Our club's annual Brass Monkey half marathon has been a great success for over 30 years. The race is our way of giving back to the sport we love. This year we have been able to give to Africa too. Over many years the race accumulated a bulk of unused t-shirts. These were gathering dust in our store cupboards, so our Committee agreed they should go to a better home. One of our club members, Liz Piper, had connections with the charity Links International. The charity's aim is to inspire, … [Read more...]
Weekend Round up 31 Oct – 1st Nov. Ladies Team 2nd at XC & more..
4 November 2015 by ·
Yet another weekend of great running from Knavesmire Harriers club members, with a great variety of events entered and some great results. -Knavesmire's Ladies got the weekend off to a great start in Huddersfield with possibly their best ever result in the West Yorkshire Cross Country League. The Ladies fielded a strong team and all ran supremely well , contributing to achieving second placed team of thirteen that took part . Scout Adkin had a great race to finish third and was followed by … [Read more...]
FRA British Championship Relays
24 October 2015 by ·
Last weekend it was time again for the FRA Relays and this year Pendle hill would be the setting for the annual event to find out which is the fastest Fell running club in Britain. Pre race there had been some controversey regarding entries with the usual 200 teams having to be cut to 150 as Barley could not handle more than 900 people and vehicles. This meant Knavesmire had only one team entered in the Open Male category as our Ladies team was unsuccessful in securing a place. On the 1st leg … [Read more...]
ENTRIES NOW CLOSED – The 2016 Brass Monkey Half Marathon is now full.
24 October 2015 by ·
ENTRIES NOW CLOSED The 2016 Brass Monkey Half Marathon is now full. Thanks everyone , the race reached it's limit in just over an hour. We look forward to seeing you in January. Race packs will be posted out nearer the race day. Sorry we do not have a waiting list for the Brass Monkey, info regarding transfers will be given at a later date. Good luck with your training, now the hard work begins... … [Read more...]