It was the shortest race of the weekend and Guernsey's young middle distance runners shone in the 4 x 1 mile XC relay.
A week after their Home Countries International event in Nottingham the same quartet of Dan Galpin, Sammy Galpin, Alex Rowe and Richard Bartram were put in a strong position by Dan Galpin's leading…
-by Jamie Ingrouille. (Image Phil Nicolle)
Ryan Burling and Louise Perrio made compelling progress in their Easter Festival campaigns with solid winning performances in today's muddy and windswept Keith Falla Memorial XC.
Burling was pressured in the early stages by Dan Galpin, who placed third in yesterday's event, but drew further ahead as the race progressed for…
Runners shrugged off the rain to turn up in record numbers for the opening 5km event of the Intertrust Guernsey Easter Festival. (Image Phil Nicolle).
The damp but near windless conditions produced a spate of fast times and Ryan Burling produced yet another course record - his fourth of 2018 - to lead home the 240…
The Home Countries' International XC produced a great team effort by Guernsey’s Under 20 quartet. Though clearly stretched at this level they performed superbly with Richard Bartram 29th, Alex Rowe 33rd, Dan Galpin 35th and Sammy Galpin 40th. (images Alan Rowe).
Sadly the senior men’s team scratched with injuries to key members Ryan Burling and…
- By Jamie Ingrouille
Three of Guernsey’s Eastleigh-bound athletes challenged themselves
with a spontaneous trail race following their target event’s
unfortunate cancellation due to heavy snow.
The Eastleigh 10k remains a popular target for many athletes seeking
fast times, and its cancellation disappointed many GAC members who had
travelled over the previous day with the intention of competing.
However, Andrew McArthur, Michael…
The Guernsey Long Distance Running Club staged the Church to Church Run on Sunday March 18th and the event brought together athletes training for a spring marathon and members of Guernsey’s ultra community.
Run as a timed self supported training run (think “orienteering for road runners”) the course takes in a traditional 19.2 mile loop that…
Alex Rowe quite literally made great strides last year over the middle distances and looked well at home as he eased to victory in the fourth and final race of the Chertsey House series.
The rangy eighteen year old Elizabeth College student was joined by Jim De Garis on the opening of four laps of the…
Burling and Perrio defy conditions with course records. (image: Phil Nicolle - soon after the start and with Ryan Burling already out of shot a large group forms in his wake).
In what has quickly become a regular occurrence, Ryan Burling ran another course record to continue his sequence of wins in the Chertsey series and…
Record numbers on course, record numbers on clock in Imperial 10 - by Jamie Ingrouille, image Phil Nicolle
Ryan Burling and Louise Perrio claimed impressive victories in a blustery Chertsey House Imperial 10 miler, with the former setting a new course record.
Burling stormed away to leave behind a record field (129 finishers) and clock a quick finish…
Perfect 10 for Steve - ( Images Phil Nicolle).
With nine titles in the locker Steve Dawes returned after a few years on a cycling sabbatical to round it up to ten with a convincing win in the final event of the 2017/2018 FNB Cross Country Series.
The overall result perhaps looked like a…