Croft Ambrey Running Club

The race, due to be run this Sunday, April 27th, has been cancelled, apparently because of nesting birds.

SHOBDON WOOD RACE

April 19, 2019 Sam Harper

Preparations for the Shobdon Wood Race on Sunday May 5 at 11am are well underway. Course conditions are good so we are hoping for a return to the traditional route again this year. Lets all keep our fingers crossed for good weather over the next two weeks so that the bluebells which are just beginning […]

March for Men, Hereford

March 16, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

A reminder of the March for Men in aid of Prostate Cancer research in 2 weeks’ time, details on their Facebook page (March for Men Hereford).

Race Reports

Leinthall Starkes 5

April 17, 2019April 19, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Spring has sprung in North Herefordshire. Lord Tennyson once wrote “In spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thought of love”. Not for the cold-hearted Croft runners, whose innermost thoughts are tuned in to setting a P.B. on the historic Leinthall Starkes 5 course. The swallows were swooping over the Leinthall fields having journeyed […]

Longtown Llanthony Loop

April 15, 2019April 19, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Four Croft runners tackled this most demanding of fell races – 13.6km long, with nearly 800m of climb, over the Hatterall ridge. The race was won by Mark Hopkinson in 62.27, with the winner of last week’s Sugar Loaf race not managing better than 6th. Sue D came first in the Croft contingent, showing continued […]