Month: June 2017
Leinthall Starkes handicap race 3
LEINTHALL STARKES 5 – 20th June 2017 by Mike Blenkinsop The 3rd and final race around the lanes of Leinthall Starkes before we head for Croft Woods next month attracted lower numbers than the previous events with runners possibly discouraged by the recent heatwave, though thankfully the daytime sizzling temperature had dropped slightly by […]
Continue ReadingPontesbury fell race
Race 5 in the summer series, on the longest day, was (let’s hope!) the hottest of the summer’s races, at 28 degrees. A ‘warm-up’ was still necessary, but left us dry-throated and sweating before the race had even begun. After the first few hundred yards on steadily rising tarmac, we entered the woods, which although […]
Continue ReadingCommittee meeting (June 11th)
It was decided that this year’s charities to benefit from our takings at Shobdon Wood would be First Responders (£100), St Michael’s Hospice (£50) and the Shobdon new playground (£50). Discussion of the Croft organised final race in the summer series, at Shobdon Court, threw up the need for helpers a) to prepare the course […]
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