HEREFORDSHIRE & BORDERS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE (WINTER)

2022/23 Winter League news.

The dates for the Winter League are now live, this is open to all members for all abilities, keep an eye out for details of each race on our members page on Facebook or our strava page.

2021 / 2022 Review

Back on the podium for the reds!

The team results are in for the Herefordshire and Borders Cross-Country league πŸ₯³

For the first time since the 2014/15 winter league season the men’s team got back onto the podium with a superb 2nd place finish over this winters 5 races πŸ™Œ & our awesome mens ‘B’ team finished 4th 😎

In the ladies race it went down to the final race where we saw a valiant effort by the red ladies as they finished a fantastic 3rd πŸŽ‰ just 4 points behind Croft Ambrey to get our first podium finish in 12 years with our female ‘B’ team also finishing an awesome 4th πŸ₯³

We had a whole host of category awards with Matty James, Addy Carter & Clare Mallender first in their categories 😎πŸ₯³

We had 2nd & 3rd category place awards for Martin Carter, Rob Connell, Steve Herington, Nicola Tyler, James Rogers & Richard George.

It’s been great tremendous turnaround to recent years, we are super-proud of our red army! ❀

What a great time to be a Courier! 😎

The final league team results are below

LADIES πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

1️⃣ Builth & District RC

2️⃣ Croft Ambrey

3️⃣ Hereford Couriers

4️⃣ Hereford Couriers B

MEN πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

1️⃣ Croft Ambrey

2️⃣ Hereford Couriers

3️⃣ Builth & District RC

4️⃣ Hereford Couriers B

The full league results can be found here: https://hayhotfooters.co.uk/hereford-winter-xc-league-2021-22/

On we go to the summer league πŸ™ŒπŸ’ͺπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

RACE 4: ROTHERWAS – 9th JANUARY

RED HOT RACING AT ROTHERWAS

What a day Sunday!

The full results are in!

It was a 3️⃣rd place finish for Matty James, he really does love the Rotherwas course πŸ˜€πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ˜Ž

It was a superb overall team effort, we saw the ladies finish 2️⃣nd place again πŸ™Œ just behind Croft Ambrey who took 1️⃣st place with Builth & District In 3️⃣rd.

In the men’s we picked up both 2️⃣nd and 3️⃣rd placed teams, again just behind Croft Ambrey – showing the great depth we have in the team πŸ˜Ž

On we go to the final race, as it sits both the men’s and female teams sit in 2️⃣nd and our B teams in 4️⃣th πŸ™ŒπŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚️

See the full results here; https://hayhotfooters.co.uk/rotherwas-race-4-sunday…/

RACE 3: ROSS-ON-WYE SUNDAY 5th DEC

The team results for Sunday and the series to date are in!

Both the men & ladies finished 2️⃣nd at Peterstow on the weekend with both teams really running Croft (mens) & Builth (ladies) close to 1st place. After this weekends outstanding performance, the overall series both the men’s and female ‘A’ teams both sit 2️⃣nd after 3 races with both our ‘B’ teams in 4️⃣th! It was a fantastic set of results, awesome running team 😎

See the full results below ‡️

RACE 2: CROFT CASTLE 14th NOV RESULTS

The team results are in!

We had 5️⃣0️⃣ runners (yes fifty) Couriers at Croft Castle last Sunday πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈβ€ – that’s 8 mens and 3 female teams 😍

The ladies currently sit in 2️⃣nd place & the men currently are in 3️⃣rd and 4️⃣th place after the first 2 races! see the full results below;

 
RACE 1: FFOREST FIELDS, BUILTH 
 
Results from the weekend are in, a storming team effort by all of the team!
 
For the league standings the ladies currently sit in 2nd place & the men are in 3rd and 4th!
 
Probably our best turnout as a club to field 6 men’s and 3 female teams! πŸ˜ŽπŸŽ‰
 
We look forward to seeing you all at Croft Castle next in November!
 
See the results here:
 
 
HEREFORDSHIRE & BORDERS WINTER XC LEAGUE 
 
πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Race 1: Sunday 10th October, Fforest Fields Nr Builth Wells.
πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Race 2: Sunday 14th November, Croft Castle Nr Leominster.
πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Race 3: Sunday 5th December, NEW Venue Nr Ross-on-Wye.
πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Race 4: Sunday 9th January, Rotherwas.
πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Race 5: Sunday 6th February, Presteigne.
 
All participating clubs have agreed to stage a race, either individually or in conjunction with another club.
 
Further details on the format, scoring and rules of competition will be decided at the next meeting, so please feel free to send in any suggestions through your clubs representative.
There is also likely to be an off-road league in the summer, with races over slightly shorter distances.
After almost 2 years, we can finally look forward to the return of cross country in Herefordshire!
Bring it on 😎
Martin Flowers
Chairman, Herefordshire and Borders Cross Country League

2020 Events Cancelled Due to Covid-19

Previous years results:

Race 5 2019 – Presteigne XC Race Results

A big thank you to Presteigne Pacers & Hay Hotfooters for putting on yesterdays race, a special mention to Mike B for organising the series.

Race 4 2019 – Rotherwas Results.

A big thank you to Hereford Triathlon Club for putting on today’s race, the final race of the winter league is at Presteigne early February (full details to follow)

Race 3 2019 Results  – Queenswood Country Park: Sunday December 1st, 2019

Congratulations to everyone who turned out to the 3rd race of the Herefordshire XC Winter League today, A fantastic effort by the team of Reds who put in great performances on the trails of the Queenswood Course. 

We had a First place in both the men’s and women’s races with Matt James & Katie Synge-Curtis putting in great performances on a challenging course. Matt was joined by Tom Synge-Curtis, Jake Underhill & Ross Cameron to pick up first male team too.

Please find the results below:

A big thankyou to Wye Valley Runners for hosting another great race, Next up is Rotherwas in January.

Race 2 2019 Results, Croft Castle: Sunday 10th November 2019  

Congratulations to everyone who made the trip over the Croft Castle for yesterday XC. 

Please find the results below:

A big thankyou for Croft Ambrey RC for hosting another great race, Next up is Queenswood.