Saturday 25th February is the English National Cross Country Championship at Hampstead Heath, London.  The Harriers have a men's team entered and are hopefully combining transport arrangements with Desford Striders, who have both men's and ladies' teams running.  The plan is to hire a coach to depart Enderby Leisure Centre at approx 10:30am.  We need to make up numbers to make the coach economical.  If any Harriers wish to spectate or go shopping at nearby Camden Lock please contact John Heywood, Carl Sommer or Phil Watts.  If numbers stack up the cost will be in the order of £10 to £11.  Return to Leicester will be approx 5-30pm from Hampstead Heath.

The LRRL Winter series starts this Sunday 29th January.  The first race being the Barrow 6 at Humphrey Perkins High School, Cotes Road, Barrow. LE12 8JU at 10.30am

The club would like to encourage as many members as possible to take part.  Just turn up on the day, look out for the Huncote desk, pay up and run! (£4 - I think.  Will check)  You will need to wear a club vest. 

IMPORTANT- This year every winter league race will be chip timed.  You can read the details here. 

As there will inevitably be some teething problems, please ensure that you arrive in plenty of time before the race to make sure you are registered, and to collect your chip.  (No last minute panics please! - we helpers also like to run and to get to the start line in good time).  After the race you will need to return the chip to the Huncote desk.  Lost chips will result in a £10 charge.  The first race will also use the old disc system as a back up, so you will need to bring both the chip and disc to the desk.

In summary - GET THERE EARLY!  just because you have ran in a league race before doesn't mean you will be registered this time. 

Date for your diary - The annual presentation evening  will be held on Friday 3rd February.  Once again it will be held at The Royal Oak, Main Street, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, LE9 2AN

Buffet, disco and presentation of club awards for the year 2011.

£10 (Cash only) per person to Paul Nealon by Thursday 26th of January.

Club Standards

Dont forget to apply for your club standard award for the year 2011 asap.  Certificates will be presented on the night.  You can check the details here, and then email the relevant race names, dates, times and your age category to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

Harrier of the Year Awards 

If you are going to the awards evening you can fill in a slip on the night to vote for your male and female Harrier of the Year.  If you are not going but still want to vote, either complete the Excel version of the voting slip and email to Nicki Nealon, or print off the pdf version and hand it to her at training.  For the benefit of our newer members, these awards are for whoever you think deserves recognition.  The reasons are up to you.  It could be for someone who has performed really well in races, has made significant improvements in their running, regularly turns out to represent the club, gives up their time for the benefit of the club, helps and encourages others or for any other reason.

Please can we kindly remind members NOT to block the path to the leisure centre when congregating before and after training.  It is not fair to other users of the centre, and we don't want to become a nuisance!  Thank you.

33 Harriers braved the cold and frost for this 5th race in the series.  Well done to new member Mel Evans, who finished 4th lady (3rd Harrier overall) in her debut race for Huncote.

Full Results and league tables

Final Age Placings - Best 4 of the first 5 races count.

Congratulations to Irene Forty for winning the VL60 winner, and to Graeme Slight for coming 3rd in the VM50 category.

Next race counts for team competition only.  Best 5 out of the 6 races.  Would be great to have a good turnout again.

Congratulations to Bob King who was 1st V60 in the series beating Dave Oxland (Notts AC).

Huncote Harriers dropped to 4th overall in the series losing 3rd place by 1 point.

Full results on North Midlands Cross Country website.

Well done all runners taking part. Best Harrriers result for many years.

Full results

Congratulations to Nicki Nealon on winning the Ladies Master Chamionship.

Huncote Ladies Masters were 2nd (Nicki, Sue, Bev)

Huncote Senior Men were 3rd (Carl, Marv, Euan, Dave, Mark)

Some pictures of the Mens Race

A record turnout for todays Hash.· Hope everyone who took part enjoyed it.

The Harriers Committee would like to thank everyone who helped to make the race a success.· Special thanks go to Steve Smalley and his team at The Pavillion, who as always, go that extra mile for us, and coped amazingly with the unpredicted increased demand for soup and rolls.· Thanks also to all the marshals, the entries and results team, course markers, and everybody else who contributed to the day.

Harrier Trudi Unwin would like to thank all of those people who had a massage and made a donation. £35 was raised for The Leukaemia Society (uk).

Results

Many photos were taken and these will be uploaded in due course.

Batch 1

Batch 2

Batch 3 - Thanks to Sean Bowler

Batch 4 By The stream (Mainly Harriers and some costumed runners)· Thanks to Mick Walton

Batch 5 By the Stream.· Thanks to Ben Spencer Photography (See Ben's Facebook Page)

Batch 6 - Thanks to Claire Quigley

Batch 7 - Slipping about on the quarry ridge!· Thanks to Tom Corr 

Now its a bit cooler, dont forget we have plenty of club hoodies, priced at a bargain £12.

New stocks are unisex sizes, and are XS, S, M, L and XL.

Contact Bev for hoodies, and Rich Thomas for all other kit orders

Remember to check your 2011 race times to see what club standard you have achieved.  You need to have attained the same standard in 3 different distances.  Certificates will be presented at the annual Awards Evening in February. 

Mens Standards

Womens Standards

To apply for a standard, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the names, dates and your times of the relevant races.  If you have already sent Nick an email about standards prior to this week ( w/c 12/12) , please could you resubmit it to him.

Andy and Marie Wilford have created Tuesday night training plans for their groups for the winter season.  Details can be found under the Member Information menu.