(Phil Nicolle's image shows Podium placings L-R James Harrison(3rd), Winner Danny Fooks and Andrew Zabiela(2nd) with the map of the course profile).
Report - Barrie Duerden.
A much expanded field from last year saw running duels all along the cliff paths on Sunday.
With the likes of Steve Dawes and Tiaan Erwee not on…
Guernsey’s FNB Supported squads both finished 5th in the Crystal Palace event. Main image: Mark Shearman Jamie Ingrouille’s Guernsey Press report linked here. https://guernseypress.com/sport/2022/09/27/a-top-five-finish--twice--for-guernsey-at-southern-road-relays/
Report and image Barrie Duerden
The competitors in the Imperial to Icart cliff run enjoyed much better conditions than forecast on Sunday. The sun shone, the rain held off and the wind was at their backs as they worked their way along the South coast. This is a tough cliff path course with frequent climbs…
2022 Race Results here: [wpfilebase tag=file id=1051 tpl=download-button /]
Overall MenOverall Women Stephen Dawes 1:10:19. Jenny James. 1:24:55James Priest 1:11:04Ulrike Maisch 1:26:09Sammy Galpin 1:12:17Sarah Eagles 1:28:15M40. Stephen Dawes …
Cliff Series 1 – Havelet Jerbourg loop
9h00 28th August 2022
A sizeable field of nearly 40 runners set off in sunny conditions on Sunday morning for the Havelet-Jerbourg Loop, 6 mile cliff race. The summer heat was partly offset by a welcome cool easterly breeze as the field set off along the coastal cliffs through…
Jack Le Tissier posted his first major senior victory after making a decisive mid race break to cross the line ahead of fellow 17-year old Will Beasley and Rick Weston. Times were dented by a steady headwind on the end-to-end Vazon coast road race but Le Tissier's time was nontheless a…
It is now less than a year to the Guernsey games and with a short break in local track competition it seems like a good time for an update on who is currently in the mix for qualification. Of course the window extends into next year and it is worth interested athletes checking the selection…
The irony of wintry wind and rain greeted runners for the Arolla Summer Full course but putting the conditions to one side there were some fast times posted. (image Phil Nicolle).
Fresh from leading positions in Friday's night of 5000s James Priest(25:44) and Sammy Galpin(25:53) posted sub 26 minute times and leading woman Nix Petit…
If you'd said a decade ago that Guernsey Athletics would attract in excess of 70 athletes to a series of 5000m races staged in front of a busy stand and an enthusiastic crowd then you may not have been believed but that was the scene at Friday's Night of 5000s. A warm evening closed off…
It may have been a while since Steve Dawes dominated the domestic endurance scene, but after a while away from the sport and an aborted comeback in 2018, he underlined that he is still a man to look out for as he claimed the Pessimists Trophy with a big two-minute victory in the Source Recruitment…