Racing

  • Club record turnout at latest BDL

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    A club record 55 runners turned out for the latest BDL road race at Denby Pottery last Tuesday. The phenomenal numbers accounted for 15% of the total number of finishers and was second only to North Derbyshire’s 56-strong showing. Matt Bickerstaff led home an impressive HRC 1-2-3, with Dale Aannable and Joe Rainsford occupying the next […]

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  • European Masters medals for Louise, Lisa and Jill

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    Lisa Palmer-Blount, Louise Insley and Jill Burke all returned from the European Masters Championships last weekend with silverware. Taking place at Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the Algarve, Portugal, the competition included race walk, 10k, half marathon and XC relays. All three, who have enjoyed British Masters success over the last couple of years, […]

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  • Success on the roads in Riga

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    Eighteen Heanor Running Club members, plus friends and family travelled to the Latvian capital of Riga last week to take part in a weekend festival of running. The annual club trip overseas exceeded all expectations. From the friendly locals, superb hotel and beautiful sights in the Old Town area, the visit followed on from previous […]

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  • Double-victory for men and women at Livingston Relays

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    Heanor Running Club completely dominated the long-standing Livingston Relays in Leicestershire last weekend as the men romped home to their third-successive title and the women took top-spot for the first time in the event’s 88-year history. Hannah Viner and Stuart King set the tone from the off over the quick but blustery 3 mile lap […]

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  • Weekend road double-header sees HRC shine

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    A busy weekend of racing saw Heanor RC in road and track action at events across the Midlands. The club held its own among quality opposition as the sole representative from Derbyshire at the ERRA National 12 Stage Road Relays on Saturday. Following a top-10 finish at the regional championships at the same Sutton Park […]

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  • Phenomenal turnout in opening BDL

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    A club-record 41 runners turned out for the opening Booth Decorators Road League at Teversal Grange on Tuesday. Joe Rainsford and Dale Annable led the 403-strong field home in a HRC 1-2 while Lisa Palmer-Blount topped the women’s standings. The phenomenal numbers turning out in yellow and blue ensured the club picked up where it left off last […]

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  • Team gold for Lily on England debut

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    Five months after kicking off her cross country season for the yellow and blue at Markeaton Park, Lily Winfield finished off her winter in style representing England in Falkirk last weekend. After a top-10 performance at the English Schools final at Wollaton Park two weeks ago, Lily began the long trip north of the border […]

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  • Lily excels at English Schools

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    Heanor RC junior athlete, Lily Winfield, scored a hugely impressive top-10 finish at the English Schools National Cross Country Championship at Wollaton Park last weekend. The prestigious annual event is a breeding ground for future Olympians and international athletes and saw Lily enjoy the best race of her young running career so far. Lily bounced […]

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  • HRC victorious at latest BDL

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    Joe Rainsford led home another Heanor RC 1-2 at the latest BDL earlier today. Twenty-one turned out in yellow and blue just twelve hours on from the annual awards night. Seven inside forty-two on the men’s side and three inside 77 for the women – led home by juniors Lily Winfield and Ashleigh Armstrong – […]

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  • Derbyshire XC Champs results

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    Ben Connor and Tamara Armoush scooped the senior honours at the Heanor Running-Club hosted Derbyshire Cross Country Championships yesterday. The Shipley Park mud bath saw Joe Rainsford bag bronze and lead the senior men home to county silver on home turf. Nine men turned out, with the veteran men, headed by 15th-placed Gordon Smith, finishing […]

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