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We are a thriving club catering for althletes of all ages and abilities from beginners to county standard and beyond. The club has active Track & Field, Sports Hall, Cross Country and Road Running Sections. Within each there are training and development groups for Juniors and Inters, as well as for Senior Men and Women.
Please use the menus to find out more about the club and coloured links for more information and news on the main disciplines. Within each sub-section links to further related information are provided on the right.
Coming up soon:
26 Aug (Thu) Evening club run from Lydeard Hill car park,
29 Aug (Sun)
29 Aug (Sun) Langport 10k (Battle of Sedgemoor).
31 Aug (Tue) BMC 1500s & 800s -
2 Sep (Thu) Mendip Open
5 Sep (Sun) SWAL MATCH 4 -
8 Sep (Wed). Yeovilton 5km web-link
10 Sep. (Fri) Presentation evening / Social – Queen’s College Conference Centre –
19Sep (Sun) Tricky Warren 10k and 4k individual and team event. Run to Support your local Airambulance Web-link
26 Aug18th Sept (Sat) Runners Fair at
26 Aug26 Sept (Sun)
For others events see also : TAC Summer 2010 Calendar
Or click here to download listi of Somerset Running Series.
NEWS & Results :
Newsletter-July
11 Aug. Yeovilton 5K .... What a fabulous evening for running last Wednesday..... Yet another PB for Tom Bloodworth 16.24 - more see Seniors Page.
5th Aug. Hazelbury Trail : A great team night out, with Tom Mellor picking up 3rd in the Men’s and Ben Hawkins 1st in the Juniors.more see Seniors Page.
July/Aug 2010:
25 July (Sun) Exmoor Sea View 17 miles web-link
27 July BMC 800s Exeter web-link & Exeter Open T&F
8 Aug. South-west Intercounties Champs . Click here .
14 Jul Yeovilton 5k Tom Bloodworth was first home, shaving off yet more seconds off his time in 16.47;
for more also on other Road / Trail results see Seniors Page.
Congratulations to Dave Cooke who finished in second place at the European Paratriathlon Championships in
9/10 July English Schools T&F Championship, Birmingham. Charlie Maclean, Issy Jeffs and Robin Danahar win Gold at 
National Schools , with Silvers for Ronnie Wells and Blair Brown. A further eight TAC members were selected to compete for Somerset at this prestigious event with many National Standard performances, and helped Somerset to have their best ever team performance to take the C -Counties Trophy . Full results listings at ESSA-site. To read more - see the full coaches report here.
4th July South West League Match 3 - Exeter ; TAC retain 2nd place in the League Div.1 with just one match to go. Full results see our SWAL pages. Final Match is on 5th Sept. at Exeter areana.
26/27th June SW Combined Events Champs - Exeter
27 June North Devon marathon link
29 June (Tues) Regional BMC 1500s - Exeter - link
19th June - 2010 Southwest Schools Championships.
Provisional Results just in :
Junior/Inter/Senior Girls
and here for Junior /Inter/Senior Boys
Sat 12 th June 2010 Somerset Schools T&F Champs.Five Taunton AC members (Ronni, Evie, Cath, Rob and Izzy ) reach National Entry standards, with several more attaining Eng. standards. Click here for full results of these and many other outstanding performances by members of Taunton AC.
Sun 6th June - SWAL Match 2 - Exeter Arena. Several Cham
pionship Records broken by Taunton Athletes- Full Results here. Fuller report to follow + pics.
Sun 30th May Crewkerne 9m ; Luke Scott takes overall 1st for Taunton AC - Full results here - Results
Sun 30th May Wells Fun Run10k Sunday - details
Sun 30th May - SWAL CUP Match - Carn Brae; see Swal pages
Tues 25th May BMC Exeter. results see BMC site.
Sat. 8th May: The Black Death 10.1 Miles. Mark Hopkinson takes 1st place for Taunton AC in this tough race. Read more
also May 2010 results from Glastonbury 10K, Curry Mallett 10K, Yeovilton 5K - at R&T results
Sat. 8th May: Somerset County Track & Field Champs. Members of the Taunton Athletic Club hauled in a massive 50 medals at the Somerset AA County Championships last weekend. Read more...
Sunday 18th April : South-West Athletics League - Match 1 -Great
team effort and turn-out at this first match helped us to gain a very close 2nd in this 7 team match - just 9 points behind the 'home' team Yeovil . Full results click here; for photos click on picture .
Sunday 18th April: Horner Water 11 - Mark Hopkinson takes first in inaugral race. More ...see our Road & Trail Results page.
Sun. 11th April 2010 : Taunton Marathon & Half Marathon. For news and results see our Road & Trail Results page.
Saturday 20 March 2010 : English National Schools XC finals - See ESSA site for results and (very muddy!) photos.
Saturday 7 March 2010 : Final Gwent XC League 5 : Blaise Castle (Bristol). Full Results now at Gwent League Results.
Sat. 6th Feb - Somerset Schools XC - Tauton Racecourse.
Many congratulations to all of you who competed at the Somerset Schools XC Senior Champs and gained selection to run for
Wed. 3rd Feb - 2009/10 Minehead 3 mile road race series . Competition in the Sen. Mens race is hotting up between TAC members Ollie Berry and Mark Hopkinson for the overal SM title. Ollie won this February race, making it two wins a piece with just the March race to go. In the U17W Rachel Langbein running for TAC gained her 4th straight win to take the series. Full results here.
Sunday 17th January - Cardiff Cross Challenge. The race to the 2010 World Cross Country Championships started in style at the Cardiff Cross Country. Several TAC athletes travelled to pit themselves against high class competition. Click for UKA Report and Provisional results.
Weston Hangover 4 Jan 2010 : Mark Hopkinson claims first 10K win of the year for Taunton AC . Stoke Boxing Day Stampede - Rachel Heard takes Ladies title. Reports see Road & Trails Results page.
For archive News from 2009 & 2008 click here.