Category: Race Reports

Report by Guy I suppose this starts on the Monday evening when I arrive in Mont de Marsan, and hear that the road into Spain has collapsed after heavy weekend rain. That just means rerouting slightly, but I message Steve Herington who will be travelling down by train overnight, arriving in Pau around 10am Tuesday. Unfortunately he takes a […]

Report by Mike B. ‘Tis a sure sign that we are about to wave goodbye to summer when the final event in the annual Croft Ambrey R.C. handicap series is completed. The speed and endurance blessed swallows are busy packing their featherweight baggage in preparation for their arduous flight to sub-Saharan Africa after what must […]

17th August 2024 Report by Huw It’s probably been close to 15 years since I last did this race. When we lived in Hampshire it was a heck of a long way to travel so we’d always make a long weekend of it as a family. After a few years we turned our trip into […]

Race report by Mike Blenkinsop. The recent Paris Olympic Games were both enthralling and inspirational and, at the latest Bircher Common Handicap Race, the Croft Ambrey runners were motivated by the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger). Faster : the phenomenal Sam Juson was “Onfireman Sam’ as he destroyed the existing course […]

Report by Guy. As I write this the rain is still coming down outside, so we were lucky that yesterday evening was a lovely, warm sunny one. This year’s Ragleth Inn race had an altered course, so that runners ran clockwise round, and only ran to the top of the Callow once, making total ascent […]