The news desk
Athletics Weekly reported on October 12, 2026, that Adam Hickey, 38, won the opening race of the cross-country league season in Essex by almost a minute and a half. The same report said Beth Barlow returned from Florida State to beat an Irish international in Manchester, and that Newcastle University students led the way in the north-east. No other reports on this event have been supplied, so further details of the race, the course, or the full results are not available. The report did not give an exact winning margin beyond describing it as almost a minute and a half, nor did it name the Irish international Barlow defeated or specify the north-east race in which Newcastle University students finished first.
Adam Hickey, 38, won in Essex by almost a minute and a half as the cross-country league season opened. Beth Barlow returned from Florida State to beat an Irish international in Manchester, while Newcastle University students led the way in the north-east.