In July 2011 the success of a number of our athletes over the Marathon prompted club Chairman, Dave Parsons to search the archives to rediscover some previous BAC successes at the distance, read the article at the News Archives

All time marathon bests by Bournemouth Athletic Club members

Rank Name Sex Venue Month Year Time
1 Dave Long (ex BAC) Male     1982 02:12:17
2 Chris Stewart Male New York and Fukuoka   1970/71 02:13:11
3 John Boyes Male Maassluis - Holland April 1985 02:13:20
4 Barry Watson Male Rotherham   1976 02:15:06
5 Peter Russell Male Glasgow   1985 02:15:56
6 Brent Jones Male - Jnr London April 1984 02:17:13
7 Roger Brown Male Sandbach   1976 02:17:20
8 Barry Heath Male Paris   1979 02:18:08
9 Steve Way Male London April 2010 02:19:38
10 Mark Hargreaves Male London April 1994 02:23:25
11 Larry Austin Male London April 1990 02:23:50
12 Harold Chadwick Male London April 1981 02:24:10
13 David Parsons Male London April 1989 02:25:06
14 Billy Nixon Male London April 1998 02:25:39
15 Terry Smith Male London April 1987 02:25:50
16 Stuart Fox Male Berlin September 2011 02:26:13
17 Des White Male London April 1986 02:26:17
18 Duncan Hurdwell Male London April 1998 02:26:57
19 Graham Moxham Male Berlin   1989 02:27:39
20 John Hurt Male Duchy of Cornwall   1982 02:28:06
21 Paul Hart Male London   1984 02:28:30
22 Ian Habgood Male London April 2011 02:28:41
23 Steve Clarke Male London   1988 02:28
24 Chris Birch Male West Country   1983 02:30:37
25 Robin Copestick Male London April 2009 02:30:58
26 Jon Sharkey Male London April 2010 02:31:34
27 Tony Chutter Male London April 1998 02:31:57
28 Mitch Mason Male New Forest     02:31
29 Andy Wedlake Male Chicago (B.A.A vest) October 2003 02:32:33
30 Bill Pluck Male       02:32
31 Jim Bailey Male Dhahran     02:32
32 Paul (Kiwi) Edmondson Male Poole     02:33:30
33 Nick Pepin Male New Forest     02:34
34 Terry Reen Male Harrow     02:35
35 Cedric North Male Southampton     02:36
36 Richard Morgan Male Barnsley     02:36
37 Roger Matthews Male London     02:36
38 Ian White Male London April 2010 02:37:06
39 Michael Farrell Male London April 1995 02:37:12
40 Ray Mcillmurray Male London April 1995 02:37:16
41 Nick Kenchington Male London April 1999 02:37:36
42 Dave Bird Male Florence November 2009 02:38:34
43 Barry Smith Male London     02:39
44 John Bryan Male London   1997 02:42:26
45 Mike Hoey Male London April 2006 02:44:14
46 Ian Head Male London     02:44:52
47 Ian Graham Male London April 1990 02:45:33
48 Michael Jordan Male London April 1996 02:45:44
49 Colin Fry Male Isle of Wight   1968/69 02:46
50 Simon Way Male Abingdon October 2011 02:48:53
51 Terry Vincent Male London     02:48
52 Peter Brook Male London     02:50
53 Philip Mosley Male London April 2009 02:52:48
54 Simon Hunt Male London April 2006 02:53:58
55 Andrew Jennings Male New Forest September 2010 02:55:30
56 Andrew Turner Male London April 2004 02:55:46
57 Dave Higgins Male London     02:56:03
58 Juan Pedro Lopez Cascante (JP) Male London April 2002 02:56:45
59 Paul Chapman Male London April 2011 02:59:50
60 Jacek Cieluszecki Male Mauritius June 2011 03:02:24
61 Graeme Miller Male London April 2011 03:07:49
62 Stephanie Slade Female Nottingham September 2010 03:09:07
63 Thomas Paskin Male Edinburgh May 2010 03:10:50
64 Richard Nelson Male North Dorset May 2011 03:15:36
65 David Mason Male London April 2006 03:17:05
66 Michael Halpenny Male Dublin October 2010 03:24:00
67 Janie Chapman Female London April 2009 03:24:25
68 Andrew Gillespie Male London April 2011 03:27:36
69 Chris Francis Male London April 2009 03:28:18
70 Mike Cowham Male North Dorset May 2011 03:29:54
71 Helen Ambrosen Female North Dorset May 2011 03:34:25
72 Paul Consani Male London April 2008 03:36:02
73 Howard Smith Male London April 2007 03:48:17
74 Cherry Sheffrin Female North Dorset May 2011 03:51:26
75 Peter Gaze Male London April 2006 04:12:48
76 Matthew Kiernan Male London April 2008 04:40:16