Torbay AAC celebrates 50th birthday

Last weekend, Torbay Amateur Athletics Club celebrated 50 years since the foundation of the club.
This event had been postponed due to Covid and the club was delighted to, at last, be able to gather together, dance and enjoy happy times.
Club members past and present celebrated 50 years of team spirit, past and current successes and old friends, the close, the far away and the passed, all remembered with great fondness and never lost, with beaming smiles in the archive of club photographs displayed throughout the event.
On the Friday night, it was the Erme Valley Relays, the club fielded nine teams in this popular local event. The success of the evening was with the Senior Female Team claiming third ladies Team with Oceania Lindgard (16:39), Rebecca Niles (18:29), Sophie Thompson (19:09) and Chloe Weeks (17:00) with a total of 71:17.
Junior females showed what the event was all about, running on senior teams and pushing each other to fantastic times and crossing the line hand in hand, with one athlete celebrating her birthday. The junior boys were the first team home for the club in position 16 against some of the strongest teams in the South West.
Results:
16 U18 Boys, Leon Snell (15:54), Oscar Eve (16:03), Gwilym Lewis (16:21), Joshua Bradley (14:34) Total: 62:52.
19 Senior Men, Kevin Fine (15:51), Anthony Raine (16:38), Martyn Breslan (16:31), Steve Weeks (15:28) Total: 64:28.
42 Senior Female, Oceania Lindgard (16:39), Rebecca Niles (18:29), Sophie Thompson (19:09) and Chloe Weeks (17:00) Total: 71:17.
46 Senior Men, Mark Atkinson (18:33), Chris Marshall (17:35), Pete Henderson (18:23), Paul Frissen (18:20) Total: 72:51.
53 Mix, Ella Richards (16:39), Mark Smith (17:55), Glen Hawkins (23:02), Nick Robinson (17:00) Total: 74:36.
60 Male Veteran 60, Ian Hayward (17:00), Andy Philippou (22:23), Max Page-Dove (18:10), Darren Barrett (20:46) Total: 77:19.
62 Female Veteran 45, Anita Merritt (22:26), Cassandra Harrison (19:51), Sarah Harrison (18:15, Heather Eve (18:00) Total: 78:32.
76 Female Veteran 55, Sara Crozier (23:06), Deb Webber (21:19), Karen Baddeley(19:43), Karen Frissen (20:31) Total: 84:39.
87 Female Veteran 35, Jan Barrett (22:59), Lisa Hayley (22:37), Tess Hearfield (22:35), Kirsten Mundy (23:38) Total: 91:49.