Even though the weather wasn’t very kind today the club still had great results at the Shouldham Warren 5k, coming away with 4 award winners and a few personal bests. In what was a very close and exciting battle Ryan Davidson finished 1st Senior man in a superb time of 16.18. Not to be outdone by Ryan, Faith Viney was the easy winner of the…
Snetterton Race Track 5k & 10k
In the Snetterton 10k Matthew Crane finally broke 42 mins for the first time. He took an impressive 35 seconds off his previous time to run 41.53. In the 5k one of our newest and youngest members, Laurie Woods, finished in 8th position in an excellent time of 18.56 We also had two members running in the very muddy Reepham…
Norfolk Cross Country Champs Jan 2017
We had 4 County medalists at the Norfolk X/C Championships at Thetford. In the 6.8k ladies race Sabina Spence took the silver medal in the 45+ age group in 31.02. Tara Baxter, running the same distance, also won silver in the U20’s in 37.51. In the 11k men’s race our more vintage members were also on form with Glen Nelson…
Shouldham Cross Country 6.5k 3rd in series
Four BVH travelled to snowy Shouldham for the 6.5k course and four came away as winners. In the senior mens race Ryan Davidson was 3rd in 22.34. He missed the 2nd spot by 1 second. Faith Viney, keeping up her recent improvement, won the the senior ladies race in 26.15. Ian Jermy was 1st in the 40+ age group in 25.40.…
Shouldham Warren 9k Second in Series 2017
Another cracking set of results for BVH at Shouldham in the longer distance of 9k with the club coming away with 5 awards. In the men’s event Sam Coyne had a superb run knocking over 2 mins off last years time and winning the overall race in 29.00. Ryan Davidson was 6th in 30.06. Martin Hewetson was 1st vet 40+…
Houghton Hall Cross Country 2017
The course at Houghton Hall is “proper cross country” and one of the best in the County. It’s a great spectator course too. Sam Coyne , looking really strong, finished 1st on the 6.5k course in 21.27. Ryan Davidson in his first cross country for BVH was 2nd in 22.14. Craig Bowen-Jones, on the back of his marathon, had a…
English Cross Country Champs Mansfield 2017
Bure Valley Harriers did themselves proud on their first outing to the National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield. Out of a field of 178 the team finished in 71st place. Sam Coyne was first off in the mad dash at the start not realising you have to do a 100 metres pb to get in a good position!. Sam finished…
Frankfort Marathon 2017
Craig Bowen-Jones had an excellent run In the Frankfort marathon and he certainly deserved his pb after all the hard work and miles he has put in. His coach Neil Featherby must be really proud. Craig set off steady and gradually increased the pace to finish in a great time of 2.56.03 which is 2 mins quicker than his previous race. Well done Craig.
Holt 10k 2017
Scott Walford once again proved that hard work does pay off by finishing first overall and in a pb time of 34.34. Not bad on a windy and hilly Course and for a 47 year old!! Sabina Spence, running her first 10k for the club, finished 2nd in the 45+ age category in 43.45- missing out on first spot by…
Trowse 10k 2017
Simon Partridge had an excellent run today in the Trowse 10k finishing 7th overall in a pb time of 36.35. Rebecca Hall, running her first race after giving birth to the twins, finished in 49.10. Sarah Bird ran yet another pb in 49.54 and Alexandra Haswell took over 3 mins off her time to run 56.53. Andy Bird finished in 57.44.…