sporty Fram noughties

su 31 Oct 2010	It's seems to be the law that it rains for the Framlingham inter-club cross country but only a bit today, and a day brightened by some trick or treaters. The tinies twice round the field steeplechase included two jumps and two post finish girly tantrums:) Three out in to the countryside laps for the seniors and the leaders lapping what looked like middle-markers still on lap two. Interestingly the Ipswich Triathlon Club actively involved and one casquette wearing tri-athlete seemed to us in the top ten or so.
	Matt's white mountain bike was pinched from outside the co-op last night ... found down by Leo's, sometimes there's a happy ending:)
fr 14 May 2010	9am this morning James Gorniak, Matt Yeatts and Stuart Lambert left Framlingham's Market Hill and lots of family and well wishers to cycle the 170 miles to Brighton for charity, more pix on Facebook.
su 28 Mar 2010	Framlingham special constable Tony Maclean will be doing a mini Eddie Izzard next month when in support of the Alzheimer's Society he runs a marathon in a large town near Chelmsford, cycles to Edinburgh and then runs another marathon, he's not far off £500 already.
mo 7 Sep 2009	The 10k road race (the winner was from Woodford, it's near Chelmsford ... they've got a Waitrose) and fun run results for yesterday in Framlingham and discussion of house fires in Fram on the board.
su 6 Sep 2009	Today's annual Framlingham Flyer's 10k road race round the town had the usual good organisation, good will, large fields and enthusiastic support on the Market Hill. Particularly impressive were the goody bags given to each finisher which sensibly contained a banana, a bottle of water and a packet of coffee and the bag could be used as a rucksack.
mo 11 May 2009	Maybe two dozen soapboxes (twice as many as last year) provided often entertainingly close racing on Framlingham's Market Hill yesterday with the added excitement and not a little humour of nobody hurt crashes. Maybe next year what about some 6up skater racing as well to add a little variety?
sa 19 Jul 2008	Our word what a busy day! Coffee morning at what was The Falcon in Earl Soham (pics next week), 12 hours of non-stop sociability in Brundish (pics next week), second night of Hachfest, the John Western Memorial Bike Ride but most dramatic must be the Framlingham Horse Show with at least two simultaneous medical incidents of which one needed the air ambulance but otherwise the usual charming day of equine pursuits.
su 4 May 2008	Well that certainly made a bank holiday Sunday more interesting for visitors to Framlingham. Eleven carts of variously sophisticated designs variously trundled and whizzed down the Market Hill with a mixed bunch of drivers including the quite young. Racing noticeably got faster, and closer, as the day progressed which may have been due to more committed bobsleigh type starts, certainly some carts were having problems stopping at the other end; at least one mechanical failure and there's always the tedious business of having to pull the cart back to the top. Great stuff and let's hope it happens again next year.
su 28 Oct 2007	Now we do know that cross country is supposed to be muddy, but so muddy that competitors were going back after they'd finished to try and find their shoes! ... and of course on the mere not all that brown stuff is mud. The usual huge field for the Fram Flyers' annual cross country set off on a mild but miserable day and soon surged round the course to cause a sizeable queue to get over the narrow style onto the bridge bringing them back to the castle. Particularly nasty was a patch of mud in the castle moat just before the runners had to go up the steep footpath out of the moat. To make it more fun for the tail enders it started to rain heavily but the marshals, officials and us stayed in place to see this lady Stowmarket Strider home as last finisher.
su 2 Sep 2007	Although the fields were smaller (though difficult to believe from the pic below) than in recent years there were close(ish) finishes in both the 10k and Fun Run. You can download the 10 kilometre (David Miller won again) results but it won't be apparent that Fram Flyer Rob Mackenzie from Mount Pleasant won the Kings Cup for first local runner, his son James came fourth in the Fun Run and was second under 15 boy. Impressive novelty this year were Elisa Garvie and Jenny Stockman (supported by young Alysha running in flip flops!) who ran the fun run threeleggedly to raise funds to buy the presently loaned kit for the Framlingham First Responders.
su 22 Jul 2007	Yesterday was the 113th Framlingham Horse Show and not surprisingly it's a rather horsy affair with show jumping and possibly the largest gathering of Suffolk Punches anywhere. There are other attractions including the hounds and a rabbit petting corner and the sense of occasion is heightened by many people being formally dressed, a good sprinkling of bowler hats. Towards late afternoon people leave to change and then return for the Fat Band on the back of a lorry and drink the Earl Soham Brewery beer tent dry!

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