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The Club has a large and active Track & Field Section. Regular training sessions for age groups from Juniors to Veterans are overseen by qualified coaches at the Castle School track.
We are currently in Division 1 of the Southwest Athletics League, which organises a series of matches between all eight clubs in the Division from April to September each year. Many of our athletes also compete at numerous county, regional and national championships and Open Meets throughout the season.
See below for recent news, or use the links on the right to find out more about T&F fixtures, entry details and results of past events.
Coming up soon:
Sun. 31st Jan - Regional Sportshall Athletics – U11s, Bristol
Wed. 3rd Feb - Minehead Seafront Races
Fuller list of events see T&F Fixtures page or download full TAC Calendar 2010 here.
2009 results :
Tuesday 24 November 2009 : At Castle Track TAUNTON
2nd event in PUMA 3K Series. Results click here..
{Results for 27 Oct. event see same link}
Previous results links:
| 10-Jul | Fri | ESSA English Schools Champs, Sheffield | Results |
| 11-Jul | Sat | ESSA English Schools Champs, Sheffield | Results |
| 23Aug | Sun | SW Intercounties@Exeter [county selection] | . |
| 25Aug | Tue | T&F Exeter Open | details |
| 25Aug | Tue | T&F Exeter BMC 800s (follow open events) | details |
| 30Aug | Sun | T&F Yeovil Games / Dennett Trophy - all abil. | details |
| 06Sep | Sun | T&F SWAL 4 @ Exeter [club selection] | details |
| 13Sep | Sun | T&F Last Chance Saloon @ Braunton anyability | details |
| 26Sep | Sat | Road - South of England Relays - Aldershot | RR page |
(If you have results not yet listed email file or link to webmaster)
Past T&F NEWS & RESULTS:
Sep'09 Taunton AC crowned Southwest Athletics League Champions for 2009.
Following the final Division 1 SWAL League Match on Sept. 6th, Taunton clinched the SWAL Championship for first time in the history of the club, finishing just one league point ahead of Cornwall AC for the season. Taunton AC needed to finish at least second in this last T&F match held at Exter arena, having won one and been placed second in two of the previous matches. A strong turn-out and some brilliant performance by our athletes helped TAC to finish a good second on the day to Cornwall ahead of last years winners Yeovil in third, and taking the overall 2009 Division 1 Trophy for Taunton. Detailed Results are now available - click here. Also Read More in fuller pdf-report from Charlotte Fisher here.
July'09 - Recent National Successes:
Massive Congrats to Hannah Taunton on winning the 1500m at the National Disability T&F Champs in Blackpool, with a PB of 5.29.
And to Blair Brown who finished 6th in the English Schools Champs (Inter-Boys) 1500m Steeplechase with new PB of 4m 33 sec. Full results link to T&F'2009 ESAA
5th July - SW Athletics League Match 3 - click here for provional results and Photos. Following another excellent result TAC moved to top of Division 1 - Lets make sure we stay there with full turn out for final match on 6th Sept. Full report see : Track&Field reports
July'09 - Taunton AC members win selection to National events:
Following their outstanding recent performances 5 members of the club were selected to represent Somerset Schools at the Aviva English Schools Track and Field Champs at the Don Valley Stadium in
Congratulations also to Hannah Taunton, who following trials in Bristol has been selected to run in the 1500m event for the Southwest team at the National Disability Championships in Blackpool the week-end of 4th and 5th July.
Click here to See Fuller report Track&Field reports
13 June Somerset Schools Champs: Results and
Photos
7 June SWAL Cup Match Caern Brae: Results and Photos 
May 24th - SWAL MATCH 2 Provisional Results are now available - see our SWAL pages and Galleries
9 May 2009 : Somerset County Championships - Well done all TAC athletes who competed for TAC or their schools at the 2009 County Track&Field Champs held on 9 May. For full results check out the SCAA web-site here . Numerous outstanding performances by TAC members included new county best performances for Robin Danahar in the U17M Javelin, Blair Brown U15M 1500m steeplechase, and Izzy Jeffs in the U20W Javelin
26/27 April 2009: Somerset & Dorset Multi Events Champs.- Taunton Juniors bring home the medals. Particular congrats to our younger athletes - with Luke Reynolds taking 1st and Joe MacConnell 2nd for Taunton AC, and Flora Larkin 2nd in the U13 girls, - 
no mean feat with fields of 
over 30 competitors in each competition ! For full results of all age categories (click here); more pictures see Galleries pages
19 April The first SouthWest Athletics League meeting was held on Sunday 19th at Yeovil - ..... and Taunton AC came 1st overall just ahead of Yeovil Olympiads ! For Results link see our SWAL pages. Fantatistic performances all round .!
26 Mar 2009 : Somerset Schools AA held the third out of season event at end of March AT TAUNTON ATHLETICS TRACK . This third event coverred JUMPS , HURDLES AND DISTANCE events for ALL age groups from u13 to u20 inclusive; incl High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump (not u13), Sprint Hurdles, 600m and 1200m events. Thanks to all who made this event a success. Click here to downlocad U13 results, and all here for all Other Age Group.
From last season:
Oct'08: ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - congratulations to Charlie Maclean on being named as the junior male English Athletic's Athlete of the Year for Southwest England. Among his achievements this season were 2nd at English Schools Champs, 3rd in UK School Games, and 3rd in the Home Countries Schools International.
Sept'08: Taunton AC retain 4th place Overall in Division 1 of the South West Athletics League at Final Match in Exeter on 7 September 2008. - Report & ResultsJuly / Aug'08: TAC members 'medal' at English School's Champs. Izzy Jeffs and Robin Danahar each take gold in U17W javelin and U15B javelin. Charlie Maclean claims silver in U17M steeplechase - followed by further medals for Charlie and Izzy at International Schools and UK School Games. Read more