Two teams from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Sefton Park in Liverpool last Saturday to take part in the Northern Road Relay Championships. The event is open to club athletes of all abilities but also attracts some of the best road runners in the north
More than 400 runners took to the roads around the villages east of Hull on Sunday to take part in the East Hull 20. With the Hull and London marathons only a few weeks away, many runners were using the 20-mile
Beverley Athletic Club has announced that entries are now being taken for the Airkool Walkington 10k and those who were disappointed at not getting a place in the Beverley 10k are encouraged to enter.
Cofton Park in Birmingham was the setting for the 2012 Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships last Saturday and included in the squad of athletes selected to run
Six members of Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Lincolnshire last Sunday to take part in the very first Gainsborough 10k. The race was organised by Gainsborough Running Club and attracted a field of just under 500 runners.
It was a soggy Sunday at Sewerby for the final race of the 2011 / 2012 season of the East Yorkshire XC League. The rain that fell before and during the race created slippery conditions underfoot and some parts of the course were very muddy. 117 hardy athletes from eight local running clubs set off from the cliff top at Sewerby and followed the testing course through Danes’ Dyke, round…
A new event was added to the long distance off-road calendar last weekend with the inaugural Golden Fleece Circuit. The challenge event was a huge success with more than 300 people taking part.
A record forty-five athletes from Beverley Athletic Club lined up at the start of the Snake Lane 10 race on Sunday. It was a mild morning and with little wind on the flat, exposed course around Pocklington conditions were perfect for a fast race.
Racing begins again at Beverley Racecourse on Sunday 25 March but instead of horses and jockeys it will be runners and walkers that will be treading the turf as the Sport Relief Mile comes to Beverley for the first time.
The penultimate race in the East Yorkshire XC League took place in the snow at Welton last Sunday. Hosted by Goole Viking Striders, the event attracted a field of 138 runners, 29 of them from Beverley Athletic Club.
Members of Beverley Athletic Club gathered at Lazaat last Saturday for a presentation evening which celebrated their achievements in 2011. Club Chairman Rob Reid welcomed members to the highlight of the club’s year
Almost two thousand runners took part in the 2012 Northern Cross-Country Championships which took place at Pontefract Racecourse last Saturday. The event attracted the best XC runners in the North of England, among them a small contingent from Beverley Athletic Club. The course was all on grass and although it was a mild and dry day there were some muddy sections to test the stamina of the athletes. The senior…
Twenty-nine members of Beverley Athletic Club turned out for last Sunday’s Ferriby 10, the first club handicap race of the year. They joined more than 500 other athletes to run the tough ten mile route from Skidby to Riplingham via little Weighton and back via Raywell. The first half of the course is hilly but after Riplingham crossroads the road is fairly flat until the final climb up to the…
Beverley Athletic Club has announced that this year’s Hall Construction Beverley 10k is now full – less than three weeks after entries opened.
Members of Beverley Athletic Club travelled to York last Sunday to take part in the Brass Monkey half-marathon. This is a very popular event and runners have to be fast to secure a place in the race as all 1700
It was a bright, cold and frosty morning last Sunday for the fourth race in the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League. The ground underfoot was very hard and when the ice began to thaw it became very slippery
Young Athletes from across the East Riding of Yorkshire descended upon Longcroft School in Beverley. They were there to compete in a Cross Country that saw the East Riding take on York Schools. Those who took part included local athlete Jordan Mounsey who recently represented Great Britain at the World Biathle Championships in Bulgaria, Jordan came first by some distance in his age group. [nggallery id=1954]
Beverley Athletic Club has announced that entries are now open for the Hall Construction Beverley 10k, East Yorkshire’s premier 10k road race, which takes place on Sunday 13 May this year.