Following quickly on the heels of the English National XC Championships last weekend, a busy week saw juniors and seniors in action over road and cross country across the UK. Three days on from their confidence-building exploits at Wollaton Park, Lily Winfield, Emily Deeming and Danielle Smith were joined by Ellie Baker for the Derbyshire […]
This Saturday sees the final cross country fixture on the winter calendar for many as the UK’s best line-up for the UKCAU Inter-Counties XC Championships incorp British Athletics Cross Challenge at Cofton Park, Birmingham. Top-8 at the combined Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire XC Championships back in January was enough to secure qualification for the event and Heanor […]
Four juniors, a solitary female and a record number of senior men turned out for HRC at the English National Cross Country Championships at Wollaton Park, Nottingham last Saturday as the stirring setting led to some top performances. The brand new course was an inspirational sight on the drive in as the sun shone on […]
The infamous Heanor RC Beerhunters Summer Pub Run Tour is due to kick off in 2014 on Friday 16th May and will this year see the return of one of our old favourites – The Dead Poet’s Inn, Holbrook. Last year’s ‘A Bit Of Something For Everyone’ Tour saw five dates on the annual summer […]
The English National Cross Country is set to take place just twenty minutes from our own front-door this weekend as Wollaton Park, Nottingham plays host to probably the highlight of the domestic cross country calendar. With a repeat of last year’s snow and mud bath conditions at Sunderland looking highly unlikely, HRC are due to have twenty […]
A strong Sunday showing from HRC seniors saw PBs broken in Barcelona and preparations for April’s London Marathon stepped up a notch in races across the UK and Europe. Following on from the juniors’ success at the Derbyshire XC Mini League twenty four hours before, the quartet of Lisa Palmer, Louise Insley, Jill Burke and […]
Lily Winfield, Danielle Smith and Emily Deeming secured podium positions in their respective races in the final Derbyshire XC Mini League fixture at Rutland Park, Ilkeston as Dylan George and Phoebe Winfield joined their teammates in completing all three races over the course of the season. Dylan hit his second fourth-place out of three races […]
Joe Rainsford led the field home at a canter in the fifth and final BDL XC of the season at Holmebrook Valley on Sunday as birthday girl Lisa Palmer made it four wins out of four in the female standings. The victorious men’s team retained the overall title for another year by a six-point margin […]
Recently crowned club champions Ashley Deeming, Jo Potter and Joe Rainsford will face new challenges this campaign as they look to successfully defend their Heanor RC Club Championship crowns. The Leeds Abbey Dash, Hairy Helmet Relays, Sinfin 10k and the recently relaunched Ramathon have been added to the mix with a full list of fixtures for the […]
The wet and sticky conditions underfoot at Leamington Spa this weekend proved tough but not impossible as eighteen Heanor Running Club members represented the club across various age categories at the Midland XC Championships. Weather conditions worsened as the day progressed and the club tent was laid to rest as the driving wind that was […]
