GLOUCESTER FEBRUARY 9th 2019 The R&N ladies team were at Gloucester for their final race in Division Two of the Midland Womens Cross Country League. Bethan Goddard completed a superb series by finishing in the top ten in all four races. She covered the tough 7k course in 33:46 for 9th place […]
TELFORD FEBRUARY 9th 2019 Rugby & Northampton Mens team finished in 8th place overall in Division One of the Birmingham Cross Country League after the fourth and final race hosted by Telford AC. It marked their best performance for eleven years.The 9k course around the grounds of Lilleshall National Sports Centre consisted of four […]
We are always looking to recruit more officials to support our teams during the summer. This can be most rewarding and is a great way to get involved and learn more about the sport as well as supporting the club. The club pays the cost of these courses. The courses are as follows: Weds 20th […]
Saturday 26th January saw the annual staging of the Midlands cross country championships held at Newbold Common in Leamington. The venue provided an extremely challenging course with a variety of hills, ditches and playing fields. The outstanding team performance came from the U15 boys team who raced to an emphatic victory with Lewis Panter leading […]
Rugby and Northampton Athletic Club hosted round four of the West Midland Young Athletes Cross-Country League at Abington Park on Sunday 13th January. The team of young athletes put in a fantastic performance to win the event, beating 19 other teams to the top spot. In the U11B category, R&N had 21 athletes taking part […]
The R&N ladies were at Droitwich in the third round of the Midland Womens XC League Division Two and Bethan Goddard was the leading runner once again as she finished in 10th place over 6k. The club champion recorded 27:19, which helped the team to 7th on the day. Tilly Lea was the next athlete over the […]
On Saturday 12th January, R and N senior men took part in the third Birmingham League cross country event held at our home course in Abington Park in Northampton. R and N had a near record turn out with 27 finishers and comfortably the best performance ever! The standard of the race was, as ever, […]
In the 80th running of the Senior Mens race in the Northamptonshire Cross Country Championships Rugby & Northampton AC achieved the best performance by any Northampton team in the history of the event by placing six athletes in the first nine. For the first time the Championships were hosted by Silson AC in the village […]
Please see below details of the upcoming Coaching Courses, there are still places available on the February Course – if you would like to know more please contact Janet Wright The Athletics Coach course is a specialist course with only a few being organised each year. Currently the cost for the Athletics Coach course is […]
Our Ladies Running Group is holding the latest of their highly successful 0 – 5K beginners courses at Rugby Athletics Track, starting Saturday 2nd February. The 16 week course comprises 3 weekly sessions – Saturday mornings at 10.15am, plus Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6.30pm. Led by our highly experienced female coaches, who will support […]