Pre-race team photo from today’s XC at Holly Hayes, photo by Chris Langham. Men’s race winner Mr Simon Birch of Hinckley RC! (Not on photo, having a warm up probably ?)
Car Share for Holly Hayes XC
For Sunday’s race, if you would like to join to the car share please come to the Trinity Vicarage Road car park (LE10 0BU) 9am to leave by 9:15.
The race is £4 for seniors and £1 for juniors. Pay on the day as usual, no need to pre-register and it is open to all members of the club! Even if you can’r race why not come and support, take photos etc. Don’t forget to bring a mug if you would like to relax with a hot drink after the race ?
2018 Club Committee
As announced after the AGM last week, the club’s committee is now as follows:
Geoff Oliver – President
Andy Lauder – Chairman
Paul Clayton – Hon. Secretary
Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield* – Assistant Secretary
Odette Foxall – Treasurer
Kirsty Pollard* – Membership Secretary
Andrea Earley – Vice-Chair
Leanne Byard* – Club Development
Kate Perkins* – XC Rep
Sarah Garford** – LRRL Rep
Jenny Green – Coaching Co-ordinator and Ladies Captain
Céline Guéry – Ladies Captain
Richard Guest – Mens Captain
Nick Moore – Mens Captain
* = New member or changed role
** Sarah is stepping down from the LRRL Rep role but has agreed to continue until a replacement is found — please enquire if you are interested.d
Stepping down from the committee after many years of service are Sarah Garford, Jonathan Strong and Helen Wilebore.
Standard Times 2017 ?
It’s time to apply for this year’s Standard Times awards.
Full information, times, and rules: Standard Times
APPLICATION FORM: Standard-Times-Form-2017.xlsx
To apply, download and fill in the form, and email it to hrcstandardtimes@gmail.com.
Please include in the form a few words about your running year — highlights, lowlights or stories — and also attach to the email your favourite running related photo of yourself from this year. This is for the presentation night and also for a “year book”.
If you are applying for 2 awards, please only send one form.
DEADLINE: Midnight on Tuesday, 2nd January 2018. No exceptions. (Early entries encouraged!)
If you don’t get a reply to your email within 5 days, please contact Nick Moore or Céline Guery in case it was not received.
Prestwold Hall XC Results
It was a lovely sunny morning out at Prestwold Hall on Sunday. 25 senior club members braved the approx 6½ mile course, including 3 new members running their first race in a Hinckley vest, and 13 of our juniors ran in the 1 and 2 mile races.
RESULTS Derby Runner XC League – Race 2 – Prestwold Hall – 12th November 2017
Seniors Results – Team Tables – Juniors Results
Our thanks to Wreake and Soar Valley AC for putting on the race, especially at such short notice. Next race is Holly Hayes Woods on the 26th Nov.
Results Update
Added Prestwold Hall XC seniors results to Races 2017/18.
XC Report 2017 for HRC AGM
Firstly, a big thank you and well done to everyone who has raced, supported or helped out at any of
the XC races. The HRC hosted race at the Bosworth Battlefield Center which was a huge success,
the course layout, the mud and marshals all received lots of positive feedback.
2017/2018 Season stats compared to last season:
Holly Hayes Woods 30/10/2016
14 men (up 3), 12 ladies (same)
Men 5 th (up 1) League 1, Ladies 1st (up 2) League 2, Team 5th (same) League 1
Markfield 13/11/2016
16 men (same), 10 ladies (up 2)
Men 6 th (down 1), Ladies 1st (up 2), Team 6th (down 4)
Bradgate Park 11/12/2016
11 men (down 5), 10 ladies (up 2)
Men 9th (down 4), Ladies 2nd (up 3), Team 9th (down 4)
Sinai Park 15/01/2017
10 men (up 2), 4 ladies (down 1)
Men 8th, Ladies 3rd, Team 8th
Bagworth Heath 29/01/2017
14 men (up 4), 5 ladies (down 1)
Men 4 th , Ladies 1 st , Team 4th
Allestree Park 19/02/2017
6 men (down 6), 4 ladies (down 1)
Man no score, Ladies 2 nd , Team 10 th
Bosworth Battlefield (Hinckley) 05/03/2017
9 men (up 1), 5 ladies (same)
Men 4 th (up 3), Ladies 1 st (up 1), Team 3 rd (up 2)
End of season positions:
Team 7 th in League 1 (down 2)
Men 7 th in League 1 (same)
Ladies 1 st in League 2 (up 1 and now promoted to League 1 for the 2017/2018 season)
Individual achievements:
100% finishers of all the XC races:
Ben Harding
Joe Langham
Bethan Padbury
Ben Harding 1st Overall and VM40
Bethan Padbury 2nd U20F
Harry Langham 2nd U20M
Becca Gould 3 rd senior lady
Kate Perkins 5 th senior lady
The junior section had an excellent year with 10 members achieving final placings. Juniors coach
Shawn Wilebore said: “3 podium finishes, and two in 4th place, I’ve never seen so many of our
runners finish in the top 6, very well done juniors.”
Great to see so many different members taking part. If we can get a similar or even better turnout
this season that would be fantastic. Also, some brilliant individual achievements as well as team
performances.
County Championships:
Ben Harding was 6 th in the men’s masters
Simon Birch was 20 th in the senior men’s
Ben Masser and Harry Langham were 7 th and 9 th in U20 men
Michelle Fowler was 21 st in Masters ladies
Becca Gould and Kate Perkins 11 th and 12 th in senior ladies
Bethan Padbury was 9th in the Under 17 women
If as many of the club can keep Sunday 11 th March 2018 free please to either help out or run the
HRC XC at Bosworth Battlefield.
County XC Championships 2018
From the LRAA:
Entries are now open for the Leicestershire & Rutland County Cross Country Championships. These will be held at Rotherby Farm, Gaddesby Lane, Rotherby on Saturday 6th January 2018.
Online entries (open until 2nd January)
More information: Information Sheet (PDF)
Sadly not as convenient for us as the last two years when it was held a Burbage Common!
This is a traditional cross country event in its 92nd year. There are 8 races on the day divided by male/female and age categories U13, U15, U17, Junior(U20)/Senior/Masters(35+). Those over 35 have the option of entering in either the Senior or Masters category. It is an individual choice but we are recommending to enter as Senior for team purposes.
To enter this race you must have a current England Athletics registration, and you must be either born in Leicestershire or have lived there for 9 months.
Derby Runner XC – Race 3 Information
Here’s the info from Hermitage Harriers for the race at Holly Hayes Woods on Sunday 26th Nov:
Holly-Hayes-Woods-XC-Details-2017.pdf (click to view PDF)
Note £4 for adults and and £1 for juniors. We will arrange a car share as usual – look out for info. All HRC members are welcome encouraged to take part – a club vest is available for £15 if you don’t have one yet. 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. Hope to see a big load of you there ?
Edit: Car Share
University of Leicester Relays
University of Leicester Relays is a fun looking event coming up on Sat 25th November:
The UOLRAC Relays are an annual event that takes place in Victoria Park, Leicester every November with teams competing in 3km relay races! The event is open to everyone whether you’re in a club or just a group of friends, get a team together and join in! (You just have to be over 16 to take part)
It looks like quite a few members are planning to do it. (Club members can comment on the post in the Facebook group to coordinate teams – or just let me know.)
Final Bagworth Results
Final XC results have now been received for the Bagworth race and I have uploaded these to the Races 2017/18 page. Now with correct Ladies league table 🙂
Derby Runner XC – Race 2 Information
Here is the information received from Wreake & Soar Valley AC for the race this Sunday, 12th November at Prestwold Hall:
DERBY-RUNNER-LEAGUE-Notes-Prestwold-2017.pdf (click to view PDF)
This race is £5 for adults and £1.50 for juniors. Juniors race starts 10:20am and adults race starts 11:02am, described as “good running with some surprises to test the hardy”.
All members are welcome and encouraged to take part, it doesn’t matter how slow you think you are or if you haven’t done one before! You will need some trail shoes (or spikes) because it is likely to be very muddy. A HRC vest will also be needed and these are available for £15.
Remember there is no need to book a place in these races – they are “turn up on the day” and open to all members of the club. England Athletics affiliation is not needed to race in Derby Runner league.
Car Share: Unlike most venues, there is plenty of parking for this one, but we will do a car share anyway — meet at the usual place (old leisure centre car park, Trinity Vicarage Lane) at 9:00am to depart 9:15.
Car Share for Prestwold Hall XC
For the next XC Race on 12th November, we haven’t had the full details yet but we know the races will be at the usual times (11.02am seniors, 10.20am juniors) and that the price for this race will be £5 for seniors and £1.50 for juniors (please note: not the usual price). Pay on the day as usual, no need to pre-register and it is open to all members of the club.
For car share, we will meet at the old Leisure Centre car park (Trinity Vicarage Road, LE10 0BU) from 9:00am, to leave at 9:15am.
We will have hot water again so don’t forget to bring a mug or what have you ?
Geoff in the Hinckley Times
Our fabulous club president Geoff Oliver is in the Hinckley Times this week.
The night HRC gatecrashed BBC News
Tonight’s training session was broadcast live on the BBC! Sadly not a piece about our excellent club but a story about the rise of 999 calls at Halloween.
