YKH Weekly Round Up w.e 19 Nov – XC League Spenborough and more…

---Spenborough XC - West Yorkshire Cross Country League Race #3. Race three of the league was held on a tight a twisty course , weather was again very good and the ground held up well , resisting the urge to turn muddy. Knavesmires's Ladies were a little depleted , two of our fastest runners not able to run due to illness, meant we were not able to replicate their team victory at race 2. However due to the good number of Ladies we have competing in the cross country this year and the … [Read more...]

Ykh Round Up – w.e 15th October – Wakefield XC, British Fell Relays, Brid Half, Gormire Gamble..

---West Yorkshire Cross Country League , Race #1 , Wakefield. https://www.facebook.com/alistair.mcqueen.9/videos/10159355665210177/   Knavesmire's Ladies got off to a good start with the team placing 4th of 15 teams. 5th Nik Tarrega 21:22 8th Helen Crossley 21:42 30th Sarah Attwood 23:51 54th Mandy Clarke 25:48 60th Jane Nodder  26:04 78th Clare Rowntree 27:36 80th Megan Thompson 27:51 86th Qin Zhou 28:04 95th Pauline Foot 28:41 103rd Abbie Hallas 29:35 115th Jane … [Read more...]

YKH Round Up w.e 5th March – Medals won @ Yorkshire Vet’s XC Champs & more..

---Yorkshire Vets Cross Country Championships. Loads of medals won at the YVAA XC at Doncaster on Saturday. 18 Harriers pitted themselves against a great, fast cross-country course at the Northern Racing College in Rossington. It was an interesting course with a variety of terrain - fast, flat downhill, twisting woodland paths, a short, grassy climb and a stream crossing. It wouldn't be cross-country without some mud, but this was largely limited to the start/finish straight and the going was … [Read more...]

YKH Weekly Round Up – Week Ending 28.Jan – Northern XC Champs and more…….

----Northern Cross Country Championships. This year the hotly contested Northern Cross Country Championships returned to Knowsley Safari Park near Liverpool.  For those who'd had the privilege racing here a few years ago this led to some pre race trepidation and probably some sleepless nights having nightmares about drowning in mud.  A healthy amount of rain through the morning and early afternoon meant these fears were not unjustified, although thanks to the cold temperatures the mud was of … [Read more...]