Category: Race Reports

Report by Emma Jones. Traditionally run in opposite directions each year, this time the classic Brecon Beacons Fell Race was run clockwise – starting nice and flat half way along the dam below Talybont Reservoir and finishing at the entrance to the water works just below (after a 20 mile circuit of some of the […]

Race report by Tom Davies For many years this race has been a favourite for many Croft runners but as the choice of races  closer to home has increased, club numbers have dwindled.The race covers a nice mix of road, hill and cross country running with the odd bit of bog thrown in and distances […]

Report by Guy As last year, a beautiful evening, with blue skies and surprisingly dry underfoot. Talking before the race, I was saying to Steph she’s got her category prize for the series sewn up, so all she had to do was get round. Ironic! We were warned at the start about the state of […]

A beautiful summer evening for the second in the Bearwood trail series. Part of the Croft Club handicap and right on our doorstep, means that this was again well supported by Croft runners. It was welcome news that the wasps had been asked to vacate the route after last time and I really enjoyed this […]

The idea to stage the Chairman’s Challenge came from having done something similar at my previous club in Hampshire. It was a run that was always popular with runners, although sometimes less so with Chairmen. Some found it just too onerous and somehow managed not to put a run in the calendar, another managed to […]