A wonderful, sunny, cold day at the classic Parliament Hill National X/C course greeted our Juniors, who subsequently discovered that there was mud, and plenty of it, hiding just over the brow of the hill atop the infamous but amazing first 500 metres. The Belgrave Juniors managed a decent turnout, […]
Paskar and Sophie dominate this year’s competition It’s been a challenging season, with both team’s struggling for consistency, but there are more than enough strong names here to suggest we can hope for much better next term. Total SL1 SL2 SOT 5 SOT 7.5 SL3 SEAA SL4 ECCA […]
The senior men end the winter with a sunny slog author: Scott Mills After a brief spell at Nottingham’s Wollaton Park and Leicestershire’s Donington Park, the prestigious English Cross Country Championships returned to the capital’s iconic setting of Parliament Hill. The ECCA’s championship race is known for slogging it out […]
The Belles bash out another banger Author: Scott Mills The National Cross-Country Championships are often the climax of the winter season and as the event returned to Parliament Hill for the first time in three years, it was very encouraging to see the Belles out in force. After a very […]
Sophie Succeeds in Armagh Reports by Arne Dumez Following a gutsy run at the British Cross Challenge in Liverpool, an impressive sixth place at the Southern XC championships in Brighton and an unprecedented win streak in the Surrey XC league, Sophie Harris was sure to attract the eye of any […]
Our last match of the Surrey Cross Country League season saw a depleted attendance from our athletes, primarily because of half term holidays, with many of our Juniors reluctantly travelling abroad with their aged parents, mainly on skiing trips. I sympathise, but I guess someone has to do it. First […]
Author: Charlie Dickinson Photo Credit: Ross Finlay A RECORD 4TH WIN FOR SOPHIE IN THE LEAGUE Another very convincing win by Sophie Harris in Richmond Park, these add to her previous league victories at Reigate Priory, Nonsuch Park, and Wimbledon Common, gave her a league record, never before in […]
A Big Scare, But Div 1 status remains Arne Dumez reports: After a record-setting show of force by Sophie and the Belles in Richmond Park, the men started to trickle down to Wimbledon Common where the scene of our last stand was beginning to take shape. As Kent, the […]
Belles due to feature in upcoming Anglo Celtic Plate 100k Home International The club passes our warmest congratulations to Sammi Amend (l) and Sophie Carter (r), pictured with Lou Blizzard, for their latest international honours. For more on this story, click here.
27th January 2081 SEAA C.C. Championships. Stanmer Park. Brighton. Author: Bill Laws Rain, rain and more rain. In Paris the Seine was bursting its banks and in West Sussex the South Downs were resisting nature’s efforts to wash them into the English Channel. Not conditions that the Lion of Uganda […]