Running on Wimbledon Common since 1868
We had a successful Saturday at Parliament Hill with the Thames Women picking up silver medals at the London Cross Country Championships. Lizzy Apsley led the team home in 9th closely followed by Daisy Irving-Hyman in 11th while Claire Hammett and Ruby Woolfe closed out the scoring team in 19th and 21st.
We had another great set of results at round 2 of the Surrey League this Saturday. On the men’s side we were led home by Jack Millar in 2nd and managed to have Saltires in 5 of the first 9 positions. As Jared said, “a dog walker in the park would have thought we won … Read more
It was another exciting Saturday as the Thames Women brought home another set of medals, this time National Cross Country Bronze. On an incredibly muddy day at Parliament Hill we solidified our spot as one of the best cross country teams in the country taking third place behind strong Leeds and Aldershot teams (the same … Read more
This Saturday Thames Women took home the South of England Cross Country title at Beckenham Place Park. We won this title back in 2019 and took silver last year so we knew it was possible but it took a big team performance to beat strong Belgrave and Aldershot teams. Lizzy led us home as she … Read more
With events understandably cancelled far and wide, Thames came together virtually this weekend to complete a 5km time trial. With all racing individually across Saturday and Sunday, wind conditions and finding your flattest local course were key. Keeping 2m from passersby was also of course a challenge for those of us in busier areas. However … Read more
Thankfully the day before Storm Ciara hit, the Thames Ladies turned out in force for the final race of the 2019-2020 league in Richmond Park. The competition was on, as we started the day 11 points behind Clapham. Emails were sent, phone calls and favours called in to achieve a full strength team of 15 … Read more
On the 11th of January, fresh for the new year and decade 15 Thames ladies turned out on Wimbledon common and what a team performance it was! Some amazing runs saw us win with a season low 50 points, almost wiping out the gap to Clapham whom we trail by just 11 points going into the … Read more
For the first time in many years, we fielded a reasonable number of runners for the South of Thames championship team race. The weather and course could be billed as 100% cross country, with the wet weather of the last few months resulting in Lloyd park varying between ankle deep mud and extensive bog. As … Read more
7 Ladies and 7 gents made the journey to the iconic Parliament Hill for the London Champs. The course was particularly tough for this point in the season, a muddy soup from the particularly wet autumn. Excellent preparation for January, when we will all be back for the Southerns. Both teams finished in creditable 9th … Read more
For many of us, Morden Park was a new venue for XC. We were greeted with sunshine, grass, hills, mud and big puddles. 7 ladies became 5 on the day (get well soon Andrea B and Beks). Congratulations go to all 5 but especially Charlotte Mason who was fastest lady and a clear winner of the W35 … Read more