• Harestock Handicap

    The Harestock Handicap is an informal handicap race enjoyed on the first Thursday of every month.

    The Harestock Handicap is open to all club members, and you can meet us by the bus stop on Stoney Lane (see the training location map for start location) at 7:30 pm. We encourage everyone to warm up before meeting and being issued their handicap time. Runners follow a 1.12-mile route from the bus stop, up Bereweeke Avenue, before turning left onto Taplings Road and down onto Fromond Road, finishing back at the bus stop.

    The idea is for all runners, based on their handicap time, to finish together or as close to as possible!

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    News

    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…

    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…

    Harestock Handicap – May 24

    3 May 2024Steve Oliver
    Unseasonably cold, local elections going on, lots of tired marathon legs but we still had a fantastic turnout for the May Handicap. There were 24 runners including 3 event newbies (Jane Thomas, Kevin Hutchins and unbelievably Charles Carr) plus 5 other runners making their first appearances of the year. 11 runners managed to meet or…