Skipper's Corner
Skip's Surrey League Stat Attack - 10 February 2008. What a classic day of Surrey League action yesterday.
Skip's Christmas Message - 23 December 2007. Welcome to a special guest edition of Skipper’s Corner. ... I’ll be seeing you at the races guys: let’s go and create some history.
Skip's Archive 2006-2007
Young guns have gained maturity - Sep 11, 2006. Welcome to the third series of Skipper’s Corner and another tempestuous eight-month romp ...
A jaw-dropper of a team from Newham - Sep 28, 2006. Cross Country season here again ... Run Fat Boy Run ...
Cockers on "Brockers" - Oct 9, 2006. I have Brockwell Park a little bit in my heart ... Sutton Park ... a day of celebration.
Skipper's Corner ... comes to you from Vietnam.- Oct 27, 2006. Psychic Paul reads the game real good. Hanoi ... in a hurry. Getting some training ... with a tough geezer.
Whacky William is back from 'Nam - Nov 16, 2006. "Barefoot Billy" is born ... Fried crickets and bee larvae ... man of the match awards.
Il Capitano surpasses himself this time - Dec 18. I've got my Bels! What's he on?
A classic day of sport - Jan 27, 2007. One of the cross-country duels of the Century.
Oh! Boy - Feb 12, 2007. Skip's got his anorak on!
A hapless day! - March 11, 2007 ... Thank goodness we finished a team yesterday ...
What a hog-thumping rip-snorter of a race! - 1 April 2007. My 162nd run for a Belgrave team was the most thrilling I’ve - somewhat stressfully - enjoyed.
... another memorable and fulfilling day - April 14, 2007
The long and winding road - from Greenwich to The Mall - as travelled by the Skipper - April 22, 2007. "Well I’ll say this straight up, running with Weiro should come with a health warning ... "
Skip's Archive 2005-2006
Let's go trophy hunting - Sep 7, 2005. A solid season ahead, or will it be dreamland. Who can outpoint the Cockerpillar?
Congratulations to the Southern 6-stage team - Sep 25, 2005. ... it was at his Scottish hunting lodge ... Baby b's have their chance ... Hurricane Simon set to batter Bels ...
The league remains alive - Oct 10, 2005. It's seatbelts on for the National Six-Stage ... shaping up to be one of the most gripping, dazzling, gut-wrenching lung-busters ...
I shall finish this session - and I shall finish it strong - Oct 23, 2005. Tears, tantrums and a humdinger ... You thrilled us then and you thrill us now ...
Wicksy moves closer to nailing the Skip - Nov 21, 2005. A closer look at the weekend's results ...
We have lacked that little bit of extra fire-power - Dec 20, 2005. Welcome to the final Skipper’s Corner of 2005 ...
Latin GCSE was more fun than this - Jan 15, 2006. Never again, I said to myself ...
A passion ... needs to be fuelled - Jan 29, 2006. History repeated itself neatly last night. ...
"... That’s one heck of a set of lungs you got on you, sir …" Feb 5, 2006. Since I shan’t be entertaining you again till after the ‘National’ ...
Ahh, the National, sweet National - Feb 27, 2006. "Oh God, just let me finish..."
What a busy weekend - Mar 20, 2006. ... Oh yes ... relay season ...
This is sport - if there were no problems it would be too easy - 28 Mar, 2006. Sunday was a day for reflection in many ways.
I've seen it all before - April 10, 2006. Well, I think my 146th race for a Belgrave team was the one in which I felt the widest range of emotions …
Skip's Archive 2004-2005
Welcome to mission 4-5 - Aug 31. Greetings my fellow Harriers ...
Road Relay Ramblings - Sep 12. A quick dispatch to thank all ...
Tumblin' dice - Sep 26. Another humdrum weekend ...
We don't like Cross Country. We love it - Oct 10. Eighty-eight million ...
Congratulations to the sexy six - Oct 24. On that hurricane of a day ...
Mission JJ - Oct 31. I write from a bright and breezy Frankfurt ...
Slugfest in Mansfield - Nov 16. So... we haven't done an Arsenal ...
We are right to stick up for ourselves - Nov 28. The last five weeks have been somewhat dire ...
Skip in reflective mood - Dec 19. ... an exciting day on the Common ... and a trip down memory lane ...
Hats off to Thames - Jan 17. The Bels ... perked up considerably ...
Southern Tales - Jan 30. “I say old chap, you’re running the downhill sections with zest and verve today!”
"We're here for the team" - Feb 19. The National is truly one of the great events in the English sporting calendar ... the smiling assassin ...
AAA half-marathon championships - Mar 13. what a beauty for the masochists ... a trio of Sopwith Camels ...
The pressure-cooked world of relay-running - Apr 3. Never did a running shoe taste so good ... Can the blonde bomber make it eight?
Winter season closes on a high - Apr 23. Entertaining and classy race ... Thanks ...
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.