Race Reports – Page 61 – Croft Ambrey Running Club

Croft X-C Nov 2018 – Ladies report

November 12, 2018November 30, 2018Sam HarperLeave a Comment

What an amazing Croft Turnout for the first race in the winter cross-country series thanks to the postponement of the Fforrest Fields race because of the flooded course. It was great to see so many sky blue tops at the start line and fantastic that 21 were ladies! The sun was shining down on us […]

Croft X-C Nov 2018 – Men’s report

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018Guy Whitmarsh1 Comment

A well-observed minute’s silence, marking the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, formed a reflective prelude to this year’s Croft Castle winter XC race. Sadly, I heard that the tenant farmer, an excellent stockman responsible for the surrounding pastures had passed away not long ago, and so the grass in the starting field was unusually long […]

BMAF X-C relays

November 5, 2018Guy Whitmarsh2 Comments

Croft didn’t enter a team this time round, but Liz, now a second claim member running for Worcester AC, competed in a team of three FV65s in the British Masters X-C relays in Long Eaton, and not only did they come away with a silver medal, but Liz broke the course record for the 3km […]

Ron Skilton Half Marathon

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018Guy WhitmarshLeave a Comment

No report on the race, so really just a list of Croft results. The race was won by Sion Price of Sarn Helen in 1.27.40 (just 5 seconds ahead of the second placed runner). Gary P ran a fantastic race, 13th out of 131 finishers, in 1.42.21, with the Duracell Kelly not far behind ( […]

Black Mountain Trail Race

November 3, 2018Sam HarperLeave a Comment

Earlier this summer I did an excellent one-day beginning fell running for women run by Ruth Pickvance, a former GB fell runner, based down near Crickhowell. Through this I heard about the Black Mountain Trail Race that Ruth organises through her company Element Active. When I entered I’d not realised it clashed with the Ron […]