Race Reports
Harestock Handicap – May 25
5 May 2025Steve Oliver
We had 18 runners out contesting the May Handicap event 3 of whom (Bracken Dawson, Dan Hoare and Tim Anderson) were making their first appearance of the year and taking us to 40 different contestants in 2025. Once again conditions were near perfect and with there being no local elections and no wheelie bins some…
South Downs Relay 2024
26 April 2025Jackie Ducker
The first Saturday of June saw the 38th running of the South Downs 100 mile relay (one of the three we compete in each year) with Winchester Running Club making its debut with both a Mixed and Veterans Team. Teams compete over x stages with each runner completing y legs or between z and q…
Harestock Handicap – April 25
4 April 2025Stephen Lowy
The first daylight Harestock Handicap proved a scorcher when it came to times in near perfect conditions. The spring heat had dissipated by the time our 18 athletes lined up at the bus stop start. Whether it was the benefit of being able to see the pavement course in daylight or the Winchester Running Club's…
Harestock Handicap – March 25
7 March 2025Stephen Lowy
The March Harestock Handicap brought almost sub tropical conditions as the frosty evenings were replaced with a mild evening of urban running. We had 14 runners out contesting the event taking their chances with various obstacles including Winchester's ubiquitous road works effecting the route (is it the gas mains again?). Our absent Handicapper in chief…
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…