Press releases

Netley 10k With just four members flying the flag for Farnham Runners in the last Hampshire Road Race League race, relegation for the teams was inevitable. Both men and ladies’ teams were up in the top flights of this competitive league but will begin next season in the second of three divisions. Injuries to some of the club’s most keen […]

Alton 10 Farnham Runners men’s A team boosted their chances of staying in the competitive top division of the Hampshire Road Race League, coming a fine 5th of ten clubs in the penultimate event the Alton Ten miler. This still places them in the relegation zone (9th of 10 teams) but they are tying on points with two other clubs. […]

Twenty-three Farnham Runners completed the Virgin London or Brighton Marathons, raising over £14,000 for charity. London Marathon In London, wearing the black ribbons in commemoration of the recent tragedy at the Boston marathon, they were determined to put any safety worries aside and join over 34,000 others who proudly crossed the finish line. The arduous preparations to run this gruelling […]

Eastleigh 10km The chill, biting winds continued for the Eastleigh 10km, the tenth of twelve in the series Hampshire Road Race League series. The conditions didn’t prevent over 2000 finishing this very competitive race, renowned for its fast course. Farnham Runners put out full men’s and ladies’ A and B teams and three members were first or second in their […]

Fleet Half Marathon “ Cold and wet” will be how the Fleet Half Marathon 2013 will be remembered- with no hint of the “ unseasonably warm weather” of last year’s race. The flooded Calthorpe Park field near the start was more reminiscent of the Glastonbury Music Festival than a major race but the organisers had done what they could to […]

Maybe it was Mothers’ Day commitments or the chilly wind that greeted entrants at the Hampshire Road League Salisbury 10 mile race on Sunday, but as the club recently celebrated its 200th member, only seven members of Farnham Runners turned out to tackle the picturesque but cold route along the Avon Valley just North of Salisbury. With the Cathedral Spire […]

Farnham Runners were sad to say “Goodbye” to the Today’s Runner Winter League winners’ trophy after coming fourth in the league this year – still a creditable result as the league has grown to 20 clubs and is more and more competitive. At the presentation of the trophy to Basingstoke A.C., the league’s co-ordinator, Bob Ayer, particularly thanked the clubs […]

HRRL Bramley 20 Many Farnham Runners training for spring marathons braved unrelenting rain and biting wind in long training runs the previous Sunday and were thankful that conditions for the Hampshire Road Race League Bramley 20 miler were ideal. Both men’s and ladies teams are at the bottom of Division One of the league, the men just three points from […]

Farnham Runners celebrated gaining its 200th member this month as Stuart Williamson joined the local running club. The club’s newest member Stuart had been spurred on by a friend to get fit in 2010 and was running by himself when he found he’d got a place in this year’s London Marathon. Keen to find support and like-minded people to train […]