2013 News

If Saturday’s Freshers’ Fun Run is anything to go by, the Hare and Hounds look in good shape to follow a repeat. Despite the departure of various key runners such as Robin Brown and Alex Young, it was clear that improvement within the squad had been supplemented by a strong new intake. Pre-race favourite Alex […]

en310 | December 10, 2013

About the course: With a range of incredibly steep hills, near constant undulation and a thick (although thankfully dry), orange mud, Oxford’s course at the Shotover Country Park was completely alien to the Cambridge runners. Despite an early hill which actually incorporated steps, and despite the final hill slowing some of the club’s best runners […]

en310 | November 30, 2013

Congratulations to Alex Short who, having finished an incredible 3rd at the Euro Cross Trials in Liverpool today, has made the automatic qualification spots for the U20 European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on 8th December. UPDATE 8th December: Alex Short finished a fine 26th and fourth for the U20s GB team to help […]

en310 | November 23, 2013

The Hare and Hounds braved the cold and the gloom last Saturday in order to battle it out on the Cuppers cross country course. With the Varsity match looming ever closer, this competition was no ordinary Cuppers race; claws well and truly came out, as this was the final opportunity for the Cambridge runners to […]

en310 | November 16, 2013

The Hare and Hounds waged war last week against the RAF and Eastern Counties, in a cross country match that did not fail to deliver the excitement it had promised. Undeterred by the overcast morning, the formidable RAF side, or indeed the harrowing thought of missing Saturday morning lectures, the Cambridge cross country runners arrived […]

en310 | October 26, 2013

The cows and dog-walkers of Stourbridge Common witnessed a large dose of sporting excitement this Saturday, as the Hare and Hounds sent 51 runners thundering across the Fen Ditton cross country course. The course, which has its fair share of ditches, gravel trails and mud, incorporated the extra excitement of the crossing of a railway […]

en310 | October 19, 2013

Competition for Varsity teams heats up with first selection race The first out of two major selection races took place at Stevenage as the Hare and Hounds were guests at arguably the highest standard cross-country league in Britain, with strong performances that would have equated to a first place finish for the men’s team and […]

en310 | September 11, 2013

Wimbledon Common witnessed the Hare and Hounds’ strength in depth in successfully defending the men’s and women’s competition With the disappointment of being 3-2 down after the 2nds to 4ths races at Oxford the weekend before, the men’s and women’s Blues team headed to Wimbledon Common to contest the decisive races in the overall series. […]

en310 | July 12, 2013

Cambridge took wins in all four of the matches at Varsity athletics this year, and not without a little help from the Hares and Hounds in the middle and long distance races, with the men’s Blues taking a fifth victory in a row and the Alverstones continuing their dominance in the Seconds’ match with their […]

en310 | May 18, 2013

Based on the current weather conditions, you may think it strange that some people like to run around in very little at this time of year. However that is exactly what CUHH were doing this Saturday! 30 Men and 8 women turned out to battle on the 9km and 5km courses. The men’s race was […]

en310 | January 19, 2013