Nick Moore

HRC member since 2015, Assistant Secretary and former Mens Captain. Also website administrator/dogsbody.

Car Share for Desford 5

To car share for the race, meet from 9am at the old leisure centre car park (Trinity Vicarage Lane LE10 0BU) for setting off by 9:15.

For those who have not done one of our car shares before, parking is free all day on Sundays so you can leave your own car there.
If you don’t have a car it’s OK just pop along, there are always plenty of spaces and someone will be happy to get you to the race and back.

ALSO Bike ride courtesy of Stephen Penney… there is a group going to meet at 8.50am and leave at 9.00am from the old leisure centre car park calling by Barwell centre at 9.15am. Everyone is welcome to join in…

HRC Newsletter – 28th February 2018

Dear Club,

This week: Kibworth Cancelled, XC Update, Individuals Results, Merit Award, Desford 5 Entries

Kibworth 6 Cancelled
The Kibworth 6 league race, which was scheduled for this Sunday 4th March, has been cancelled by the venue due to safety concerns in the bad weather. We had 24 members entered. There is a possibility that the host club may be able to reschedule it and so we await news.

XC Races Update
The most recent XC race at Grace Dieu was really nice club outing, with many new faces doing their first cross country, as well as particularly good cake – Results. The next and final race is our race at Bosworth Battlefield on 11th March – requests have gone out for help with course setup, marshalling car parking etc. and we will of course need as many as we can to run the race!

XC League Individuals Results
This season the Derby Runner League individuals tables are based on the best four results from the first five races (the last race counts only for the team competition). Here are the Hinckley runners who have achieved placings in the results:

Rich Whitelegg – 54 pts – 2nd V45 Male
Nick Moore – 198 pts – 21st Senior Male
Steve Tampin – 423 pts – 8th V45 Male
Matthew Jordan – 1049 pts – 26th V45 Male
Jonathan Richardson – 1240 pts – 23rd V50 Male

Kate Perkins – 64 pts – 11th Senior Female
Bethan Padbury – 79 pts – 3rd U20 Female
Jenny Green – 150 pts – 17th Senior Female
Céline Guéry – 203 pts – 23rd Senior Female

Congratulations to all the above and to all the others who have taken part in any of the XC races this year.

Merit Award
For 2018 the club is introducing a new level of Standard Times award, in addition to the existing Diamond, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To earn a Merit award you still have to complete the 5 races of different distances, or 9 for a Distinction. However there is no minimum time standard for a Merit — you only have to complete the race and gain an official time in the results. The idea of the Merit is to open up the awards night to more people and we hope to get lots of Merit applications for the awards at the end of the year. Full info

Desford 5 Entries
The Desford 5 race is scheduled for Sun 25th March and entries open 8:30pm tomorrow – Thursday 1st March – at the following link: https://www.evententry.co.uk/desford-5 The race is only £6 and is 5 miles on quiet country roads, a great course. It would be really nice to have a big HRC turnout and it would be great to see lots of the newer members of the club giving it a try.  These races usually sell out quickly so make sure to get an entry if you want to take part.

Dates for your diary
Sunday, 11th March – Derby Runner XC @ Bosworth Battlefield (Hinckley’s race & the last of the season)
Sunday, 25th March – LRRL Desford 5 – Entries open Thurs 1st March at 8:30pm
(More dates in our Calendar) Till next time,
-Nick

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Derby Runner XC Individuals Results 2017/18

The 2017/18 Derby Runner XC League is almost at a close, with one race to go. The individuals results have been sent out and here they are: Individual tables (xls)

This season the individuals tables are based on the best four results from the first five races. Here are the Hinckley runners who have achieved placings in the results:

Men
Rich Whitelegg – 54 pts – 2nd V45 Male
Nick Moore – 198 pts – 21st Senior Male
Steve Tampin – 423 pts – 8th V45 Male
Matthew Jordan – 1049 pts – 26th V45 Male
Jonathan Richardson – 1240 pts – 23rd V50 Male

Women
Kate Perkins – 64 pts – 11th Senior Femals
Bethan Padbury – 79 pts – 3rd U20 Female
Jenny Green – 150 pts – 17th Senior Female
Céline Guéry – 203 pts – 23rd Senior Female

Congratulations to all the above and to all the others who have taken part in any amount of the XC races this year.

Desford 5 Entries

Desford 5 Race – Sun 25th March

Entries open 8:30pm THURSDAY NIGHT this week at the following link: https://www.evententry.co.uk/desford-5

It would be really nice to have a big HRC turnout and it would be great to see lots of the newer members of the club giving it a try. The race is only £6 and is 5 miles on quiet country roads, a great course.

These races usually sell out quickly so set a reminder on your calendar to be at your phone or computer at 8:30pm on Thursday!

It is the 3rd race in this year’s LRRL league.

New “Merit” award for Standard Times

For 2018 the club is introducing a new level of Standard Times award, in addition to the existing Diamond, Gold, Silver and Bronze. This will be called a Merit award.

The idea of the Merit is to open up the awards night to more people and to recognise those who are working toward the Bronze standard. To earn a Merit award you still have to complete the 5 races of different distances, or 9 for a Distinction. However there is no minimum time standard for a Merit — you only have to complete the race and gain an official time in the results.

This is of course still no easy feat as you still have to enter and run all the races in the year.

All other rules are the same as for the existing awards, i.e. races must be officially measured accurate distances, and so on.

Please see the Standard Times page for full details of the awards scheme. We hope to get lots of Merit applications for the awards at the end of the year.

(Some of who who have been in the club a while may know the Merit award from years ago — we are now bringing it back.)

Good luck and enjoy your racing in 2018.

Derby Runner XC – Race 5 (Grace Dieu) Information

Here is the info from Shepshed RC for the next XC on 18th Feb:

Grace Dieu Race Info PDF

Parking is in the school grounds. The seniors fee is £4 and juniors £1.50.

Remember there is no need to book a place in these races as they are “turn up on the day” and open to all members of the club. The more the merrier! Club vest is available for £15 if you don’t have one yet.

Car Share – Usual spot (Trinity Vicarage car park – LE10 0BU) from 9am to depart 9:15

Categories XC

HRC Newsletter – 7th February 2018

Dear Club,

This week: Award Winners, LRRL Update, Grace Dieu XC

Presentation Evening Award Winners
We had a great evening at the presentation night on Saturday. Congratulations to all the awardees, thanks to all who came, and thanks to those whose hard work went to put together the event. Here is a list of the award winners:

Runners of the Year – Chris Langham and Penny Masser
Chairman’s Award – Jenny Green
Coaches’ Award – Phil Chisnall
Beginner of the Year – Nicola Williamson
President’s Shield – Men – Winner: Chris Langham, Runner-up: Geoff Oliver, 3rd: Harry Langham
President’s Shield – Women – Winner: Kate Perkins, Runner-up: Liz Aspden-Mansfield, 3rd: Céline Guéry
100% Award – Chris Langham, Kate Perkins, Liz-Aspden Mansfield
Bronze Award – Andrea Earley, Charlotte Sinclair, Liz Aspden-Mansfield, Emma Thompson, Harry Langham, Jonathan Strong, Lucy Masser, Matt Knight, Nicola Dutton, Odette Foxall, Will Pither
Bronze Distinction Award – Jenny Green, Rolf Hoelmer
Silver Award – Diane Wildbur, Erica Fisher, Ian Sylvester, Jenny Green, Jude McSharry, Kerry Wittering, Nick Moore, Stephen Penney
Silver Distinction Award – Chris Langham, Céline Guéry, Leanne Byard
Gold Award – Chris Langham, Kate Perkins, Rob Pratt, Simon Earley
Gold Distinction Award – Penny Masser

LRRL Races Update
The winter league races are proving as popular as ever and entries for both Stilton 7 and Kibworth 6 have been and gone and both races sold out quickly. I hope everyone got a place who wanted one. I didn’t get a chance to get everything into the newsletter as I was on holiday while it was all going on. Keep an eye on the HRC website & Facebook Group for announcements of further race entries opening.

Next XC Race
The next Derby Runner cross country is on Sun 18th Feb at Grace Dieu Manor School. This is a fun one with a few river crossings per lap 🙂 More info to follow.

Dates for your diary
Saturday, 10th Feb – Cross Country Taster Session, 2pm Burbage Common
Sunday, 18th Feb – Derby Runner XC @ Grace Dieu Manor School
Sunday 25th Feb – Stilton 7 LRRL
Sunday, 6th March – Kibworth 6 LRRL
Sunday, 11th March – Derby Runner XC @ Bosworth Battlefield (Hinckley’s race & the last of the season)
(More dates in our Calendar)

Till next time,
-Nick

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Kibworth 6 Entries

Online entries to the Kibworth 6 (Sun 4th March) will open at 8:30pm on Monday 5th Feb.

Link: https://www.evententry.co.uk/kibworth-6

Cross Country Taster Session

We are having a taster session aimed at members of the club & the All Sorts who haven’t done cross country but want to give it a go. Or if you have done it before but just fancy running round the common and support the event 🙂

Info from Kate Perkins:

XC – it’s a bit like Marmite – you either love it or hate it! But you need to try it first….

When? 2pm Saturday 10th February 
Where? Burbage Common (visitor centre)
How far? 3 miles maximum, with opportunity to shorten.
How fast? Not at all – pace will suit ability of people present.
Footwear? Ideally spikes or off-road shoes – we will try and get together a selection for people to try, but can’t guarantee we’ll be able to kit everyone out!

Allestree XC Results

RESULTS Derby Runner XC League – Race 4 – Allestree Park – 21st January 2017=8
Seniors Results – Team Tables – Note: No juniors results available as the results sheets disintegrated in the snow.

What a fantastic race to be part of, my first in the snow for sure. A smaller than usual team with 9 hardy cross country lovers from Hinckley taking part. The ladies team of 4 came 7th in Div 1. Unfortunately since we only had 5 men the men’s and mixed teams did not score ?. (A  mens team requires 8 finishers and a mixed team requires 7 men and 3 women.) All the same a great race enjoyed by all.

Our thanks to the marshals photographers and supporters standing out n the cold while we who were running at least got to stay warm.

HRC Runners at Allestree XC – photos by Vickie Hallam.

 

Allestree XC 2017 – photo by Vickie Hallam.

Wrapped up

Action photo from the juniors race (thanks Steve Wrightam) and seniors team photo from after today’s Allestree Park XC ?❄️☃️