by Sonya Ellis | 23 Mar 2017 | Events, Portable Track, Uncategorized
The SWAA team recently travelled to Wolverhampton race course to meet The News Group a horse called Heat storm ridden by jockey Adrian Dean race against GB Athlete Dwain Chambers. They raced againt each other over a 100m length on our portable athletics track. After a...
by Sonya Ellis | 17 Aug 2015 | Events, General, Uncategorized
Team ready for trip to Belgium Athletes from across the south west and others from Wales and Reading area are all set to travel to Antwerp to the Gala International meeting this weekend . Event organiser – Sonya Ellis – said – we are taking another...
by Sonya Ellis | 4 Mar 2015 | Events, General, Uncategorized
The annual World Pancake Racing Championships were held on shrove Tuesday right in the heart of Exeter in Devon. The event organised by Wacky Nation, used Exeter based South West Athletics Academy’s colourful red and blue portable track as their centrepiece and had 15...
by Sonya Ellis | 3 Feb 2015 | Events, General, Uncategorized
World Pancake Racing Championships! On shrove Tuesday, 17th February 2015, from 11am – 3pm SW Athletics have been asked to bring their portable track right into the heart of Exeter’s prime shopping area ready for the World Pancake Racing Championships. The 2nd World...
by Sonya Ellis | 23 Jan 2015 | Events, Uncategorized
In ideal conditions, runners from across the South West converged on Bicton College on Sunday 4th January for the England Athletics South West Cross Country Championships. There were record entries this year, for the popular event organised by South West Athletics and...
by Sonya Ellis | 3 Dec 2014 | Events, Uncategorized
Cross-country runners from across the South West will be converging upon Bicton College for the England Athletics Cross Country Championships 2015. The event has been getting bigger every year and therefore finding an appropriate venue for so many runners and their...