Race Reports
Harestock Handicap – February 25
10 February 2025Steve Oliver
We had 17 runners out contesting the February event. No newbies but 4 (Ric Pike, Harry Rosen, Christian Brookes and Stephen Lowy) runners were making their first appearance of the year. Once again conditions were near perfect and on a tough night for the handicapper some 70% of the runners were able to meet or…
Harestock Handicap – January 25
3 January 2025Steve Oliver
The 2025 handicap series (it's the 14th year we have been doing this) got off to a roaring start last night when we had 27 runners out to contest the first event event in the 2025 handicap series. In an eclectic and inclusive mix of runners of all ages from not-quite-teenagers to 70yr olds we…
Harestock Handicap – December 24
6 December 2024Steve Oliver
Dark, wet and windy but we still had 17 runners out to contest the last event in the 2024 handicap series. We had one newbie (Ken Holt of whom more anon) plus John Reed making his first appearance of the year. Most importantly Matt Grote and Ric Pike were also there completing their "12 out…
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…
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…
Harestock Handicap – September 24
8 September 2024Steve Oliver
We had 22 runners out contesting the September handicap including 2 event newbies in Chris Yoxon and Helen Jones plus Paul Horler making his first appearance of the year. On the last of the light nights there was lots of hi-viz clothing in evidence as runners sought to post a good time before the dark…
Harestock Handicap – July 24
5 July 2024Steve Oliver
16 runners braved the election night crowds (there are 3 polling stations on our route) to contest the July Handicap. We welcomed 2 event newbies in Lorraine Hedworth and Giles Cayford who, whilst they might be at different ends of the pace spectrum, finished within seconds of each other to make an old handicapper very…
Harestock Handicap – June 24
17 June 2024Steve Oliver
The June Handicap attracted 23 runners who generally filled their boots with no fewer than 15 runners meeting or beating their handicaps. We had 3 event newbies (Sam Peters, Aimee Lister and Dave Morgan) plus Cathy Kinnear and Gill Goodwin making their first appearances of the year. We again had 13 runners in the blanket…