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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
With the dust barely settled after another competitive club championship campaign, the thirteen fixtures for 2016 are listed below. Joe Rainsford, Laura Beth James-Hutchinson, Dean Taylor and Jill Burke each scooped the individual category prizes and will face new races as they defend their crowns next year. New for 2016, Trafford 10k, Bupa London 10k, […]
A twenty-one-strong turnout for the third BDL on Sunday dwarfed the numbers in yellow and blue that turned out for the North Midlands XC League on home turf the day before. Joe Rainsford competed in both races and led home another HRC 1-2 at Bakewell Showground. Joe eased clear to enjoy his second BDL XC victory […]
Following a year-long battle fought over a possible thirteen events, the results are in and the winners of the 2015 Heanor RC Club Championship have been crowned. Congratulations to Joe Rainsford, Laura Beth James-Hutchinson, Dean Taylor and Jill Burke, who have each scooped the individual category prizes and will be presented with their award at […]
As the momentum of the cross country season gathers pace, Heanor RC juniors Lily Winfield & Ashleigh Armstrong headed to the North West to compete in the second round of the British Cross Challenge in Liverpool. The event, which is renowned for attracting top athletes in all age categories from across the UK and providing real close races, didn’t disappoint. The […]
