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The Jersey Spartan Athletics Club or JSAC is an athletics club based in Jersey, at the FB Playing Fields, in St. Clement. [1] The club is affiliated with UK Athletics, and Amateur Athletic Association of England. [2]
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The Jersey Spartan Athletics Club or JSAC is an athletics club based in Jersey, at the FB Playing Fields, in St. Clement. [1] The club is affiliated with UK Athletics, and Amateur Athletic Association of England. [2]
Club junior Oliver Terry won a gold medal at the inter-counties cross-country and world trials in Nottingham on 7 March 2009. [3]
Sam Firby, former cycling competitor in the Commonwealth Games, won the "JSAC Fitness First Spring 10k race" on 5 April 2012. [4]
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