Our ladies ran superbly to emphasise their position as the leading masters club in the South as Mark Stephenson reports. The Horspath course on first sight looked benign as it began and ended on the flat slopes of playing fields. However initial perceptions were misleading as the course soon became hilly and very muddy. Juliette…
Arena members swapped running shoes for bats and balls last Saturday for some “friendly” competition! Graham Shorter reports that there ain’t no party like a ping pong party! Saturday 16 November, 2019, the venue, Brighton Table Tennis Club. 14 intrepid Arena members swapped sports and ventured into a non competitive (yeah, right) table tennis adventure….
Another successful year which included two record breakers; the number of entries and the women’s course record! This was the third year for Michele Saunders and I as Race Directors and as with every year we constantly work on improving the experience for runners and volunteers whilst dealing with the challenges of putting on a…
This is the race I selected for my 70 birthday run and managed 67.47 on an undulating scenic, shaded course on a warm morning along country lanes. I had assumed it following the railway line cross country and on the flat and also that I had the chance to win the Super Vet category but…
It was a double whammy of age grading club record improvements at Preston Park parkrun on Saturday 3rd November. It came from two of our VET women who have both been in terrific form in 2018, Nicky Yeates and Caroline Wood. Nicky came home as 7th lady in a time of 21.41 but that was…
Wonderful news for one of our athletes this weekend as Katherine O’Hara represented GB and took to the European Duathlon Championships in Ibiza at the weekend. There was extreme weather heading up the race which made the course a little trickier than it should have been and with high temperatures and a few challenges along…
Each year Arena 80 ac give a donation to a local charity as nominated and chosen by the members of the club. This year we had five very worthy charities to choose from and with 52 votes cast there was a clear winner which received 21 of the votes. The winner was a charity called…
A fantastic morning for spectators watching the Hove Prom 10k today although a tad warm for all the runners taking part. A great effort from all who took part today and so much strong running and effort out on the prom. We loved having you along and thank you for supporting our club race. Thank…
Brazil ’82 – Barcelona – Mercedes – The All Blacks and now Arena 80 as one of the team greats, well ok I might be just getting carried away here, but what the heck we are the HCC team champions again. What a club, what a team, what a year, what the hell, what comes…
News has just come from David Kemp about Arena 80’s jolly jaunt at the London Duathlon. The results from the 2018 Official Club Championships are in and we can now reveal that the winners are…Windrush Triathlon Club And the team in second place is… 2. ARENA 80 What a fantastic achievement from our five club…