2026 - 2027 Membership

Croft Ambrey Running Club

Full Membership £37 pa. Includes 1^st Claim Affiliation to England Athletics. Free entry to the Herefordshire & Borders Summer and Winter Cross Country races, £2 discount on all EA affiliated races plus all Croft training sessions and handicap races. Includes all the benefits of Social Membership (see below). The full benefits of EA affiliation can be found at https://www.englandathletics.org/take-part/athlete-registration/benefits/

Second Claim Membership. £20 pa. If you’re affiliated to England, Welsh or Scottish Athletics with another club. You can still enjoy all Croft training sessions and take part in the club’s handicap races. Includes all the benefits of Social Membership.

Junior Membership. £37 pa. For Juniors from 8 to 17 years old. Enjoy term-time Junior training sessions on Monday evening (excluding bank holidays) at Wigmore school. Receive the weekly Club Newsletter and join the private club Facebook Page. This membership is for recreational participation. If juniors wish to explore racing in UKA events, please speak to Kelly about England Athletics affiliation. 

Social & Occasional Membership. £20 pa. Enjoy the social side of Croft and stay up to date with all the goings on. Receive the weekly Club Newsletter, join the club’s private Facebook Page and attend all social events. Have your say in how the club is run at the AGM. This membership is also idea for those living away from home who may wish to join the occasional training session or social run.

Welcome To Croft Ambrey Running Club

Croft Ambrey Running Club is one of the longest-established running clubs in Herefordshire. Based where we are in North Herefordshire, we are fortunate to be amongst stunning countryside and blessed with our fair share of challenging hills. It has meant that club members participate in every type of running you can thank of. Trails, fells, road, short distances and ultra, multi-day and endurance events. 

Blue Sky thinking

We’re maybe a little unusual in having two training nights rather than keeping one as a longer, social run. We do this because it keeps everyone together and makes sure that every runner at a session has a chance to chat with anyone, irrespective of their speed.

Our Tuesday and Thursday training sessions start at 6:45pm. 

Where we meet

Our spiritual home is Croft Castle. The Ambrey gave the club its name and we’ve had the privilege of training in The Castle Grounds for over 40 years. However we like to give runners as much variety as possible and hold training sessions at different locations across North Herefordshire each week including Mortimer Forest, Shobdon, Wigmore and Brampton Bryan.

The location of training sessions are published each Sunday evening on the club Facebook page and in the weekly Email Newsletter to club members.

For young runners

Croft Juniors meet at 5:30pm most term-time Monday evenings at Wigmore High School. For youngsters aged from 8 to 17, the focus is on running for fun with a mix of age appropriate short and long-distance intervals, dynamic sessions and games. 

A whole year of running

Our running year includes a Winter and Summer Cross Country Series. These usually comprise 4 or 5 races each, hosted by local running clubs. We also have our own handicap series for club members. 

We also have the ‘Club Championship’. This consists of carefully chosen races across the year with a mix of road, fell, cross country and even a parkrun. One of the great joys of these races is simply knowing that, when you turn up, you’ll be greeted by a sea of sky blue eager to cheer you on.

So if you want to run just for the fun of it and maybe enter a race or two, you’ll find that Croft is much the same as it was over 40 years ago. Come along - you’ll find people just like you.