by Richard Brawn | Aug 21, 2019 | Road_Reports
After sealing a splendid victory at the Sturminster Newton Half Marathon the previous weekend, the Bournemouth AC men’s team should have been marching over to Portland full of confidence for the Round the Rock 10k, which was the next fixture in the Dorset Road...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 17, 2019 | Road_Reports
This might well have been his toughest challenge yet and that’s saying something when you look at Mark Hillier’s back catalogue of extraordinary feats. He’s taken on and conquered the gruelling 80 mile trek over the Jurassic Coast they call The Oner,...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 11, 2019 | Road_Reports
In the first race of a Dorset Road Race League double header over the first two August weekends, a steely Bournemouth AC squad headed out for the Sturminster Newton Half Marathon. Team captain Rich Nelson had once again worked wonders to pull together a super-strong...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 10, 2019 | Road_Reports
In one of his final acts for his former club Dacorum & Tring back in July 2016, Rich Brawn went over to Hornchurch Country Park to compete in the Spitfire Scramble 24-hour event. That was a month or so before he relocated to Bournemouth. It was a great way to sign...
by Richard Brawn | Aug 3, 2019 | Road_Reports
How do you follow up a 14 lap, 70-mile supreme endurance escapade over a 24-hour period? That was the question Chris O’Brien was faced with after he and his ever-willing running partner Emma Draper put together a tireless and relentless display to finish 3rd in...
by Richard Brawn | Jul 31, 2019 | Road_Reports
Featuring two of Bournemouth AC’s finest and foolhardiest henchmen in Alex Goulding and Mitch Griffiths, the Tarrant Valley 10 was set to be a thrilling showdown. Serial local race prize pilferer Lee Dempster was also in the lineup along with Lymington Triathlon...