As well as being captain of the New Milton C team playing in Div 1 and a virtuoso violin player and teacher to boot, Frank Handy has another string to his bow, namely being a very well respected cross country runner.

I am pleased to be able to print an extract of a recent article in the New Milton Advertiser along with a photo kindly provided by the Sports Reporter:-

New Forest Runners were out in force for their cross-country championships, held at Denny Wood near Lyndhurst on Sunday 19^th February.

The NF championships were combined with the seventh event in the CC6 winter series. Although weather conditions were good, there was enough mud and hills to make the 5 mile course a challenge for the 17 New Forest ladies and 16 Forest men who competed.

The ever consistent Frank Handy (11^th CC6 overall) won the New Forest senior men’s championship from the up and coming newcomer Henry Harris (14^th).

The photo shows our very own Frank in the centre and it looks as though he can hardly keep his eyes open!