We had 4 runners at the Mike Groves 10k. Neck and neck all they way round the course, Tom Jordan just managed to outsprint Paul Ward to the line! Tom running on marathon training legs was only 11 seconds adrift of his pb to run 38.05 Paul was 1st 50+ in a diamond standard pb of 38.08 Joanne Watkins was…
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Honeybell XC – February 2023
It was a beautiful sunny day for the Honeybell Cross Country and in such a lovely setting too. This is a proper cross country course with a few of coaches “friends” in the middle and is to be highly recommended, although we’re not sure all would agree with that! We had the following results: 2.4 mile course: Billy Eccles was…
Valentine 10k Results – February 2023
There was a small mix up with the results initially, but they finally came and what an excellent set they were. Michael Eccles ran a fantastic race to come in second overall in 31.50. Laurie Woods was on form once again, running another PB in a diamond standard time of 34.20. Carl White had a great to run to finish in…
Shouldham Warren – February 2023
While there were several runners at the Norfolk Gazelles’ Valentine’s 10K race, we also had several members of the family keeping the BVH flag flying high at the fifth Shouldham Warren race of the 2022/23 series. Billy Eccles (3k), Belle Watkins (4.5k) and Joanne Watkins (9k) were all first in their respective races. Well done all three of you.
Reedham 10 Mile results – February 2023
We had to wait an extra couple of weeks for the Reedham 10 Mile race, which was postponed at the end of January because of cold weather and icy roads, but what a great result for all nine members running. We had five PBs, four people running the distance for the first time and five medal winners. Michael Eccles…
Reepham Cross Country – January 2023
We had two BVH members running this year’s, very muddy Reepham Cross Country race – Alistair Ross and Eleanor Chapman. Alistair came across the line in 47.51, while Eleanor won the third female prize in 49.46. Well done both of you.
Shouldham Warren 3k/5k Cross Country – January 2023.
In the 5k race Matt Stone came second VM50, Joanne Watkins was second VW35 and Michael Eccles was second overall but finished first VM40. Billy and Eva Eccles both won their U15 age groups. However, the star of the day has to be Belle Watkins who was second U17, she ran 25mins which is a big improvement from her recent…
Norfolk County Cross Country Championships – January 2023
We had 20 members running in this years XC Champs at Earlham Park on Sunday 8th January, taking part in the U/15, U/20 and Senior/Masters categories. First up was Billy Eccles running in the U/15 category and in a tough, hard fought race Billy finished in an excellent 5th place. Laurie Woods, running with the seniors and masters, but running…
WAC Not New Years Day 10k
Laurie Woods started the year off well with an excellent 37 second personal best time. Laurie finished 7th overall in a diamond standard time of 34.33. Peter Woods struggling with a virus ran 43.10 Louise Paterson also getting over a virus ran 45.58 Gail Hardingham was second W60-64 in 53.29 Well done to all on what is not the easiest of…
Southern Masters Cross Country Championships 2022
Michael Eccles, in what was a very competitive race and on a hard 10k course, had an outstanding run to finish first overall in 33.28. An extra long hill had been added this year and Michael said it was the hardest hill he has ever encountered so, coming from him, it must have been tough. Plus they had to run…