Beverley Athletic Club Chairman, Rob Reid, travelled back to his home city of Liverpool last weekend to take part in the first Liverpool Marathon. Entering the marathon in his home town had seemed like a rather nostalgic and romantic thing to do and he was not disappointed. He ran past many pubs from his youthful days, saw his sister’s school and ran along part of his old school bus route….
The first race of the 2011/2012 season of the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League took place last Sunday at Bishop Wilton and more than 150 athletes from eight local running clubs lined up at the start. Beverley Athletic Club fielded a large squad of 33, among them several new members competing in the league for the first time. Mark Walsh, Mariana Barbera, Richard Clark, Jane Goodchild, Sarah Crabtree and Chris Woolner…
It is every athletes dream to compete in a World Championships in their chosen sport. This recently came true for 3 athletes from Kingston swimming club who made their way to Sofia in Bulgaria for the 13th annual World Biathle Championships. Biathle sees competitors run, swim and then run again consecutively with a transition between each discipline as you are not allowed to swim with your shoes on .They arrived…
After a successful day at the recent road relay competition in Warrington athletes from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Sheffield last weekend to take part in the Northern Athletics Cross-Country Relay Championships. Thirty-two teams of four lined up at the start for the senior men’s event on the hottest October day since records began. With the temperature around 30oC conditions were very unusual for a cross-country event in October. Instead…
Three teams of runners from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Birchwood in Warrington last Saturday to take part in the Start Fitness Northern Athletics Autumn Road Relays. The event attracted a large number of athletes from all over the north of England and the competition was fierce. The men’s race was a six stage relay with each athlete running a 6 km circuit on quiet roads on an industrial estate. …
The 31st Great North Run took place last Sunday and nine athletes from Beverley Athletic Club joined more than 38,000 other runners at the start on the central motorway in Newcastle. World 5000 metre champion Mo Farah fired the starting pistol while the Red Arrows made a diamond-formation fly-past over the start line. If you like the big race atmosphere this was the place to be on Sunday morning. Most…
The Major Stone half-marathon made a welcome return to the local race calendar last weekend after a two-year absence and attracted a field of 136 athletes. A sixteen-strong contingent from Beverley Athletic Club took part in the race and the first of them to complete the 21 km course was Jonathan Leskiewicz. He finished in fourth position overall in 1:18:06 behind a very strong first three consisting of Steve Bateson,…
The Humber Bridge played host to a new running event last weekend. The gruelling 12-hour Hell on the Humber endurance race started at 7 o’clock on Saturday evening and finished at 7 o’clock on Sunday morning. Over a hundred competitors started the event but not everyone managed to finish. The route across the bridge and back was four miles in total and runners had to complete as many of these…
Four Beverley youngsters have been selected to represent Great Britain in the World Biathle Championships in Bulgaria in September. Jordan Mounsey, Natasha Bellamy, Jessica Chapman and Luke Chapman are all thrilled to have been selected for the Great Britain squad. They qualified after their performances in a series of events including the National Championships which were held at Salford Quays on 14 August. Biathle is a growing sport in which…
Beverley Athletic Club Juniors had a busy and successful weekend taking part in the third meeting in the Humberside Track and Field League and the Burton Leonard Fun Run. The track and field meeting was held at Costello Stadium on Saturday and also incorporated the county championships for certain events. It rained all day but despite the dreadful conditions there were some notable results for Beverley. Lauryn Garwood won the…
Beverley Athletic Club Juniors travelled to Eccup in West Yorkshire last weekend to take part in the Eccup Junior Road Races. It was a very successful day out in the countryside with the youngsters bringing home more than half the prizes available. Taylor Arnott won the one mile race in 6:21 and Jordan Peacock was the first girl to finish. She was third overall and completed the course in 6:54….
Darran Bilton of City of Leeds AC won last week’s Airkool Walkington 10k for the second year in succession. He completed the challenging course in 33 minutes, 22 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Phill Taylor of Bridlington RR. There was an exciting finish in the ladies competition with Carla Stansfield beating Katie Mellor to first place by a single second. Both ladies recorded the same chip time but Stansfield…
More than 600 runners will be taking to the roads around Walkington on Friday 8 July for the annual Airkool Walkington 10k. The popular race follows a challenging route on undulating rural roads. Runners head out from the back of Walkington and climb up Bluestone Bottoms, returning via Little Weighton. They will all have earned their t-shirt by the time they get to the finish on Walkington playing fields. Before…
Temperatures soared to 30°C last Sunday as more than 1500 people took part in the Humber Bridge Half-marathon. With no shade on much of the course runners could not escape the heat and had to adjust their pace to suit the conditions. First across the finishing line for Beverley Athletic Club was James Pearson. He finished in fourth place overall in 1:17:37, several minutes slower than his best at this…
The Mauritius marathon and half-marathon took place last Sunday and Beverley Athletic Club’s Kay Farrow ran the half. Like all running events in Mauritius the race started at 7 a.m. to avoid the higher temperatures later on in the morning. This meant that Kay had to get up at 4 o’clock to allow enough time for breakfast and to travel to the race. With the course being point to point…
Beverley Athletic Club Junior Nicole Dawson took part in her first 10k race last weekend and hit the jackpot. She was the first lady to complete the course in Burton Pidsea, finishing in 43:26 – more than a minute ahead of her nearest rival, Beverley’s Lucy Stamford. The fifteen year-old has been a member of the junior squad for 7 years and has represented her club in numerous fun runs…
Several Beverley athletes travelled to the Yorkshire Dales last Saturday to compete in the Wharfedale half-marathon and Rugger Ramble. The half-marathon is a category BL fell race with some challenging terrain which included a 1 in 3 hill. Conditions were perfect underfoot and although a strong north-easterly wind made the going tough at times, athletes enjoyed fine weather with the temperature ideal for tackling the very challenging climbs. The first…
While their club mates were running across the Humber another group of athletes from Beverley Athletic Club was running along the banks of the Ouse in the Goole Riverbank Challenge. The 8.73 mile route is mainly off-road next to the river Ouse near Goole, crossing stiles on the way out and on the return. The first Beverley runner to finish was Mark Dalton who continued his run of excellent form…