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, […]
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 […]
On the same weekend that 18 club members tackled the roads in Riga, Ashley Deeming and a handful of Heanor RC juniors supported the Derbyshire Track and Field Championships held in conjunction with Nottinghamshire at Harvey Hadden. Lily Winfield continued her sparkling run of form with a county middle-distance double. Lily smashed her previous best […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Members were strutting their stuff across Europe last weekend as the cross country season starts to flow seamlessly into spring road running action. With teammates sidelined through illness and other race commitments, Thomas Bailey was the club’s sole representative at Moorways last Saturday in the final Derbyshire Cross Country Mini League fixture of the winter. The next […]
Club chairman, Rob Rainsford, and treasurer, Yvonne Hobday, went down to East Midlands Airport earlier this month to present the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance service with a cheque for £1,000. The grand total was raised from our Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding 10k in November, where £1 from every entry went towards supporting the […]
