Press releases

Season summary A huge surge of support for the Farnham Runners’ Hampshire Road League teams in recent weeks caused for celebration and showed they will be a force to be reckoned with next year. The ladies are over the moon at a return to the top division for both their A and B teams. Although the men’s A team couldn’t […]

Alton 10 Thirty six Farnham Runners enjoyed taking part in one of the few local events in the Hampshire Road Race League, the Alton Ten miler, the 10th race of the 12 in the series, organised by Alton Runners and Alton Lions. The men’s A team are battling to stay in the top flight but the ladies are becoming more […]

London Marathon A beaming band of Farnham Runners returned to Farnham, tired but elated after a good day at the 35th staging of the London Marathon. Conditions were ideal for the runners, once they got going, if a little chilly before the race and for spectators. Some personal best times were smashed and others ran the 26.2 mile distance for […]

Farnham’s Susie Chan has finished 13th female in the Marathon des Sables, billed as “The Toughest Footrace in the World”. Yes, that’s right, 13th lady in the Toughest Footrace in the World! Susie never fails to astound her friends and fellow members of Farnham Runners with her boundless energy and enthusiasm, always smiling even during the most gruelling of races. […]

Eastleigh 10k The Eastleigh 10k, the ninth of the 12-round Hampshire Road League series, clashed this year with the local Fleet half marathon so Farnham Runners had a difficult choice between supporting the club in the league or tackling the longer distance, ideally timed for those wishing to judge pace and fitness before a spring marathon. The club’s results included […]

Salisbury Ten Miles Fifteen Farnham Runners chose to support the club in the eighth round of the Hampshire Road League, the scenic Salisbury Ten miler. Billed by a national magazine as one of the best 10 mile races in the country, a few club members were disappointed as this year all available entries were taken earlier than usual. There are […]

SXCL Staunton Country Park The prestigious trophy to be awarded to the winning club was on display at the Southern Cross Country League at Staunton Country Park near Havant, organised by Denmead Striders. Clubs were keen to put out competitive teams in this final event of the ever more popular series, which has seen numbers soar over recent years. Overnight […]

SXCL Chawton Woods A jubilant Jirka Zaloudik and Eloise Stradling led in the Farnham Runners’ teams at the sixth round of the Southern Cross Country League at Chawton Woods, hosted by Alton Runners. This was a new venue and proved to be perhaps one of the most challenging on the circuit. Numerous long, lung-busting ascents were interspersed with squelchy mud […]

HRRL Ryde 10 miles Only five Farnham Runners faced the long journey and bracing conditions for the Ryde 10 miler, organised by Ryde Harriers. The four men did well, coming 8th in the top of “A” Division of the Hampshire Road League and keeping the team 7th on aggregate. James Clarke led them in, his time an impressive 62 minutes […]

Farnham Runners were out in force for the two races organised by Stubbington Green Runners both within a week and both in good weather this year. Thirty three members tackled the almost flat 10km course, the sixth event in the Hampshire Road League, and nineteen members enjoyed the mud around the Hamble estuary in the Southern League Cross Country League […]