HORWICH RMI STAR QUARTET

Amy Phillpotts, Rebekah Atkinson, Laura Bannister and Laura Tunstall, four girls who are members of Horwich RMI in the under 15 cross country team , represented their school (Canon Slade) at the Northern Schools Regional Final . On a very cold and windy day in Barrow, these girls unfortunately narrowly missed out in qualifying for the National Final by only a few points. Over 72 runners competed on that day with Becky finishing 14th, Amy 18th, Laura T came 39th and Laura B 40th.

The next day, Becky, Amy and Laura B went on to compete for their school at the Biathlon Northern Regional Final in Liverpool, putting their disappointment of the previous day behind them, these girls gave an excellent performance.

Amy got awarded the best run for the fastest time at 1000m with Becky coming 3rd and Laura 8th. In the 100m swim Becky, Amy and Laura recorded personal bests.

Overall Becky came a fantastic 2nd, Amy 12th and Laura 18th. Both Becky and Amy will now go on to compete in the National finals in Bath in March 2009.

Well done to all four and good luck to Becky and Amy in the finals.

Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

Plenty of Christmas Smiles at Bolton Arena on Monday 8/12/2008. With 52 superb Competitors from our own club competing! What a fantastic night, packed with fun for all those that took part. All the young athletes ran, jumped and threw in 7 different indoor Sportshall athletic events in under 2 hours.

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

This was predominantly a competition for our Under 12 years of age. Athletes were put into 7 different teams, all of which were Captained by the older Athletes i.e. from Under 13’s, & 15’s.

The 2008 winners were the “Rudolph Team”, captained by Katie Bridge, with the rest of the team being, Sophie Myers, Lucy Keating, Kate Stephenson, Henry Whitehead, James Lovell & Joe Roberts.

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

It was also a fund raising opportunity and to date we estimate we may collect in the region of £200 towards a local charity, Derian House.

There was fantastic help from the parents and other volunteers.

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

Finally, a big thank you to the Rotary Club of Horwich for supporting this year’s event. Rotarian, Brian Gittins was on hand lending support on this wonderful night. It was a fantastic night for all the young athletes and the community of Horwich and Districts.

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

All our Athletes had a great night and they all competed with good spirit, great behaviour and gave their best for each event. Congratulations to everyone, they made their Coaches very proud!


Mark, Mike, Erika & Tony - Coaches
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC
Happy Christmas & New Year
11/12/2008

Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

Report for Sportcity 7th December 2008

A small number of Horwich RMI Athletes contested the first Indoor meeting of the season at Sportcity on Sunday.

Leading the way was U 20 Charlotte Gaffney who equalled the clubs 60m record and Shaun Palmer who set new figures in U 15 Boys Hurdles.





Full results :-


Under 20

Charlotte Gaffney
60m 8.53 (Club Record)
Long Jump 4.41

April Stevenson
600m 1.36.74


Under 17

Jamie Crompton
600m 1.34.88

Laura Bannister
200m 30.55
High Jump 1.35

Tiffany Dacre
60m 8.84
200m 29.68


Under 15

Shaun Palmer
60m 8.80
60m H 11.64 (Club Record)

Beth Miller
60m 8.60
200m 29.01

Hannah Storey
60m 8.66
200m 29.59

Eleven Horwich RMI Athletes represent Lancashire

North West Regional Under 11’s Sportshall Athletics Final 2008

Sport City 23/11/08

This Final was held at Sportcity, Manchester on 23rd November 2008. 8 Teams from the North West of England i.e. Cheshire, Manchester, Cumbria and Liverpool etc, competed in the County Finals. Horwich RMI Harriers had 11 representatives in this spectacular Competition.

All our young stars performed magnificently on the day in front of a crowd of 1,000 spectators, competing against top athletes from the North West. It was an unforgettable day and the Horwich RMI Coaches are extremely proud of all their efforts.

Congratulations to the following athletes that took part,

GIRLS

Martha Gill, Ellie Dacre, Maisie Vernon, Lauren Ryder, Amelia Atherton, Lucy Keating & Alexandra Woods.

BOYS

Nathan Townsend (Captain of the Boys), Anthony Hulton, William Hart & James Lovell

The Lancashire Under 11 Girls Team finished in a fantastic 3rd Place, with the Boys finishing in 4th place overall.





Mark Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers
Junior Coach
23/11/2008

Long Jump Conference at Loughborough University 08/11/2008 - Mike Powell & Lynn Davies

Mark Dacre and Carl Foster (Track & Field Coaches) recently visited Loughborough University for a Coaches Long Jump Conference organised for the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund and organised by England Athletics.

The whole weekend was dedicated to the Field Jumps, i.e. Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault. The conference was attended by many coaching staff from all over the UK. Also there were many of the GB Athletes, who were listening to the talks given by some famous athletes.

Certainly the highlight for myself was meeting Mike Powell from the USA who holds the World's Long Jump record of 8.95m, set in Tokyo 1991 (in an epic Long Jump World Championships - beating Carl Lewis).



Try measuring this out and you will see how far it really is!

Lynn Davies of GB, who won the Olympic Gold Medal in 1964 at Tokyo, was also there!

The talks were fascinating, hosted by Stuart Storey from the BBC Commentary Box, they gave us an insight into how the famous athletes gained their success. Lynn Davies and Mike Powell spoke about their triumphs and their roads to success and we even had Long Jump demonstrations and techniques provided by the superman, Mike Powell.

It was a privilege to meet these fantasic people and very inspiring. Any long jump tips, then Carl and Mark are the "guys"! One thing for sure is that to be a good long jumper your need speed, you need to know how to run - so practise those drills! This was emphasised by the great man himself, Mike Powell.

Mark Dacre

Horwich RMI Harriers

Junior Coach

Young Horwich RMI Harriers Stars Sparkle at Blackpool

From Lancashire Sportshall 2008 Blackpool

The 1st Indoor Lancashire Sportshall Meeting for the 2008/2009 season was held on Sunday 2nd November 2008 for Under 11’s, Under 13’s & Under 15’s. Horwich RMI Harriers turned out a fantastic 24 athletes on the day!

Over 200 athletes from Lancashire competed in a very exciting competition.

Horwich RMI Under 11 Girls came 1st in their age group with a fantastic team effort from each athlete, lead admirably by “Athlete of the Match”, Martha Gill, who won 3 events and was runner-up in one other. There were also great debut performances from Lucy Keating, Alex Woods and Lauren Ryder.

Overall, Horwich RMI Harriers came in a splendid 3rd Place on the day after this first meeting, behind Blackpool and Preston. Full results.

Lancashire Sportshall 2008 Blackpool

Red Rose League - Witton Park - 11th Oct

RACE START TIMES

Under 11 Boys and Girls 12.30 pm

Under 13 Boys and Girls 12.45 pm

Under 15 Boys and Girls 1.00 pm

Under 17 Boys and Girls Junior Ladies, Ladies and Veteran Ladies 1.20 pm

Junior, Senior and Veteran Men 2.00 pm

Young Horwich RMI Harriers strike “Double Gold” at Wigan

Congratulations to Matthew Ault and James Lovell of Horwich RMI Harriers, who both won 2 Gold Medals each in the Arnold Seddon Memorial Track and Field Athletics Meeting on Sunday 21st September 2008 held at Wigan.

This was the penultimate outdoor meeting for the 2008 season for Under 15 athletes. Over 200 children from all over the country took part & we managed to turn out 21 athletes on the day. To win medals in a major event like this is a tremendous achievement. On the day we recorded many Personal Bests and won 12 Medals in total!

Well done to the following MEDAL winners :-

Laura Bannister (U/15 Girls) High Jump 3rd
Hannah Storey (U/15 Girls) 100m 3rd & 200m 3rd
Matthew Ault (U/15 Boys) 800m 1st, High Jump 1st & Shot Putt 3rd
Kelly Sivill (U/13 Girls) High Jump 3rd
James Lovell (U/11 Boys) 75m 1st & 150m 1st
Mackenzie Dacre (U/9 Boys) Cricket Ball Throw 2nd
Matthew Stocks (U/9 Boys) Cricket Ball Throw 3rd

From Arnold Seddon 2008

From Arnold Seddon 2008

Well done to our other Competitors who all performed magnificently.

Full Results

Arnold Seddon 2008

Report Young Athletes League – Deeside 22nd June

Horwich RMI Harriers had their forth Young Athlete League match on Sunday held in blustery conditions at Deeside and finished a strong second. This puts the club in a strong position to finish the league in the top half following promotion last year.

Four new club records were set, all in the sprints as Beth Miller reduced her own 75m record whilst Hannah Storey and Dionne King both improved their previous best times by some margin to break the U 15 and U 17 records. Finally the U 17 women’s 4x100m relay team set a new record.

Full results.

North Of England Championships and County Schools Championships 14th June 2008

Following on from a successful County Championships last weekend, Horwich RMI Harriers had another successful weekend at the North of England Championships and the County Schools Championships.

At the North of England Championships Katie Ingram continued on her recent good form shown on the roads to score a convincing victory in the Senior Women’s 5000m winning by nearly half a minute.

At the County Schools Championships Horwich RMI produced six winners showing their current strength in the track events with Jack Thomas taking the Senior 100m title, Becky Murphy-Bates taking the Senior 200m title and April Stephenson stepping up an age group to win the Senior 800m title. At Intermediate level Matthew Storey won the 100m with Sam Higgins winning the 400m whilst Jamie Crompton had a comfortable win over 1500m steeplechase. Jack, Matthew and April’s performances were all new club records.





Full results



North of England Championships

Name / Event / Performance / Position (finals only)


Seniors

Katie Ingram / 5000m / 17.00.29 / 1st



County Schools Championships


Seniors

Jack Thomas / 100m / 11.2(CR) / 1st
/ 200m / 23.0 / 2nd

Becky Murphy-Bates / 200m / 27.7 / 1st

April Stephenson / 800m / 2.12.0(CR) / 1st


Intermediates

Matthew Storey / 100m / 11.1(CR) / 1st

Danny Crompton / 100m / 12.2 / 5th

Sam Higgins / 400m / 53.0 / 1st

Jamie Crompton / 1500m sc / 4.38.9 / 1st

Charlotte Gafney / 100m / 13.5 / 4th


Juniors

Tiffany Dacre / 200m / 29.7

Rebecca Atkinson / 1500m / 5.34.1

Laura Tunstall / 1500m / 5.32.3

Mid Lancs League 31st May

Just 5 Horwich athletes (and in Ian's case we use the term "athlete"
lightly!) made the trip to Hyndburn for the 2nd Mid Lancs League meeting of
the season. Debut performances from Joseph Howe (U13) and Ian Saunders
(Senior) and a return to competition for Carl Foster (Senior).

Results:
U13 boys
J Howe High Jump 1.10m

N Saunders 100m 15.2s
N Saunders 200m 32.5s (PB)
N Saunders Long Jump 3.02m

U15 boys
M Ault 100m 14.0s (PB)
M Ault 800m 2:21.7s
M Ault High Jump 1.35m

Senior Men

C Foster Hammer 15.38m
C Foster High Jump 1.40m
C Foster Long Jump 4.48m

I Saunders Discus 17.54m (PB)
I Saunders Long Jump 3.01m (PB)

Report Young Athletes League – Halifax 18th May

Horwich RMI Harriers had their second Young Athlete League match on Sunday. Following a though first match they new that the second would be easier yet were still pleasantly surprised when they came out as eventual winners.

Nine new club records were set on the day, Beth Miller bettered her own 75m record, whilst Matthew storey did the same in the 200m and Triple Jump. Jamie Crompton also set new figures over the 1500m Steeplechase whilst new signing Benita Carnforth smashed the U 17 hammer record. Finally both the U 17 womens team bettered the previous club records.




Full results here

Henderson's End Junior Fell Races

Thursday 5th June, 7pm, for Rivington Hall Barn.

Full details here.

Report Young Athletes League – Wigan 04th May

Horwich RMI Harriers had their first Young Athlete League match on Sunday. Having been promoted into Division 1 they knew that the standard would be high, particularly as they had a tough opening fixture however the Horwich club acquitted themselves well. The weather was horrendous with strong winds and heavy rain however the home club still managed to win over 30 events with over 40 athletes competing.

Five new club records were set all in the U 17 age groups with Matthew Storey and Jamie Crompton setting new figures for the Men over Triple Jump and 1500m Steeplechase and Rebecca Keating, Hammer and both the U 17 relay teams setting new figures for the Women

Athlete of the meeting though was April Stephenson with a grade 1 performance over 800m, just short of her club record.

Full results here.

Junior League 27th April - Wigan

Horwich RMI athletes provided some good performances at the Junior League match on Sunday. In this league Horwich has entered a combined team with Wigan and the team finished a strong third just a few points behind Bolton and Preston.

Individually April Stephenson had an outstanding day winning the 800m and 1500m before running a great leg of the 4 x 400m, her 800m performance won her the Athlete of the match award.

Also in a winning way was Jamie Crompton who won in his first attempt at 3000m.

Full Results (Horwich athletes only)

100m

Matt Storey 11.7

Becky Murphy-Bates 13.6

200m

Josh Bettis 24.7

Beck Murphy-Bates 27.7

400m

Rachel Pearson 69.0

800m

April Stephenson 2.13.3

1500m

April Stephenson 4.56.0

3000m

Jamie Crompton 9.17.0

100m H

Jessica Tomlinson 24.1

400m H

Rachel Pearson 75.9

Jessica Tomlinson 77.9

Long Jump

Josh Bettis 5.36

Becky Buchanan 4.22

Triple Jump

Matthew Storey 11.63

Becky Buchanan 8.46

High Jump

Jessica Tomlinson 1.30

Javelin

Matthew Storey 29.92

TRAINING TIMETABLE SUMMER 2008

Mondays:

Yr 3-4

6 to 7pm (indoors to at least end of April).

Yr 5-6

6-30pm to 7-45pm Middle distance Group with Tony Hesketh on Track.



Wednesdays:

Yr 5-6

6-45 to 8pm Sprints and Field events Mark Dacre, Rob Burton & Others On the outside Track.

Yr5-6

6-30pm to 7-30pm Middle distance Group with Tony & Brenda on Track



Cost of each Training Session :

£ 1.50 per person Outdoors
£ 2.00 per person Indoors



Please note:
If any Year 7 wish to train on Wednesdays, please contact your Coach to discuss.

Primary League Information

This season there are two age groups that points will be awarded for - school years 2, 3 and 4 are combined into one age group and school years 5 and 6 form the other age group. We are trying to encourage lots of young athletes to take part & try different events.

Each athlete may compete in 3 events only, must be 1 track/2 field or 2 track/1 field. ENTRY IS FREE!

Match 1 - 30^th May 2008
- 75 Metres (Both Age Groups)
- Long Jump (Y2/Y3/Y4)
- High Jump (Y5/Y6)
- Shot (Y2/Y3/Y4)
- Javelin (Y5/Y6)
- 600m (Both Age Groups)

Match 2 - 20^th June 2008
- 150 Metres (Both Age Groups)
- Long Jump (Y5/Y6)
- High Jump (Y2/Y3/Y4)
- Shot (Y5/Y6)
- Javelin (Y2/Y3/Y4)
- 600m (Both Age Groups)

Match 3 - 11^th July 2008
- 75m (Both Age Groups)
- Long Jump (Both Age Groups)
- Shot (Both Age Groups)
- 150m (Both Age Groups)

Match 4 Medal Meeting - 8^th August 2008
- All events both age groups (To qualify for the Medal Meeting an athlete must have competed in at least one of the league fixtures).

All matches take place at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, start 6.30pm. There are three teams involved in the Primary League, these being Chorley Athletic Club, Horwich RMI Harriers and Wigan Harriers.

Further details available from Mark Dacre 0773 9181 487

or Belinda Keating on 01204 667674

Mid Lancs Report / Results

Horwich RMI fielded a team of 21 athletes for the 1st meeting of the 2008 Mid Lancs League at Robin Park, Wigan. For many athletes this was a debut in this league and for some a move upwards in age group. The Horwich athletes produced some great performances with the men's team returning 71 points, giving them 3rd place, and the women's team totalled 114 points; an
excellent 2nd place behind Kendal AC.

There were many superb performances on the day including Mathew Gibson in the U13 100m in personal best of 14.3s, Andrew Keat U13 800m in 2:33.20s and Sophie Myers U1 Long Jump at 2.94m. Other great performances from Beth Miller U13 100m & 200m, Matthew Storey
U17 100m & 200m and Mark Dacre Senior Javelin.

U13 boys:
M Gibson 200m 30.04s
100m 14.3s (pb)
LJ 3.65m

A Keat 800m 2:33.20 (pb)
HJ 1.20m
LJ 3.70m

J Roberts 100m 15.5s
LJ 3.15m

N Saunders 100m 14.9s
200m 33.2s

U13 girls:
K Bridge 100m 16.3s
Shot 3.84m

T Dacre Shot 5.07m
Discus 7.88m

B Miller 100m 13.8s
200m 29.1s

S Myers 100m 15.6s
LJ 2.94m (pb)
Shot 3.98m

U15 boys:
A Critchley 800m 2:46.0s

U15 girls:
L Bannister LJ 3.82m
HJ 1.30m
300m 50.3s

T Dacre 100m 14.2s

A Philpotts 800m 2:47.5s
300m 49.4s

H Storey 100m 14.0s
200m 29.6s

L Tunstall Jav 13.18m
Shot 4.62m

U17 boys:
M Storey 100m 11.7s
200m 23.9s

A Wilson 400m 55.5s

U17 girls:
V Bates 100m 18.4s
Shot 4.47m

R Buchanan TJ 8.35m
200m 29.2s
300m 47.6s

K Hamblett 300m 50.08s

R Pearson 100m 13.7s
200m 28.5s
Shot 5.72m

Senior Men:
M Dacre Jav 31.08m
LJ 3.67m


Ian & Suzanne Saunders

Presentation 2008 - Sportshall Winners

Warrington - 6/04/08

Three Horwich junior athletes braved the wintery conditions and made the
short journey to Warrington today.

Noah Saunders, in only his second outing as an U13, achieved his Grade 4 AAA
Common Standard with a personal best of 14.40 seconds in the 100m (a whole 1
second off his previous PB set only last Sunday).

Jonah Saunders, not to be out done by his older brother, had a tremendous
afternoon with a personal best of 24.64m in the cricket ball throw. Jonah
also recorded 13.2 seconds in the 75m and 2.60m in the long jump.

Zoe Gaskell, on her 1st outdoor meeting, recorded 13.6 seconds in the 75m,
29.1 seconds in the 150m and picked up bronze medal in the cricket ball
throw.

Unfortunately, due to adverse weather conditions, the meeting was abandoned
early with no 200m races being run.

Well done to those athletes who competed and hope you thaw out soon!

Results:

Noah:
100m 14.4s third overall fastest time over the 2 heats. 1 second knocked off PB!

Jonah:
75m 13.2s
LJ 2.60m
Cricket ball 24.64m 4th

Zoe Gaskell:
75m 13.6s
150M 29.1s
Cricket ball 3rd


Ian Saunders

“On your Marks” for 2008

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC Juniors get set for the 2008 season, which started with a warm up for some of our Juniors at the indoor Open meeting at Sportcity, Manchester. 13 young athletes competed on the day, with many personal bests and a couple of new club records.

left-right: Noah Saunders, Catriona Jarrett, Tassia Dacre, Kelly Sivill & Laura Taylor

Fine debut performances in the Under 13’s came from Noah Saunders and Laura Taylor in the 60m Sprint with times of 9.50s & 9.60s respectively.

New club records came from Katy Chadbond in the under 11 Girls 200m with a time of 34.50s and Kelly Sivill in the Under 13’s, 400m with 1m19.00s.

Ellie Dacre won the standing triple jump event for the under 11 girls with a leap of 3.96m. Whilst in the Under 9 category, there was a great sprint from Callum Gordon in the 60m with a time of 10.90s. Full Results below:

Under 9’s

Mackenzie Dacre

60m 13.40s

Long Jump 2.07m

Soft Javelin 10.90m

Callum Gordon

60m 10.90s

Standing Long Jump 1.56m

Under11’s

Henry Whitehead

60m 12.2s

Standing Long Jump 1.14m

Soft Javelin 5.00m

Katy Chadbond

200m 34.50s

Long Jump 2.63m

Soft Javelin 9.50m

Georgia Chadbond

Long Jump 2.75m

Shot putt 6.89m

Ellie Dacre

200m 40.30s

St Triple Jump 3.96m

Shot Putt 6.26m

Under 13’s

Noah Saunders

60m 9.50s

Soft Javelin 11.00m

Natassia Dacre

60m 10.60s

Long Jump 3.04m

Catriona Jarrett

60m 10.50s

Sophie Myers

200m 34.4s

Long Jump 2.74m

Soft Javelin 8.50m

Laura Taylor

60m 9.60s

Kelly Sivill

400m 1m19.00s

Long Jump 2.46m

Soft Javelin 9.25m

Under 15’s

Tiffany Dacre

60m 9.00s

Mark Dacre

Horwich RMI Harriers

30/03/2008

Sportcity 28 March 2008

Horwich RMI U/11’s & 13’s Athletes compete for Lancashire

The “Tom Pink Memorial Relays” and “Frodsham Highland Games” took place at Sportcity, Manchester, on Sunday 9^th March 2008, organised by AAA & Sportshall Athletics. The Lancashire Teams included Five U/11’s & Four U/13 Athletes from the local Horwich RMI Harriers & AC Club.

A combination of exciting Relays and “Highland Games” activities were enjoyed by all. The Lancashire Teams for both Boys and Girls produced many Trophy winning performances on the day. Sport & Fun was enjoyed by all, with credit to the Lancashire Team and Management who showed great sportsmanship on the day!

Under 11’s included : Natalie Ashton, Laura Taylor, Catriona Jarrett (back row) and Natassia Dacre, Ellie Dacre (Reserve), Jake Raines (front row) – see photo.

Natalie, Laura, Catriona & Jake all had their first experience of representing their County on this day and performed magnificently.

The under 13’s Girls and Boys Teams also produced fantastic performances on the day, which were from Hannah Storey, Beth Miller, Matthew Ault & Matthew Gibson.

Congratulations to all the Horwich Athletes, it was yet another very PROUD DAY for the club.

M Dacre 09/03/2008

Report for Sportcity 16th March 2008

Horwich RMI athletes produced an array of personal bests at the final Sportcity Open meeting.

Leading the way was Beth Miller. Still only an U 13 Beth stepped up to the U 15 age group and duely won the 60m in a new Club Record time. Just 6 hundreths behind Beth was another 12 year old in Hannah Storey who also smashed her personal best. Hannah then also produced another best over 200m. Also in the U 15 girls Amy Philpotts ran away from the field to win the 1000m whilst Laura Bannister was close to her best in the High Jump.

Rachel Pearson registered two personal bests over 200m and Shot Putt whilsy Charlotte Gafney equalled her best for the 60m.

Full results :-

Under 17

Rachel Pearson
200m 28.3 pb
Shot 8.30 pb

Charlotte Gafney
60m 8.53
Long Jump 4.43

Under 15

Hannah Storey
60m 8.65 pb
200m 28.9 pb

Amy Philpotts
1000m 3.36.7 pb
Long Jump 3.40 pb

Laura Bannister
1000m 3.50.5 pb
HJ 1.30

Under 13
Beth Miller 60m 8.59 pb & CR

Sportshall Athletics NW Regional Finals

Horwich RMI Harriers
Sportshall Athletics NW Regional Finals

Seven Horwich RMI Athletes represent Lancashire


Teams came from all over the North West, i.e. Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria. There was a high standard on show from all the counties.

Congratulations to the Horwich RMI Harriers Under 13 Boys, Matthew Ault, Sam Mercer, George Burton and Matthew Gibson ; Under 13 Girls, Hannah Storey and Beth Miller ; Under 15 Girls, Rachel Pearson for representing Lancashire in the North West Regional Finals held at Wigan on 24th February 2008.

The Under 13 Boys of Lancashire finished 3rd in their team Competition, whilst the Under 13 Girls narrowly missed out on winning and finished Runners-up behind Cheshire. Congratulations to Rachel Pearson as she has qualified to compete in the UK National Finals at the NEC Arena, Birmingham as her Under 15 Lancashire Girls Team finished Winners of the North West.

There were magnificent performances from all the Horwich Athletes, including many Personal Bests. Hannah Storey produced breathtaking performances winning 2 Gold Medals, by winning the 4 Lap individual race and coming from behind to win a very exciting 8 Lap Parlauf Race .

A proud day for “Magnificent Seven” from Horwich RMI Harriers.


Individual Event Results as follows:-

Rachel Pearson :
2 LAP – 24.4s
Speed Bounce – 65
St Long Jump – 1.90m

Hannah Storey :
4 LAP – 51.3 (in Final) – 1st Place (Gold Medal)
St Long Jump – 2.05m

Beth Miller :
Vertical Jump – 46

Matthew Gibson :
St Long Jump – 2.09m – 4th Place

Matthew Ault :
4 LAP – 50.7 (in Final) – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
Shot Putt – 8.09m – 4th Place

Sam Mercer :
6 LAP – 1m20.6s – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
Vertical Jump – 41

George Burton :
Shot Putt – 7.28m



Mark Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers
24.02.2008

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool

Round 3
17th February 2008

“HORWICH RMI HARRIERS & AC – 3rd LANCASHIRE SPORTSHALL”

This was the final Meeting held for the 2007/2008 season for which Horwich turned out 33 athletes on the day! Our Athletes performed magnificently and overall, the Horwich RMI Harriers Team finished 3rd position in this tough and competitive League, behind Athletics “Premiership” teams of Blackpool and Preston.

We are very proud of our 55 Athletes from Horwich who took part in the Lancashire Sportshall League Season and are grateful for all the help and support provided by many Parents.

Congratulations to all those that took part and gave the “Coaches” so much to be proud of!

The individual age group final positions are as follows:-

Under 11 Girls – 2nd place
Under 11 Boys – 4th place
Under 13 Girls – 5th place
Under 13 Boys – 2nd place
Under 15 Girls – 3rd place
Under 15 Boys – 3rd place

CONGRATULATIONS to 8 members of our Under 13 & 15 teams for being chosen to represent Lancashire in the North West Regional Finals:-

Hannah Storey
Beth Miller
Sam Mercer
Matthew Ault
George Burton

Full results to follow.

Lancs Sportshall, Blackpool

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool

Round 2
20th January 2008

This was the 2nd Meeting held for the 2007/2008 season for Under 11’s, Under 13’s & Under 15’s. Our Team turned out a magnificent 41 athletes on the day!

Overall, Horwich RMI Harriers are still in 3rd position, closing up on Blackpool and Preston.

There were many personal bests on the day, with one of the highlights was from Under 13 Girls. Congratulations to Hannah Storey, receiving Athlete of the Match for her age category.

Also, there was a fantastic display of sprinting from Dylan Smith, Under 15 Boys, winning for the second meeting in a row!

The Under 11 Girls Team are performing extremely well and lie in 2nd position as a team in their age group.

The Final Meeting is to be held on Sunday 17TH February 2008 at Blackpool Sports Centre (Register for 10:00 – 10:30am).

Full results to follow.

Northern Indoor Championships - Sheffield

Horwich RMI Harriers showed great promise at the Northern Indoor Championships with three athelets making finals and two picking up medals.

In the U 20 Men Jack Thomas produced a personal best and new club record over 60m before making the U 20 Mens 200m final finishing 6^th.

At U 17 level Matthew Storey snatched a bronze in the closest finish of the day (with just hundredths separting 2^nd to fourth) over 60m setting a new club record in the process. Whilst Jamie Crompton picked up another bronze over 1500m in a tactically run race.



U 20 Men

60m Jack Thomas 7.39
200m Jack Thomas 23.85 ht 23.92 final 6^th

U 17 Men

60m Matthew Storey 7.34 ht 7.27 3^rd Club Record
200m Matthew Storey 23.44
1500m Jamie Crompton 4.20.44 3rd

TRAINING CANCELLED

I have just been notified by the Bolton Arena that due to a Tennis Tournament taking place on the 21/01/2008, there will be NO TRAINING that night.

Mark Dacre