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BDL Winter 2016-17 prize giving

BDL Winter 2016-17 prize giving

Wirksworth picked up three awards in Tuesday's BDL Winter 2016-17 prize giving at Ilkeston, very well done all; Elaine  - 1st Vet Ladies 45, Harry - 2nd Senior Male, Paul - 3rd Vet Male 45. Paul moves so fast some may not have seen him collect his award but Bob...

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Ilkeston BDL Summer 2017 #2, 9 May 2017

Ilkeston BDL Summer 2017 #2, 9 May 2017

A great team effort at the second of this year's BDL races at Ilkeston on Tuesday.  Some very close finishes on the fast finishing course including for Harry to take second place by one second. Results (with mile pace at the end) are; 2, Holmes, Harry, 27;00, 05:11,...

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Lea Bunny Run Sunday 30th April

Well done all for a good club turnout for the hilly Lea road 10k on Sunday; 30 John Hickinbotham 48:32, 44 James Watson 50:19, 76 Ania Ames  54:13, 106 Jackie Ludlam 59:36, 154 finishers.

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Silva Great Lakeland 3 Day race 29 April – 1 May 2017

Competing in the shorter of the three courses of the Silva Great Lakeland 3 Day race this weekend (laughingly called 'Cafe' class as if 20km per day with 4000ft of climb for three days up and down the summits of lakeland mountains is somehow a reasonable alternative...

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Three Peaks Fell Race 2017 – Saturday 29 April 2017

Three Peaks Fell Race 2017 – Saturday 29 April 2017

We all knew it anyway but Harry is officially Elite after his finish in his first Yorkshire Three Peaks yesterday coming from 27th at the first checkpoint to finish 11th in just over three hours; 11th Harry Holmes 3:06:20. 698 finishers (and plenty who didn't!) pic...

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Longhorn 10k Sunday April 23rd 2017

Longhorn 10k Sunday April 23rd 2017

Results from last Sunday's Longhorn 10k Trail Race in Sherwood Forest & Thoresby Hall; Canicross 10k; 17th Rachel Hathaway - 56.31, 41 runners and their dogs. 10k 178th Tanya Rountree - 1:04.01, 212th Jo Butt - 1:06.05, 381 finishers.

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London Marathon 23 April 2017

Obscured by the more high profile Incline Race let's not forget somewhere called London also held a little race last Sunday.  Well done John H; 16575th Jonathan Hickinbotham, 4:14:09, 45392 runners

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Mason Hill Race race Tuesday 25th April 2017

Mason Hill Race race Tuesday 25th April 2017

SHUOC seem to have taken their crushing defeat by Harry in Sunday's Incline to heart and sent their well-rested Matt Elkington for the rematch at Masson Hill on Tuesday evening.  Despite beating the course record Harry was pipped into second place.  Good effort Harry,...

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Incline race results 2017

Results from yesterday's incline race are up on the Incline race page here.  Congratulations to Harry for a home win and to all the racers and to Ray, John P and all the marshalls and helpers for making it a super race. Photos of all the runners at the trig point are...

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Booth Decorators – Teversal – 11-04-2017

Booth Decorators – Teversal – 11-04-2017

Great team results at the first BDL of the summer season. 2  Holmes, Harry  24:44, 120  King, Bob  30:55, 125  Shaw, Andrew  31:09, 132  Johnston, Peter  31:27, 138  Crawshaw, Mark  31:39, 153  Spencer, Dave  32:08, 163  Gillott, Chris  32:33, 177  Birch, John  32:51,...

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Derby 10k 9 April 2017

Fantasic turn out from team WRC at Sunday's Derby 10k, well done everyone for super efforts: 173rd Bob King - 41:21, 320th Dave Spencer - 43:45, 821st Ania Ames - 49:17, 1199th Claire Radley - 52:34, 2105th Harriet Lander - 59:45, 2337th Jo Butt - 1:01:51, 2512th Lisa...

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