Volvo V60 Cross Country THE other Saturday we went on a bit of a space odyssey to the Ulster Transport Museum at Cultra, writes William Scholes. The star attraction was a genuine spacecraft - the capsule in which British astronaut, schoolboy hero and all-round nice guy Tim Peake, as well as two other crewmates, returned to Earth from the International Space Station in 2016. It is a remarkable contraption. Called the Soyuz TMA-19M, it is about the size of a large sitting room and looks more like a large cathedral bell with a porthole than a high-tech craft designed to safely convey human beings from space, into the Earth's atmosphere and back to terra firma. The thought of it absolutely terrifies me. No doubt many powerful computers are contained within its scorched metal skin, but I was struck by the straightforward no-nonsense levers which were also part of the Soyuz's controls. They looked like they would have been equally at home on one of the locomotives exhibited next to the … [Read more...] about Volvo V60 Cross Country: The definitive Country estate
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Gold for Leonard at the English National Cross-Country Champs’
It was an excellent day for the region, and for Morpeth Harriers athletes Rory Leonard and Carl Avery, as they each respectively won gold and bronze individual medals at the English National Cross-Country Championships. The event was held within the splendour of Harewood House, ancestral home of the Lascelles family, near Leeds, on Saturday.Thankfully the glorious sunshine, that broke through following early morning fog, made the occasion even more memorable as a spectacle, and equally well worthy of the extremely hard work put in by the organising team, led by Northern Athletics official Steve Gaines, himself a former Morpeth man.In that, there would be no one more pleased than Gaines, when the day eventually ended, however, his day would certainly be most brightened by the very sight of Rory Leonard coming home to clinch the approximately 8.9k Championship, run by the Junior Men.It was very much a case of “The Lion Returns to Harewood,” as this was very much the scene of … [Read more...] about Gold for Leonard at the English National Cross-Country Champs’
Leverington Three Counties Running Club member Morgan Harrison is second U17 at Shouldham Cross Country Series
The rain only added to the muddy fun of the Shouldham XC Series on Sunday where 10 Three Counties Running Club members took part in the 9.5km race and one in the 4.5km race.It was a very wet, slippery and muddy race which takes part in the woods at Shouldham Warren.Morgan Harrison was the first to race in the U17’s 4.5km event, finishing in a great time of 16:10 and securing second place out of seven U17 age category runners.The main 9.5km race saw some great finishes from the club despite the weather conditions.First home for the club was Jonny Clark 41:10; followed by Nick Clarey 42:56, Mark Mattless 46:13, first female for TCRC Dawn Ball 47:17PB; followed by Sarah Melton-Whitelam 48:25, Sarah Johnson 50:19, Tony Lamb 53:26, Steve Whitelam 54:31PB, Sarah Lamb and Jodie Clark 58:29.The rain didn’t put the dampener on the Junior Parkrun in Wisbech where there was a great turn-out of 31 four to 14 year olds running in the 2km race.There was a very close battle for first home … [Read more...] about Leverington Three Counties Running Club member Morgan Harrison is second U17 at Shouldham Cross Country Series
Morpeth Harriers in the medals at Northern Cross Country
Three individual and two sets of team medals were secured by athletes from Morpeth Harriers, at the annual Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships, held at a breezy but relatively firm and dry Pontefract Park Racecourse, in Yorkshire, on Saturday. Senior Woman Mhairi MacLennan retained her title that she won in 2018 at nearby Harewood House but was made to fight all the way to the finish line by Leigh Harrier Lauren Heyes (formerly Howarth) and Blackburn’s Jessica Judd, only winning by the slender margin of four seconds.MacLennan also led her club to a handsome set of bronze team medals, courtesy of supporting counting runs by Emma Holt (24th), Catriona MacDonald (39th) and Gemma Floyd (61st).After playing a sensible waiting game with two major rivals Euan Brennan, of Ilkley, and Nathan Dunn, of Preston, Morpeth’s Rory Leonard eventually stole away on the final lap of two in the U20 Men’s race, to take the individual title, thus adding to the one that he also … [Read more...] about Morpeth Harriers in the medals at Northern Cross Country
Will Mahoney takes senior boys’ race glory at Norfolk Schools Cross Country Championships
Video PUBLISHED: 16:56 23 January 2019 Brendon Byrne Norfolk Schools Cross Country Championships. PICTURE: Jamie Honeywood Jamie Honeywood Archant Norwich Norfolk Cross country running for young athletes is alive and well. That is if the Norfolk Schools Cross Country Championships at Langley School near Loddon were anything to go by. Over 400 young athletes did their best in what was a fine competition and saw some outstanding individual performances over a fairly flat parkland course. It has to be said that the event was as much about participation as it was about top performances. There was a lot of very enthusiastic and hard fought competition too.The senior boys 5.8km event saw Will Mahoney race ahead of Tom Greenacre on the last of the three laps with Will Simm finishing third. Ellie Taylor was a clear winner of the senior girls 3.9km race. Norfolk Schools Cross Country Championships. PICTURE: Jamie HoneywoodIn the under 17 girls 3.9km race … [Read more...] about Will Mahoney takes senior boys’ race glory at Norfolk Schools Cross Country Championships