Race Reports – Page 50 – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Tenbury 10k

September 27, 2019Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Sorry about the delay on doing a race report! The Tenbury 10k sold out very early and a few Croft runners may well have missed out on this, the fourth of the 2019 club championship races, but 20 Croft runners took part. It is an undulating road 10k and was on one of the hot […]

Berrington Blitz

September 26, 2019Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Not strictly a Croft race but a lot of help from the club went into helping the National Trust set up this new run which was a fundraiser for the National Trust – aiming to raise money to transform what was once a round garden but has been used for many years as farm buildings. […]

Lake Vyrnwy half marathon

September 9, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

Lake Vyrnwy Is a reservoir feeding Liverpool, nestling amongst beautiful hills. Apart from a few tourists, little disturbs this sleepy backwater, except for the one day a year when runners converge on the tiny village of Abertridwr for the Lake Vyrnwy half marathon. Jasper and I ran it yesterday. We bumped into Hereford Couriers’ Tim […]

Stratford 10k

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

An early start was required to get to Stratford in time for the 9.30 ‘kick-off’, and this had me seeing the beautiful sunrise at 6am, driving through low-lying mist, and recording a temperature of 4 degrees along the Teme valley. However, standing in the sunshine at the start was pleasantly warm, enough to shed the […]

Croft Woods handicap race 6 – 03/09/19

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

If you go down to the woods today You’re sure of a big surprise If you go down to the woods today Wear the colour of light blue skies. ‘Cos every runner of every pace Will gather there for the final race In the Croft Ambrey Handicap Series. (With due reverence to the Teddy Bears’ […]