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An earthquake, solar eclipse and the experience of a lifetime! Just after Easter, for the first time in 8 years (due to Covid...
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zachbl1
May 54 min read
BUAC Throwers shine on Day 1
As always, BUCS Outdoors is met with excitement as our best batch of BUACers across the club come together to showcase exactly why we are...
zachbl1
Apr 253 min read
Endurance excitement in the height of the Pyrenees!
A common misconception might be that every day on training camp looks the same. This is certainly true for some things up here in Font...
zachbl1
Feb 243 min read
An emotional Day 1 of BUCS
BUCS day 1 started off with fire and desire for BUAC. Our largest ever team travelled up to Sheffield in the quest for BUCS medals and...
zachbl1
Feb 2216 min read
BUAC's greatest ever BUCS Cross!
Written by captains Mike Stevens & Shiv Gregory The day of races began with the women’s short course which did not disappoint! The ladies...
zachbl1
Feb 25 min read
BUAC start 2024 off with a BANG
With the turn of year upon BUAC, a new year of BUAC success waits for our athletes. Across January, many athletes across BUAC have been...
zachbl1
Jan 175 min read
BUAC come back to Cardiff to win once again!
The end of a hard winter block for BUAC signalled the annual dual match competition between us and Cardiff Met. The dual match is the...
zachbl1
Jun 13, 20238 min read
Record Breaking BUAC on a mighty BUCS Monday
Day 3 of BUCS can only mean one thing, a Bank Holiday Mega Monday of finals, medals and BUAC success. With a plethora of medals to be won...
zachbl1
May 7, 20238 min read
A super Sunday for BUAC at BUCS
After a washed-out day 1, BUAC came back to the Manchester Regional Arena for Day 2 of more medal winning, more PB setting and more...
zachbl1
May 4, 20234 min read
BUAC take on BUCS in Manchester
Day 1 of BUCS Outdoor at the Manchester Regional Stadium was a roaring success! Fresh off the back of last week’s scintillating win in...
Zach Bridgeland
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Home XC League Fixture at Warley Woods
The second weekend of the year meant the exciting the prospect of a combined Midland Women's and Birmingham Men’s XC league fixture. With...
Orla Brennan
Dec 15, 20224 min read
BUAC SHOW THEIR DOMINANCE IN CARDIFF
BUAC showed their class with a mighty win over Cardiff Met University at the Dual Match in Cardiff on 30th November. The domination was...
Zach Bridgeland
Nov 26, 20223 min read
BUAC Impress at Liverpool
The last weekend in November means just one thing, Liverpool Cross Challenge, a day of reckoning for those vying for GB vests, or to use...
Zach Bridgeland
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Best Ever XC League Start for BUAC
BUAC began their XC League season with a men’s team victory and the lowest ever BUAC women’s team score. The BUAC domination was clear,...
Oscar Frost
May 3, 202211 min read
BUCS OUTDOORS DAY 3 REVIEW
A very proud day to be a member of BUAC today. With a massive 52 finalists across the weekend, it’s no surprise that BUAC took home an...
Oscar Frost
May 1, 20222 min read
BUCS Outdoors Day 2 Review
Another huge day at Chelmsford for BUAC! With an unbelievable 36 finalists already, it has the potential to be one of our best BUCS...
Oscar Frost
Feb 21, 20227 min read
BUAC have their most successful BUCS indoors yet
What a weekend. Overall, it was BUAC’s most successful BUCS indoors yet, with the most medals (12) and most points (116) accumulated in...
Oscar Frost
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Strong BUAC showing at Intervarsity
In the first club indoor event of the season, BUAC travelled down to Lee Valley to compete in the Intervarsity competition against...
Oscar Frost
Feb 6, 202213 min read
BUAC Dominate at BUCS XC
February 5th 2022. A day that will go down in history. It had been a long time since BUAC had ended a BUCS XC at the top of the pile, but...
James Davis
Nov 19, 20214 min read
BUAC Leagues Ahead
After a fruitful trip north to the Manchester Relays on the penultimate day of October, two weeks later brought the combined running of...
James Davis
Aug 25, 20216 min read
Manchester International 2021
The Manchester International returned after a hiatus in 2020, with Birmingham athletes represented in five different teams on the day.
James Davis
Mar 7, 20217 min read
Fantastic European Finalists for BUAC
After a fifth place in the event from Mari Smith at the 2019 Championships, Issy Boffey made it a duo of BUAC members to race over the...
James Davis
Jan 6, 20219 min read
12 Months of BUAC - December
Lockdown ended, and before the club dispersed to their homes all around the country and abroad for the Christmas period, there was still...
James Davis
Jan 5, 20218 min read
12 Months of BUAC - November
As we all faced another lockdown, there was just enough time to get some racing in as the endurance squad took to Metchley for a 2 mile...
James Davis
Jan 4, 20218 min read
12 Months of BUAC - October
With action calming down, in our first full month of term the club made the most of being back in Birmingham together, training for...
James Davis
Jan 3, 202111 min read
12 Months of BUAC - September
British Championships were naturally the most important part of the month, but that did not stop September from having plenty of other...
James Davis
Jan 2, 202110 min read
12 Months of BUAC - August
August was the month of the many BMCs as with the floodgates creaking open in July, the typically active athletes of the UK flooded...
James Davis
Jan 1, 20219 min read
12 Months of BUAC - June & July
As the Lockdown League wrapped up towards the end of June, it seemed only fitting that July saw the return of many to the track. With...
James Davis
Dec 30, 202013 min read
12 Months of BUAC - May
While we were all getting used to lockdown, and all getting tired of Tiger King, virtual racing had really taken hold, with the BUAC...
James Davis
Dec 29, 202011 min read
12 Months of BUAC - April
With athletics cancelled, it was time to get creative, and get creative we did. Racing the Virtual National Road Relays, as well as...
James Davis
Dec 28, 20208 min read
12 Months of BUAC - March
With the bumper month of February out of the way, we now come to March, with some strong performances on road and the country....
James Davis
Dec 27, 202013 min read
12 Months of BUAC - February (Part 2)
With January out of the way, and second term in full swing, it should be no surprise that events came thick and fast throughout February....
James Davis
Dec 26, 202010 min read
12 Months of BUAC - February (Part 1)
With January out of the way, and second term in full swing, it should be no surprise that events came thick and fast throughout February....
James Davis
Dec 25, 20207 min read
12 Months of BUAC - January
While we tuck in to Turkey with all the trimmings, and mourn (or secretly celebrate) not being able to get out for a Christmas Day...
James Davis
Dec 22, 20204 min read
BUAC Bios: Sabrina Sinha
After hearing from Adam Day previously, this BUAC Bio is written by endurance athlete, multiple English Schools' winner and British...
Jonny Currie
Nov 7, 202012 min read
Club Record Feature - Ed Aston
An interview with former BUAC, Cambridge & Coleridge, and GB international athlete Ed Aston - the current club record holder over 800m.
James Davis
Oct 22, 20204 min read
BUAC Bios: Adam Day
Adam Day talks through lockdown, his 2020 season, and training through a pandemic
James Davis
Oct 17, 20202 min read
BUAC Roundup - 4th, 11th & 18th October
Contributions from Jonny Currie, James Davis, and George Loxton With the track season finishing, road racing has been the order of the...
James Davis
Sep 26, 20201 min read
BUAC Roundup - 27th September
A quieter week of athletics took place over the past seven days. Despite a season extension coming from on high, giving outdoor meetings...
James Davis
Sep 19, 20208 min read
BUAC Roundup - 20th September
There was plenty of racing to be had this week, as many athletes looked to end their seasons on a high after a compact two to three...
James Davis
Sep 12, 20203 min read
BUAC Roundup - 13th September
Some fast running on the continent for both Issy Boffey and Chris McAlister this week, while the usual strong performances also came out...
James Davis
Sep 6, 20202 min read
BUAC Roundup - 6th September
The past seven days were light on athletics for most, with the week culminating in the British Championships across Friday and Saturday...
James Davis
Sep 4, 20207 min read
Four More for BUAC
After the success of Amelia Quirk in the very final televised event the day before, while most athletes were surely just rising in their...
James Davis
Sep 3, 20208 min read
British Bronze for Quirk
There were sixteen performances in total from BUAC athletes on the first day of the British Athletics Championships, and while the first...
James Davis
Aug 29, 20204 min read
BUAC Roundup - 30th August
BUAC athletes travelled the length of the country in the past week, with BMC involvement in the North, Midlands and South. With plenty of...
James Davis
Aug 28, 20204 min read
BUAC @ BMC - Lee Valley 29/8
Associate member Jay Rossiter was up in the first race on the timetable, and with the pacer running 70 second laps, he lead throughout in...
James Davis
Aug 26, 20205 min read
BUAC @ BMC - Trafford 25/8
First athlete on track was Joe Connors, in the 3000 C. Drawing the short straw of a race towards the beginning of the meeting, when the...
James Davis
Aug 25, 20205 min read
Hammer the Highlight in Nuneaton
While the hammer throw may have fallen out of favour with those in charge of the Diamond League, no-one can say that Poppy Bean does not...
Jonny Currie
Feb 21, 20203 min read
BUCS Indoors 2020
BUCS Nationals is the pinnacle of many a student-athlete’s winter season, and plenty of BUAC’s finest were primed and ready to attack the...
Issy Boffey
Feb 17, 20206 min read
Steel Cup & Intervarsity 2020
The 29th of February saw BUAC's first track competition of 2020. Up in the northern regions of Sheffield our team of 30 were victorious...
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