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Athletic Norfolk 3000, 800 and 1500 Track Events

3000m 12th September 2020 Callum Bowen-jones 8.46.2 Club Record Michael Eccles 9.21.2 Bhaskar Kumar 10.34. 800m 18th September 2020 Callum Bowen-jones smashed the club record to run 1.58.7 breaking the 2 min barrier for the first time. Michael Eccles 2.09.03 Simon Bales 2.15.00 Bhaskar Kumar 2.21.3 Billy Eccles 2.40.7 1500m 26th September  Callum Bowen-jones 1st 4:09:5 Club Record Michael Eccles…

Mad March Hare 2020

Not the best of conditions out on the airfield today. At some points the runners were getting stopped dead in their tracks by the strong winds. I think the wind added at least 2 or 3 minutes to their times. Scott Walford was 1st overall in 34.50 and well over a minute ahead of the second runner. It didn’t make up for his…

Cambridge Half Marathon 2020

Simon Partridge, recovering from a few months of injury, decided to run the Cambridge Half Marathon and with no expectations although secretly he wanted to run 1.20 and did just that finishing in 1.19.33. He’s now determined to knuckle down and get back to his best and, hopefully, quicker too. Simon Bales, who is in training for the Manchester Marathon,…

Winchester 10k & Tarpley 20 miles

Both races were run under hard conditions with heavy rain and strong winds. Winchester 10k This is one race that Michael Eccles will want to forget about. Not only were the first 100 runners sent the wrong way but the ‘k’ markers were also in the wrong place. Michael went through 5k in 16.30 feeling comfortable and on for the…

Valentine 10k 2020

Until 7am on the morning of the race we were not sure if the race was going ahead but, as the conditions did improve considerably, the correct decision was made to carry on with the event, although it was still pretty blustery out on the course.  Individual awards. Autumn Hales was 3rd lady overall in an excellent pb time of…

Freethorpe 10 Miles 2020

The “Freethorpe 10” always seems to be run on a windy day and that was no different today but our 16 members taking part didn’t let that affect them as the results below show. Michael Eccles 3rd overall in a platinum pb time of 54.15. Michael also broke the club record by over a minute and received a county trophy…

Norfolk Cross Country Championships 2020

What a great day for BVH at the County Cross Country Championships but most of all for Michael Eccles achieving his long time goal of winning the event in a time of 33.01. He led the senior field from start to finish with no other runner in sight as he crossed the finish line. The second place runner was 51…

SEAA Masters Cross Country Championships

On a very tough and muddy 9k course all BVH members ran a strong race coming away with an inidvidual and a team gold medal. Our first gold medal came in the male masters race with Scott Walford winning the 45+ age category in  31.59. Scott was also 3rd overall in the race beating many of the younger 40+ runners. The…