The 2026 Great Western Runners Towpath Series got underway in style on Friday evening as a record-breaking 207 runners lined up for Race 1 along the Avon towpath. The impressive turnout marks the largest attendance in the recent history of the...
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On Thursday 21st May, we hosted our second Club Championship Race at the final Weston Prom of 2026. The seasons certainly turned for this race, with the warm weather requiring us to adapt to running in the heat. In what was a very warm, yet...
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Sri Chinmoy On Tuesday 5th May, our wonderful Club Championship returned for its second year running. Our first race was, again, the Sri Chinmoy 2-mile race at Eastville Park where we had a great turnout of 17 athletes! We had some fantastic...
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An Important Update on ADMF and Our Future Charity Direction After more than 15 years of pride, commitment, and generosity, Great Western Runners has made the difficult decision to wind down the Arthur Dagger Memorial Fund (ADMF). Since its...
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Over the course of summer 2025, I had the amazing privilege of organising our first year of the GWR Club Championship! This was very successful, with a total of 21 men and 18 women taking part. Our first race was a very sunny May evening at the...
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Welcome and Opening Remarks The meeting opened with a warm welcome from the Chair, Mark Watts, who thanked everyone for attending and for their continued support throughout another successful year for Great Western Runners. Charity Update –...
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October 2025 By Mark Watts Welcome to October’s edition of the GWR monthly newsletter! This is the place where you can hear all about the latest club information including races, save-the-dates, ADMF good-news stories, kit updates, and more… all...
Read more On Sunday 14 th September, we had our fifth race of the Club Championship at the one and only Wotton 10K. This was a slightly cooler and the most overcast of our championship races, with a total of five athletes running the undulating 10K course...
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On Saturday 16th August, we had our fourth race of the Club Championship over in South Wales at the Chepstow 10k. The morning started off quite chilly but warmed up very quickly as soon as the sun came out. We had a total of five athletes run the...
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There we go! Another year of the Towpath series draws to a close and another fabulous 4 races in mostly glorious sunshine completed. The tent survived another year! Overall numbers for the series have been excellent: 249 for race 1 (10k) Race...
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August 2025 By: Mark Watts Welcome to August’s edition of the GWR monthly newsletter! This is the place where you can hear all about the latest club information including races, save-the-dates, ADMF good-news stories, kit updates, and more… all...
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July 2025 By: Mark Watts Welcome to June’s edition of the GWR monthly newsletter! This is the place where you can hear all about the latest club information including races, save-the-dates, ADMF good-news stories, kit updates, and more… all in...
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