Race 1 - Thornes Park, Wakefield The first race was the October club run so there were a couple of new faces who were trying out some cross country for the first time. They were treated to a lovely warm october day with no sight of any mud. In the Ladies we had Nik Vogan leading the team home in 18th place followed by Liz Matthews 57th, Louise King 70th, Sam Lyth 79th and Kate Murdoch 80th with the team finishing in 7th. The men, depleted due to the Fell Relays being on the same day, … [Read more...]
Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8 Report
11 November 2014 by ·
Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8 Spen Stadium 9th November Spen 10 Well done to our 10 intrepid YKH club members who turned out for their club to compete in the last of this year’s G P series in almost perfect running conditions. Always a very fast start with two laps round the Spen Stadium running track the remainder of the 5.2 mile course was unusually sound underfoot- not much mud but all the other vets goodies – stiles and hills keeping us all … [Read more...]
West Yorkshire League – Nunroyd Park
1 December 2013 by ·
Nunroyd Park was the scene for the final race of the West Yorkshire League Cross Country series. We arrived in good time and were ably supported by Team Manager Andy Neale, who was threatening to throw his pork pie at any York Acorn runners who got in our way. We headed out for a warm-up and to inspect the course, as has been the case for most of the series the conditions were dry and mild with only a hint of mud. The women’s race was up first and was roughly 5k in length. Learning from her … [Read more...]