Category: Winter league

A bright, dry day for the Hereford Tri club’s three lap, 2.2 mile, course around the fields beside the Wye. Being so low lying, and virtually without any variation in elevation, it provides some muddy sections, particularly over the second half of the course. Despite the lack of hills, both Croft A teams (male and […]

Somewhat belatedly, and I’m afraid without the full results (still available via Facebook), an account of the third race in the winter series. It was cold, with a strong northerly wind, but at least dry, over a course with minimal mud. Seeing in advance that it was an apple orchard course, like many others I […]

The weather at Croft, in mid November, possibly outdid even the splendid weather we had at Fforest Fields three weeks earlier. Spectacular early mist gave way to blue skies, sunshine and light wind. All as if designed to announce with a fanfare the new 5.6 mile course, now including a lap of Bircher Common. The […]

We were blessed with a warm, sunny day for the return to league cross country at Fforest Fields after a year’s lay-off for the pandemic. 201 runners lined up on the grass beneath the hill to set off round the two lap ‘undulating’ course, which took us round the small lake (the startled swans decided […]