Croft Ambrey Running Club

At the committee meeting we learnt: The club has 123 paid-up adult members, and 44 juniors (plus 15 ‘in the pipeline’) Robyn Gore is our new Shobdon Wood race director (race date 03 May 2020) There is a new code of conduct for juniors and their parents (on the website) The Winter Social may be […]

Club Championship Races

September 27, 2019September 29, 2019 Sam Harper

Sunday 6 October is the next race in the Club Championship series – The Brown Clee Burn, full details on the race calendar. 11k multi-terrain event with T-shirt and refreshments for all finishers. Entry is available on the day. A big apology to our junior members who may have wanted to run in the series, […]

Birth announcement

August 24, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Benjamin Arthur Robert Whitfield, youngest associate member of Croft Ambrey, arrived in this world on August 11th, thanks to his mum, Irina (Dale) and dad, Joe. At a whopping 8lb13 ounces, and 23″ long, he will possibly make a fine long-legged runner one day. Congratulations to Irina particularly, and welcome to Ben (just one year […]

Race Reports

Herefordshire Winter league – Race 1 – Fforest Fields – Mens Captains report

October 19, 2019 Sam Harper

Sunday marked the first race in the 2019/2020 winter league series. The race was held at Fforest Fields Camping Site in Builth Wells. With the amount of rain that we had had in the week before the race, I think that each runner knew what to expect when it came to the conditions of the […]

Breidden Hills

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 Guy Whitmarsh

Breidden Hills is traditionally the first of the Shropshire winter fell series, and marks the watershed between summer and winter. Despite the rain before the race, by the time runners had assembled it had stopped, but leaving the hills shrouded in low cloud. Admiral Rodney could have sailed off on an adventure, for all we […]