Griffithstown Harriers

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Updates of events and news for Griffithstown Harriers.

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14th March - Last Cross Country in the Leisure Centre League. Lliswerry hosting, using the course over at Rogerstone School.

A Few Races to Report On:

Reverse 10 - Dave Bassett is the only Griff. Vest that appears on the official results - 1hr 23.24.

Longtown Fell Race - Jan and Stewart both competed in this fell race, one of the Winter Hill Series. Stewart just pipped Jan by coming in 34th to her 39th position

Dimitri ran the last Gwent Cross Country at Blaize Castle, coming in 59th position.

Bath Half. Well done to Stef for his 1hr 14.55 finishing time, over 10,000 runners did this event.

Gloucester 20 - Good turn out for Griffithstown, Well done to Mark Sutton, Peter Roberts, Dave Bassett, Julie Burchell and Wendy Rees. Race results are in full on the Results Page.

Bryn Bach Parc XC

Another great result from Stef - no messing, he led from start to finish. Only one race left in the cross country series, it's Liswerry's run, but they are using the course at Rogerstone, on 14 March.

Chepstow Leisure League Cross Country

Another new course, not as technical as Pontypool, which suited those faster road runners - Stef, after only 2 previous cross countries had the confidence to go for it, and led virtually from start to finish.
No water! unheard of at Chepstow, no water jumps, no ponds to wade through, and - no horse jumps to tackle. After a cracking hot shower, Chepstow laid on a table of home-made cakes to replenish us. Great stuff.

Adrian Ellis Memorial Race

21st running of this cross country race, dedicated to Adrian Ellis, a young policeman who also ran with Griffithstown Harriers, before he was killed in a motoring accident.

Stef put in a sterling performance, 2nd overall, and 1st Vet.
Dimitri, Steve Davies and Richie followed Stef to the finish line, and Christine represented the Griffithstown Women's section. Full Results are uploaded on our Results page.

Leisure League XC

Fairwater Runners event at the park was a resounding success, the course was tough and technical, or as Mark Fry announced, "it's a real cross country, so if you don't fancy it, drop out on the start line"

Lliswerry 8

Great performances from all who entered.
Stef, Steve, Shaun, Matt, Julie, Helena, Kip, Mal, Richie, Julie Burchell, Wendy & Tracey.

Blaenbran Blast Saturday 30th January.

This was a brand new race on the mountain above Cwmbran. Starting just above the Queens Pub, the runners went up to circle the forestry and then climb up to the mast. The descent to the finish was steep and challenging for even the most experienced fell runners.

Griff team consisted of:
Dee, Graham Betty, Rachel Allen, Stewart Thompson, Julie Burchell, and Jan.