Castle Mead School have had the chance to use the purpose built track at Trowbridge Rugby Club thanks to AVR. Eleven children from the school's athletic club visited and were greeted off their minibus by Debbie, the club's Youth Secretary who put them through their paces in a series of fun warm ups. After a fun 'caterpillar' around the track, the children then practiced increasing pace gradually before completing one 400m lap as fast as possible. All of the children impressed their teachers, parent helpers and Debbie too so perhaps we may be seeing a few new athletes joining the yellow and green team!






11/07/2023 | Avon Valley Runners |
Club co-founder Judy Farr recently celebrated her 80th birthday.Encouraged by her brother, John, into race walking and joining Trowbridge Athletic Club as a young teenager, Judy soon excelled at racing in various distances on track and road. In 1960, at the age of 18, Judy won the 1.5 mile national
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