Harestock Handicap – October 24
5 October 2024Steve Oliver
Lovely conditions on the first of the "dark night" handicap events and we had 24 runners out including 4 event newbies (Ben Anscombe, Lucy Chilcott, Becky Hutton, Tom Hansen) plus Will Hadley making his first appearance of the year. Lovely to see so many new faces and a real challenge for the handicapper to sort…
WRC Shine at River Hamble Country Park CC6
2 October 2024Andy Parkinson
Sunday 29th September saw the first race of the CC6 2024-25 season. The location? River Hamble Country Park, offering a delightful mix of stoney paths and dirt tracks, lightly speckled with isolated puddles. The route was twisty and winding – runners navigated a technical course, incorporating sharp turns, steps and narrow boardwalks within a beautiful…
Winchester Running Club celebrates storming success at National Cross Country Championships
27 September 2024Andy Parkinson
Winchester Running Club had a brilliant pair of top six finishes at the iconic English National Cross Country Championships in Shropshire last weekend. The newly formed club, which already has more than 200 members, had won eight titles earlier this year at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships and were also crowned champions in the Under-15…
South of England Road Relays
26 September 2024Andy Parkinson
Winchester Running Club showed why they have become the City’s dominant force over the last year with an excellent showing at the South of England Road Relays. This annual event, hosted by Aldershot at the Rushmoor Arena, brings together the strongest clubs and their athletes to race over three to six stages and distances of…
Overton 5 and more: a big weekend of racing and some prizes too
10 September 2024Tim Anderson
Rain was expected but both the weather and the results for the club exceeded expectations at the village of Overton, where the new season of Hampshire Road Race League (HRRL) opened with the traditional 5-mile race. This was my first Overton 5 and I was braced for hills. "Don’t worry it’s downhill overall" I was…