Hyde Park Harriers – Off Road Championship

Awards Blog

By Hyde Park Harriers | In Club Competitor , Committee Meetings , Fell Championship , Off Road Championship , parkrun , Road Championship , Ultra/Marathon

Dear Members, Thank you very much for attending our annual awards evening this year online – it’s unusual circumstances to be celebrating our awards but I hope that everyone enjoyed the event. I wanted to write a quick blog to […]

14th May 2020 0
ABC 2019

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

What a Hyde park Harriers turnout for Horsforth Harriers Apperley Bridge Canter on the 30th May. We always love this excellent event and last year we were given numbers 1 to 45. This year we had an amazing 53 runners […]

3rd July 2019 0
Guiseley Gallop – April 2019

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

Easter Sunday and the club Off Road Championship kicked off with the ever popular Guiseley Gallop. The course is 2 laps totalling 10k with a few good hills thrown in. The weather was much better this year and 29 Harriers […]

30th May 2019 0
Wuthering Heights Trail Marathon

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship , Ultra/Marathon

1st HPH event of the new competition year also saw the start of the all new HPH Ultra & Marathon championship that we are trialling this year after feed back from members. Its a 10 race series with distances ranging […]

14th May 2019 0
Club Championships 2019/20

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Off Road Championship , parkrun , Road Championship

This year we have made a few small changes to our club championships following on from feedback from our members. There will again be club championships for road, off-road and fell running but new for this year we are trying […]

24th April 2019 0
2018/19 Off Road Championship

By Richard Edwards | In Off Road Championship

10 races formed the club Off Road Championship with the best 6 scores to count. Could our reigning champions Scott Watson and Rebecca Gray defend their crowns. First up was an Easter Sunday race at the Guiseley Gallop which attracted […]

13th March 2019 0
Road / Off Road and Club competitor updates 24/11

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship , Road Championship

I have updated the road championship points after the Abbey Dash results. There is two chances to score left. On Wednesday it is the final chance to score at the Brownlee 5k, then in Feb we have the Dewsbury 10k […]

29th November 2018 0
Bluebell Trail

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

29 Harriers headed to Halifax for the 2nd round of the club off road championship at the Bluebell Trail. A lovely challenging race that has a bit of everything, woods including the bluebells, hills of which Trooper Lane is the […]

30th May 2018 0
Guiseley Gallop 2018

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

What better way to spend Easter morning than taking part in the 23rd Guiseley Gallop, which also kicked started the Hyde Park Harriers Off Road and Club Competitor championships. 20 Harriers took part (12 men, 8 ladies) and they were […]

10th May 2018 0
HPH Off Road Championship 2018-19

By Richard Edwards | In Off Road Championship

Who’s going to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca Gray and Scott Watson and be crowned Hyde Park Harriers Off Road Champions for 2018/19. The competition is open to all first claim members who compete in these designated races […]

18th April 2018 0
Pudsey 10k

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

The British summer chose the Pudsey 10k weekend to be at its warmest and so it was that 25 Harriers (12 men and 13 ladies) made the short trip to Pudsey Leisure Centre for what was to be a scorcher […]

24th June 2017 0
Apperley Bridge Canter 2017

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

Thursday 1st June and it was time for round 3 of the club Off Road Championship at the Apperley Bridge Canter. A roughly 10k route which has a mixture of road, gravel, grass and hills which I seemed to have forgotten. […]

5th June 2017 0
Bluebell Trail 2017

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

The Bluebell trail welcomed 18 Harriers (9 men and 9 ladies) for the 2nd round of the club Off Road Championship. The race is a mixture of trails, footpaths, towpaths, cobbled streets and the odd hill and river crossing. Trooper lane […]

12th May 2017 0
Guiseley Gallop

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

Easter Sunday saw the opening round of the club Off Road championship at the Guiseley Gallop 10k. Its a two lap course, quite technical through the trees with a little bit of the John Carr road in as well, plus […]

23rd April 2017 0
HPH Off Road Championship 2017/18

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

Off Road Championship The Off Road series consists of ten designated races with distances ranging from 5k to 10 miles. Round Race Date Rnd 1 Guiseley Gallop 16/04/2017 Open Rnd 2 Bluebell Trail 07/05/2017 Open Rnd 3 Apperley Bridge […]

7th April 2017 0
HPH Off Road Championship

By Richard Edwards | In Off Road Championship

Well that’s it the 2016/17 Hyde Park Harriers Off Road Championship is done and dusted. It was to be a 10 round championship with the best 7 scores to count but we lost one round when it was cancelled so […]

29th January 2017 0
Phil Goose – PECO 3 race report

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Cross Country , Off Road Championship

While my personal running has gone from strength to strength, there has been a contrasting undercurrent of failure. Just like a duck on a pond – on top everything was going smoothly, but underneath the ducks legs were in serious […]

28th January 2017 0
PECO 3 @ West Park

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Cross Country , Off Road Championship

The 3rd round of the PECO XC saw the clubs arriving at West Park for an approx. 5.2 mile course. It also doubled up as the final round of the HPH Off Road championship. It was our best turn out […]

28th January 2017 0
Off Road Double Header – XC and TNT

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

The weekend of the 7th and 8th January saw a club off-road championship double header. 7 Harriers (3 ladies and 4 men) took on the best of the Yorkshire Cross Country scene at the Lightwater Valley Theme Park. The ladies […]

16th January 2017 0
Chevin Chase by Curtis Parker-Milnes

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Off Road Championship

It’s an iconic event within the Yorkshire running calendar. It has probably also gained some notoriety as the Brownlee Brothers have been known to frequent it. It’s the Chevin Chase. Funnily enough, Jonny Brownlee turned up and won it today. It […]

3rd January 2017 0