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31st Mar 2012. Wakefield's Ladies Team Finish 2nd at Northern 6-Stage RoadRelays.

The club had a near full strength Ladies team out for the Northern 6-Stage RoadRelay Championships, held at Sefton Park in Liverpool, to try and defend the titlethey won in such style last year. But with Julie Briscoe still struggling from thehamstring injury that has troubled her all winter, and Sarah Beevers also hamperedwith a calf injury, the girls couldn't quite repeat their triumph. However the team ofKatie McHale, Sarah Beevers, Jenny Latham, Julie Briscoe, Helen Singleton andCharlene Thomas all ran superbly to finish 2nd, and were only 36 seconds behindwinners Rotherham Harriers. Our 2009 UK 1500m Champion and Olympic hopefulCharlene Thomas was 2nd fastest overall, with her storming last leg run that broughtus from 5th into the medals, and Helen Singleton made up a lot of ground on leg 5,running the 5th fastest time of the day.The Men's team of Nathan Elliott, Jack Hallas, Pete McNamara, Paul Hallas, StephenTilford, Tony White, Hugh Allen, Martin Holding, Mark Whitehouse, Neil Dutton,Chris Ward & Alistair Robinson also did very well to come 34th in the high class 12-Stage field. Jack Hallas was the team's fastest runner on the short stage, and 14thfastest overall, and Nathan Elliott was our fastest long stage runner.Download Women's Results and Men's Results from Northern Athletics.

25th Mar 2012. New M55 Club Record from Richard West in Thirsk 10 Mile RoadRace.At the Thirsk 10 Mile Road race, which incorporated the Yorkshire Vets 10 MileChampionship and also the 2nd race in this years Club Distance Runners LeagueChampionship, Richard West finished 3rd in the M55 category, in a New M55 10

Mile Club Record of 66 mins 29 secs. M50 vet Pete McNamara also had a good runto finish 7th in his category in 60:59, whilst the first Harrier home in the race wasChris Ward, who finished 17th overall, running close to his best with a time of 59:04.The first 4 male counters of Chris 17th, Pete 31st, Carl Quinn 69th & Mark

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.The event also included a wheelchair race, which was won by our own JasonRichards in 45:42, with Steve Williamson 2nd in 47:45. Race Results.

17th/18th Mar 2012. Medals for Jennifer Ibbitson & Linda Risdale at BMAF IndoorChamps.At the British Masters Athletics Federation Indoor Track and Field & Winter ThrowsChampionships, held at Lee Valley, we had several athletes competing, with twowinning five medals between them. Jennifer Ibbitson won gold in the W55 Shot,Hammer & Pole Vault, and Linda Risdale won silver in the W60 Shot & bronze in

the Hammer. Indoor Results and Throws Results.

17th/18th Mar 2012. Distance Runners Roundup of Leading Results.At the South Yorkshire Half Marathon at Wath-on-Dearne Stephen Tilford finished11th, and ran a good new PB time of 79 mins 34 secs. Race Results from Power of10.At the Park Runs there were good performances from Matthew O'Connor, winningthe Leeds event in 16:58, with Andrew Cartwright 4th in 17:01. Julie Greenwoodwas first lady at York in a PB of 19:16, and Helen Beck continued her return to formfinishing 2nd lady at Leeds in 20:10.

17th Mar 2012. Ten Harriers Compete at English Schools Cross CountryChampionships.Wakefield Harriers were well represented at the English Schools Cross CountryChampionships at Ilton in Somerset, with ten runners competing for West YorkshireSchools. Annabel Mason had yet another exceptional run to finish 2nd in theIntermediate Girls race, once more only beaten by the National and Inter-CountiesChampion Bobby Clay. That makes 5 silver medals for Annabel this winter! RebeccaFirth was 74th, Faye Beckett 207th & Sophie Woollin 251st in this race, asWakefield Harriers made up half the West Yorkshire Schools team that finished16th. Other Harriers competing were Sally Smith 78th Senior Girls, Bethan Oates213th Junior Girls, Lucy Robinson 270th Junior Girls, Ben Read 182nd Junior Boys,George Heppinstall 202nd Junior Boys & Edward Dunbavin 269th Junior Boys. Ourcongratulations to them all, and in particular to Annabel, who has been selected tocompete for England in the British and Irish Home International XC, taking place inPerth on the 31st of March.Race Results from ESAA.

10th/11th Mar 2012. Distance Runners Roundup of Leading Results.At the Retford Half Marathon several Harriers were competing, some of them usingthe race as part of their build up for the forthcoming spring marathons. JulieGreenwood had another fine run to finish 4th lady in 91 mins 53 secs, and to takefirst prize in the F35 category. Race Results from Power of 10.At the Park Runs there were good performances from our U17 runners, with Steven

Eastwood, Matthew O'Connor & Ben Dagett all running good times in the 17 mins.

10th Mar 2012. Annabel Mason 2nd at Inter-Counties Cross CountryChampionships.Originally the club had 5 runners selected to compete for Yorkshire at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, near Birmingham, but in the

end just 3 competed. Annabel Mason had another exceptional run to finish 2nd in theU15 Girls race, behind the National Champion Bobby Clay, but once again beatingYorkshire & Northern Champion Bronwen Owen. So that's 4 silver medals forAnnabel over the country this winter in the major championships, a superb

achievement. William Ingram was 93rd and 6th Yorkshire finisher in the U15 Boysrace, and Edward Dubavin finished 181st and 6th Yorkshire counter in the U13 Boysrace.Race Results from Power of 10, and Photos from Adam Kerfoot.
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ar . u s ance unners eague amp ons p resen a on.It was decided last year to revive the Club Distance Runners League Championship,to try and encourage our new and developing runners to compete in more events, andit was a great success, with 75 Wakefield Harriers competing in one or more of theevents. Presentations were made to the winners at the club's 2nd clubhouse, 'TheRedoubt', with trophies being presented by our former 400m Olympian Alan Slack,who ended up being a pretty useful distance runner himself!The winners were :- 1st Chris Ward, 2nd Paul Robinson, 3rd Neil Dutton, 4th PeterMcNamara, 5th Richard West, with Joanne Biltcliffe being awarded the trophy for'Most Improved Runner', and Paul Robinson the trophy for competing in the mostevents. See Club Distance Runners 2011 League Championship page for all raceresults and final league table.

Chris Ward and Joanne Biltcliffe receiving their trophies from Alan Slack.

5th Mar 2012. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers.Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by WakefieldHarriers at the monthly Committee Meeting. Please welcome them all to the club.List of New Members.

4th Mar 2012. New Club U17 Pole Vault Record again for Abigail Roberts.Abigail Roberts was one of a handful of Harriers competing at the Manchester Openat Sports City, and just a week after improving her PB she jumped higher yet again,leaping to a New Club U17 Pole Vault Record of 3.25m. Meeting Results fromPower of 10.

4th Mar 2012. Ladies Team Win Team Prize at Dewsbury 10k Road Race.The Dewsbury 10k Road Race had been postponed from its original date because ofsnow, and was held a month later in cold and wet conditions, which neverthelessproduced some good performances. Helen Singleton had an excellent run, recording35:38 and finishing 38th overall and 2nd lady out of nearly 600 runners. JulieGreenwood was delighted to break 40 minutes for the first time with her 39:48 in112th place, to move up several places in the club's All-Time Road Rankings, and

with Nicola Steel 208th in 43:49 the ladies won the team prize. For the men AndrewCartwright had a fine run competing for the first time as a Wakefield Harrier, coming

30th in 34:53, and he was followed by U17 Matthew O'Connor in 37:23. RaceResults from Power of 10.As the date of this race was moved to clash with the Norton 9, the 1st race in thisyears Club Distance Runners League Championship, points will also be awarded forthis race.

4th Mar 2012. Good Turnout of Harriers at Norton 9 Mile Race.There was a good turnout of Harriers taking part at the Norton 9 Mile road race, nearDoncaster, the 1st race in this years Club Distance Runners League Championship.

The fast improving Stephen Tilford had his best run to date to finish 6th in 52:50,and with Chris Ward 14th in 55:12 and Carl Quinn 22nd in 57:35 the men just lostthe team race by a single point. Richard West was 2nd M55 in 41st place, and SarahBostwick was 3rd lady in 50th, out of over 300 runners. Race Results from Power of10.
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3rd/4th Mar 2012. Distance Runners Roundup of Leading Results.At the 2nd Yorkshire Vets League race at Otley, Mark Whitehouse and SteveWilkinson had solid runs to finish in the top 40. Results from Otley.At the Park Runs there were good performances from Katie McHale finishing 3rdlady at Bushy Park in London in 19:07, Helen Beck 1st lady at Leeds in 20:39, U17Steven Eastwood 3rd at Huddersfield in 17:12, and U17 Ben Dagett 3rd at Harrogatein 17:56.

25th/26th Feb 2012. Bronze Medal for Abigail Roberts at England Indoor Champs.At the England Athletics U20, U17 and U15 Indoor Championships at the NationalIndoor Arena in Birmingham, we just had 3 Harriers competing, but they allperformed with distinction. Last year's U15 Champion Abigail Roberts was anexcellent 3rd in the U17 Pole Vault, in a New Club U17 Pole Vault Record of3.20m. Sally Smith was just out of the medals in the U20 800m, when finishing 4thin 2m 17.29s, as was Benjamin Holmes, 4th in the U20 High Jump with 1.95m.Meeting Results from Power of 10.

25th/26th Feb 2012. Harriers Competing at BUCS Indoor Championships atSheffield.At the BUCS Indoor Championships at the EIS in Sheffield there were a couple

Harriers competing for their universities or colleges. Lucy Holmes finished 6th in thefinal of the Shot with 11.60m, and in his first race of the year Jack Hallas won hisheat of the 1500m in 3m 59.87s, before coming 5th in his semi-final later in the day.Meeting Results from Power of 10.

26th Feb 2012. Distance Runners Roundup of Leading Results.At the Pocklington 'Snake Lane' 10 Mile road race Alex Potter ran a PB of 72 mins09 secs to move up a couple of places in the club's All-Time Road Rankings.At the hilly Huddersfield 10k young Steven Eastwood finished a fine 23rd in 39 mins34 secs, and Jenny Latham was 61st and 5th lady in 43 mins 20 secs.Amazingly, the day after finishing 2nd in the National Cross Country

Championships, Annabel Mason competed in the Ilkley Moor Fell Race. She wonthe U16/18 race outright, taking a minute off her own course record, as well asbeating the boy's record as well! Report & Results from Ilkley Harriers.

25th Feb 2012. Annabel Mason & U15 Girls Medal at National Cross CountryChampionships.
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The club had just a few runners taking part this year at the English National CrossCountry Championships, which were held on the famous hilly course at ParliamentHill Fields in North London. However it was one of the club's most successful daysin the event, with the U15 Girl's team coming away with bronze medals in the teamevent, and Annabel Mason having a truly exceptional run to finish 2nd in the race.Annabel finally got the measure of Bronwen Owen, who won the Yorkshire &Northern titles ahead of her, but was narrowly defeated by Southern ChampionBobby Clay, losing the title by just 3 seconds. The other members of the team,Rebecca Firth (25th), Faye Beckett (81st) & Sophie Woollin (116th) all ran superbly

as well to finish 3rd, which is probably the best team result from the club in thesechampionships since the Youths team led by Richard Hollings won gold in 1968.Other Harriers who did well were Edward Dunbavin (U13B 173rd), Rachel Firth(U15G 121st), Stephanie Rodgers (U15G 138th), Lucy Robinson (U15G 169th),Saskia Lewis (U15G 290th), William Ingram (U15B 87th), Benjamin Read (U15B164th), George Heppinstall (U15B 192nd), Daniel Franks (U17M 216th) & JackMitchell (U17M 291st).Race Results from English Cross Country Association., and see the girls in action inthe film on www.athleticos.org.

23rd Feb 2012. Second Thornes Park Stadium Indoor Athletics Meeting.

There was another good turnout of over 100 young athletes for the second of theIndoor Athletics Meetings at Thornes Park Stadium, with some good performancesrecorded.Meeting Results.

19th Feb 2012. Helen Singleton 2nd Lady at Wombwell 5 Mile Road Race.Helen Singleton had her first race of the year and finished 13th overall and 2nd Ladyat the Wombwell 5 Mile Road Race, in the good time of 29 mins 33 secs. 6th Ladyand 3rd in the F35 category was Julie Greenwood, running a PB for the distance, asdid Joanne Biltcliffe who was more than 2 minutes quicker than in last year's race.Race Results from Power of 10.

19th Feb 2012. Pole Vaulters on Form at Manchester Indoor Open Meeting.A few Harriers turned out at the latest City of Manchester Indoor Open Meeting atSport City, with no fewer than 4 pole vaulters taking part, led home by AbigailRoberts equalling her club U17 record of 3.10m once again. Meeting Results from

Power of 10.

19th Feb 2012. Silver Medal for John Mason at Yorkshire Vets Cross CountryChampionships.At the Yorkshire Vets Cross Country Championships, at the Northern RacingCollege near Doncaster, there was a good turnout of 14 men from the club. JohnMason had an excellent run to finish 8th overall in the race for the 35-49 year olds.

He finished 2nd in the M45 category, and was only 4 seconds behind winner CarlThackery of Hallamshire, the former international star who once finished 3rd in theWorld Half Marathon Championships. With Paul Robinson 38th, Selim Khan 48th &Tony White 59th the M40-49 team finished 7th. In the M50-69 race Pete McNamarahad another fine run to finish 9th, and he was well supported by Mark Whitehouse in22nd and Richard West in 32nd as the team finished 6th.Men 35-49 results , Men 50-69 results , Women Over 35 & Men Over 70 results.

14th Feb 2012. Harriers Selected for English Schools Cross CountryChampionships.Our congratulations to Sally Smith, Annabel Mason, Rebecca Firth, Sophie Woollin,

Faye Beckett, Bethan Oates, Lucy Robinson, Ben Read, George Heppinstall &Edward Dunbavin, who have all been selected to run for West Yorkshire Schools atthe English Schools Cross Country Championships at Ilton in Somerset on Saturday17th March.WYS teams selected and details of the event.
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12th Feb 2012. Good Run from Pete McNamara in First Yorkshire Vets LeagueRace.Pete McNamara had a good run in the first Yorkshire Vets League race at Horsforth,finishing in 13th place, to lead home a small contingent of the Harriers. Results fromHorsforth.

12th Feb 2012. Jenny Latham Finishes 3rd Lady in her First Half Marathon.Our star triathlete Jenny Latham took part in her first half marathon race, and didvery well to finish 3rd lady and 44th overall in 89 minutes 17 secs. This was in the

fairly tough Liversedge Half Marathon, from Roberttown, and she was using the raceas preparation for a long triathlon event in the summer which finishes with a halfmarathon run. Results from ukresults.net.

6th Feb 2012. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers.Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by WakefieldHarriers at the monthly Committee Meeting. Please welcome them all to the club.List of New Members.

5th Feb 2012. Wakefield Harriers 'Mixed Team' Win Long Distance Relay inFrance.

Wakefield Harriers were once again invited by the city's twin town of Castres inFrance to take part in their long distance relay race, the 30th edition of 'La RondeGivree'. The name of the race means 'The Frosted Tour', and it certainly lived up toit's name this year, with the event run in sub-zero temperatures, and the final leg

competitors running in the snow. We didn't have so many runners competing thisyear, but the 'mixed team' of Jenny Latham, Matthew Dodsworth, Anna Gaches &Chris Ward all ran exceptionally well to easily win their category, and come 24thoverall out of over 300 teams competing. It was particularly pleasing to have newmember and outstanding triathlete Jenny Latham competing for the first time in
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Wakefield colours, and she ran superbly on leg 1 to give the team a flying start. Thevets were not at full strength this year, and finished 67th team. Results from Racewebsite

4th Feb 2012. New Club 1000m Record from Charlene Thomas in the USA.At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meeting at Boston in the USA, CharleneThomas confirmed that she has wintered well by coming 5th in a top classinternational 1000m race. Her time was a New Club 1000m Record of 2 mins 40.03secs, a time which places her 5th on the UK all-time indoor list for the distance. RaceResults.

4th Feb 2012. West Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships.As usual there was a large contingent of Harriers competing for Wakefield Districtand for other schools districts in the West Yorkshire Schools Cross CountryChampionships, which took place at Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School andSports College. Two of the winners came from the Harriers, with Sally Smith takingthe Senior Girls race, and Annabel Mason easily winning the Intermediate Girls race.This age group was dominated by Wakefield Harriers, with Rebecca Firth coming3rd, Sophie Woollin 5th and Faye Beckett 7th. We were also well represented in theJunior Boys race, with Ben Reed 4th, George Heppinstall 5th & Edward Dunbavin6th. There were also top 8 places from Bethan Oates 5th place in the Junior Girls,

and Lucy Robinson 8th in the same race. Results from Hipperholme.

1st Feb 2012. Harriers Selected to Compete for Yorkshire at Inter Counties XC.As a result of their excellent runs at the Yorkshire Cross Country Championshipsfive Wakefield Harriers have been selected to compete for Yorkshire at the InterCounties Cross Country Championships at Birmingham on 10th March. Our

congratulations to Annabel Mason & Rebecca Firth (U15 Girls), Sally Smith (U20Ladies), Edward Dubavin (U13 Boys) & William Ingram (U15 Boys) on theirselection. Download Yorkshire Teams in XL

28th Jan 2012. Silver Medals for U15 Girls at Northern Cross Country

Championships.

Annabel Mason and the rest of the U15 Girls with their Silver Medals.

At the Northern Cross Country Championships at Pontefract Park the club had somegood results from the younger age groups, the highlight being a set of team silvermedals for the U15 Girls, and an individual silver medal from Annabel Mason.Annabel continued her excellent run of form to finish in a clear 2nd place, once againonly being beaten by the National U15 Cross Country Champion Bronwen Owenfrom Scarborough. Rebecca Firth had an excellent run to finish 15th, Sophie Woollin

had her best run of the winter to come 33rd, and with Faye Beckett also running toform in 42nd place the team were an excellent 2nd, and must be in contention formedals at next month's National Cross Country Championships at Parliament HillFields in London.The next best result was from the U17 Men's team of James Saxton 14th, Steven
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astwoo t , an e ran s r ac tc e st, w o we to n s tteam. The U15 Boys team of Ben Read 59th, George Heppinstall 79th, Cameron Dye96th & Alex Bawn 115th all ran well to come 12th. In the races where we didn't havecomplete teams the highlights were from Bethan Oates, who had a fine run to finish17th in the U13 Girl's race, and from Edward Dunbavin who was 43rd in the U13Boys.

The Senior Men did well to get 14 runners competing, and the scoring six of JohnMason 110th, Chris Ward 188th, Stephen Tilford 198th, Pete McNamara 262nd,

Alistair Robinson 363rd & Carl Quinn 374th all ran solidly to finish 23rd team in thelarge field of nearly 700 top class runners, which was won by the 2011 NationalCross Country Champion Steve Vernon of Stockport. Results of all races fromSportsoft, and Video footage from Athleticos.org.

28th Jan 2012. Charlene Thomas Competes in Televised Aviva International inGlasgow.Our international middle distance runner Charlene Thomas was selected to competefor the Commonwealth team at the televised Aviva International Meeting inGlasgow, in the match between GBR, GER, RUS, USA & a Commonwealth team.After returning from altitude in Kenya with some of the UK endurance squad, shehad her first competition of the year, and ran well in the 1500m to come 4th behindWorld Championship silver medallist Hannah England, who was 2nd.

26th Jan 2012. First Thornes Park Stadium Indoor Athletics Meeting.There was a very good turnout of young athletes for the first of the Indoor Athletics
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, .particularly well were Molly Dunbavin, winning the U11 Girls 50m in 8.4s and LongJump with 3.22m, Charlotte Sampson winning the U13 50m in 7.5s, Lauren Higsonwinning the U15 50m in 7.3s, & Aiden Pedley the U11 Boys 50m in 8.0s. MeetingResults.

24th Jan 2012. Lucy Holmes Selected to Compete for North of England Team inMalta.Lucy Holmes has been selected to compete for the North of England in the MaltaInternational Competition in April, for athletes ranked in the top 6 in the North and

ranked in the top 12 Power of 10 nationally at their main event.

24th Jan 2012. Jenny Ibbitson, Paul Hallas & Linda Risdale in World Age GroupRankings.Three of our leading veteran athletes have made the top 30 World Rankings for 2011.Jenny Ibbitson was 6th in the W50 rankings in the Hammer with 43.91m, 7th in thePole Vault with 2.80m, 25th in the Discus with 30.59m & 27th in the 3 Kg Shot with11.00m. Paul Hallas finished 15th in the M50 5000m rankings with his time of 16

mins 29 secs, and Linda Risdale was ranked 17th in the W60 Hammer with herthrow of 29.82m.See full rankings from www.mastersathletics.net

22nd Jan 2012. Paul Lockwood 3rd in 'Brass Monkey' Half Marathon at York.There was a handful of Wakefield Harriers running in the 'Brass Monkey' HalfMarathon at York. Paul Lockwood was our first runner home in an excellent 3rdplace, in 1 hr 11 mins 31 secs, which in the very windy conditions was a veryimpressive time indeed, and not far from his best. Full Results from ukresults.net

18th Jan 2012. West Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships.The West Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships will be held on Saturday4th February, at Hipperholme & Lightcliffe HS.,Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax,West Yorkshire HX3 8TL. Approximate race times :- SG 1 pm; SB 1.20 pm; JG 1.55

pm; JB 2.20 pm; IG 2.45 pm; IB 3.10 pm. Every competitor will need to report to theWakefield rep. at least 30 mins prior to their race to collect a number, and would allHarriers bring their Wakefield vests, the same as the Wakefield school vest. Here'sthe list of runners selected to represent Wakefield Schools, which includes manyWakefield Harriers.

14th/15th Jan 2012. Good Medal Haul at Northern Athletics Indoor T&FChampionships.
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, .At the Northern Athletics Indoor T&F Championships at the EIS, Sheffield, the clubhad a good haul of medals again, with Abigail Roberts winning the U17W PoleVault, and equalling her club record of 3.10m once more. In addition, silver medalswere won by Abby Ward (U15G High Jump 1.50m), Alyce McCurdie (U15G Shot8.75m) & George Heppinstall (U15B Pole Vault 2.30m). Lucy Holmes, who wasdelighted to hear that she had received a grant from the Ron Pickering MemorialFund, was on the podium with Jessica Ennis when coming 3rd in the women's shotwith 11.35m, and bronze medals were also won by Sally Smith (U20W 800m 2m22.02s) & Abby Ward (U15G Pole Vault 2.00m). Zoe Kerins just missed a medal by

2 1/100ths of a second in the U17W 300m, when coming 4th in 43.09s after winningher heat in 42.98s, and Matthew O'Connor was just 3 1/100ths away from bronze inthe U20M 800m, finishing 4th in 2m 00.43s.

Meeting Results from Power of 10, or Download Results in XL from NorthernAthletics.

14th Jan 2012. Harriers Compete in Several Different Park Runs.On a quiet weekend for the distance runners there were Harriers competing in severaldifferent Park Runs throughout Yorkshire. Top performer was Julie Briscoe, whowon the Barnsley event outright, beating all the men at her first attempt! Her timewas 19:18, modest by her high standards, but hopefully indicating a return to fitness.

Another outright winner was U17 James Saxton, who won the Pontefract event in16:41, with new member Selim Khan & Mark Whitehouse 4th & 5th in under 20mins. Julie Greenwood also cracked 20 mins for the first time with 19:35 at the Yorkevent.

13th Jan 2012. Former Men's Team Manager & Coach Doctor Colin Bell PassesAway.The club was saddened to hear that Doctor Colin Bell passed away before Christmas.Dr Bell was a great rugby player before he went into general practice, but he wasbest known to the Harriers as the father and coach to two of the club's greatest everathletes, Alan & Roger Bell. Alan Bell still holds the club records at 200m, 300m &

400m, and his greatest triumph was reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at theMoscow Olympics in 1980. Roger Bell also reached international level at 400mHurdles, and still holds the club records at the event, and also the 110m Hurdles. Aswell as coaching his sons and some other club athletes, Dr Bell was also the men'sathletics team manager during the period of greatest success for the men, when theywon the Northern League title in 1977. The club sends its condolences to the Bellfamily.

12th Jan 2012. Charlene Thomas Selected to Compete at Aviva International inGlasgow.Our international middle distance runner Charlene Thomas has been selected to

compete for a Commonwealth team at the televised Aviva International Match inGlasgow on January 28th. Currently training at altitude in Kenya with some of theUK endurance squad, she returns to compete in the 1500m alongside WorldChampionship silver medallist Hannah England in the match against otherinternational teams.

9th Jan 2012. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers in January.Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by WakefieldHarriers at the monthly Committee Meeting. Please welcome them all to the club.List of New Members.

9th Jan 2012. Paul Hallas, Les D'Arcy & Jenny Ibbitson Top UK Age Group

Rankings.Our U50 star Paul Hallas has finished top of the UK 5000m rankings in his agegroup, with his PB time of 16 mins 29 secs that he set this year in the NorthernLeague meeting at Hull. He is also ranked 5th in the 800m with 2 mins 10.29 secs,

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. .moved into the M90 ranks, and not surprisingly the former weight lifter was top ofthe M90 rankings in the Shot, Discus, Hammer & Javelin. Jenny Ibbitson was top ofthe W50 rankings in the Pole Vault & Shot, 2nd in the Hammer & 3rd in the Discus.Linda Risdale was not far off the top spot either, finishing 2nd in the W60 Hammerrankings.

8th Jan 2012. Abigail Roberts Equals U17 Pole Vault Club Record Again.There were several athletes competing at the Manchester Indoor Open Meeting atSport City, including no fewer than 5 from the club's growing pole vault group. Top

performance came from Abigail Roberts, who equalled her own U17 pole vaultrecord of 3.10m. Meeting Results.

7th Jan 2012. Wakefield Harriers Host the Yorkshire Cross CountryChampionships.The club successfully hosted the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships atThornes Park, on a very windy day ! The course had to be changed at the last minutebecause of storm damage, and the trecherously slippery conditions in the 'BandstandHill' area, but the new course proved popular with the runners, and especially withthe spectators.

The highlight of the day was the race between the Brownlee brothers in the seniormens' race. The two Triathlon stars and Olympic hopefuls showed that they are trulyclassy runners in their own right, and dominated the race finishing over a minuteclear of the rest of the field, with older brother Alistair winning by just 4 seconds.Wakefield's mens' team of John Mason 53rd, Nathan Elliot 67th, Stephen Tilford97th, Pete McNamara 115th, Paul Robinson 147th & Steve Faulkner 156th finished12th team in a top quality field, and in the womens' race Sally Smith had an excellentrun to finish 22nd overall and 4th U20 runner. She thus secured selection for theYorkshire team at the Inter-Counties, along with Annabel Mason, Rebecca Firth,William Ingram & Edward Dunbavin.In the younger age groups our best results were as expected in the U15 Girls' race,

where our girls easily won the team race, and Annabel Mason & Rebecca Firth camehome with individual silver and bronze medals. Annabel had a great race against theNational U15 Cross Country Champion Bronwen Owen from Scarborough, and waswith her most of the way before losing touch in the last kilometre. Rebecca had anexcellent run as well in 3rd, and with Faye Beckett having a fine run in 11th the girlswere clear winners. The 'B' team of Stephanie Rodgers 16th, Sophie Woollin 19th &Rachel Firth all ran well too, to finish 4th team. The U17 Mens' team of MatthewO'Connor 14th, Steven Eastwood 19th & Daniel Franks 22nd also won team medals,finishing 2nd, and the U15 Boys were 4th, with William Ingram having anoutstanding run to finish 4th. He was supported by Sam Convery in 18th & RobertSanderson in 30th. Edward Dunbavin was also just out of the medals in 4th placeafter an excellent run in the U13 Boys' race, and the U13 Girls' team of Beth Oates10th, Olivier Theaker 32nd & Laura Sanderson 34th did well to finish 5th team.Results available from Northern Athletics, and photos available fromflamingphotography.co.uk.

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Paul Lockwood got 2012 off to a winningstart with an easy victory in the CentralLancashire New Year's Half Marathon atCatforth. He finished well clear of the rest ofthe field in a time of 71 mins 39 secs, a goodtime for a solo run, and not far off his PBfrom 2010 in the Amsterdam Half Marathon.Results from Power of 10.

31st Dec 2011. UK Senior Rankings for 2011 - Club has 8 top 50 Ranked Athletes.In the World and UK top 50 rankings, published recently in Athletics Weekly, theclub did well to have 8 athletes in the UK top 50, and with one athlete ranked in the

World's top 50.Emily Freeman was injured all year, and Charlene Thomas had her season cut shortbecause of injury, and failed to make the world's top 50 this year, but we still had oneworld ranked athlete once again. Martyn Bernard was 2nd in the UK Rankings inthe High Jump with his best of 2.28m, which ranked him equal 29th= in theworld!

The club had 7 athletes in the UK Senior Women's Top 50 Rankings :-Charlene Thomas was 4th in the 3000m (9:01.43), 5th in the 1500m (4:06.85) & 36thin the 800m (2m 06.83) ;Julie Briscoe was 11th in the Half Marathon (1h 13:28) & 13th in the Marathon (2h

41:07) ;Zara Hohn was 13th in the 100m Hurdles (13.75) ;Sarah Bostwickwas 23rd in the 3000m SC (11:56.45) & 31st in the 2000m SC(7:35.95) ;Naida Bromley was 31st in the 400m Hurdles (62.75s) ;Lucy Holmes (U20) was 32nd in the Shot (12.51m) ;Ruth Dales was 47th in the Heptathlon (3898 pts).

The club had 1 athlete in the UK Senior Men's Top 50 Rankings :-Martyn Bernardwas ranked 2nd= (outdoors) in the High Jump (2.28m).

31st Dec 2011. Several Harriers Compete in Auld Lang Syne Fell Race.

Several Harriers braved the wet and very muddy conditions to compete in the 18thAuld Lang Syne fell race on the Bronte Moors above Haworth. Pete McNamara was

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Brownlee brothers. They had their own private battle at the head of the field, afterasking our own Santa Claus to let them have Olympic triathlon medals in 2012,whilst our ladies did well in the fancy dress competition too! Download Report &Results.The race was also the final round of the Club Distance Runners LeagueChampionship. Chris Ward was the overall winner, ahead of Paul Robinson, withNeil Dutton just 1 point behind in third. Pete McNamara finished 4th and could havewon had he been able to complete 8 races.

26th/27th Dec 2011. Julie Briscoe Returns from injury to Win Ward Green 6.Julie Briscoe had her first race after several weeks off with a hamstring injury, andreturned to winning ways. She finished first lady in the Ward Green 6 Mile road race,coming home 14th overall in 36m 17s on the hilly course. Claire Sykes was 2nd inthe F35 category, and Stuart Anderson won the M70 category. Results from Power of10.Also competing on the roads was Paul Lockwood, who finished 57th in a time of 32mins 43 secs in a high class field at the Ribble Valley 10K at Clitheroe, which alsoincorporated the Northern 10k Championships. Results from Power of 10.

20th Dec 2011. Kia Lewis Wins 2011 Junior Christmas Handicap Road Race.There was also a good turnout of runners for the Junior Christmas Handicap Road

Race, with 31 young athletes running the new course round the perimeter of the park.U11 Kia Lewis won the race, ahead of fellow U11 Max Rose and U15 Cameron Dye.Fastest time was 10 mins 47 secs by U15 William Ingram, ahead of Ben Read &George Heppinstall, with U15 Faye Beckett being fastest girl in 12 mins 16 secs.Many thanks to the many parents who helped out on the night. Download Full RaceResults in Excel.

20th Dec 2011. The Club's Allocation of London Marathon Places.The club's 4 London Marathon places have now been allocated. We originally had 6people with rejection slips, but by the time of the draw only 4 still wanted to beconsidered, so they were each given one of the places. So congratulations to Martin

Holding, Nicky Steel, Peter Young & Rob Hyatt, and we wish them the best inLondon in April.

20th Dec 2011. Holly Hume Wins 2011 Senior Christmas Handicap Road Race.There was a good turnout of 37 runners for the Senior Christmas Handicap RoadRace, with several new club members taking part for the first time, and fourprospective new members who ran as guests. Indeed it was one of the guests SelimKhan who was first across the line, but first club member to finish was the improvingHolly Hume, who took home the coveted trophy. Martin Holding had a good run tofinish 3rd, with Matthew Dodsworth 4th ahead of the main pack, who had a greatburn up on the final lap of the track. Chris Price ran the fastest actual time with 24

min 50 secs, ahead of U17 Stephen Eastwood, with Sarah Bostwick being the fastestlady this year.The handicappers did a good job again, with two thirds of the runners racing it out onthe track at the end of the 4.5 mile course. Nicola Steel took the award for beingclosest to her expected time, being just two seconds away, and most of the field werewithin a minute of their expected times. Download Full Race Results in Excel.

18th Dec 2011. Harriers Compete in Denby Dale Travellers 6 Mile Road Race.Several Wakefield Harriers tackled the many hills around Denby Dale to take part inthe annual Travellers 6 Road Race, which was also the 15th round of the Club

Distance Runners League Championship. Neil Dutton was first man home in 12th

place, ahead of Pete McNamara and Paul Robinson. With just one race to go ChrisWard still leads the Championship, ahead of Paul, and with Neil just 1 point behindin third. Download Results from Denby Dale Travellers.
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Once again several Wakefield athletes took part in the 2nd Northern Athletics IndoorOpen Meeting at the EIS in Sheffield, with some good performances recorded.Results from Power of 10.

15th Dec 2011. UK Track & Field Junior Age Group Rankings for 2011.In the UK age group top 20 rankings, published recently in Athletics Weekly, theclub has 12 athletes ranked, up from 8 last year. Congratulations to them all for theirexcellent prformances :-U13GAbbey Wardwas 4th in the High Jump (1.51m).

U15GAbigail Roberts was 5th= in the Pole Vault (3.10m); Sophie Woollin was 20thin the 800m (2m 17.5s).U17WGrace Eyles was 3rd in the 300m (39.22s), 7th in the 200m (24.85s) & 16thin the 100m (12.2s) ;Bethany Sharp was 6th in the 300m Hurdles (44.28s);BethanyPorter was 10th in the Heptathlon (4099 pts);Abigail Roberts (U15) was 20th= inthe Pole Vault (3.10m).U20WLucy Holmes was 11th in the Shot (12.51m); Samantha Brookwas 17th in the400m Hurdles (64.67s).U15BAndrew Jones was 11th in the Pole Vault (3.10m).U17MScott Atkinson was 18th in the 200m (22.40s) & 5th in the 400m (48.68swhen with Spenborough);Jake Worton was 18th in the 1500m SC (4m 36.88s).

U20MBenjamin Holmes was 13th= in the High Jump (2.00m).

6th Dec 2011. Top Post With England Athletics for Kerry Eddie.Kerry Eddie (formerly Jury), Wakefield's former international heptathlete andEngland Commonwealth Games competitor, has been appointed by EnglandAthletics as National Coach Mentor for Combined Events. Read story from EnglandAthletics

5th Dec 2011. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers in December.Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by WakefieldHarriers at the monthly Committee Meeting. Please welcome them all to the club.List of New Members.

4th Dec 2011. New Indoor U17 Pole Vault Club Record from Abigail Roberts.Abigail Roberts, now a first year U17, competed at the Manchester Indoor OpenMeeting at Sport City, and increased her own U17 indoor pole vault record to3.10m, which also equals her outdoor best set this summer as an U15. MeetingResults.

4th Dec 2011. Good Times Recorded at Percy Pud 10k in Sheffield.Nathan Elliot ran his first road race of the year, and finished 16th in 34 mins 39 secsin the Percy Pud 10k in Sheffield, a time which moves him to 3rd in this year's clubrankings. Julie Greenwood also had a good run, running a new PB time of 41 mins

08 secs for 5th in our ladies club rankings. Race Results.

4th Dec 2011. 2011 Club Cross Country Championships.The final meeting of the Complete Runner Cross Country League at Thornes Parkincorporated the Club Cross Country Championships. The cold and very wetconditions made it tough for all the runners, and also for all the marshals and helpers

who made the event possible. Many thanks to them, and to Fiona Lancaster & TracyMitchell for taking the pictures and doing the presentations. Results and photos of allthe medallists.

4th Dec 2011. U15 Girls are Complete Runner Cross Country League Champions.

In the overall Complete Runner Cross Country League team competitions the U15Girl's team dominated their age group, winning all 4 races by a huge margin. TheU15 Boys & U17 Men were both 2nd, the U13 Girls 4th, and the senior men hadanother solid season to finish 5th overall in the league.In the individual league competitions Annabel Mason won all 4 races, to easily win
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e r s e or e n year runn ng. eam-ma e e ecca r n s e n ,and Matthew O'Connor came 2nd in the U17 Men's category, just losing the overalltitle on countback. Other individual medals were won by Dave Brailsford (2nd M55),John Mason (3rd M45) & Matthew Hill (3rd U11B).Top ten finishes were achieved by Bethan Oates (4th U13G), William Ingram (4thU15B), Sam Convery (5th U15B), George Heppinstall (6th U15B), EdwardDunbavin (7th U13B), Sophie Woollin (8th U15G), Steve Eastwood (8th U17M),Mark Whitehouse (8th M50), Carl Quinn (9th M40) & Faye Beckett (10th U15G).Final League Positions

4th Dec 2011. Final Complete Runner Cross Country League at Wakefield.The club successfully hosted the 4th and final meeting of the Complete Runner CrossCountry League at Thornes Park, in cold and wet conditions. The senior men hadtheir best team result of the season with an excellent 4th place, with Paul Lockwoodmaking his first cross country appearance of the season to finish a fine 15th. He waswell supported by Chris Price in 34th, John Mason 38th, Chris Ward 43rd, StephenTilford 63rd & Neil Dutton 86th, and we had a good turnout of 19 men competing. Inthe ladies race we just had 2 runners, with U20 Sally Smith having a solid first outingin 17th.In the younger age groups there was another team victory from the U15 Girls, withAnnabel Mason continuing her dominance with her 4th win of the season, ahead of

Chloe Fitton 8th & Rachael Firth 9th. The U15 Boys were also victorious, the teamof William Ingram 3rd, Sam Convery 6th, George Heppinstall 8th & RobertSanderson 19th having their first win of the season. Bethan Oates was an excellent3rd in the U13 Girl's race, and with Laura Sanderson 13th & Holly Kitchen 17th theteam were 3rd, as were the U17 Boy's trio of Matthew O'Connor 6th, StevenEastwood 9th & Daniel Franks 12th. In the junior races where we didn't have acomplete team, there were top 10 finishes from Edward Dunbavin (8th U13 Boys)and Matthew Hill (2nd U11 Boys).Results of all Races & Overall League Results.

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