• 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 – 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…

    Harestock Handicap – Apr 24

    14 April 2024Steve Oliver
    The April Handicap is often a favourite event.....lots of marathon leg strength but not yet the fatigue of actually doing the marathon plus it's the first of the light nights! This year no exception, 22 runners, half the field meeting or beating their handicap and 13 runners in a thrilling blanket finish. Congratulations to Amber…

    Harestock Handicap – Mar 24

    8 March 2024Steve Oliver
    The March Handicap turned out to be a thrilling race with 18 runners out there for the last of the dark night events.....next month is traditionally the handicap busting yahoo as folks can again see the racing lines. Anyway to the March event....10 runners meeting or beating their handicaps and 9 enjoying the thrill of…

    Harestock Handicap – Feb 24

    2 February 2024Steve Oliver
    The 2024 Handicap series continues to throw up little twists but it takes more than a short section of closed pavement to put us off. The February event was marked by a large turnout of 25 runners, some fast times with 19 runners meeting or beating their handicap and 14 enjoying the thrill of the…

    Harestock Handicap – Jan 24

    12 January 2024Steve Oliver
    An unusual start to our 13th year of this exciting handicap series.....due to exceptional weather and the emergence of Lake Fromond last week, the January event was postponed from the first Thursday of the month to the second Thursday of the month....apologies to all those who set out their race calendars early, but it was…