Mid Lancs, Towneley Park, Burnley

Our junior XC teams had a challenging day at Towneley Park on Saturday. The grounds sprinkled with snow looked a pretty picture and a new task for the young ones. The first challenge was Spikes or Fell shoes, even the seniors were puzzled. The course was mostly flat with some super view points for spectators.



In the U13’s girls Phoebe Howe was first home in 12th position struggling with her spike choice. Next having her best race to date was Grace Shelmerdale in 16th position having moved up the field comfortably. Our final runner Martha Gill home in 37th had an exhausting run not helped by the temperature on the day of minus 2’ C.

The boys had just as difficult task. Nathan Townsend home in 15th only just in front of Joseph Howe in 17th both complaining of the cold. Possibly his best race of the year for Jonathan Powis gave him 28th and not to be outdone Will Townsend home in 35th. Their team finished 5th which was their first team finish in the series.

Finally Zac Howe had a cold run but managed a respectable 17th to add to yet another strong run for his series.

Xmas Heptathlon 2009 - Bolton Arena 7th December

Hi all,

Just thought we would send a short message to thank you all for a wonderful and tremendous night! It was a joy to see so many young athletes competing with such good spirit and great sportsmanship.

We had 74 young athletes take part tonight (THAT IS A RECORD!) - unbelievable. Awesome, they would say in the USA! We also had 26 Volunteers in total, which is superb.

Well done to all the Captains on the night. Thanks for looking after your teams so well. You all did a brilliant job!

SPONSORSHIP MONEY -

Please let me have monies at your earliest convenience, but by the end of January 2010, if possible, as we would like to present a cheque to Derian House early Feb 2010. A big thank you to Roya Khadem from Derian House who came down tonight to visit us and watch you all perform. Thanks for your kind support.

LAST TRAINING SESSIONS OF 2009 -

Wednesday outdoors 6.30-8.00pm is 9th December
Monday indoors is on 14th December.

We will return on Monday 4th Jan and Wednesday 6th Jan 2010.

Well done to you all tonight from all the coaches. By the way, we now have all your results, so we know who can run, jump and throw!!! It will take sometime to look at, but we will give you all some feedback.

A full report and photos will follow.

Kind regards


Mark Dacre
Mike Houghton
Tiffany Dacre
Tony Hesketh
Brenda Hesketh
Karen Long
Kelly Laughton
Zac Howe
Junior Coaches
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

MUDDY DAY AT ROSSENDALE

It was no surprise that the renowned cross country course of Marl Pits was very muddy and slippery. Many runners losing their shoes in the deep mud in the final Red Rose League meeting for 2009 at Rossendale.

The course for the U11’s was a small lap which fielded a good number of runners. In the Boys Matthew Brindle continues his good performance being the first RMI home in 20th. Jacob Barlow ran a good race in 33rd and Max Dacre wondering what his dad had put him through coming home in 35th.

The Girls also had a slippery race however showed good spirit. Kelly Wainwright continued his impressive first year at cross country coming home in 30th, than came Isobel Dean in 31st closely followed by Emma Rayner in 33rd. Finally Olivia Bannister coming home bravely in 42nd, which made for a good team outing for the U11’s.

The U13’s Boys and Girls had yet another good day out. The Girls team made 2nd place with some fantastic performances from Phoebe Howe, certainly her best of the year in 4th place. Martha Gills best run of the season in 14th and following her in 15th place was Sophie Myers. Grace Shelmerdine having another solid performance in 22nd.

The boys race was slightly tainted with Joe Howe certainly having a storming start in second place when losing his shoe in knee deep mud made it impossible to get back in contention. That left it to Nathan Townsend being first home in 4th just behind his arch rivals from Blackburn. A solid performance from Cameron Critchley in 16th looked good for a team finish, that was down to Jonathan Powis finishing in a strong 23rd and gave the boys 3rd place in the team scorings only 2 points behind second place Rossendale.

In the Under 17 boys, Zac Howe is building on his last performance at Bolton finishing in 10th place gave him another steady result.

Andy Townsend

Horwich RMI Harriers

06/12/2009

Red Rose XC Rossendale 2009

Baby boy for Erika Smallridge (Coach)!

Congratulations to Erika Smallridge on the birth of her son, Sebastian on 2nd December 2009. As we can already see in the photo, Sebastian has a natural long jump position!