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News Archives | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | Last Updated 15 May, 2008 |
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| WANT to chat about running, then why not join the Stubbington Green forum? More.... | ![]() |
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| IT was a day out in the sunny New Forest for the Tomlinson's who enjoyed the sun-kissed weekend by taking part in the Lymington Lifeboat 10km race. More.... | ![]() |
Lymington Lifeboat 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| PHEW what a scorcher for hardman, Barry Hards. On the hottest day of the year so far, the Stubby vet made light work of a tough course to win the Isle of Wight Marathon. More.... | ![]() |
Isle of Wight Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Lewis Banner overcame a hell of a week to run well at the Hampshire Track & Field Championships in Portsmouth. More.... | ![]() |
Hants Track & Field Championships - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| IT was hot, hot, hot for the Alton 10 as Stubbington’s ladies took a step closer to promotion from the Hampshire Road Race League. More.... | ![]() |
Alton 10 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| SUNSHINE and very little breeze made for warm conditions at the opening race of the Promenade 5k series. More.... | ![]() |
Promenade 5k - Race 1 - Wednesday 7 May - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| ZIPPY Grice outran the midgies and made the most of the fine summer’s evening for the second round of the RR10 at Ashurst. More.... | ![]() |
RR10 - Deerleap Inclosure - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| Save a Life - Give Blood. More.... | ![]() |
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| WOMEN always love a fireman, and Susie MacGregor is no exception! More.... | ![]() |
Fordingbridge 10k - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| GILL Rose is hoping to break a record by becoming the first Stubbie to complete 4km in about eight minutes. More.... | ![]() |
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| LUCY Simmons continued her excellent season so far with a fifth-place finish at the Quantiles Bracknell Half Marathon. More.... | ![]() |
Quantiles Bracknell Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| RUNNERS arrived at Marwell Zoo on Sunday in a thunderstorm and with the prospect of running a tough 10km with over 1,000 feet of climb. More.... | ![]() |
Marwell 10k - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| STUBBIES have a sensitive side, and five green-vested runners headed off to West Sussex at the weekend to enjoy the bluebells which are not out in force. More.... | ![]() |
Bluebell 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| DARRELL Milner was left hanging on for the final five miles of his debut marathon. More.... | ![]() |
Shakespeare Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| FANCY partying with Hardley Runners? More.... | ![]() |
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| NETLEY’S Royal Victoria Country Park became a sea of green as 52 Stubbies, the biggest turn-out ever converged for the first RR10 race of the summer. More.... | ![]() |
RR 10 Royal Victoria Country Park - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| FOR some it is the theatre of dreams, to others it is the stadium of screams; but St Mary's Stadium, the home of Southampton Football Club, played host to the first Saintly 5km road race. More.... | ![]() |
Saintly 5km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| SUMMER is here.....yep, the tell-tale signs of yet another scorching hot summer complete with hosepipe ban and England's meek surrender in the latest Test series are there to be seen. More.... | ![]() |
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| THE track and field season is just around the corner, and Mike Harper is looking for some new recruits for the Stubbington Green squad. More.... | ![]() |
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| THE merry month of June uncovers a full and extensive list of races across the region. More.... | ![]() |
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| WILL you be running the Quintiles Bracknell Half Marathon later this month? More.... | ![]() |
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| ELEVEN Stubbies lined up with more than 34,000 other runners to compete in the Flora London Marathon. More.... | ![]() |
London Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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Dear All, I'm running the Flora London Marathon this Sunday and am keen to raise money for the SUHT Bone Marrow Transplant and Haematology expansion for all my pain and suffering! More.... |
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| BARRY HARDS had second thoughts about running the Taunton Marathon since the unexpected winter weather was so bad when he woke up last Sunday morning. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT’S clear the first prize of a trip to Afghanistan to enjoy the delights of Taliban cuisine has prompted the bumper entry to our Mickey Breed caption competiton. More.... | ![]() |
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| Your Body Mass Index is calculated by dividing your weight (in kg) by your height (in metres) squared. More.... | ![]() |
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| SPRINGTIME in Paris can mean only one thing – running a marathon. More.... | ![]() |
Paris Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THERE’S no business like snow business as the Totton 10km road race endured unseasonal April weather for round eight of the Hampshire Road Race League. More.... | ![]() |
Totton 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| PENNY Forse just missed out on a medal at the British Masters Athletic Federation Cross Country Championships in Oxford. More.... | ![]() |
BMAF Cross Country Championships - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| FOR the first time in over 10 years, Bayer plc, in partnership with the Newbury Athletic Club are proud to announce the return of a 10km run in the heart of Newbury. More.... | ![]() |
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| APRIL is here and ladies captain, Chris Haskell, offers her reflections on a highly successful winter for the women, looks forward to the marathon weekends and the RR10s. More.... | ![]() |
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| KEEP the Mickey Breed caption competition entries rolling in. In celebration of our Stubby hero who is serving his country in Afghanistan, club members have rallied with a veritable feast of suggestions for the gun-totting Mickey. More.... |
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| WHEN in Rome…. Aitken Hunter enjoyed the Italian hospitality when he took part in the Rome Marathon recently. More.... | ![]() |
Rome Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE showers failed to materialise as the Fitness First Bournemouth Bay Half Marathon was bathed in sunshine. More.... | ![]() |
Bournemouth Bay Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| IT was muddy but the Combe Gibbet to Overton 16-mile cross country run remains as popular as ever. More.... | ![]() |
Combe Gibbet to Overton 16 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| MICKEY Breed's Rambo-like photo from Afghanistan has already spawned an impromptu caption competiton. More.... | ![]() |
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| DARRELL Milner couldn't resist the opportunity for a spot of racing while on vacation in Cornwall over the Easter holidays. More.... | ![]() |
Bodmin Five Tors Challenge - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| NEWS reaches the SGR website where the famous Stubbington Green vest is now being used by the British military in the latest weapon against the Taliban. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT’S amazing how quickly the MacMillan Mile comes round each year, but the traditional Stubbington fund-raiser has been scheduled to take place next month. More.... | ![]() |
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| THE running bug seems to be sweeping the entire Hards family inspired by Barry and Bev Hards. More.... | ![]() |
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| NOT content with running, Bev and Malcolm Lavery opted to include an Easter Sunday bike ride into their routine when the couple took part in the Goodwood Duathlon organised by Portsmouth Triathletes. More.... | ![]() |
Goodwood Duathlon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| STRONG March winds may have been blowing across the island of Lanzarote, but that didn’t stop a group of four Stubbies from enjoying a week of warm weather training and action packed multi-sport racing. More.... | ![]() |
Club La Santa - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| NICK Crane likes his trips across to the Isle of Wight, more often than not taking the royal yacht across the Solent for a brief run-out. More.... | ![]() |
West Wight 3 Hills - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| GUERNSEY at Easter has become a familiar haunt for legions of Stubbies. More.... | ![]() |
Guernsey - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| ERIC BECK chose to delay the unwrapping of his Easter eggs to take part in the Oakhaven Easter 10km race in the New Forest. More.... | ![]() |
Oakhaven Easter 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| BOY is May a busy time for runners, with no fewer than 51 races scheduled to take part in Hampshire and the immediate surrounding counties. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT wasn’t all plain sailing for the Bath Half Marathon. More.... | ![]() |
Bath Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| A number of Stubbington Green Runners made the trip to Cranleigh to run in the rain over 21 miles. More.... | ![]() |
Cranleigh 21 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| TONY Allen made a welcome return to the Hampshire Road Race League by leading the Stubbington contingent home in the Eastleigh 10km road race. More.... | ![]() |
Eastleigh 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| The Murder Mystery night at St Mary's Church Hall on Saturday, April 19th is fast approaching and Michelle needs final reservations by Friday 21st March and all monies to be paid by Friday 28th March. More.... | ![]() |
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| RUN in the Today's Runner finals! More.... | ![]() |
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| THERE really is no stopping Stubby Darrell Milner. A week ago the guy knocked a good nine minutes off his personal best for the half marathon, and this past weekend he was in scorching form in Salisbury. More.... | ![]() |
Salisbury 10 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| JUST CHAMPION! That’s Stubbington Green’s cross country teams who have captured the Today’s Runner crown. More.... | ![]() |
Today's Runner, Staunton - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| A number of Stubbies ventured to Devon at the week-end to take on the Grizzly and Cub run, organised by Axe Valley Runners. More.... | ![]() |
The Grizzly - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| BE a Saint and run for Wessex Cancer Trust next month! More.... | ![]() |
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| CHRIS HALL'S London Marathon preparations took him to the Lancastrian coastline for the Trimpell 20 mile road race near Morecambe. More.... | ![]() |
Trimpell 20 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| CAN you believe it, it's March and the track and field season is just around the corner?! More.... | ![]() |
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| DOES anyone need a training partner for the South Downs Way relay? More.... | ![]() |
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| TUNBRIDGE Wells the previous week, New Forest the next - it's a veritable nomadic journey of running for the gruesome twosome, Nick Kimber and Marcus Lee. More.... | ![]() |
Mad March Hare 20 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| DAN Horscroft was right on track at Mercedes World in Surrey. More.... | ![]() |
Brooklands 10k - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Steyning Stinger is a cross-country hill run or walk through the South Downs between Worthing and Shoreham-by-Sea. More.... | ![]() |
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| GILL Rose and Richard Snell ran stride for stride at the popular Asics Reading Half Marathon to finish well under the two hour mark. More.... |
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| FANCY a spot of altitude training ahead of March's marathon schedules, or a chance to run in one of those most picturesque places in North Africa? More.... | ![]() |
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| If you didn't race at the weekend or you just fancy a quality session on Monday evenings, why not join Penny Forse's session. More.... | ![]() |
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| DARRELL Milner and Graham Watts came, saw and conquered the fearsome race that is known as The Terminator. More.... | ![]() |
The Terminator - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| DISGUSTED of Tunbridge Wells wrote that she had seen a couple of 'orrible-looking green-vested Stubbington runners sullying the streets of her fair Kent town, and wondered what on earth was going on? More.... | ![]() |
The Tunbridge Half - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| IT was all the fun of the fair for three Stubbies at the weekend as they ventured to Alton Towers. More.... | ![]() |
The Nationals - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| WELL, they did say it was hilly, reflected Stubbington's Rick Scott having completed the Hampshire Chronicle Winchester 10km road race. More.... | ![]() |
Hampshire Chronicle Winchester 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| If you are running at the next Wessex XC at Avon Heath Park, Poole on Sunday March 18th, please note the revised time changes. | ![]() |
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| There is still a chance to run the Eastleigh 10k. More.... | ![]() |
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| Hi all, as many of you are aware, I am a Physical Training Instructor in the RAF. More.... | ![]() |
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| WITH almost two months of the year already past, Toby Lambert's astonishing victory at the Stubbington 10km remains the fastest run over that distance by a British runner this year. More.... | ![]() |
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| Go west young man; well the not so young Paul Hammond and Richard Simms - accompanied by Julie Simms - headed west into Somerset on Sunday to run in the Inca Trail 7 mile cross country at Ilchester. More.... | ![]() |
Inca Trail 7 mile Cross Country - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| The final race in the Todays Runner winter cross country league takes place at Staunton Country Park on Sunday March 9th at 11:00am. More.... | ![]() |
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| HOW is that New Year's resolution going to keep fit? Proving a bit of a struggle, or maybe late in the day you've realised that the only way you are going to be able to pinch less than an inch is to get fit? More.... | ![]() |
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| A bitter day saw the close of Hants XC league with the last race of the season at Wimborne. Stubbington men lay 2nd in div 2 and Vet men were 9th facing relegation. More.... | ![]() |
Hants XC, Canford Park - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| MICHAEL Aimable found the going tough for the Salisbury City 10km. More.... | ![]() |
Salisbury City 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Sussex Beacon Half Marathon attracted a bumper entry to Brighton with 3,714 runners taking part in the race. More.... | Sussex Beacon Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| TONY ALLEN was only a late entry for the Meon Valley Plod, but the hard-as-nails Stubby made mincemeat of the 21-mile course with second place. More.... |
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| MARCH will be a busy month for Georgie Gair as she takes on some of the country’s best young cross country talent around the UK. More.... | ![]() |
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| THIS year's Salisbury 10 mile race is set to take place on Sunday 9th March; starting at 11am. More.... | ![]() |
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| STUBBINGTON Green's Dan Horscroft managed to slip under the hour mark at the Longleat 10km in Warminster, Wiltshire. More.... | ![]() |
Longleat 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| STUBBIES who want to run in next month's Eastleigh 10km road race and who haven't got an entry, have been handed a lifeline. More.... | ![]() |
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| It was maybe a sign of the quality at the head of the field that Stubbington didn't have a male runner in the first six at the latest round of the Todays Runner Winter League, held at Manor Farm Country Park. More.... | ![]() |
Today's Runner, Manor Farm Country Park - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| STUBBINGTON'S John Fairhurst joined a top class field for the popular Wokingham Half Marathon in Berkshire. More.... | ![]() |
Wokingham Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| FANCY a job in running? More.... | ![]() |
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| IF you've wondered what's happened to the wee Scot, Gordon Reid, then the truth can now be revealed - he has got engaged! More.... | ![]() |
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| APRIL'S racing fare is pretty thin on the ground, but what events there are taking place after Easter are rich in interest. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT'S not often that a race is diverted because police found a body along the route, but that was the case for the Tring2Town 40-mile Ultra marathon in Hertfordshire. More.... | ![]() |
Tring2Town 40-mile Ultra Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| CHRIS Hall took himself out for a romp in the countryside at the weekend. More.... | ![]() |
Blackmore Vale Half Marathon - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| ALL hail Stubbington Green's women who delivered a fantastic second place team finish at the Ryde 10. More.... | ![]() |
Ryde 10 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| RUISLIP is known for three things. More.... | ![]() |
Southern Masters Cross Country Championships - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| ANY vets fancy running at the BMAF Championships in Oxfordshire next month. More.... | ![]() |
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| Stubbies Caroline and Glen Street are preparing for yet another cross Channel raid in lycra. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT'S murder....but not as we know it! More.... | ![]() |
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| ARE you looking for a ticket to Ryde? More.... | ![]() |
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| THE Test Way Relay is going to be staged a week earlier than usual moving from its traditional September date into August. More.... | ![]() |
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| STUBBINGTON Green Runners has been given full membership to this summer's RR10 cross country series - which is great news for the club. More.... | ![]() |
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| IF you want to find out about some of the latest running products on the market, then it could be worth your while heading for Abshot Hotel & Country Club in February. More.... | ![]() |
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| THINK of the Lakeside in Frimley Green, Surrey, and for many it is the home of darts. More.... | ![]() |
Lakeside Canal Run - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THERE was something fishy going on in Epsom at the weekend, and Neil Jarvis was the man to find out. More.... | Epsom Oddballs Perch IX - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Slaughterford 9 doesn't sound pleasant, but three Stubbies headed out to the wilds of west Wiltshire to take part in the event. More.... | ![]() |
Slaughterford 9 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| SUPER Susie MacGregor, sporting a dashing new hair cut, won the Vet 35 age group category at the Romsey 5 Mile Road Race. More.... | ![]() |
Romsey 5 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Houghton 11km Trail Run is one of the less heralded races in Hampshire, but maybe this is one you could add to your list. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT was a battle between dad and son at the Southern Cross Country Championships with family pride at stake in the Gueran family. More.... | ![]() |
Southern Cross Country Championships - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Meon Plod is one of the toughest pre-marathon races in the calendar, a grueling 19-mileish run across the South Downs including a lovely little romp up Buster Hill. More.... | ![]() |
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| HOW is that New Year's resolution going to keep fit? Proving a bit of a struggle, or maybe late in the day you've realised that the only way you are going to be able to pinch less than an inch is to get fit? More.... | ![]() |
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| After an exciting day at the latest Todays Runner, Stubbington and Farnham Runners cannot be separated at the top of the league. More.... | ![]() |
Today's Runner, Hart - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| JOHN Tussler and Fidel Castro – you never see them in the same place together! Could they be the very same person? More.... | ![]() |
Cuba Trail 25km race - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| WANTED: one bike for loan for the Goodwood Duathlon. More.... | ![]() |
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| ENTRIES are coming in fast for the Eastleigh 10km which forms part of the Hampshire Road Race League. So get in quick! More.... | ![]() |
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| TONY Allen had his first cross country run-out in Stubbington colours this season when he headed for Prospect Park in Reading and the fourth round of the Hampshire Cross Country League. More.... | ![]() |
Hants XC, Reading - have your say on the forum![]() |
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Following the recent success of our Stubbington 10k, the next Hampshire Road Race League event is the Ryde 10 which takes place on Sunday 3rd February. More.... |
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| Andy Vernon took part in the toughest race of his life on 12th Jan in the GreatRun held in Edinburgh on the course of the World Cross to be held on 30th March. More.... | ![]() |
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| IT was a New Year’s cobweb clearer with a sting. More.... | ![]() |
SGRAC 10k - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| A couple of stubbies ventured to Wiltshire to run the Rough n Tumble 10. More.... | ![]() |
Rough n Tumble 10 - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| Well, it seems that the Stubbington Green 10K went as smoothly as ever thanks to an excellent effort by Gary Littlecott and everyone else involved in marshalling / catering for the event, well done everyone. More.... | ![]() |
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| DID you run the pub to pub race at Horndean just after Christmas? More.... | ![]() |
Pub to Pub Race - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| Glen Street has now completed his final exams, and is qualified as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist. More.... | ![]() |
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| IF you love your grub, then it could be worth your while turning out for the next round of the Today’s Runner Cross Country League. More.... | ![]() |
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| The results of the latest Todays Runner Winter League Race at Liss are now in. More.... | ![]() |
Today's Runner, Liss - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Solent Way between Warsash and Hill Head, a popular running route for many Stubby runners is under the threat. More.... | ![]() |
The Solent Way under threat - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| SUPER Penny Forse captured the Veteran’s 55 age group title at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships. More.... | ![]() |
Hampshire Cross Country Championships - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| THE Totton 10k looks likely to replace the cancelled Bramley 20 road race as the counter for the Hampshire Road Race League. More.... | ![]() |
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| Would you like a place in the London Marathon? More.... | ![]() |
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| IT was foggy and it was cold, but that didn't prevent Zippy Grice from finding his way to second place at the Somerley 10km race near Ringwood. More.... | ![]() |
Somerley 10k - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| DAVE KING rounded off his bid to run around the British Isles in 80 races by competing in two events in one day on New Year's Eve. More.... | ![]() |
Nos Galan and Bryan Clifton Memorial races - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| IT was a muddy good idea for Dave King to spend his Sunday on his hands and knees wading through the River Blackwater in Essex. More.... | ![]() |
Maldon Mud Race - have your say on the forum ![]() |
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| BOXING Day should be all about shaking off the excesses of Christmas Day and for a veritable feast of festive Stubbies, all roads led to Poole. More.... | ![]() |
Round The Lakes 10km - have your say on the forum![]() |
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| IT'S a mad, mad March with the racing diary and plenty of races to choose from. More.... | ![]() |
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HAVE you got your weekend training runs sorted? More.... |
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| ONE of the big races of February, the Bramley 20, used by many runners for their London Marathon preparation, has been cancelled because of road works around the North Hampshire village. More.... | ![]() |
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| THE twin temptation of a Christmas Pudding and a glass of mulled wine proved too much for Paul Hammond and Dave King. More.... | ![]() |
Christmas Pud Five Miler - have your say on the forum ![]() |
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| HE’s won a few titles over the past couple of years - but now Mark Le Gassick has perhaps captured his most illustrious title to date – the 2007 Christmas Pudding Catcher Extraordinaire! More.... | ![]() |
Votwo Pudding Catcher Race - have your say on the forum![]() |
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