National champions are saluted at Umberleigh, and the AGA man goes glamping!

When is the AGA man not the AGA man? Answer = never, although I’m not complaining! There was no AGA involvement at Umberleigh and this was a day out to enjoy the end of season party atmosphere, chat (lots), take photos, and yes, enjoy a drink or two. All of that was achieved and we […]

Video – Anglo-Irish Point-to-Point Challenge 2015, Chaddesley Corbett

This is a fabulous short film (accompanied by a fast paced soundtrack) which tells the story of an historic day at Chaddesley Corbett on Monday 25th May. The Albrighton & Woodland (South) hosted the Mountain Warehouse Anglo-Irish Point-to-Point Challenge, which also included the finale of the exciting AGA All Comers Championship. The film was made […]

Pride and relief as the curtain comes down on another exciting season

Is it really five years? That was the question I asked myself in the build-up to this, our fifth AGA final, and the fourth one where I have been organiser and front man. There will, of course, be lots of other questions to ask during the coming weeks, along with some detailed analysis. However, one […]

A great day at Kimble ensures that April starts with a bang for AGA

April has been and gone, we’re halfway through May and I’m playing catch up with my blog! That could involve an awful lot of words so I think the best plan is for me to let the photos do the talking, starting with a selection from Kimble!

Blue sky and sunshine at Brafield-on-the-Green for round 11 of the AGA All Comers championship

This is a fixture that I’ve always looked at and thought “I’d like to go there”, so we did, and what a glorious day! It was well organised, there were plenty of runners and I had lots of AGA colleagues with me. Anyway, that’s more than enough words, let’s have a look at some photos!

It’s catch up time for the AGA man with three point-to-point fixtures in one blog post – Chaddesley Corbett, Kingston Blount and Hackwood Park!

Where has the last month gone? It doesn’t seem like five minutes since we were stood in the freezing rain at Chaddesley Corbett back in February and now April is just around the corner – and I’m playing catch up with my blog posts (4 to catch up on). The first of the 4 was at […]

Warm welcome for the AGA man at Ampton as the Dunston Harriers put on a pointing treat

No AGA action today but the opportunity to visit Ampton for the first time was too good to miss, plus, thanks to Mr & Mrs Ellis, I was driven to the races in style (and very nice it was too). We set off at a very reasonable time, and I also contributed to the Ellis […]

Gina and Berties Dream are so impressive at Barbury, and Sarah Dawson bags more AGA championship points

It’s been sunny on our last few visits to Barbury, but this lovely course is still in our top 5 ‘coldest point-to-point courses in the UK’, although the Mendip Farmers P2P at Ston Easton in 2013 is still officially the coldest we’ve ever been on a point-to-point racecourse (2013 was a vintage year for Siberian pointing […]

Team Ireland v Team GB – a look back at the 2013 Tattersalls International Point-to-Point Challenge

12 months ago we made a memorable trip to Ireland for an International Point-to-Point challenge, as we prepare to head out there again at the end of next week, I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone just how good last years trip was. Here’s the blog post that I published in […]