior Boys steeplechase), Dan Wilde (7th Senior Boys steeplechase), Laurie Dawkins (3rd Senior Girls javelin), Naomi Wilde (5th Junior Girls discus in a big PB), and Cerys Lee.

SOUTH WEST LEAGUE 3
July 6th 2016
Well done to everyone on some excellent performances at SWAL 3 on Sunday, especially to Lucy Stennett who set a new league record for Under 15 girls 300m. Click here for a full set of results, revised on July 6th 2016.

SOUTH WEST SCHOOLS
June 28th 2016
Well done to all Taunton AC athletes on a string of excellent performances at South West Schools. Click here for a full set of results.

SUCCESS AT SOMERSET SCHOOLS
June 17th 2016
Taunton AC athletes were very much to the fore at the weekend's Somerset Schools Championships. Click here for a full set of results.

ARCHIE TOPS WORLD RANKINGS
June 14th 2016
Archie Walton finds himself top of the world rankings this week for Under 20 men's steeplechase, after setting a new championship best at the weekend's Somerset Schools Championships. He sliced over four seconds off the previous record which had stood for 14 years, at the same time taking nearly eight seconds off his previous PB.

PHIL WINS POOLE 10K
June 6th 2016
Congratulations to Phil Burden on winning the highly competitive Poole 10K yesterday!

DEVON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 6th 2016
Congratulations to another Taunton AC winner, this time at the Devon County Championships, where Maia Dart won U17W javelin gold with a championship best performance and National Standard throw of 40.44m.

ARCHIE WINS GB VEST
May 25th 2016
Congratulations to Archie Walton on winning his first GB vest at last weekend's Loughborough International - the first of many!
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016
May 14th and 15th 2016
Congratulations to all the Taunton AC athletes who did so well at the County Championships, especially Lydia Smith who set a new Championship Record in the 70m hurdles! Click here for a full set of results, or click the button below to see photos from the weekend.

SOUTH WEST LEAGUE 1
May 8th 2016
Well done to all Taunton AC athletes on a strong performance in the first South West League meeting of the season. After the revised results, we won the fixture and stand top of the league! Results are here.

COUNTY SCHOOLS COMBINED EVENTS
April 25th 2016
Congratulations to Somerset Schools Combined Events County Champions Lydia Smith (Minor Girls), Ellie Carrow (Junior Girls) and James Slipper (Senior Boys). Well done too to Tom Heal and Callum Hendy (3rd and 4th Minor Boys), Cerys Lee (4th Inter Girls) and Tim McKee (2nd Senior Boys).
WARM WEATHER TRAINING
April 7th 2016
Five of Taunton AC's Endurance Squad have just returned from a week's warm weather training in Portugal. Each day started with a half-hour run on the 2000 World Cross-Country course, followed by a variety of afternoon work-outs, including two track sessions at Vilamoura.