The secretary has many programmes / results / records stretching back decades.

Sometimes a question is asked by an ex-athlete such as, “Can you tell me how far I jumped in 1974?” Often the statistic can be tracked down and the answer given!

Recent circumstance has meant a photograph of the SSAA team to the ESAA Track & Field Championships in 1961 has been found. Somerset was a ’Minor’ County with an entry of 60 athletes.

More recently the team to the ESAA Championships in 1955 !

Gradually other photographs will be added to this page so that the question is,

 “Where are you now?”

1961 (Oldest athlete in 2024 is now 83.)

1971

Taken from “The History of the English Schools’ Athletic Association - 1925 to 1995”

A Somerset Schools AA Coaching course thought to be in the early 1970’s; possibly 1975.

Of note the SSAA secretary is pictured as a young coach.

ESAA Championships - Yeovil 1981 (Oldest athlete is now 62.)

Photograph taken from a newspaper article.

1955 (Oldest athlete in 2024 is now 89.)

1963 South-West Track & Field team at Par

(Oldest athlete in 2024 is now 81.)

Section Galleries starting year:

Cross-Country - 2010

Track and Field - 2012

Combined Events - 2009

After much work by ESAA colleague John Mackie, for which the SSAA is most grateful, a Somerset Roll of Honour has been produced detailing all medallists in ESAA Championships now including 2025 success.

ESAA medalists                        SSAA Roll of Honour

updated July 2025