---Yorkshire Cross Country Championships - Lightwater Valley, Ripon 07.01.2017. With 18 men and 8 Ladies we had a good number of runners to campaign for the County's highest honours. Knavesmire's Ladies were first into the fray , their race comprising 1 small and 3 large laps , of a splendidly un-muddy and very run able course, set within pleasant parkland inside the Big One roller coaster. The main challenge being a short , sharp steep bank that had to be climbed each … [Read more...]
YKH Weekly Round Up Week Ending 11th December.
13 December 2016 by ·
---Hard Moors 26.2 Roseberry Topping Trail Marathon and Half Marathon. Sarah Attwood , David Smithers and new club member but experienced Ultra runner John Freel ran this trail marathon ( more like 30 miles ) . The circular race route started at Guisborough and took in the local high spots such as High Cliff Nab , Roseberry Topping , Captain Cooks Monument , and travelled across some bleak soggy Moors as far as Commondale and Castleton. Dave Smithers was second in the … [Read more...]
YKH Weekly Round Up – Week Ending 30th October.
2 November 2016 by ·
---West Yorkshire Cross Country League - Nunroyd Park.Race number two in the league was held at an muddless Nunroyd Park in Wakefield. We had a greater number of runners out this time and the Men's team saw a marked improvement. Knavesmire's Mens team of 9th Kim Critchley , 22nd Phil Elliot Dick, 26th Sam Allin, 54th Simon Collins and 59th Barry Atkinson were fifth overall out of 15 teams. Also running were 75th Toby Hone, 82nd Dan Chan , 86th Rory Henderson , 101st Pete Downes , … [Read more...]
YKH Weekend Round Up – Week Ending 16th October.
18 October 2016 by ·
---Bridlington Half Marathon. Fourteen members of YKH received a good drenching in far from favouable conditions at the Brid' Half. Taking age category prizes were Sarah Attwood ( 2nd Snr Lady & 7th Lady) , Liz Piper ( 3rd V60 ) and Liz Matthews ( 3rd V55) . Results KNV POS BIB GENDER NAME CLUB CAT CAT POS CHIP TIME FINISH TIME 1 248 Male Pete Downes York Knavesmire … [Read more...]