After less than a year of running I’m already sufficiently addicted to root around the internet looking for races that coincide with our family holidays. Imagine the whole family’s joy when I found a 14 mile Sunday morning monster just a few miles jog from our base in Swanage. A…
Experian "Robin Hood" Nottingham Marathon, Sunday 11th September – Mike Cooper As my first year as a W.R.C. member was drawing to a close, I decided to think of a test of my fitness after all those painful Tuesday sessions and the long runs, not to mention 25 races. In…
UPDATE WITH INDIVIDUAL STATS NOW AVAILABLE Full details now available. The race was won by Salford Harriers in a time of 1.12.44 but some interesting selections as their fourth team came 7th ahead of their second and third teams ! Wilmslow first team finished 5th in 1.17.15.( Cheshire champions) Wilmslow…
Saturday saw two teams of men competing in the NW Road Relays at Blackpool. Sadly we had no female companions, relays are great fun as it allows the unique opportunity of competing and also supporting your colleagues. Rob was a worthy team manager and we were also appreciative of Tony…
PB’s all round for the three of us who didn’t make it to Gawsworth13 Stuart Parrott 34.25 1stV4043 Jeffrey Caper 36.24107 Paul Nicols 40.30Perfect conditions cool, little breeze big smiles all round at finishTeam finish 8th (but no points in the Summer Championship!).
Link: . Yet another Summer Series Race record….33 runners!! 1 in 8 of the runners at Gawsworth were wearing a Wilmslow vest. A few new recruits to the Summer Series: Susan Hammill, Rod Gilbert & Peter Bream (just to wreck my chances of keeping the results on one page), welcome…
Link: . Sunday September 11th. Twelfth race in Summer Series 1 Michael Halman 35:172 Damian Nicholls 35:395 Rob Downs 37:368 Tom McGaff 38:5210 Bill Heaton 39:2413 Andrew Penney 40:0515 Ray Noble 40:3521 Tony Hulme 41:4823 Rob Gilbert 42:0824 Richard Parris 42:1331 Gavin Mendham 43:0132 Jane Clarke 43:2133 Steve Smith 43:4834…
Link: . 10k 1 Damian Nicholls M 32.45 Birchwood 2 Michael Halman M 32.51 Birchwood 3 Rob Downs M40 34.29 Birchwood 4 Stuart Parrott M40 34.36 Birchwood 5 Jim Pendrill M 34.51 Birchwood 6 Tom McGaff M50 34.58 Birchwood 7 Bill Heaton M40 35.49 Birchwood 8 Ray Noble M 37.17…
August Newsletter – in Word format (175k) or Acrobat (pdf) format (123k) Don’t forget the Club AGM – 13th September at the Rugby Club after normal Tuesday training (8:30pm).
With the triple challenge of Summer Series, Grand Prix and Cheshire County Championship, Birchwood was never going to be an easy place to pick up mug points. As we set off mob-handed in Mike Cooper’s Vectra the five of us talked up our excuses and wondered how many of our…
