The new year got off to a cracking start for Frome with the South West Club & County Cross Country Championships on Sunday 6 January at Yeovil, Aldon Hill. Joseph Donworth (MSEN) was in action again, completing the 9K senior men’s course in 00:34:24. The following Saturday, 12 January, hailed the return of the Bath Skyline 5 and 10K night races. Starting from 6 p.m. in the evening, the two courses take runners out around the hill tops of the Bath skyline, offering a good mix of terrain, open fields, woodland trails and broad stretching views over the countryside and the city of Bath. Emma Evans (FV40-49) completed the 5K route in a time of 00:35:46, earning herself first in category. Julie Chilvers (FV40-49) and Emma Surridge (FV40-49) took on the 10K course. Julie completed the course in 01:02:32, bagging fifth position in category, while Emma crossed the line in 01:04:41. Yet more Frome runners turned up the following day for the Bath Skyline 10K day race. Peter Clardy (MV60) fi

The Avon Cross-Country Championships for 2018-9 were held as part of the Tri-County Cross-Country event on Sunday 9th December, at Bath University. Joseph Donworth was flying the flag for Frome at the event. He completed the 6.4-mile distance in a time of 00:35:52, earning himself fifth position in the SENVETMen category. Joseph was in action again on Boxing Day, this time in County Limerick, Ireland, as he lined up for the Caherdavin 10K. Pitting himself against 150 other athletes, Joseph crossed the line in third position, posting a time of 00:34:18. On Thursday, 27 December 2018, Frome club runner Harry Ebdon (M50-59) also decided to blow the winter cobwebs away with the Winter Cross Ultra over in Meonstoke, Hampshire. Taking on the challenging 50K route option, Harry completed the distance in 05:34:36, earning himself eighth position in category. Yet more runners were keen to see out the old year on Sunday, 27 December with the Plain Crazy, a challenging 12.5-ish route across the