Athletics
Cross pupils
Published 3 July 2008
PRIMARY school pupils combated windy conditions racing in Maryport Junior School’s cross-country event last Friday.
Championship weekend for West orienteers
Published 3 July 2008
WEST Cumberland Orienteers were competing at three championships last weekend.
Multi-skill athletes
Published 3 July 2008
CUMBRIA’S schools junior boys pentathlon team beat the best of Manchester, Liverpool and the rest of the North West at the weekend to qualify for the national finals.
Third in Blaydon
Published 3 July 2008
LAURA Park has been winning again for Cumbria - this time in a Northern Counties inter-schools match at Middlebrough.
Fourth in North league
Published 3 July 2008
TEAM North Cumbria is comprised of the top performing athletes from Ellenborough Athletic Club, Carlisle Aspatria A.C and Eden Runners.
County’s best compete in the English Schools
Published 3 July 2008
TWENTY young athletes from Cumbria will travel to Gateshead for the prestigious English Schools Athletics Championship to be held at the International Stadium next Friday and Saturday.
Maximum score for Michael
Published 26 June 2008
A COOL and sunny evening on Leaps Beck near Ennerdale gave perfect racing for West Cubmerland Orienteering Club’s evening event.
Durisdeer
Published 26 June 2008
KESWICK Athletics Club runners headed north to Durisdeer, Scotland, for a race of 10.5 miles and 3,800ft of ascent on a course selected for a British Championship event.
Double win for Eaglesfield Paddle
Published 26 June 2008
THE sixth event in the primary orienteering league was held at Lamplugh School with 260 pupils running one of the four parallel courses.
Fast Chris
Published 19 June 2008
WEST Cumberland Orienteers’ evening event was on Mell Fell, near Troutbeck. The start was placed high on the fellside, giving a mainly downhill race, although the planner still managed 140m climb on the 4km-long course.
West winners at county event
Published 19 June 2008
THE Cumbria Schools Orienteering Championships were held at The Beacon, near Penrith, a complex piece of woodland with a strong path network providing a perfect challenge for the runners. West Cumbria schools had some outstanding performances.
Mhairi takes team to fourth
Published 19 June 2008
WEST Cumberland Orienterring Club’s Mhairi Mackenzie took her team to fourth in the massive Venla orienteering relay race in Finland.
Ex-CFR King sets Ennerdale record
Published 19 June 2008
AN 18-year-old fell running record has been broken by former Cumberland Fell Runner Janet King.n ELLENBOROUGH Athletic Club is 50 years old this year and they are to hold an exhibition in the new, The Wave, centre during the summer.
Drama on the track
Published 19 June 2008
ELLENBOROUGH Athletic Club hosted a race meeting on behalf of the Cumbria Girls & Boys Footracing Association.
Turbine runs
Published 12 June 2008
THE fifth event in the secondary school orienteering league was held amongst the wind turbines at Oldside, Workington.
Tough choices deciding where to run
Published 12 June 2008
GREAT weather and a congested fixture structure forced some tough choices on West Cumberland Orienteers.
Running photographs
Published 12 June 2008
ELLENBOROUGH Athletic Club is 50 years old this year and they are to hold an exhibition in the new, The Wave, centre during the summer.
Juniors dominate on Holme Wood course
Published 5 June 2008
A WARM early summer evening in Holme Wood on the shores of Loweswater provided exciting orienteering for West Cumberland Orienteers. The steep sided forest gave many interesting routes through very runnable woodland.
Park’s now beating them on the track
Published 29 May 2008
FELL and cross-country teenage running sensation Laura Park is now leaving opponents for dead on the track.
Medals for Cumbrians
Published 29 May 2008
EIGHTEEN Cumbrian athletes travelled to Wigan for the Northern U17 and U15 championships over the Bank Holiday weekend.
