Heanor RC played its part in a record-breaking English National Cross Country Championship last weekend as a twelve-strong team made the trip down to the capital for the set piece event of the winter calendar. Typically heavy conditions underfoot characterised the Parliament Hill course as seven senior men, three senior women and two of club’s […]
Stuart King today qualified for the British Athletics Indoor Championships 1500m final and is set to pull on the yellow and blue for the national final in Birmingham tomorrow afternoon. The twenty-six year old, who qualified for the championshps following an indoor personal best of 3:52.63 at the BMC indoor meet in Sheffield last month, […]
A 25-strong turnout, impressive female showing plus seven men inside the first twelve ensured Heanor RC retained the men’s and combined BDL XC titles at Holmebrook Country Park yesterday. Joe Rainsford led home a HRC 1-2 ahead of Dale Annable whilst Wendy Mullineux took second in the female standings. There were also a number of […]
Lily Winfield finished an impressive 13th at the combined British Athletics Cross Challenge and Chiltern XC League event in Milton Keynes today. The long-running Cross Challenge is a series of four races across the winter beginning in Liverpool in November and culminating at the CAU Inter-Counties race at Cofton Park, Birmingham next month. Lily, who […]
A final pitch inspection on Saturday afternoon will determine which course host-club North Derbyshire will use for the final BDL XC fixture of the season this Sunday. Adverse weather conditions over the past week have taken their toll on the Holmebrook Country Park course and, whilst weather reports look favorable for the remainder of the […]
A near-complete revamp of the 2015 Heanor RC Club Championship fixture list will see Lisa Palmer, Laura Beth James-Hutchinson, Stuart King and Paul Mercer face new challenges in defence of their crowns. The Livingston Relays have been reinstated to the thirteen-fixture list and the senior men will be looking to retain the title they won […]
In perfect mid-winter conditions, Notts AC hosted an excellent day of cross country racing for the Midland Counties Cross Country at Wollaton Park on Saturday. The challenging course was packed with twists and turns and hills and mud and saw Heanor RC well-represented across four age category races. HRC junior Lily Winfield was the club’s […]
Thoughts may still be muddy but dates for the 2015 BDL Summer Road League have been announced. Heanor Running Club made it a clean-sweep at the final BDL road race in August as an all yellow and blue top-six saw the men retain the title for another year and the women regain top-spot from Sutton Harriers […]
This year’s Midland Cross Country Championships is due to take place this Saturday at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Heanor Running Club is set to be well-represented across various age categories, with races commencing from 11:30am. In wet and wild conditions twelve months ago, the yellow and blue figured prominently at Leamington Spa as four men finished […]
Top-spot for men, women and combined in latest BDL at Trent Meadows. Full results HERE Video courtesy of Paul Clarke HERE
