FROM KENT TO KILIMANJARO
GBRC members ranged far and wide to get their race action this week, donning their blue vests and representing the club in five English counties … oh and in Tanzania, Africa!
Category Archives: Race Reports
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
Colchester Castle parkrun is not known to be an easy 5000m; however this week Vicky Presland made very light work of the course, being the second lady home and the […]
A QUIET ONE…
With club members either enjoying the Valentine’s Day cross country fixture or opting to complete training runs on Sunday, race action for this week was restricted to Saturday 13th February.
Gt Bentley 4th in 53-12 Cross-Country League after Penultimate Fixture
On Sunday 39 Gt Bentley runners travelled to Chelmsford for the penultimate fixture of the cross-country season. The race was hosted by Springfield Striders at the new venue of Writtle […]
BENTLEY BLUE ON THE VILLAGE GREEN
It is not often that the internet lets one down, but today was perhaps the day: search for Great Bentley on Wikipedia and you discover it to be the home […]
JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL…
…And Charlie, Rodger and Matt came tumbling after!
Yes it was that time again, the South of England Cross Country Championships, this year at Parliament Hill. Used for many XC champs, the churned up mud at Parliament Hill has previously been described as “a scene from a medieval battlefield”. For many the sheer relentlessness of this course makes it a one-in-a-lifetime event: do it once and say “never again”.
HOT COMPETITION AT PARKRUN
After a freezing week, the temperature rose and Saturday morning saw a number of Great Bentley runners getting up for parkrun, a timed 5k held in parks across the country […]
Great Bentley move up to Third in 53-12 Cross-Country League
On Sunday 41 Gt Bentley runners travelled to Hadleigh for the 4th fixture of the season. The combined men’s and ladies’ team achieved 3rd place in the fixture, moving the […]
GBRC well placed at half way stage of 53-12 XC
Bentley close behind Striders and Harriers at Half-Way Point in Cross-Country Season On Sunday 40 Great Bentley runners travelled to Halstead for the third race fixture of the cross-country season. […]
Essex Cross Country Champs
Jarvis Leads Bentley Home at Essex Cross-Country Championships On Saturday 6 Great Bentley runners travelled to Abbey Fields, Colchester for the annual Veterans’ Essex County Cross-Country Championships. The mostly flat […]
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