Author: Mike Blenkinsop

The 6th and final race in the 2016 Croft Ambrey Handicap Series successfully rounded off the season with a plethora ( I think that may be the collective noun) of P.B.s and 3 age-group course records. All the Beginners Group runners, who made their debuts last month, improved on their first performances and they were […]

The penultimate race in the 2016 handicap series provided a mixed bag with an assortment of Beginners Group runners, first timers, regular competitors, old stagers, returning faces and guests. This large and diverse blend is illustrated on the result sheet with each category listed separately. For some this was the first taste of finishing a […]

The third and final run, in the 2016 handicap series, around the leafy lanes of north Herefordshire attracted a small field but the weather conditions were excellent and there were 6 P.B.s set. Ladbrokes were quoting short odds on Dave the Dentist filling first place and he incised his way through the field brushing past […]

Meteoric Mark was again the star turn in the penultimate race in the 2015 Croft Handicap series as he whizzed around the woodland route to break his own course record by 19 seconds. No energy sapping exertions for him this time in preparation for this run – just a “gentle” bike ride from Leominster to […]

Another low turnout as the handicap series transferred itself to the new improved woodland course for the 4th, and first of 3 in Croft Woods, race in the 2015 event. Maybe the absentees were aware of the clarty (that’s a good old northern expression that I grew up with) mud awaiting them in Fishpool Valley. […]