Frank Gribben had an excellent run in the men’s 65+ age group in the Scottish Masters Cross Country championships at Hawick today. In a highly competitive field Frank finished 5th in a time of 29.23 and wasn’t too far behind the leaders. The ground was rock solid which made the going extremely tough. Along with a 1000 metre hill at the start…
Freethorpe 10 Mile 2019
What a superb morning for BVH at The Freethorpe 10 miler with numerous awards, first timers and personal bests. The predicted rain held off but the strong winds didn’t, which made the race pretty tough in places, especially the last two miles which were into a head wind. No one let the conditons affect them and all finished strongly. It…
Snetterton 5k
In the icy cold and freezing cold conditions at the Snetterton 5k Simon Partridge, who is back on the road to recovery following his navicular break, finished 3rd overall in 17.38. This is just a minute short of his personal best time of 16.40. A few more months of consitent training and I’m sure he’ll be back to his best. Laurie…
Norfolk Cross Country Championships
The weather was pretty perfect for our 15 members taking part in the annual cross country champs at Thetford. The senior and veteran men ran 10.8k, the under 20 men 8.4k and the senior and vet ladies and under 20 ladies 6.8k. We came away with 3 individual county medals and one team medal. Medal winners were:- Scott Walford 1st…
Wymondham AC New Years Day 10k
The first race of the year saw success for three of our members. Chris Mickleburgh was 1st senior man in a new pb time of 34.29. Sabina Spence was 1st Lady 45-49 in 42.09 Glen Nelson was 1st Male 65+ in 43.15 Sarah Bird 50.11 Andy Bird 1.00.40 Well done all especially after New Year Eve’s celebrations
Shouldham Warren 6.5k
There was some great running by the eleven BVH members today on the Shouldham 6.5k course wirh seven coming away with medals. Ryan Davidson just missed out on first place by one second but he shouldn’t be disappointed as he ran a great pb time of 21.23. Jake Spearman was 4th senior man finishing just 10 seconds outside his pb in 22.54.…
Brighton 10k & St Neot’s Half Marathon
In “The Brighton 10k” Hannah Stone knocked over 2 minutes off her pb finishing in 45.39. Well done Hannah – great running. Chris Mickleburgh and Matthew Crane both ran the “St Neots Half Marathon” with Chris finishing in 1.18.29 and Matthew running an excellent pb by over 3 minutes in 1.34.45. Well done lads.
Shouldham Warren 9k
It started off as a very wet morning but by the time the race set off it was quite sunny and warm although a bit windy. Once again the club had some excellent results with six coming away with medals. Sam Coyne was 1st overall in 29.07. Ryan Davidson 3rd overall in 29.23. Matt Stone 3rd V45+ 32.50. Faith Viney 1st…
Houghton Hall Cross Country
18 members turned up for what is a “proper cross country course” with 9 coming away with medals. Ryan Davidson was first overall in 21.32 Callum Bowen-jones 2nd overall and 1st under 20 male in 22.52 Jake Stearman was 4th overall and 2nd under 20 male in 23.51 Matt Stone was 2nd Vet man 23.52 Faith Viney was 1st lady in 24.20 Laurie…
Abbey Dash 10k, Broadland Half Marathon & Billericay 10k
The first race on Sunday morning was in Leeds with Sam Coyne running “The Abbey Dash 10k”. Sam only entered a few days prior to the run as he felt he was in good shape to run a fast race. He was certainly proved right as he ran a platinum standard time of 32.59, a minute faster than his previous best time.…