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*Pictured above - the Moorways Stadium at Derby. LAST CHANCE TO ENTER THE BMAF T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 coastandcountry.blog URGENT MESSAGE FROM KEVIN WHITE AT BMAF: Thank you to everyone who has entered the BMAF Track & Field champs which are taking place in Derby from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th Sept. For those of you who have been thinking about it but have not yet entered:  ENTRIES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY - 30th AUGUST. BMAF Track & Field Championship ​  Summarise ​ Contact Details:  bmaf@opentrack.run Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries Start Lists  Enter Here 7 hours, 42 min to go   Competitors   (740) Competition Dates: 11 – 13 September 2026, Moorways, Derby This event will be held over 3 full days. It will include all the events that used to be incorporated in the timetable in the ‘older days’ together with an additional 3000m.  There will also be heats and finals in both th...

*Some of the award winners and competitors from the Tryfan Dash race. Records broken, but thankfully no bones, at the fast Tryfan Downhill Dash... Report and photo courtesy of race organiser Mike Blake (Eryri Harriers). donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 coastandcountry.blog   Records were broken, but thankfully no bones, at the Tryfan Downhill Dash, which saw many experienced mountain and fell runners taking part! Dark Peak’s  Euan Patton , not content with having the cheek by taking 39 seconds off my 34-year record of 8 minutes in 2023, he went a massive step again, by taking a further 35 seconds off his own record finishing in an unbelievable 6.46. He finished ahead of three times winner  Michael Corrales ( The Goats) in 9.25 .  Insane, the word on the street is that his feet never actually touched the ground, and  Sam Gunning  took third place in 9.29.   The first lady was another re-known descender in Bethan Billing  ( Eryri Harriers), by...

Special Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature Welcome to another new author feature in conjunction with Amazon. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 An Eclectic Mix of 7 Short Stories – Murder, Mystery & Intrigue. By William Austin Johnson & his crime thriller Leading a Double Life. *NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AUDIO: An Eclectic Mix of Short Stories:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGQK98N2 *NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AUDIO:  Leading a Double Life:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGF2V3WC About the book of short stories:   They say that Silence is Golden, so, when it’s time to read your book, that is just what you want, some peace and quiet to absorb each and every word, each line, each sentence, and each paragraph, and each chapter until the very end.  That is exactly why the code in all libraries is silence please. Of course, most books are of one particular subject from beginning to end. There is also the saying that Variety is the Spice of Life, and this book is...

*Crime thriller writer David Widdowson (*above) with his new book. Special Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature. Welcome to another new author feature in conjunction with Amazon.   Lifer’s Chance: An Offer he couldn't refuse by David P. Widdowson... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Published by North Wales based firm :   www.bookpublishing4u.co.uk   *David’s exciting new book is now available on Amazon via this link: https://amzn.to/416u4jR   About the book: This is the debut novel by David P. Widdowson. An exciting new crime thriller: A prisoner (an ex-Met Police firearms officer) is serving a life sentence. Then he is given an offer he can’t refuse… ABOUT THE AUTHOR : New crime thriller writer   David Widdowson was born in Nottinghamshire in 1952. In 1967 aged 15 he left school and started work as an apprentice agricultural engineer. He Married Jennie in 1977.  From 1981 to 1990 he studied with the Open University to obtain a BA Honours Degre...