Hereford Festival of Sport- Club Discounts

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Hereford Festival Sport and you will find our logo on the Festival web site in the partners listing.

There is a 40% discount available to partner clubs for those members confirming their wish to participate in the running or cycling events by 27/2/15. A discount code will be issued after that date to use on line.

Please could you confirm your intention to race on our facebook page or by separate email to mikelynn8@btinternet.com so that I can put together a list for the Festival Organisers. I must receive your details by end of Feb for you to qualify for the discount.

Mike Shaw

IMPORTANT CHANGE TO START TIME for PRESTEIGNE XC RACE

Due to the shortening of the Men’s course, because of forestry work, at Sunday’s Presteigne XC race it will be necessary to alter the start time for the women’s race.
 
The Women’s race will now start at 10.45 a.m. and the Men’s race at 11.00 a.m.
 
 
This is necessary so that the 2 sets of race results can be kept as separate as possible. If this were not the case, it would take much longer to work out the series results and award winners. This, in turn, would mean that you  would be kept waiting for much longer at the presentation venue.
 
Hopefully, this will also avoid the bottle neck where the runners first turn left to start climbing into the woods and the female runners should be clear of the narrow section before the leading men approach that point.
 
Apologies for the short notice.We hope that this does not cause any inconvenience .
 
Hopefully, the arrival of snow will not put a further spanner in the works !
 
Thanks for your co-operation.

 

Presteigne XC Details Sun 1 Feb

The final race in  2014/15 Herefordshire XC League will be held at Presteigne on Sunday 1st February.
 
The race will be held in the Forestry Commission land at the top of Broadaxe. There is very limited parking at the start/finish area and the Forestry Commission request that this area be mostly reserved for walkers. There are nearby alternative parking areas, such as near the Leisure Centre or on Joe Deakins Rd. (B4355).
 
The race will be followed by the annual presentation of awards to be held at the Royal British Legion on Hereford St. (LD8 2AR). Please bring along a clean pair of shoes to wear at the presentation!
We will share transport as usual - drivers and hitch hikers meet in Rowing Club car park(floods allowing) at 9am
 
Thanks to Presteigne Pacers for hosting this event.

 

 

New Wye Valley Runners Web page

We are in the process of rebuilding our club website over the next few weeks. It would be great to get an idea of the things that club members would like to see on the refreshed site. What  information do you want easy access to? What do you want to see more of or less of? Let us know and we will try and incorporate as many club members ideas as possible.Your ideas do not need to be technical at all! Thank you

Muddy Woody 6 Marshals

We are organising a run for all those that intend to Marshal at Muddy Woody on Sunday 18th Jan from top car park at 9am for course familiarisation. Ralph is organising a 8 mile loop road run also at 9am from top car park for those beginning their preparation for long distance races in the Spring.
We urgently need to start putting together a list of marshals and will need at least 20 on the course . If you are available please text Les Chamberlain 07794512044.

Monkhall Cross Country Results

 

Click here for full results from this mornings race. Thanks to Paul and Mervyn for sorting out the challenging and popular new course. 

The weather God's were on our side again today - with a blustery wind in the hills but plenty of shelter on most of the course. Great turnout from the WVR team today - with 21 lads and 13 lasses making up almost a quarter of the 143 strong field

The women's team stormed home again to take the team prize - well done to Nicki, Laura and Claire for leading the field. An impressive performance with Danca and Maria chasing their tails. In the men's race their is no stopping Tim Davies of Maldwyn who had time to get home and cook lunch before the second man crossed the line. His time of 37.57 makes it look like he was in another race. Congrats to him.

An improving Steven finished as first WVR man in 6th place in 42.20.  Jeremy and Rob made up the first three men but Steven managed to get a good clear two minutes between himself and fell race heavy legged Jeremy.

Great team event with great support from non running club members - thanks to them all - and did anyone see what happened to Mike Fawcett - he started - is he still out there?

New Years 10k 2015 Race Report

Many thanks to you all for your wonderful support and what a fantastic turn-out, the numbers exceeded all our expectations. We particularly appreciate the fact that many runners travelled long distances to participate in the event.  Also we received great feedback about the new race start and finish on the Great Western Way.

We wish to thank all the runners and especially the many  many volunteers, too many to mention by name, without whose help it would not be possible to organise this race. Also special thanks to Hereford Rowing Club for use of their facilities and Ady Watts for sponsoring the race prizes.

The race was run in near perfect conditions and was convincingly won by Christopher Hayward of Brecon AC in a time 0f 33.41. Jimmy Richards of Wye Valley Runners finished second in a time of 34.40. Martin Matthews of Birmingham Running and Tim Iveson of Builth & District Runners were involved in a sprint finish to secure third place with Matthews just securing victory on the line in a time of 35.13.

Kathryn King secured victory in the ladies race for the second year running in a time 39.36. Clara Evans of Pontypridd Roadents finished second and Megan Judge of Malvern Joggers was third in times of 40.33 and 43.50 respectively.

Gabriel Kay of Brecon AC was the leading Junior in the race finishing seventh overall in a time of 37.31 an excellent performance.

Wye Valley Runners secured both the men’s and ladie’s team awards. Winning men were Jimmy Richards, Steven Flowers and Jeremy Jehan. Winning Ladies were Kathryn King, Nikki Childs and Laura Tootell.

There were special awards for two Wye Valley Runner club members.  Laura Tootell winner of the ladies race in the Hereford Marathon and Bill Griffiths who for many years has supported club races and events were both awarded the club’s prestigious Mighty Oak award.

The Alex Moore Memorial Trophy was awarded to Wye Valley Runners Paddy Nugent.

A collection for Midlands Air Ambulance raised £92.

Men’s Awards:

1. Cristopher Hayward (Brecon AC) 33.41; 2. Jimmy Richards (Wye Valley Runners) 34.40

3. Martin Matthews (Birmingham Running) 35.13; Junior : Gabriel Kay (Brecon AC) 37.31

V/40 Jimmy Richards (Wye Valley Runners) 34.40; V/45 Russell James (Hereford Couriers) 38.01

V/50 Clifford Berry (Ledbury & District Harriers) 37.39; V/55 Kevin Burke ( Stourbridge RC) 40.41

V/60 Stuart Brown (Malvern Joggers) 44.50;  V/65 Ric Broad ( Unattached) 49.06

V/70 Bryan Symonds ( Wye Valley Runners)  49.32;  

Ladies Awards

1. Kathryn King (Wye Valley Runners) 39.36; 2. Clara Evans ( Pontypridd Roadents) 40.33

3. Megan Judge ( Malvern Joggers) 43.50; FV35 Kathryn King (Wye Valley Runners) 39.36

FV40 Lucy Poole ( Malvern Joggers) 47.15; FV45 Beverley Tucker (Brecon AC) 45.04

FV50 Nikki Childs (Wye Valley Runners) 44.24; FV55 Kareen Mann (Malvern Joggers) 49.53

 

Wye Valley Runners

 

New Years 10k

Brilliant day,record turn-out, great performances, fantastic support, many thanks to all the runners and volunteers for making this such a special day.

We have started to post race photos on flickr and many more will follow in the coming days. Many thanks to Wayne Smith for the photos there really are some great shots. Keep an eye out for yours.

We hope to have race report ready by Monday.

We'd just like to apologise to Gabriel Kay of Brecon AC as we omitted to mention his achievement during the presentation ceremony. Gabriel was first Junior and finished 7th in a time of 37.31. Your prize is in the post Gabriel. 

NY10K Race Information

On-line entries for the New Years Day 10k are now closed. Many thanks to the 189 runners who have already signed up for the race. We welcome entries on race day.
The latest weather forecast says conditions should be mild and cloudy some light rain is expected but not until 2pm. We should be able to park everyone in the Rowing Club Car Park and Adjacent Field. If you use the public car parks in Greyfriars Avenue or Friar Street please be aware that Herefordshire Council now ch...arges for parking on Bank Holidays.
We will be starting and finishing the race on the Great Western Way this year close to the normal start and finish. Just follow the riverside towpath to the old Rail Bridge steps and the start is on the left near lamppost LC42. It will be well signposted and is a 5 min walk from the Rowing Club.
We have a UKA permit for The Great Western Way start/finish and a certificate of course accuracy.
We expect registration to be extremely busy this year as we already have a record number of advance entries. Please allow plenty of time to collect your number. There will be a fast track line for those that have pre-entered. Ideally we would like to close registration at 10.40am but as usual will do our very best to register late comers.
Race presentations will be made in the Rowing Club bar as close as possible to 12.45.
Refreshments are provided free of charge if you would like to make a small donation in the collection boxes provided to Midlands Air Ambulance it would be much appreciated.
Have a great Race and Happy New Year to you all.

Wye Valley Runners.

On Line Entries Close Today 30/12/14

New Years 10k: Please be aware that we are closing on line 'entry central' entries at midnight tonight. Entries on race day will cost an additional £4 so if you are certain you are going to run on New Years Day it's best to enter now. If you have not used entry central before it's very easy and the majority of our 169 race entries today have been via entry central rather than postal.

We will be accepting entries up to 10.40am on race day.

 

Wye Valley Runners

New Years 10k Latest Update

Based on latest weather forecast conditions should be dry and we should be able to park everyone in the Rowing Club Car Park and Adjacent Field. If you use the public car parks in Greyfriars Avenue or Friar Street please be aware that Herefordshire Council now charges for parking on Bank Holidays.
We will be starting and finishing the race on the Great Western Way this year this is very close to normal start and finish. Just follow the riverside towpath to Bridge steps and start is close to top it will be well signposted. We have a UKA permit for The Great Western Way start/finish and a certificate of course accuracy.
We expect registration to be extremely busy this year as we already have 157 advance entries. There will be a fast track line for advance entries. Please allow plenty of time to collect your number.Ideally we would like to close registration at 10.40am but as usual will do our very best to register late comers. On line entries will close midnight tomorrow 30/12/14. Entries will be accepted on the day.
Race presentations will be made in Rowing Club bar as close as possible to 12.45.
Refreshments are provided free of charge if you would like to make a small donation in the collection boxes provided to Midlands Air Ambulance it would be much appreciated.
Have a great Race and Happy New Year to you all.
Wye Valley Runners

New Years 10k Latest News

Yes you can enter on the day.
Race registration will open at 9am upstairs in the Rowing Club Function Room. We would like to close registration at 10.40am but as usual will always do our best to accommodate late comers. There will be two registration lines one for advance entries where you just need to collect your number and one for race day entries.

There will be regular updates between now and race day and based on latest information we are not expecting any weather related issues.

Wye Valley Runners