“Christmas” Handicap
With just the Stag Trophy final positions to be sorted on Wednesday, Easter Monday saw the 35th running of the Christmas handicap, also known as the Langmay Trophy.
With near freezing temperatures urging people to stay indoors, it was a relatively small group of 11 that met Dave Adams in the Football Club car park at 11am, desperate to get under way, just to try and warm up.
The very simple route heads out along Stanbridge Road, over the bypass before curving round to Billington where a right turn takes you up and over the hill and a straight run back in to town. It is around 5.6 miles and is historical rather than significant in any way.