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...
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zachbl1
- May 7
- 8 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 11 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 13 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 11 min
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, 2021
- 10 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2020
- 13 min
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, 2020
- 11 min
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, 2020
- 8 min
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, 2020
- 13 min
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, 2020
- 10 min
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, 2020
- 7 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 12 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
BUAC Bios: Adam Day
Adam Day talks through lockdown, his 2020 season, and training through a pandemic
James Davis
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 8 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 7 min
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, 2020
- 8 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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...
Mike Proffitt
- Feb 5, 2020
- 5 min
Bonkers BUAC at BUCS XC
North car park, Friday, 9am. Two of the finest blue, white and gold chariots that Johnsons coaches have to offer screech onto the scene....
Mike Proffitt
- Nov 24, 2019
- 4 min
BUAC’s Grand Day Out at Liverpool
Corr that preview was good wasn’t it, glad I wrote it. Nothing like a bit of serious rhetoric to get the blood flowing. Liverpool....
Mike Proffitt
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
BUAC Liverpool preview
The most important race this side of Christmas - Liverpool. The third instalment of the British Athletics Cross Challenge takes place...
Jack Hocking
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
Cardiff Dual Meet
November 20th marked the annual trip down to the Welsh capital for dual meet vs Cardiff met. It was the first opportunity to see many new...
Mike Proffitt
- Oct 30, 2019
- 6 min
Hoarding the silverware at Manchester Relays 2019
“Only three things in life are certain; death, taxes, and BUAC stacking the field at Manchester relays.” – Theodore Roosevelt To the...
Jack Hocking
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Southerns, Northerns, Midlands - BUAC Conquers All
With the track season well and truly underway the weekend saw countless BUACers compete at their respective regional championships,...
Vic Weir
- Jun 4, 2019
- 6 min
BUCS OUTDOORS 2019 - BUAC DELIVER AGAIN
The bank holiday weekend was an emotional roller coaster for BUAC full of hugs, tears and the ever present BUAC spirit. There was...
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