Horwich RMI Harriers Blog

GOODBYE!

2010-05-11T12:22:00.002+01:00

This will be the final post on the Horwich RMI Harriers Junior blog.

From now on all news content will be integrated into the main website. News reports will be displayed on the front page, and within the relevant subsections. This is all part of the process of upgrading the club website, and will allow more members to contribute directly to the content of the website.

I would like to say thank you to all the members who have made contributions to the blog over the years, and ask that you continue to submit articles for the new website.

AM.

Coiners Fell Race

2010-05-05T11:51:00.001+01:00

The Second English Junior Championship race was held at Coiners Fell in Mytholmroyd.

New to the series Esme Critchley entered the U8’s this was her first Fell race and finished 4th girl, a future RMI champion in the making.

Next up Lauren Fairhurst in the U10’s and granddaughter of Tony Hesketh had a tough race but persevered and came home as 16th girl.

In the U12’s race a big field of over 40 runners were out to claim their points in this series. First to the summit for the team once again was Phoebe Howe just behind was Nathan Townsend closely followed by the reinvented Cameron Critchley who was being chased by Will Townsend. It appears size matters coming down as Nathan was once again first RMI down being 3rd boy closely followed by Phoebe again 3rd girl and Cameron down as 7th boy, even better Will Townsend came in12th, 5 places better than last week, well done Will.

The U14’s outing consisted of Joseph Howe and Jonathan Powis. Joseph going 2 better than last week and being very pleased with his own performance came in 10th boy. Jonathan having just moved up to this age group held on for a brilliant 19th place, his best Fell to date.

Last but not least could Zac Howe put in just as strong performance as last weeks. A strong finish earned him 9th boy home in what was extremely muddy under foot high up the Fell.

Results www.cvfr.co.uk/Juniors/Races/Coiners/Results/jnrcoiners2010.htm

Coiners 2010

Anniversary Wa!

2010-05-05T11:49:00.002+01:00

The First of the English Fell Championship races took place @ The Anniversary Waltz in Stair Cumbria.

In the U13's race our team consisted of Phoebe Howe for the girls, Will Townsend, Nathan Townsend and Cameron Critchley. As the race set off at a fast pace is was Phoebe Howe that was the first club runner to the steep summit.

Just behind Phoebe @ the top was Cameron who has clearly found confidence and form for this race. Nathan was next just behind our 2 front runners. Will was not far down having run up parts others barely crawled. In the decent it was whoever could keep upright whilst literally bouncing down the Fell. And in the final race to the finish it was Nathan just getting 3rd placed boy. Cameron 7th boy in, Phoebe was 3rd girl and Will came in A gallant 17th.

In the U 14's Race Joseph Howe and Jonathan Powis had their work certainly cut out with a higher Fell to claim. Joseph made a great start but found the hands and knees approach somewhat challenging and got to the summit in 12th. His decent proved just as positive and 12th was his final placing in a field of 45 runners Jonathan in the meantime found the move up to U14's rather difficult after weeks of injury and felt he needed more time to have prepared.

Lastly it leaves our stalwart Zac Howe who was just out for a good run, That turned out to be the run of his career so far finishing a fantastic 8th Boy. Having a result as good as this puts Zac on a high for the rest of the season.

Results: www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk/?p=137

Anniversary Wa! 2010

ATHLETICS GALORE

2010-04-26T21:50:00.002+01:00

The 2010 Track & Field season is now well under way for Horwich RMI Harriers, with 3 meetings held over the weekend at Wigan, Warrington and Trafford. There were plenty of Personal Bests, Club Records and Medals won!

Starting with the Primary League held at Wigan on Friday 16th April, Horwich Harriers turned out 20 young Athletes to take part in this annual event, supported by Chorley Harriers and against Wigan Harriers.

There were some fantastic races and performances on the night, including 2 new young high jumpers, Penny Townsend, on her debut, who won the Yr 2-4 Girls category with a new Club Record of 0.95m and Mackenzie Dacre winning the Yr 2-4 Boys event. Isobel Dean won the triple with Soft Javelin, 75m and 600m.

For the Yr 5&6 Girls, there were great runs from Emily Shelmerdine and Alana McClarence. Whilst for the Boys Yr 5& 6, there was a lightning run from Troy Cross, who won the 75m sprint at 10.90s and the Shot was won by James Yearn with a tremendous putt of 6.34m.

On Saturday 17th April, several Horwich Harriers turned out at “sunny” Warrington and won a few medals. Notable performances were made by Zac, Joseph and Phoebe Howe in the 1500m. All of them achieving personal bests and/or winning medals, with Phoebe breaking the club record with a time of 5m14.40s for the Under 13 girls.

Natassia Dacre won the Under 15’s Girls Javelin with a throw of 22.22m, whilst Mackenzie Dacre came 2nd in the Under 11 Boys Cricket Ball throw.

There were also great performances made by Ellie Twist and Shannon McClarence on the Track.

Finally, at Trafford, Manchester on the Sunday 18th April, an open meeting was held, where Nathan Townsend turned out with a fantastic run over 800m and a great Long Jump of 3.87m for the Under 13 Boys.

Full report and results.

Track Closure on Thursday 29th April 2010

2010-04-15T09:19:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

I have been advised by Bolton Arena, that the Outside Track will shortly be closed for "cleaning and remarking".

It starts on Monday 26th April for track cleaning only, which is fortunately still leaving us with the track free for use as normal on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights of that week!

However, on Thursday 29th April 2010, the remarking starts, so on this day there will be NO TRACK OR FIELD ACCESS.

Normal access will resume the following week. Obviously note that Monday 3rd May is actually a Bank Holiday, so there is NO training that day either!

Will all coaches please inform their athletes of this closure.

Kind regards
Mark Dacre
Junior Coach
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Fun Pike Race 2010

2010-04-06T14:41:00.002+01:00

Saturday 3rd April 2010.

Some photos from this years Fun Junior Pike Race - Results and Report to follow.

Fun Pike Race 2010

PIKE RACE - HELP NEEDED

2010-03-30T11:49:00.001+01:00

Helpers and Marshall are still needed for this years Rivington Pike race, this coming Saturday.

Please contact Pete Bland at peterbland@btinternet.com or on 07551 404047 if you can spare any time.

Supertees Newsletter March 2010

2010-03-29T09:29:00.003+01:00

With the light nights we are now meeting at Wilderswood Car park on Georges Lane Horwich at 6.30p.m on Wednesdays and are training on the Fells.

All abilities are welcome why not give it a try you may like it and want to race in a Fell Race. No pressure but we do like you to wear Fell or Trail shoes so that you dont fall too many times. For more information ring me.

Congratulations to Bethany, Athlete of the Month for March a good all rounder and has competed at Crystal Palace in the Junior Pentathlon Championships.

I have decided that this year we will center our efforts on the English Junior championships and these along with three other races will make up our Junior Fell Championship. Rules are as before 10 points for first Horwich 9 points for second Horwich down to 1 point for 10th Horwich. To qualify for an award runners must do a minimum of 3 races to be eligible for an award at the end of the season with each runners best six races counting overall. The races are as below any race with an E in front are Junior English Championships

	April 3rd	Rivington Pike Junior Races	1.00p.m	Winners aplenty last year.
E	April 24th	Anniversary Waltz Cumbria	11.30 a.m	Entry by 22nd by Web Site only
E	May 3rd	Coiners Yorkshire	10.15 a.m
	May 8th	Belmont	12.30 p.m	Greater Manchester Championships. All ages from U/12 to U/16
E	May 31st	Shutlingsloe Cheshire	12.00 p.m
E	June 19th	Clougha Pike Lancashire	1.00 p.m	We were the Boys Team Champions last year!
E	June 27th	Arnison ( uphill only ) Cumbria	1.00 p.m	Two silver medals last year can we do better?
	Aug 4th	Whittle Pike Lancashire	6.45 p.m
E	Aug 21st	Darwen Gala Lancashire	12.45 p.m	Medals to be won in the Lancs Championships

To enter the English races you have to be at least 10 years of age D.O.B. between 2/1/98 and 1/1/00. In the championships points are awarded as follows 1st =50 pts 2nd 48pts 3rd 47pts down to 49th = 1point this is for the first five races with the final race scoring 1st= 53pts 2nd= 50pts 3rd = 48pts 4th = 46 =pts down to 49th = 1pt. There are no championship medals but a Tee Shirt is awarded to all who complete 4 or more races and a memento is awarded to all who do six races.

Good running - Tony & Brenda Hesketh
Tel 01204 668183 or Mob 07973302432

April and Jamie land top honours

2010-03-29T09:01:00.004+01:00

Two talented stars were named Horwich RMI Harriers & AC Athletes of the Year.

April Stevenson is an outstanding 400/800m runner. This year, despite suffering an early season injury she just missed out on making the English schools final however went on to set three club records and achieve two grade one performances. April receives Senior Athlete of the Year.

Jamie Crompton is one of this Countries finest distance runners. He achieved three grade one performances, is nationally ranked in the top 4 in four events and is this countries most promising steeplechaser for the past ten years topping the National rankings in both the 1500 and 2000m events. Jamie receives Junior Athlete of the Year.

How fitting that one of the Countries top middle distance athletes, Tom Lancashire from our home Town, Bolton, was on hand to present the trophies to April and Jamie. We were honoured to have Tom visit our Club and present Awards for all our age categories in front of over 220 athletes, parents and coaches. It was a fantastic evening, which was enjoyed by all.

TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC WINNERS LIST

	U9 Boys
Athlete of the Year	Callum Gordon
Most improved	Dominic Braund
	U9 Girls
Athlete of the Year	Isobel Dean
Most improved	Ella Price
	U11 Boys
Athlete of the Year	Jonah Saunders
Most improved	William Hart
	U11 Girls
Athlete of the Year	Maisie Vernon
Most improved	Madeleine Littlewood
	Sportshall Awards
Boys	Matthew Stocks
Girls	Ellie Dacre
	U13 Boys
Track	Nathan Townsend
Field	Nathan Barlow
All rounder	Noah Saunders
	U13 Girls
Track	Laura Taylor
Field	Natassia Dacre and Sophie Williams
All rounder	Gabrielle Whittle
	U15 Boys
Track	Jacob Thornton
Field	Matthew Ault
All rounder	Shaun Palmer
	U15 Girls
Track	Hannah Storey
Field	Georgina Cornforth
All rounder	Beth Miller
	U17 Men
Track	Jamie Crompton
Field	Dylan Smith
All-Rounder	Zac Howe
	U17 Women
Track	Rebekah Atkinson
Field	Laura Bannister
All rounder	Amy Philpotts
	U20/Senior Men
Track	Jack Thomas
Field	Trevor Williams
	U20/Senior Women
Track	April Stevenson
Field	Alison Storey
	Mid Lancs Trophies
Men	Noah Saunders
Women	Natassia Dacre
	The Les Myers Trophies for Track & Field
Men	Dylan Smith
Girls	Laura Taylor and Gabrielle Whittle
	Athlete of the Year
Junior	Jamie Crompton
Senior	April Stevenson

Dylan Smith

Laura Taylor and Gabrielle Whittle

Wed Night Training 24/03/2010

2010-03-23T10:30:00.001Z

Please note that for this week only, Wednesday night training will be from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

Mark Dacre.

Greater Manchester County Championship Fell Race

2010-03-23T10:27:00.000Z

This year Greater Manchester Athletics are pleased to announce a County Championship Fell Race which will be staged at the Belmont Winter Hill Fell Race on Saturday 8th May. Race starts at 1.15pm and covers 4.5 miles and 1000ft of climb. Start from GR673163. Entry to the race is £4.50 on the day.

Under 12s 1.5 mile/300ft

Under 14s 2 mile/400ft

Under 16s 2.5 miles/600ft

The junior races all start at 12.30pm.

Medals will be awarded to the first three athletes home and to the first team. (Three to score)

Further details regarding the race can be obtained from Dave Bateson- dave.bateson@talk21.com

Further details regarding the Greater Manchester Fell Championships can be obtained from Andi Jones- roadrunneraj@btinternet.com

Andi Jones.

National XC Leeds 2010.

2010-03-03T21:18:00.001Z

On Saturday saw the National XC races @ Round hay Park in Leeds. This annual event attracted 151 clubs from every corner of the UK and the size of field mirrored that. Our Stalwart U13’s Boys represented the club without any honours to claim or loose, which made the day stress free from a results prospective.

In a field of over 400 our boys held up well. Bearing in mind these guys have another year in U13’s XC the day was a success. In 74th came Nathan Townsend, Cameron Critchley in a satisfying 250 and a big finish from Will Townsend in 314th. Maybe next year we can get a team placing.

Andy Townsend

Red Vests in Leeds

2010-03-03T21:11:00.001Z

National Cross Country Roundhay Park, Leeds
Saturday 27th February 2010

As the cross country season comes nearer and nearer the end, just 5 runners from our club put on their red vests with the distinctive black chevrons to tackle the grass, mud and hills of Roundhay Park.

The under 13 boys of Nathan Townsend, Cameron Critchley and Will Townsend ran in possibly the largest field of runners that they have ever run with before and they all enjoyed the ‘big’ experience. They had an ‘arena lap’ to do first and supporters ran across the muddy fields to see them and as they ran up, down and up again. They then ran down and up quite a steep hill. This proved a real discriminator with good hill runners pulling away from the others. The lads of Nathan, Cameron and Will should be really proud of their efforts as they finished in 74th in 12.45 and 260th in 14.03 and 314th in 14.40 respectively and all these runners are still under 13 next year.. The winner’s time was 11.29 and there were 374 runners in the race.

The other two Horwich representatives were Pete Ramsdale and Gordon Stone in the senior men’s race over 12km. With nearly 1500 runners on the start line – the buzz started early. The course had three big laps of climbs, gentle descent’s and mud. Being lapped after nearly two laps when the winners have to just complete their third lap and then the finishing straight, really humbles you but shows the outstanding quality of these front runners. It’s a fantastic experience and I enjoyed it very much. Times and positions are a bit irrelevant but 1225th in 60.57 for Pete and 1248th in 61.34 for Gordon for the record.

Alton Towers on 19th February 2011 – National Cross Country next year – Date for your diary.

Peter Ramsdale

Derian House Sponsorship Horwich RMI Harriers young athletes raise £ 1,255.00

2010-02-20T21:26:00.002Z

From Christmas Heptathlon 2009

Today some of our young athletes presented a cheque to Derian House for £1,255.00 which has been raised by them in the Horwich Rotary Xmas Heptathlon that took place in December 2009.

This was a fun competition, supported by the local Horwich Rotary for our young athletes age 6 to 12, that took place at the Bolton Arena, where they had to complete 7 indoor sportshall athletic events in less than 2 hours.

There were 74 young Horwich RMI Harriers & AC athletes that entered the competition, with some 26 Volunteers (parents and family) who helped with officiating and judging the results. Followed by a little Christmas party and presentation to the various winners of the event.

In the above photograph the Horwich RMI Harriers are presenting a cheque to Roya Khadem from Derian House. The athletes pictured are as follows, from left to right...Ellie Dacre, Tiff Dacre (Coach), Kelly Wainwright, Adam Ault, Nathan Townsend and Trinity Halstead.

All the money was raised by the athletes and this has been gratefully received by Roya Khadem on behalf of Derian House, who was amazed at how much fun the athletes had taking part in the event and in raising this fantastic sponsorship.

Christmas Heptathlon 2009

National Cross Country Championship

2010-02-18T10:26:00.000Z

Leeds, Roundhay Park, Saturday 27th February 2010.

Important Information.

Athletes must wear club colours

Timing is done using ‘timing chips’. Chips and numbers collected from Pete Ramsdale on the day of the race. Chips returned after races. Failure to return chips will incur a £7 replacement cost.

There is NO parking at the park. Residential parking is only available in the surrounding streets so be prepared to park up away from the park and have a good walk. There is parking at Limewood Industrial Park. (Just off the A64 – I’m sorry I have no Sat Nav references I will try and find some). A shuttle bus service is available from 9am throughout the day from Limewood Park to Roundhay Park.

Race times

U15 Boys	11.00am
Junior Women	11.20am
Under 17 Women	11.45am
Under 13 Girls	12.10pm
Under 17 Men	12.25pm
Under 15 Girls	12.55pm
Junior Men	1.15pm
Under 13 Boys	2.00pm
Senior Women	2.15pm
Senior Men	3.00pm

Arrive in time to find Pete Ramsdale, get your number on your club vest and add you chip to your shoes, warm up and get to the start in good time

See you there

Peter Ramsdale
Cross Country Captain

Red Rose Cross Country Presentation Evening

2010-02-16T14:04:00.001Z

Friday 12th February 2010 at Horwich RMI Club

The annual Red Rose Cross Country presentation evening was held in Horwich on Friday 12th Feb and the club was well quite well represented across the age groups.

First up to receive her award was Phoebe Howe who was 5th U13 girl. Phoebe has been supported by lots of other U13 girls throughout the season and we look forward to next year when they all continue in the same age group. We are looking for great things.

Next up was Nathan Townsend who received his 4th U13 boy award followed by another award for being a member of Horwich team who finished 2nd Under 13 boy’s team. Nathan was supported during the season by Cameron Critchley, Will Townsend, Jonathan Powis and Joseph Howe. Others got their names on the score sheet during the season including Matthew Ball and Sam Dean

After collecting the Lady’s individual trophy from Katie Ingram, it was engraved and given back to another Horwich lady this year. Running really well again and showing real commitment and talent - Lyndsey Brindle got her just rewards. Good family support on the evening too. Another lady receiving her reward for her efforts for the season was Lesley Fisher who finished 1st Lady Vet 50. Well done.

Whilst the league wasn’t the main club priority this year we still managed three senior awards. Rob Haworth finished 3rd Vet 50 with Mick Crook and Pete Bland finishing 1st and 2nd Vet 60. Well done guys.

We hope that next year the juniors will target this league next year as they are all very local races, and we can then look forward to a bumper presentation evening in 2011.

Peter Ramsdale

South East Lancs XC Leigh 13th February 2010

2010-02-16T11:25:00.000Z

The final race in the SEL XC season took place at Lilford Park Leigh. With other commitments taking place over this busy weekend runners were making decisions about which of the races to take part in. Mid Lancs XC at Hyndburn, Parbold Hill race, Anglezarke Amble on Saturday and our own club promotion of the Winter Hill on Sunday. I attended the SEL XC as co-organiser for this final race in the 2009-10 season. With the help of Brian Schofield from Oldham and Royton and our own Neil Critchley (dad of Cameron, under 13 Horwich runner) from Burden RR, we set about early marking out the quite large loop.

There were only three Horwich runners deciding to run this race with Cameron trying to hold on to as high a position as possible in the under 13’s category. Even though the race fewer than usual numbers, the field was just as strong. Cameron battled hard and held off chasing runners to finish in 6th place. This gives him sixth overall – a very good performance, well done.

In the seniors, well vets, Rob Haworth and myself completed the three large laps. I cannot comment too much about Rob’s run as I didn’t see much of him and he might have even gone home by the time I’d finished but 14th in a time of 37.27 is very impressive. This also completes the necessary 3 races to qualify for the series. I worked hard and completed the 9km in 46.03 in 66th place. Ian Grime from Newham and Essex won in 33.04.

That completes the series in the South East Lancs, Cameron Critchley 6th U13, Rob Haworth 1st Vet 50, Tony Hesketh 1st Vet 60, Paul Murray 4th Vet 60 and me 14th Vet 50. The Horwich V40 team finished joint 5th whilst the V50 team came joint 2nd. To say that this wasn’t within the clubs targets and it clashed with at least 2 Mid Lancs races, that’s a good show. Thanks everyone.

Footnote – packed up the course, packed all the markers in my car and then found myself locked in the park – 40minutes later having found someone with a key to let me out, I was driving home – just adds to the day!

Peter Ramsdale

Track & Field Athletics Awards

2010-02-12T08:45:00.002Z

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Track & Field Athletics Awards

Presentation Night

held on

Friday 12th March 2010

Horwich RMI Club

7pm start

Pasty & Peas Supper on arrival.

Disco ’till 11.00pm

& the amazing RMI Tombola

Incorporating “Junior” Fell & Cross Country Awards

Tickets: £4.00 per person

available from Suzanne Saunders (Training Nights at Bolton Arena)

Supertees Newsletter January 2010

2010-01-25T09:30:00.001Z

A Happy New Year to all endurance athletes. Despite all the Ice and Snow we have managed to train even on the dark nights. We even went up the Pike in deep snow on a Saturday afternoon and also we went up the Pike a couple of times in the dark when the snow was at its deepest wearing head torches. Hopefully we will still be attending the Cross Country races in readiness for the forth coming fell season.

I have decided that this year we will center our efforts on the English Junior championships and these along with three other races will make up our Junior Fell Championship. Rules are as before : 10 points for first Horwich, 9 points for second Horwich, down to 1 point for 10th Horwich. To qualify for an award runners must do a minimum of 3 races to be eligable for an award at the end of the season, with each runners best six races counting overall. The races are as below.

April 3rd Rivington Pike Junior Races 1.00p.m Winners aplenty last year.
April 24th Anniversary Waltz Cumbria 11.30 a.m Entry by 22nd by Web Site only
May 3rd Coiners Yorkshire 10.15 a.m
May 8th Belmont 12.30 p.m Greater Manchester Championships.
May 31st Shutlingsloe Cheshire 12 .00 p.m
June 19th Clougha Pike Lancashire 1.00 p.m We were the Boys Team Champions last year!
June 27th Arnison ( uphill only ) Cumbria 1.00 p.m Two silver medals last year can we do better?
Aug 4th Whittle Pike Lancashire 6.45 p.m
Aug 21st Darwen Gala Lancashire 12.45 p.m Medals to be won in the Lancs Championships

All of the above races make up our Junior Championships but another race worth thinking about doing is the Ilkley Moor races on 21st Feb with junior races for U/8 to U/16. Race distances are .5 mls U/8 up to U/16 1ml and over/16 they do 2 mls.Venue is Wells Road, Ilkley 10.30 a.m starts.

Most of the races have a senior race so everyone can compete if they want to. Also there is a Gala or Village Fete at most of these events, so its a good day out for all the family. Hopefully we can have a get together at Pizza Hut with Friday February 5th being sounded out. If you fancy it give your name to Tony.

Good running Tony & Brenda

Tel 01204 668183

Northerns on Saturday 23rd January

2010-01-21T09:06:00.001Z

Please note the race times are very different to normal.

Race Times for the Northern Cross Country Championships on Saturday 23rd January at Blackburn, Witton Park.

Under 17 Women 11.10am
Under 17 Men 11.40am
Under 13 Girls 12.05pm
Under 20 Women 12.20pm
Under 15 Boys 12.45pm
Under 15 Girls 1.05pm
Senior Women 1.40pm
Under 20 Men 2.30pm
Senior Men 3.05pm

Route to the park and routes for the day are on the North of England Web Site

http://www.northernathletics.org.uk/Pages/Event.aspx?id=160&EventID=385

See you there

Peter Ramsdale
Cross Country Captain

Track Sessions - ON

2010-01-18T09:46:00.001Z

At the moment it looks like all outdoor track sessions will go ahead as usual this week. However, i am not a weather man, so i can make no guarantees. Please check back later in the week for further updates.

Horwich RMI Harriers "flying" at Blackpool

2010-01-18T08:19:00.001Z

The Horwich RMI Harriers U13’s boys and girls turned out once again after what seemed ages of not running together. In more respectable temperatures this week and in contrast to last weeks snow bound Witton Park, Blackburn.

Phoebe Howe was lead girl for Horwich RMI Harriers and came in 7th and Grace Shelmerdale in 22nd respectively in a field of over 50 Runners, a real good day for both girls.

In the boys Nathan Townsend finishing in 6th with Joseph Howe close in 8th. A fantastic sprint finish between Will Townsend and Jonathan Powis ended up with the same time, giving the boys their best team finish in second place to date.

Andy Townsend

Bolton Arena Track - CLOSED

2010-01-13T09:43:00.000Z

I have just spoken to the Bolton Arena who have confirmed that the outside Track is closed all week. Fingers and Toes now crossed for next week!!

Mark Dacre

Junior Coach

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Mid Lancs XC - Saturday 16th Jan 2010 - CHANGE OF VENUE

2010-01-11T20:23:00.002Z

Just a reminder that the venue for this weekends Mid Lancs XC has been changed to Lawsons Ground, Blackpool. Please pass this on to anyone you know who is thinking of going.

Full details can be found on the league website.

Outside Track Training CANCELLED Mon 11th Jan - due to weather

2010-01-11T10:04:00.001Z

Unfortunately, the outside track at the Bolton Arena is still closed due to the bad weather, so NO training outside tonight! Fingers crossed again, for later in the week!

LAA XC @ Witton Pk in snow

2010-01-11T09:32:00.001Z

In temperatures of Minus 4’C the beautiful setting of Witton Park attracted the Lancashire Athletic Association Championships. The usual hardy Lancashire association felt the course was safe enough and it didn’t prevent a good field turning out on the day.

Nathan Townsend was our only U13’s runner and was looking for a good finish against his arch rivals. In these conditions anything could happen, iced over rough terrain was being covered by the recent snow fall making the landscape stunning but unpredictable under foot. In recent Mid Lancs 14th has been his best so to come in 10th was very satisfactory for himself today. All runners found it difficult and some not finishing proving the course as difficult as was feared.

Lancs XC Champs 2010 - ON

2010-01-08T14:17:00.001Z

Just a quick note that the Lancs XC Champs 2010 will be going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 9th Jan. Please check out the Lancs AA website for full details, and any last minute changes.

Greater Manchester XC Champs - CANCELLED

2010-01-07T09:46:00.002Z

I have received notification that the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships, due to be held on Sunday 10th Jan 2010, have been cancelled due to the weather.

Please pass this on to anyone who may have been planning to run.

Training on Arena Track Thursday 7th Jan 2010 - CANCELLED

2010-01-06T14:17:00.000Z

Please note all training on the outside track is cancelled for Thursday 7th January 2010.

Fingers crossed for Monday 11th January?

Mark Dacre

Junior Coach

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Training Wed Night 06 Jan 2010 - CANCELLED

2010-01-06T09:14:00.001Z

In view of the weather conditions we have decided to cancel todays training session between 6.30-8.00pm.

Fingers crossed that it has all melted away for next week - resume Wednesday Training on 13th January 2010.

Kind regards

Mark Dacre

Mike Houghton

Tiffany Dacre

Mike Myers

Junior Coaches

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Greater Manchester XC Championship

2010-01-06T09:09:00.001Z

Sunday 10th January 2010

If you wish to run in the Greater Manchester XC Championship on Sunday 10th January, and you qualify, (born in Greater Manchester or you have the last 9 months of continuous residence in Greater Maanchester), then you can enter on the day. Its £3 each for all runners. Please run in your Horwich vest.

Start times

U13 Boys 11.30am

U13 Girls 11.45am

U15 Boys 12 noon

U15 Girls 12.15pm

U17 Men 12.40pm

U17 Women and U20 Women 1.15pm

U20 Men 1.45pm

Senior Women 1.45pm

Senior Men 2.30

Good luck to those running in the Lancashire XC Championship on Saturday 9th and the Greater Manchester on Sunday 10th

Peter Ramsdale

BOLTON ARENA TRACK UPDATE - Monday 4th Jan

2010-01-04T14:50:00.001Z

I have received an update from Bolton Arena that the track is usable today. This should allow the junior session tonight to go ahead.

Please note that whilst it is very cold, there is no black ice on the track, and the main hazard is getting out on the path. This is being gritted, but everyone is asked to take care.

I should be receiving a further update tomorrow regarding the state of the track for Tuesday's senior session. Please check back tomorrow for details.

You can also contact the arena reception on 01204 488100.

Mid Lancs, Towneley Park, Burnley

2009-12-21T22:54:00.001Z

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

2009-12-08T09:32:00.000Z

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

2009-12-07T09:54:00.001Z

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)!

2009-12-05T21:20:00.000Z

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!

Mid Lancs / UKA Cross Challenge

2009-11-30T16:06:00.000Z

A Notoriously a fast course and muddy under foot didn’t help any runners out today.

The U13’s girls had done this race last year so they knew what the race was to hold. First home Phoebe Howe with a great performance in 15th overall and 4th Mid Lancs home. Sophie Myers had felt the pace however happy with her 59th and Martha Gill bringing the girls final placing to 74th. In a race with over a 100 runners this has to be a great bench mark for next year as they will still qualify for U13’s.

As for the boys, it didn’t quite go to plan, Nathan & Will Townsend weren’t quite in the zone and mentally prepared when the gun went off. Needless to say their start wasn’t their best. Joseph Howe had the best start but again the pace was relentless. Finishing 31st Nathan was rather disappointed with his day and Will ended up with an injury which he had picked up earlier in the week. Joseph Howe having another respectable day in 36th place.

In the U17’s a big field with again fast pace. Zac Howe being our only member had a challenging time but none the less came in top 100, Zacs opinion, fast just fast.

SUPER TEN REPRESENT LANCASHIRE

2009-11-30T09:44:00.002Z

Horwich RMI Harriers had TEN representatives in a spectacular Competition.

Lancashire Sportshall 2009

The North West Regional Final of Indoor Sportshall for Under 11’s was held recently at Sportcity, Manchester. 8 Teams took part from the North West of England i.e. Cheshire, Manchester and Liverpool.

All the 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 Isobel Dean, Ellie Dacre, Maisie Vernon, Rebecca Greenfield, Natalie Armstrong and Madeleine Littlewood

BOYS James Yearn, Mackenzie Dacre, Jonah Saunders and Matthew Stocks

The Lancashire Under 11 Girls Team finished well in 5th Place, with the Boys finishing in 4th place overall.

Mark Dacre

Horwich RMI Harriers

Junior Coach

28/11/2009

Winter Indoor Track & Field.

2009-11-30T09:40:00.000Z

The Indoor Track and Field Season starts at Sportcity, Manchester on Sunday 6th December 2009. There are 6 meetings in all which finish in March 2010. It is only for Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Athletes, male and female. The entry form can be downloaded from the Track and Field Section - See Fixtures.

Mark Dacre

Red Rose XC Bolton 21st Nov 2009

2009-11-24T10:47:00.001Z

Red Rose Bolton 2009

Horwich RMI Junior XC runners enjoyed another good day out at Leverhulme Park.

In the U11 boys Matthew Brindle was first home in what was a strong performance. Joshua Lomax and Max Dacre coming in 41 & 42 respectfully.

In the girls Maise Vernon made up good ground after a slow start finishing 16th with B McKenzie in 18th and Isobel Dean with 23rd. This was to be a high turnout for the girls as S McLarence came in 33rd, Ella Price 40th, O Bannister & Ellie Dacre 48th & 49th. Lucy Ault in 53rd bringing home a strong team of 8 girls which brought the girls in at a respectful 4th team position.

The U13’s Girls also had a team finishing 4th with first home for the team a reliable Phoebe Howe in 7th and Sophie Myers having her best race this season in 16th. Grace Shelmerdine strong in 20th and Martha Gill nursing an injury in 30th. J McLaughlin and Natassia Dacre enjoyed themselves in coming home in 44th & 45th. This is now becoming a well attended team and well positioned for more success.

Not to be outdone was the U13’s boys. First home Nathan Townsend in 4th, happy with his position closely followed by a steadfast Joseph Howe in 6th. This was looking good for a team result. Will Townsend carrying on his good performance from Bury finishing 15th with new boy Matthew Ball one second adrift in 16th. Cameron Critchley pushed for 19th and another new boy Sam Dean finishing 23rd. The team finished a well deserved joint first matching Blackburns for points.

In the U17’s Zac Howe, had a fantastic start leading the race for a while. The gamble paid off as he was rewarded with seasons best of 11th. A new tactic for Zac which he hopes to capitalise on as the season continues.

Gill Pimblott Clean Sweep

2009-11-17T10:12:00.002Z

Cameron Critchley won his 4th race by winning the Gill Pimblott 1 mile race, a junior race before the main race, so he joined Guy and Emma for a Horwich clean sweep for the day.

Full Report.

Lancashire Sportshall Athletics League, Blackpool Meeting 1 – 18th October 2009

2009-11-13T08:48:00.002Z

A good turn out from our young Harriers at the first Sportshall of the season, with many athletes making their Sportshall debut!
Despite having lots of new, excited (and probably nervous!) faces, we picked up from where we left off last season, commanding a comfortable 3rd place behind the “Premiership” clubs of Blackpool and Preston, with a total of 172 points.

There where some excellent performances on the day, starting with the Under 11 Girls, who had the largest Horwich squad on the day. Isobel Dean came 2nd in the foam javelin, and overall, Sportshall “veteran” Ellie Dacre came 3rd with 15.5 points! In the boys Max Dacre won the target throw, and top scored for Horwich with 11 points!

In the Under 13 Girls, Grace Shelmerdine came 2nd in the 6 lap, while Gabrielle Whittle top scored for the club with 11 points, and James Lovell scored 15 points to top score for the Harriers in the Under 13 Boys!

Finally the Under 15’s, which saw Beth Miller and Matthew Ault as our only representatives, scored well in their events. Matthew only competed in the Shot, but it was worth it, winning the event with 8.91m. Beth stormed her events, winning the Speed Bounce and the Vertical Jump, and coming second in the 2 and 4 lap races, coming 2nd overall with 24 points.

In addition to the athletes, well done to all the parents who helped out to officiate, as we provided 12 officials, which we think is more than any other club! A big thank you to you all!

Congratulations to all the athletes on their performances and good luck to all the Under 11’s, who will all be in the running for a Lancashire call-up in the next few weeks!

Well Done and we hope to see you all again at the next event!

Mike Houghton
Tiffany Dacre
Mark Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Results.

sportshallathleticsreportoct09

Red Rose Cross Country League 7th Nov 2009

2009-11-11T15:58:00.002Z

A big turnout at the Red Rose at Bury made a great day in the junior runners. For the 1st time we had a big team of U11’s. A dozen or so youngsters flocked to Pete Ramsdale to seek tips on the race. Like a shepherd with his flock he pointed and explained, run, just run.

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Some fine performances from the boys, Matthew Brindle in 29th being the first boys in followed by Joseph Ball in 36th and then running together Jacob Barlow and Max Dacre 42nd & 43rd. Domenic Braund and Joshua Lomax did the same coming in 51st & 52nd. Boys U11’s finished 9th team.

The girls went 2 better and came home in 7th. This could have been better for Maisie Vernon having to pull up due to feeling sick. That didn’t stop Madeleine Littlewood in 12th and Isobel Dean in 16th having a fantastic first Cross country run. 38th place went to Kelly Wainwright, 43rd place to Emma Rayner. Still we had more to come Ellie Dacre in at 50th and O Bannister in at 58th.

In the U13’s Girls we had a strong team of 5 girls, unfortunately Phoebe Howe and Martha Gill not getting scored through the finish meant points robbed from us. That left Sophie Myer in at 20th, Grace Shelmerdine at 26th and Jodie McLaughlin in at 39th bringing the team home in 7th. The team would have been much higher had it not been for the misfortune of Phoebe and Martha.

In the u13’s boys the team came home in 2nd place with Nathan Townsend coming in 3rd having had a shocking start due to being spiked. Joseph Howe was home in 10th disappointed with his performance today, but he can be pleased to know without this place the team would have suffered. The race of the day in the Juniors had to go to Will Townsend who showed the pain in his face most of the race. This was rewarded with his best placing of the season in 13th a much improved performance. Reliable Cameron Critchley came in at 19th and a recovering Jonathan Powis a steady 31st.

Our only U17’s runner Zac Howe was please with his 13th placing after a quick pace was set early on. Nevertheless Zac always the upbeat happy to be the only representative for the club.

Andy Townsend

South East Lancs Cross Country Boggart Hole Clough

2009-11-04T15:28:00.000Z

South East Lancs Cross Country Boggart Hole Clough, Salford
Saturday 31st October 2009

The second race in the South East Lancs cross country league took place at Boggart Hole in Salford on Saturday. It followed a week a good weather which resulted in the driest course for ages. These conditions resulted in times being a little quicker than usual as the routes stayed the same.

The first race of the day included Matthew Brindle in his first race with a club vest on. He worked very hard and enjoyed the experience. He ran very well and still had enough for a sprint finish to keep others behind. He completed the course in 6.16 in 8th place. The winner was Joe Kershaw from Oldham in 5.34.

We had a team of runners in the under 13 boys category and they all battled well for themselves and the team. Nathan Townsend produced a really solid performance against some ‘really big guys’ to finish an excellent 3rd in 8.26. Next was Cameron Critchley, who was a little disappointed with his run, but he shouldn’t be because, he came 9th in 9.26. To complete the team Will Townsend was 11th in 9.44. Jonathon Powis added extra red and black to the finishing funnel with a really gutsy display. Still struggling with the remains of a cough he finished 13th in 10.21 The team scored 20pts to finish 3rd but with the first team scoring 19pts and the second team also 20pts placed 2nd on count back – that’s really close. Well done guys.

Also running in the Under 13’s category was Martha Gill. She was our only female representative in his race and she battled really hard in her first cross country race this winter after a break in training and competition due to illness. She finished 8th in 10.27. Well done Martha.

SEL Boggart 2009

England Athletics 2009 Award Winners "Junior Club of the Year" - Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

2009-10-12T10:41:00.002+01:00

YAHOOO!!!

Last night our Club received a highly prestigious award from England Athletics at the Hall of Fame Awards in Birmingham in front of many famous Athletes and Coaches.

We were awarded "Junior Club of the Year" for 2009 - putting this into context, as I am sure it was said last night, there are 1,300 athletic clubs in England! So this some achievement.

Photos for EA Awards Night 2009

Name Dropping!

Famous people present at the awards included : David Hemery, Steve Backley, Darren Campbell, Christian Malcolm, Jonathan Edwards, Noel Thatcher, George Bunner, Dorothy Tyler and even the daughter of the legendary Harold Abrahams! The chiefs of Engand Athletics and UKA Athletics were there too!

There were too many names to mention.

You can see a report on the website www.englandathletics.org

OUR THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS

We would not have received this prestigious award if it had not been for the fantastic support we receive from our "volunteers", i.e. coaches, officials, administrators, helpers and even "butty-makers" and our own committee.

We must not forget the help and support that is provided by the Horwich and District Primary & Secondary Schools and Bolton Arena for their services. Also, Horwich Rotary, as we must not forget they donated £ 4,000 4 years ago to buy the indoor sportshall equipment (and continue to support us every year!).

If I have forgotten anyone, please forgive me as I am still in shock at our Club receiving such an award.

One thing I must say is that we have the most fantastic young athletes, none better, who continue to amaze us with their enthusiasm for training and great spirit for the sport of athletics. We have great sportsmanship and a willingness to help others as has been shown recently by some of the athletes even becoming Coaches too. Everyone wants to do their best and also wants to help each other which is truly amazing.

On behalf of the Club, a BIG thank you once again and if anyone is interested in our club continuing to get better and better, please let me know. In particular, we are now getting to the stage, where we need more coaches to support our young athletes. So if anyone is interested please let me know or any of our coaches.

Please continue your support. Thanks and well done to the whole of the Club!

Kind regards

Mark Dacre
Junior Coach
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

PS Dont forget Indoor Sportshall starts next Sunday 18/10/2009 at Blackpool.

Horwich Juniors @ Mid Lancs

2009-10-12T10:36:00.001+01:00

In near perfect conditions our junior team of only 3 found the pace of the U13’s race faster than last weeks Red Rose. The field was 50 boys strong and 35 girls strong in the same race of u15’s.

First home in 12th with 11:31 was Jo Howe who had a strong race beating some of last weeks competitors and satisfied he couldn’t have done more. Close on his heels and finishing 14th in 11:39 with 2 other runners across the line in same time was Nathan Townsend. After recognising he had beaten all his closest rivals was please with his performance. Another sterling run from Will Townsend brought him in at 32nd in 12:43 again beating some of last weeks runners from Witton Park.

The only cloud for the team is not having 4 runners meant they didn’t have a full team of four. After the team came 2nd Last week due to Jonathan or Cameron not being able to make it meant no results. A second would have been on the cards again if we have had a full squad.

Jo’s brother Zac Howe had a challenging day being our only U17’s runner. The race again was quick and Zac having had a good season on the Fells just couldn’t find the pace today. Nevertheless a respectable 22nd place wasn’t a true picture of what we are looking forward to from Zac this season.

English Schools Fell Champs

2009-10-08T08:31:00.002+01:00

On the 27th September at Sedbergh in Cumbria a number of Horwich Juniors represented their schools and pride of place went to Phoebe Howe who won the U/11 Race which consisted of 2miles with 720 foot of ascent, after leading throughout she finished in a remarkable seventh place overall only beaten by six boys and broke the course record by 40 seconds. She was presented with her Gold Medal by Joss Naylor O.B.E. We had two other competitors in this race with Will Townsend 19th after taking a nasty fall and Johnathan Powis 10 seconds behind in 20th. In the U/13 race Joseph Howe ran well for 26th place and in the U/15 race a 3.5 mile race Zach Howe did well and finished 15th. All the children deserve credit for racing these tough courses considering this year is their first on the Fells.

Tony Hesketh

Another Award Win

2009-09-30T09:21:00.000+01:00

Following on from winning the North West award for Junior Club of the Year, the club has had more success with Mike Houghton, Rebecca Keating, Rachel Pearson, Jack Thomas and Tiffany Dacre winning the North West award for Young Volunteers (U 23) of the Year.

Mike, Rebecca, Rachel, Jack and Tiffany won for all their work in Coaching across a range of ages and events and in developing the Track and Field section.

Well done to them all

Link.

Young Horwich RMI Harriers strike “Gold” at Wigan

2009-09-30T09:17:00.001+01:00

Congratulations to Gabrielle Whittle, Isobel Dean, Nathan Townsend, Jonah Saunders & Callum Gordon of Horwich RMI Harriers, who all won Gold Medals in the Arnold Seddon Memorial Track and Field Athletics Meeting which took place on 19th September 2009 held at Wigan.

This was the penultimate outdoor meeting for the 2009 season for Under 15 athletes. Over 200 children from all over the country took part & Horwich RMI Harriers turned out 26 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 a record 22 Medals in total!

A fantastic achievement for all MEDAL WINNERS and well done to our other competitors, who all performed magnificently on the day.

Results.

Report for Telford Games and Blackpool Open meetings

2009-09-16T09:22:00.001+01:00

A number of Horwich RMI Harriers were out at the weekend making the most if the weather in some end of season competitions.

Natassia Dacre travelled down to the Midlands to compete in the prestigious Telford Games and was rewarded with a new club record in the Javelin. Natassia, competing in the U 13 age group came up against the Welsh number 1 yet threw further than she had done before to pick up the silver medal and move to 16th on the UK rankings. For good measure Natassia then also finished 3rd in the Discus.

A few Horwich RMI Harriers competed at the Blackpool Medal Meeting. Callum Gordon had a good day winning both the 80m and 600m races for the U 9 boys smashing the clubs records in the process. Laura Taylor picked a silver and bronze in the hurdles and Long Jump and Laura’s brother Adam earned a silver in the Hammer. Gabrielle Whittle completed the medal haul with a bronze in the Hurdles.

Full results.

English Junior Fell race Darwen Gala.

2009-09-01T09:21:00.001+01:00

Tony Hesketh has some junior fell runners under him as a coach and at weekend his team did rather well.

In a field of 33 finishers we had 4 runners. In a 2 mile race the pace at the front was fast and hard and the top 9 places were all from different clubs.

Conditions were great and support for the runners was clear as many voices shouted for Horwich all the way around.

First Horwich runner home AND first Lancashire person was Nathan Townsend in 6th place having a storming finish beating 2 of his local rivals on his way down. This gave Nathan the Lancs Gold medal for the boys. His time of 16.33 was a respectable time as he and the RMI junior team never had run this course before.

Next was Phoebe Howe in 10th with a time of 16.57 giving her the silver after just being beat by her local rival.

Will Townsend and Jonathan Powis came home 15th & 16th respectfully excellent runs from both boys who stuck and encouraged each other all the way around.

Albeit these are very respectable time this team will still qualify next year for U12 category as they have all only just turned 11.

There was no team prize but if there had been Horwich would have won first 3 and first 4 home, all in all a great day for the juniors.

Not to be outdone, Jo Howe had a super run in the U14s come in a respectable 15th being our only representative and being the 4th Lancs runner home, marginally missed out on a bronze medal.

This is a show of fine work Tony is doing with the Junior team .

Andy Townsend.

Mid Lancs Medal Meeting

2009-09-01T09:09:00.001+01:00

Match report – Mid Lancs League Medal Meeting, Robin Park, Wigan, 22nd Aug

The final meeting of the Mid Lancs League was the Medal Meeting, this year held at Robin Park, Wigan.
21 Horwich athletes turned out to compete for the coveted medals with some great performances being seen in all the age groups.
Helena Lawton kicked off the medal haul for Horwich with a bronze in the Senior Women’s 100m and she was later to collect a further bronze in the javelin event.

The U13 age group collected 5 medals with silvers for Gabrielle Whittle in both the 100m and the high jump, Nathan Barlow won silver in the 200m and Natassia Dacre won silver in the javelin.

The U15s saw Beth Miller win bronze medal in the 100m and for the U17s Rebekah Atkinson gained a silver in the 3000m and Laura Tunstall another silver in the javelin.

The biggest medal haul for Horwich came from the Seniors section with 8 medals being won with Alison Storey taking 2 silvers in the discus and long jump and a bronze in the shot, Lawton’s 2 bronze for the 100m and the javelin, Matthew Storey taking gold in the javelin and Jack Thomas winning the bronze in the same event.

A special mention to the Senior Men’s 4 X 100m relay team of Andrew Storey, Mike Houghton, Matthew Storey and Jack Thomas who took the medal in a new club record time of 48.6s.

At the end of the meeting Horwich Team Manager, Suzanne Saunders, collected the Division Two trophies for both the Horwich Men’s and Women’s sections who both finished 1st in their respective leagues and are now promoted to the Division 1.

TROPHIES GALORE!

2009-08-10T15:25:00.002+01:00

Primary School League
Medal Meeting
17 July 2009

55 Trophies were won by the young Horwich RMI Harrier Superstars at the final meeting held at Robin Park Athletics Stadium, Wigan for the 2009 season for Year 3 to 6 Primary School ages. Horwich turned out a fantastic record of 34 athletes on the night.

This event was the last in a series of meetings designed for Primary School children to try out and compete in a selection of different athletic disciplines under a League competition with Chorley and Wigan Harriers. The League was won by Wigan for the 3rd Year in a row, however, Horwich and Chorley are getting closer. Over the 3 League meetings Horwich RMI Harriers had 49 different athletes competing, which is also another record.

In the Medal Meeting, Horwich RMI Harriers won 14 Gold, 21 Silver and 20 Bronze Trophies. In addition 3 new club records were set by Nathan Townsend in the 600m, Holly Clark in the Soft Javelin and Isobel Dean in the Cricket Ball throw. There was a host of new personal bests!

Some other highlights included 1st places for the Girls from Phoebe Howe, Sophie Williams, Alex Woods, Ella Price, Holly Clark and Isobel Dean. For the Boys, 1st places came from Nathan Townsend, Jonah Saunders, Liam Wright, Callum Gordon and Matthew Stocks.

Trophies and Medals were presented by Don Moss from Wigan and a big thanks to Wigan Harriers for hosting such a super night. Also, thanks for the grateful support of the Parents and Volunteers on the night.

FULL RESULTS

Primary League Medal Meeting July 09

Mid Lancs. Meeting – Litherland – 8th August 2009

2009-08-10T14:11:00.000+01:00

The final league meeting at Litherland saw 22 Horwich athletes turn out to protect the 1st places already held by both the men’s and the women’s sections.

This meeting would decide the final league positions and see who would gain promotion.

The Horwich contingent, as always, stepped up to the mark and produced some fantastic results.

Notable results were seen by Natassia Dacre achieving 1st places in the shot, javelin and discus for the U13G, Noah Saunders achieving 1st places in the 100m and 200m for the U13B and a 2nd place in the javelin, Sophie Williams achieving 1st places in the 100m and the long jump for the U13G and another 2nd in the javelin.

Jack Shaw produced a 1st place performance in the U15B javelin and new comer Alex Todd came 2nd in both the U15B 100m and 200m.

Zac Howe was the sole U17M in the team this week and produced a 1st place performance in the 1500m.

The U17W secured a 1st place in the javelin for Laura Tunstall and a 3rd place for Rebekah Atkinson in the 3000m.

The senior section consisted of 8 athletes with Mike Houghton securing 1st place in the triple jump, 2nd in the long jump, with a new club record of 4.91m and equalled the existing Senior men’s club record of 12.6s in the 100m.

Andrew Storey came 2nd in the triple jump and 4th in the long jump to secure further vital points for the team.

Trevor Williams, the oldest member of the team, came 3rd in both the shot and discus and 2nd in the javelin.

A special mention to Mark Dacre who produced a heroic run in the 400m to secure yet more points for the final tally.

The senior women were represented by Alison Storey and Helena Lawton who produced yet more outstanding performances with a 1st place in the discus for Alison together with two 3rd places in the shot and the long jump and Helena gained a 2nd place in the senior women’s javelin and a 3rd place in the 100m.

Results.

Suzanne Saunders
Team Manager
Mid Lancs. League

Calling All Athletes

2009-08-10T14:08:00.001+01:00

Mid Lancs League

Medal Meeting

Venue
ROBIN PARK ARENA AND SPORTS CENTRE
LOIRE DRIVE
ROBIN PARK
WIGAN
WN5 0UH

All athletes U13s (year 6 & above) and older are invited to take part in the above competition on Saturday 22ND August 2009.

Field events commence 11 am and track 12 noon.
Registration from 10 am onwards.

Please give your support to Horwich Harriers by participating.

The cost to enter is £3 for 3 events if pre entered by 19th August 2009 and £5 for 3 events on the day.

On the day parents MUST undertake a period of field or track judge duties or your child will not be able to compete. The club is obliged to provide officials on the day, the number of which is dependant on the number of Horwich athletes competing.

To qualify for a medal you must have competed in at least 2 of the previous Mid Lancs meetings this year. This competition is not run in divisions and only the top 3 athletes in all races and events will get a medal. If you have not competed at 2 previous meeting you can still enter but should you be placed in the top 3 you wouldn’t receive a medal.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Suzanne Saunders
Team Manager

CALLING ALL ATHLETES

2009-08-04T09:55:00.001+01:00

Mid Lancs League

Meeting 5

Venue
LITHERLAND SPORTS PARK
MOSS LANE/BOUNDRY ROAD
LITHERLAND
L21 7LA

All athletes U13s (year 6 & above) and older are invited to take part in the above competition on Saturday 8th August 2009.

Field events commence 12 noon and track 1pm.
Registration from 11am onwards.

Please give your support to Horwich Harriers by participating.

This is a free to enter competition.

On the day parents MUST undertake a period of field or track judge duties or your child will not be able to compete. The club is obliged to provide officials on the day, the number of which is dependant on the number of Horwich athletes competing.

To gain promotion we really need a good turn out for this meeting. We are currently in 1st place in both the mens and womens league but only just!

If you competed at a previous meeting and did not return your number you will need to bring it with you again to this meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Suzanne Saunders
Team Manager

Mid Lancs Meeting Report - Bolton 25.07.09

2009-07-27T09:26:00.002+01:00

A record number of 30 athletes turned out for the 4th Mid Lancs Meeting at Bolton’s Leverhulme Park with the weather providing almost perfect conditions.

Regular competitors for this league were joined by 1st time attendees Helena Lawton, David Jack, Oliver Bretherton, Luke Murphy and Jonathan Powis.

4 new club records were set on the day with several other PBs being recorded as well.

New club records from:

David Jack, 100m Senior men 12.6s
Mike Houghton Triple Jump Senior men 10.90m
Laura Taylor Long Jump U13G 4.48m (G1)
Boys U13 4 x 100m relay 56.5s (Noah Saunders, James Lovell, Luke Murphy, Nathan Barlow)

PBs were recorded by Natassia Dacre, javelin, Laura Taylor, long jump, Noah Saunders, discus and javelin, Phoebe Howe, 1500m and Sophie Williams, 800m.

Natassia Dacre took 1st place in the U13G shot with a throw of 6.15m and Noah Saunders gained 1st place in the U13B discus with a throw of 10.80m.

Well done to everyone who competed on the day and a special thanks to all those parents who helped out with the official’s duties.

We look forward to seeing you all at the next Mid Lancs meeting at Litherland on the 8th August.

Suzanne Saunders,
Team Manager.

Results.

Mid Lancs League

2009-07-21T16:14:00.001+01:00

Meeting 4

Venue
LEVERHULME PARK
LONG LANE
BOLTON

All athletes U13s (year 6 & above) and older are invited to take part in the above competition on Saturday 25th July 2009.

This venue, as yet, has not been confirmed. Should it alter a notice will be posted on the website and also on the notice board at Bolton Arena.

Field events commence 12 noon and track 1pm.
Registration from 11am onwards.

Please give your support to Horwich Harriers by participating.

This is a free to enter competition.

On the day parents MUST undertake a period of field or track judge duties or your child will not be able to compete. The club is obliged to provide officials on the day, the number of which is dependant on the number of Horwich athletes competing.

If you competed at a previous meeting and did not return your number you will need to bring it with you again to this meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Suzanne Saunders

Athletes of the Month. June 2009.

2009-07-13T15:13:00.002+01:00

Anthony Hulton Athlete of the Month June 2009 Yr 5 and 6.

Eleanor Aindow Athlete of the Month June 2009 Yr 3 and 4.

Grace Shelmerdine Athlete of the Month June 2009 Yr 5 and 6.

Kai Brown Athlete of the Month June 2009 Yr 3 and 4.

English Junior Uphill Championships (Patterdale)

2009-07-02T10:52:00.003+01:00

We had eight runners in this major junior championship and all performed excellently. We returned with Two Bronze Medals on a course that our juniors had never before experienced (a tough lakeland climb with no easy bits) Zac Howe got us underway with a fine fifth place in the u/16 U/18 race but more importantly third in the U/16 this was a very good performance with climbing for one mile.

Next came our u/12 u/14 juniors in the u/14 Joesph Howe ran well for eigth but was dissapointed but shouldnt be as he has another year in that category.

In the U/12 girls Phobe Howe gave her all and despite a nose bleed stopping her taking the silver medal ran well and clinched third and another Bronze Medal. Nathan Townsend was first u/12 for us in a fine 7th place closeley followed by Cameron Crichley in 8th. Johnathan Powis kept going to finish in 12th just ahead of Martha Gill by 8 seconds.Thomas Hughes was our final counter the smallest boy in the field with the biggest heart and finished 15th.

As junior fell captain I was very proud of the way the children ran and conducted themseves and they where all a credit to Horwich RMI Harriers. I hoped they would return with one medal due to the terrain and competition and they excelled with two.

Tony Hesketh

Clougha Pike Fell Race

2009-06-25T08:11:00.002+01:00

Last Saturday four Juniors represented Horwich in the Clougha Pike Fell Race and with some excellent performances where rewarded with both individual and Team success. Nathan Townsend had his best run on the fells to take a well deserved victory and was well backed up by Cameron Critchley in third. Will Townsend ran very well for sixth place and Jonathan Powis was a very clear seventh and enabled Horwich to take the team award. All are looking forward to this Sunday when the English Junior Uphill Championships take place in Patterdale.

Result

1 N Townsend 11.48
3 C Critchley 12.11
6 W Townsend 13.26
7 J Powis 13.44

Cheers Tony Hesketh

Report - Horwich RMI Harriers North of England Championships and Young Athletes League - Wigan – 21st June

2009-06-23T09:13:00.002+01:00

Horwich RMI Harriers had a successful day at the North of England Championships picking up two silver medals.

April Stevenson continued her return to good form following injury. Having comfortably won her 800m heat she ran confidently in the final to record a seasons best of 2.11.41. Meanwhile Jamie Crompton stepped up an age group to take silver in the 1500m. Despite being only 16 Jamie took on the best 17 – 19 year olds in the North over 1500m winning silver in 3.57.96

Many of Horwich’s teenage Athletes competed in the Young Athletes League at Wigan on Sunday. It was a tough fixture with the top three clubs in the league competing however there were a number of great performances from the local team.

Leading the way were the U 13s who set three club records. Laura Taylor smashed the clubs High Jump record and achieved a grade 1 performance whilst Gabrielle Whittle was just outside a grade 1 with her hurdles time. For the boys Nathan Townsend broke one of the clubs longest standing records in the 1500m.

In the U 15 age group Ellen Warburton set a new club record in the Long Jump whilst Jacob Thornton achieved a double first over 400m and 1500m.

Dylan Smith and Benita Cornforth were the clubs most successful U 17s with Dylan gaining maximum points in the Long and Triple jump whilst Benita did the same in the Hammer and shot.

RESULTS

North of England Championships

April Stevenson 800m 2.11.41 2nd
Jamie Crompton 1500m 3.57.96 2nd
Matthew Storey 100m 11.90

Young Athletes League – Wigan

U17 Men A String: 100m 3rd Dylan Smith 11.6; 200m 4th Sam Higgins 25.0; 400m 4th Ola Abidojun 54.8; 800m 4th Zac Howe 2.14.7; 400m H 3rd Lewis Peacock 68.3; Hammer 2nd Callum Smyth 13.57; Shot 3rd Sam Higgins 8.69; Javelin 4th Callum Smyth 19.21; Long Jump 1st Dylan Smith 5.90; Triple Jump 1st Dylan Smith 10.72; 4 x 100m 1st Ola Abidojun, Sam Higgins, Callum Smyth, Dylan Smith 48.1

U17 Men B String: 100m 4th Ola Abidojun 12.0; 200m 3rd Callum Smyth 25.7; Hammer 2nd Zac Howe 12.18; Javelin 2nd Ola Abidojun 18.84; Long Jump 2nd Lewis Peacock 4.89; Triple Jump 1st Lewis Peacock 10.48

U15 Boys A String: 100m 4th Shaun Palmer 13.7; 200m 3rd Matthew Gibson 28.2; 400m 1st Sam Mercer 62.0; 800m 2nd Sam Mercer 2.25.1; 1500m 1st Jacob Thornton 4.53.6; 80m H 1st Shaun Palmer 14.6; Hammer 2nd Adam Taylor 7.64; Discus 4th Jacob Thornton 11.55; Shot 3rd Jack Shaw 6.43; Javelin 4th Sam Mercer 20.16; Long Jump 2nd Shaun Palmer 4.51; High Jump 4th Matthew Gibson 1.35; 4 x 100m 3rd Ryan Ashcroft, Shaun Palmer, Matthew Gibson, Jack Shaw 54.6; 4 x 400m 3rd Adam Taylor, Jacob Thornton, Jack Shaw, Sam Mercer 4.47.7.

U15 Boys B String: 100m 1st Jack Shaw 13.1; 200m 2nd Ryan Ashcroft 29.6; 400m 1st Jacob Thornton 66.1; 800m 4th Adam Taylor 2.45.7; 80m H 3rd Matthew Gibson 17.6; Discus 4th Adam Taylor 11.55; Shot 3rd Ryan Ashcroft 4.82; Long Jump 3rd Ryan Ashcroft 4.06;

U13 Boys A String: 100m 1st Noah Saunders 14.0; 200m Noah Saunders 29.0; 800m 1st Joseph Howe 2.33.0; 1500m 2nd Nathan Townsend 5.03.5 (CR); 75m H 2nd Izaak Dickinson 15.2; Shot 2nd Nathan Barlow 6.55; Long Jump 4th Anthony Hulton 3.55; High Jump 3rd Joseph Howe 1.25; 4 x 100m Noah Saunders, Nathan Barlow, Anthony Hulton, Izaak Dickinson 2nd 58.0

U13 Boys B String: 100m 1st Nathan Barlow 13.7; 200m 3rd Anthony Hulton 32.0; 800m 1st Will Townsend 2.51.7; 1500m 3rd Jonathon Powis 5.57.2; 75m H Thomas Gillett 16.1; Shot 4th Thomas Gillett 4.13; Long Jump 3rd Nathan Townsend 3.29; High Jump 2nd Nathan Barlow 1.15.

U17 Women A String: 100m 3rd Dione King 13.2; 200m 4th Rebecca Buchanan 28.7; 300m 4th Laura Tunstall 47.7; 800m 1st Amy Philpotts 2.28.7; 1500m 2nd Rebekah Atkinson 5.18.0; 3000m 1st Rebekah Atkinson 14.56.0; 80m H 4th Rachel Pearson 15.9; 300m H 2nd Rachel Pearson 55.3; Hammer 1st Benita Cornforth 16.49; Discus 3rd Benita Cornforth 14.36; Shot 1st Benita Cornforth 6.79; Javelin 3rd Laura Tunstall 17.51; Long Jump 4th Rebecca Buchanan 4.04; Triple Jump 4th Rebecca Buchanan 8.59; High Jump 3rd Dione King 1.30; 4 x 100m 3rd Katie Hamblett, Tiffany Dacre, Laura Tunstall, Dione King 55.3; 4 x 300m 1st Laura Tunstall, Rebecca Buchanan, Rachel Pearson, Katie Hamblett 3.19.7

U17 Women B String: 100m 3rd Tiffany Dacre 13.9; 3rd Katie Hamblett 29.6; 300m 1st Katie Hamblett 49.4; 800m 2nd Rachel Pearson 3.14.9; 1500m 2nd Naomi Sivill 6.02.6; 3000m 1st Naomi Sivill 14.56.2; Hammer 1st Vicky Bates 6.09; Discus 2nd Vicky Bates 10.15; Shot 2nd Vicky Bates 4.77; Long Jump 2nd Tiffany Dacre 3.50; Triple Jump 1st Tiffany Dacre 8.04;

U15 Girls A String: 100m 3rd Hannah Storey 13.2; 200m 3rd Hannah Storey 27.4; 800m 1st Kelly Sivill 2.35.6; 1500m 3rd Emma Hargreaves 6.30.0; 75m H 2nd Hannah Storey 13.3; Long Jump 1st Ellen Warburton 4.64 (CR); High Jump 3rd Kelly Sivill 1.30; Discus 4th Georgina Cornforth 12.43; Javelin 3rd Georgina Cornforth 15.61; Shot 4th Georgina Cornforth 6.07; 4 x 100m 2nd Anna Charnley, Ellen Warburton, Beth Miller, Hannah Storey 53.7

U15 Girls B String: 100m 2nd Beth Miller 13.5; 200m 1st Beth Miller 27.7; 800m 3rd Heather Harrison 2.56.2; 1500m 3rd Hannah Cafferkey 6.35.4; 75m H 2nd Ellen Warburton 14.1; Long Jump 2nd Anna Charnley 3.68; High Jump 3rd Beth Miller 1.30; Discus 4th Anna Charnley 10.75; Javelin 4th Anna Charnley 7.37; 4th Kelly Sivill 5.05

U13 Girls A String: 75m 4th Laura Taylor 11.1; 150m 2nd Gabrielle Whittle 21.4; 800m 2nd Pheobe Howe 2.46.9; 1200m 3rd Lucy Philpotts 4.48.5; 70m H 2nd Gabrielle Whittle 12.4 (CR); High Jump 1st Laura Taylor 1.38 (CR); Long Jump 4th Martha Gill 3.58; Shot 4th Natassia Dacre 6.59; 4 x 100m 3rd Sophie Myers, Gabrielle Whittle, Laura Taylor, Katy Bridge 61.0

U13 Girls B String: 75m 3rd Katy Bridge 12.1; 150m 2nd Sophie Williams 23.9; 800m Sophie Myers 2.53.2; 1200m 3rd Kai Fox 4.49.1; 70m H 1st Laura Taylor 13.1; High Jump 1st Martha Gill 1.25; Long Jump 2nd Gabrielle Whittle 3.23; Shot 4th Sophie Williams 5.71

Young Athletes of the Month May 2009

2009-06-17T10:23:00.000+01:00

Congratulations guys and gals.

Sophie Williams Yr5&6 Girl

Ella Price Yr3&4 Girl

Izaak Dickinson Yr5&6 Boy

Jack Stobart Yr 3&4 Boy

Some great training from all of you and great teamwork in all the competitions you've entered. Well done. Keep it up.

Kind regards

Mark Dacre
Junior Coach
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Greater Manchester Schools 2009

2009-06-16T15:25:00.001+01:00

Horwich RMI athletes had a field day at the Greater Manchester Schools Championships picking up eight medals and a host of personal bests.

Leading the way was Jamie Crompton, the UK’s current no 1 U 17 middle distance runner. This time he chose to run the steeplechase and ran away from the field to smash the championship record and further cement his position at the top of the UK rankings.

April Stevenson had a good day too winning two titles and breaking her personal best and club record over 400m in the process, whilst Dylan Smith continues to show his potential in winning the Long Jump.

Full results

East Cheshire YAL - More Photos

2009-06-16T15:13:00.002+01:00

East Cheshire – 31st May

Report - Horwich RMI Harriers, Young Athletes League

2009-06-07T22:18:00.003+01:00

East Cheshire – 31st May and Bedford International

Horwich RMI Harriers continued their good form with a strong second to hosts East Cheshire Harriers in their latest fixture with Bolton United Harriers finishing 3rd and Holmforth 4th.

Most successful athlete of the day was Hannah Storey who won all three of her events, the U 15 girls 100m , 200m and 75m Hurdles with a club record performance over 200m.

Another triple winner was U 17 woman Benita Cornforth who won the Shot, Discus and Hammer, whilst in the same age group Laura Bannister won the 300m Hurdles and Triple Jump. In the B string Rebecca Buchanan and Tiffany Dacre both won two events each whilst Amy Philpotts won the Discus.

In the U 13 girls there were double wins for Laura Taylor (Long Jump and Hurdles), Gabrielle Whittle (High Jump and B Hurdles) and Martha Gill (B string High and Long Jump) with a double victory in the shot through Natassia Dacre and Sophie Williams.

In the U 17 men Dylan Smith had a double win in the 100m and Triple Jump whilst Lewis Peacock also had two wins in the B string Long and Triple jumps. Jamie Crompton had easy victories in the 3000m and 1500m steeplechase as did Matthew Ault in the U 15 800m.

At U 13 level there was a double win in the 1500m through Nathan Townsend and Joseph Howe whilst the 4 x 100m team of Anthony Hulton, James Lovell, Isaak Dickinson and Noah Saunders set a new club record.

Bedford Games

Meanwhile sprinter Ola Abidogun had been invited to compete at the Bedford Games international meeting.

Competing in the disabled 100m Ola stormed through to win by a huge margin in 11.51 seconds and earn qualification for an international match in Germany later this summer.

Overall

RESULTS
U17 Men A String: 100m 1st Dylan Smith 12.3; 200m 4th Callum Smyth 25.7; 800m 1st Zac Howe 2.16.2; 1500m 3rd Zac Howe 4.43.7; 3000m 1st Jamie Crompton 8.51.0; 400m H 2nd Lewis Peacock 71.7; 1500m S/C 1st Jamie Crompton 4.59.0; Long Jump 2nd Dylan Smith 5.53; Triple Jump 1st Dylan Smith 10.88; Shot 3rd Danny Fairclough 5.02; Discus 3rd Jamie Crompton 21.08; Javelin 3rd Callum Smyth 22.47; Hammer 1st Zac Howe 10.50; 4x100m 3rd Dylan Smith/Callum Smyth/Lewis Peacock/Jamie Crompton 48.6
U17 Men B String: 100m 1st Callum Smyth 12.9; 3000m 2nd Danny Fairclough 11.17.6; Long Jump 1st Lewis Peacock 4.98; Triple Jump 1st Lewis Peacock 9.85; Discus 3rd Danny Fairclough 9.24

U15 Boys A String: 100m 3rd Shaun Palmer 14.8; 200m 3rd Matthew Gibson 28.0 400m 2nd Sam German 70.8; 800m 1st Matthew Ault 2.14.7;1500m 3rd Sam German 5.39.1; 80m H 3rd Shaun Palmer 16.6; High Jump 3rd Matthew Ault 1.50; Long Jump 2nd Shaun Palmer 4.32; Shot 2nd Matthew Ault 9.14; Hammer 3rd Sam German 7.91; 3rd Discus Adam Taylor 10.51; Javelin 3rd Matthew Gibson 18.19; 4 x 100m 2nd Ryan Ashcroft, Shaun Palmer, Sam German, Matthew Gibson 57.3

U15 Boys B String: 100m 2nd Ryan Ashcroft 14.5; 400m 3rd Adam Taylor 76.7; Long Jump 2nd Ryan Ashcroft 4.06; High Jump 2nd Matthew Gibson 1.40; Shot 3rd Ryan Ashcroft 5.49; Hammer Adam Taylor 5.93

U13 Boys A String: 100m 3rd Noah Saunders15.1; 200m 3rd Noah Saunders 30.1; 800m 3rd Anthony Hulton 2.55.4; 1500m 1st Nathan Townsend 5.15.3; 75m H 2nd Izaak Dickinson 15.6; Long Jump 2nd James Lovell 3.85; High Jump 2nd Joseph Howe 1.20; Shot 3rd James Lovell 5.37; 4 x 100m 2nd Anthony Hulton, James Lovell, Isaak Dickinson, Noah Saunders 57.4 (CR)

U13 Boys B String: 100m 4th Isaak Dickinson15.8; 200m 4th James Lovell 31.6; 800m 3rd Jonathan Powis 2.56.0;1500m 1st Joseph Howe 5.16.5 75m Hurdles 3rd Anthony Hulton 18.2; Long Jump 4th Nathan Townsend 3.09; Shot 2nd Isaak Dickinson 4.93;

U17 Women A String: 100m 3rd Rachel Pearson 14.7; 200m 2nd Rachel Pearson 29.4; 300m 2nd Amy Philpotts 46.1; 800m 2nd Amy Philpotts 2.32.4; 1500m 2nd Rebekah Atkinson 5.45.2; 3000m 2nd Rebekah Atkinson 12.28.7; High Jump 2nd Laura Bannister 1.36; Long Jump 2nd Rebecca Buchanan 4.19; Triple Jump 1st Laura Bannister 9.00; Shot 1st Benita Cornforth 7.09; Discus 1st Benita Cornforth 17.94; Javelin 1st Laura Tunstall 20.19; Hammer 1st Benita Carnforth 17.68; 4 x 100m 1st Benita Cornforth, Rachel Pearson, Rebecca Buchanan, Tiffany Dacre 55.2; 4 x 300m 2nd Rebekah Atkinson, Laura Bannister, Laura Tunstall, Amy Philpotts 3.20.9

U17 Women B String: 100m 2nd Tiff Dacre 14.9; 200m 1st Rebecca Buchanan 29.3; 300m 2nd Naomi Sivill 55.0; 800m 2nd Laura Tunstall 2.52.8; 1500m 2nd Laura Tunstall 6.07.4; Long Jump 1st Tiffany Dacre 3.72; Triple Jump 1st Rebecca Buchanan 8.37; Shot 2nd Naomi Sivill 5.66; Discus 1st Amy Philpotts 15.59; Javelin 1st Tiff Dacre 9.40

U15 Girls A String: 100m 1st Hannah Storey 13.6; 200m 1st Hannah Storey 27.7 (CR); 800m 3rd Kelly Sivill 2.35.4; 1500m 4th Emma Hargreaves 5.53.5; 75m H 1st Hannah Storey 13.8; Long Jump 3rd Anna Charnley 4.11; High Jump 2nd Beth Miller 1.33; Shot 3rd Georgina Carnforth 5.97; Discus 4th Anna Charnley 12.55; Javelin 3rd Georgina Cornforth 12.07; 4 x 100m 3rd Georgina Cornforth, Hannah Storey, Anna Charnley, Beth Miller 55.0

U15 Girls B String: 100m 3rd Beth Miller 14.7; 200m 2nd Beth Miller 29.6; 800m 3rd Katy Voce 3.01.5; 75m H 2nd Katy Voce 16.2; Shot 3rd Kellie Sivill 5.20; Discus 2nd Georgina Cornforth 11.43; Long Jump 2nd Katy Voce 3.92. Javelin 2nd Anna Charnley 7.92

U13 Girls A String: 75m 3rd Laura Taylor 11.6; 150m 2nd Gabrielle Whittle 21.9; 800m 2nd Sophie Myers 2.52.8; 1200m 2nd Phoebe Howe 4.18.5; 70m H 1st Laura Taylor 13.0; Long Jump 1st Laura Taylor 3.92; High Jump 1st Gabrielle Whittle 1.30; Shot 1st Natassia Dacre 6.95; 4 x 100m Relay 1st Sophie Myers, Gabrielle Whittle, Laura Taylor, Martha Gill 60.6

U13 Girls B String: 75m 3rd Martha Gill 12.2; 150m 3rd Sophie Williams 24.4; 800m 1st Lucy Philpotts 2.57.5; 1200m 2nd Sophie Williams 4.57.4; 70m H 1st Gabrielle Whittle 14.3; Long Jump 1st Martha Gill 3.76; High Jump 1st Martha Gill 1.26; Shot 1st Sophie Williams 5.94

Mid Lancs League Meeting 2 - Hyndburn 30th May

2009-06-07T22:07:00.002+01:00

With the sun beating down and the smell of sun cream filling the air 13 competitors turned out for an excellent days competition in Hyndburn.

Some familiar faces from the Horwich squad were joined by 3 debuting senior competitors, Alison Storey, Andrew Storey and Trevor Williams.

Alison jumped an excellent PB in the long jump with 3.12m with Andrew reaching 4.56m and Trevor 4.09m.

Trevor also produced a great throw of 7.69m in the shot with Jack Thomas achieving 7.46m here also.

Andrew and Jack later teamed up with Matt Storey and Carl Foster, to cover an age range of some 30 years, and produced a fantastic performance in the 4 X 100m relay event.

A big thank you to all those who gave their time as officials throughout the day, especially Andy Townsend, Pauline and Trevor Williams, Mike Howe, Fiona Myers, Steve Thomas and Noah Saunders.

Full results to follow.

I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting at Bolton, 27th June.

Suzanne Saunders

Mid Lancs League Co-ordinator

Horwich RMI Harriers and AC

Report for Northern Outdoor Championships 2009 plus Junior League and Trafford Open

2009-06-01T10:01:00.002+01:00

Jamie Crompton cemented his position as the UK’s number one U 17 steeplechaser by winning the North of England title. Jamie literally ran away from the competition winning by 20 seconds His time is a new club record and takes him into the top 30 of all time for the event.

Meanwhile a number of Horwich Athletes competed in other meetings over the Bank Holiday.

At the Junior League match at Preston and following his North of England win Jamie Crompton stepped up in distance to run the 2000m steeplechase and again continued his winning form in a time which takes him straight to the top of the UK rankings for an U 20 despite still only being 16.

Jack Thomas was close to his best in winning the 100m B race whilst April Stevenson had a comfortable win over 800m.

At Trafford Young Athletes Open meeting Gabrielle Whittle continued to show her all round potential as she picked up three medals, two silvers and a bronze in the Hurdles, High Jump and 75m.

Full results

Report - Horwich RMI Harriers, Young Athletes League Warrington – 17th May

2009-06-01T09:51:00.002+01:00

Horwich RMI Harriers maintained their winning form in the Young Athletes League at Warrington on Sunday. Despite atrocious weather conditions there were a number of great performances.

Once again Jamie Crompton was to the fore with a scintillating run in the 1500m steeplechase to record the fastest time in the country so far this year and then backed it up woth a win in the Javelin ! Also at U 17 Dylan Smith had a double win in the 100m and Long Jump whilst at U 15 level Matthew Ault won the High Jump and shot. In the U 13s there were strong firsts in the middle distance with Joseph Howe triumphing over 800m and Nathan Townsend doing likewise over 1500m.

In the U 17 Women there was a double first over 100m through Rachel Pearson and Tiffany Dacre and also in the Hammer with Benita Cornforth and Tiffany Dacre. At U 15 level Hannah Storey and Beth Miller were totally dominant winning both A and B races over 100m and 200m, whilst Laura Taylor and Gabrielle Whittle ensured a double first at U 13 level in the hurdles.

Overall the U 17 women, U 15 women and U 13 boys won their sections whilst all the other teams were second in their categories ensuring overall victory.

RESULTS

2 athletes - 5 medals

2009-05-13T09:35:00.003+01:00

Athletics meeting Trafford Open 04.05.2009

Noah & Jonah Saunders competed in the 2nd Trafford Open of the year and collectively received 5 medals.

Noah Saunders U13s

75m - 11.2s 1st place - Gold
150m - 23.0 s 3rd place - bronze
Discus - 10.7m 3rd place - bronze

Jonah Saunders U11s

Discus - 9.20m 2nd place - Silver & Club Record
Shot - 4.40m 2nd place - Silver & PB

Report for Lancashire Championships

2009-05-12T09:28:00.002+01:00

Laura Taylor produced the run of her life to win the Lancashire U 13s hurdles title at the weekend and in doing so smash both the Club and the County Championship record.

Laura had only contested the 70 m Hurdles once before but ran confidently in her heat to finish in second place despite hitting a hurdle to qualify for the final. In the final she knew that she would have to run at least half a second faster than her heat to win and this she did and in the process broke the Championship Record. Laura also was close to her best in both the Long Jump and 100m making the finals in these events as well.

Also in the medals was Gary Priestly who had a solid run to finish 3rd in the Senior 5000m.

Full results :-

Seniors – 5000m Gary Priestly 16.00.1 3rd

Under 17 – 800m Zac Howe 2.14.1, 1500m Zac Howe 4.42.6

Under 13 – 100m Laura Taylor 15.0 7th, 800m Pheobe Howe 2.55.3, 1500m Joseph Howe 5.22.1, 70 m Hurdles Laura Taylor 12.6 1st CBP, Long Jump Laura Taylor 3.88 8th

Mid Lancs Blackpool - 18th April 2009

2009-05-11T11:13:00.002+01:00

What an opener and what a turn out on a fine sunny day in Blackpool. 25 athletes competed on the day with 7 debut performances.

Highlights of the competition were the achievements of AAA standard by:-

Hannah Storey U15G 100m 13.6s G4
Beth Miller U15G 100m 13.4s G4
Laura Taylor U13G LJ 3.81m G4
Tassia Dacre U13G Javelin 16.67m G4
Gabrielle Whittle U13G 100m 14.2s G3
Gabrielle Whittle U13G 200m 29.7s G3

There were wins by both U13 Relay Teams with times of:-

62s for the girls team. Lucy Keating, Laura Taylor, Gabrielle Whittle and Sophie Williams.
61.7s for the boys team. Nathan Townsend, Noah Saunders, Isaak Dickinson and James Lovell.

After the total tally of points, Horwich Womens team top the table with 115.5 points and the mens team on 105 pts hold 2nd place.

Thanks for all who helped on the day and I look forward to seeing you in Hyndburn on 30th May.

Suzanne Saunders
Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club
Team Manager

Full results

Junior Fell Championship 2009

2009-05-11T11:10:00.000+01:00

Junior Fell Championship Best six results from nine races (Scoring 10 points for first in age group down to 1 point for 10^th place)

May 4^th Wray Caton from Wray Nr Lancaster Village Fair and Scarecrows 11.35a.m 1.5 ml

May 9^th Belmont Winter Hill 12.30 p.m

May 31^st Saddleworth Nr Oldham 11.00 a.m

June 4^th Henderson End Rivington 1.9 ml 6.30 p.m

June 20^th Clougha Pike Quernmore Nr Lancaster 2.00 p.m

June 28^th English Junior Championships Patterdale .75 ml (Five Bonus Points for each Horwich Junior) running 1.00 p.m Country Fair at venue

August 5^th Whittle Pike Rossendale 7.00p.m

August 12^th Piilgrims Cross Helmshore 6.30 p.m

August 22^nd Darwen Gala Junior Race 1.00 p.m

I will do my best to get to most of the races listed but if I don’t make it and you do can you forward a result sheet to me and I will produce a championship sheet as the season progresses

We are still meeting at the Arena on a Monday at 6.30 until 7.30 p.m for track work

Tony & Brenda Hesketh tel 01204 668183 or 07973 302432

Junior Athletes of the Month - April 2009

2009-05-08T22:01:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to

Girls Yr 3&4

Isobel Dean

Boys Yr 3&4

Callum Gordon

Girls Yr 5&6

Emily Shelmerdine

Boys Yr 5&6

Luke Anderton

Congratulations to all of you for your hard work and effort in training and the great improvement made over the past few weeks.

Kind regards

Mark Dacre

Mike Houghton

Erika Smallridge

Jack Thomas

Rebecca Keating

Horwich RMI Harriers

Wray Caton

2009-05-06T09:27:00.006+01:00

An excellent turn out of twelve juniors running at the Wray Caton Fell Race on Monday. We were rewarded with three winners for the first race in the Horwich Junior Fell Championship.

Phoebe Howe won the U/12, brother Joesph won the U/14 and, not to be outdone, Zach Howe won the u/16. This bodes well for the future, and the next race in the Championship, Belmont Winter Hill on the 9th May.

Tony H.

RESULTS.

Report - Horwich RMI Harriers, Young Athletes League Wigan – 3rd May

2009-05-05T09:33:00.003+01:00

Horwich RMI Harriers achieved their greatest team success on the Track to date winning the opening fixture of the Young Athletes League and defeating Wigan Harriers in a close fought battle at their Home Track on Sunday. For a club who has only started specialising in Track and Field over the past few years this win was testament to the dedication of the athletes and coaches involved and demonstrates that Horwich RMI is now one of the premier Track and Field clubs in the North.

Leading the way were the U 13s with two athletes in the girls, Laura Taylor and Gabrielle Whittle winning all three of their events, Laura also claimed a club record in the Hurdles whilst Gabrielle was named Club Athlete of the Match for Horwich RMI Women for her Grade 2 performance over 75 m. In the U 13 boys Noah Saunders and James Lovell ensured clean sweeps over 100m and 200m as did Nathan Townsend and Joseph Howe in the 1500m and Thomas Gillett and Izaak Dickinson in the hurdles. For good measure Joseph also won the High Jump.

In the U 15 girls Beth Miller secured two firsts over 100m and 200m whilst in the boys wins were gained by Matthew Ault in the 800m and Shot, Jacob Thornton over 1500m, Shaun Palmer in the hurdles and Adam Taylor in the Hammer.

For the U 17 women Rebecca Atkinson and Laura Tunstall had double victories over 1500m and 3000m and 1500m and Javelin respectively. Laura Bannister won the 300m Hurdles whilst Becky Buchanan and Tiff Dacre were also in winning mood in the Triple Jump and Hammer. In the U 17 Men Ola Abidojun and Dylan Smith had a double first in the 100m and then Dylan teamed up with Lewis Peacock for a repeat double victory in the Long Jump. Finally Jamie Crompton produced the performance of the day over 1500m steeplechase with a grade 1 performance to win Horwich RMI’s Club Man of the match award in a time which takes him to the top of the UK rankings in this event and follows up on his UK leading performance over 1500m, 3.57.3, at the Northern League on the day before

Full results.

Ready, Steady Go! Horwich RMI Harriers & AC for 2009

2009-04-01T14:29:00.003+01:00

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC Juniors get set for the 2009 season, which started with a warm up for some of the Juniors at the recent indoor Open meeting at Sportcity, Manchester. 25 young athletes competed on the day, with many personal bests and at least 3 new club records.

Fine debut performances for the Girls came from Jodie McLaughlin, Jessica Clarke, Grace and Emily Shelmerdine. For the Boys, great debuts from Izaak Dickinson, Anthony Hulton, Keegan Edwards, Liam Wright and Thomas Gillett.

3 New club records came from Alex Woods in the under 11 Girls 200m with a fantastic time of 34.20s and Kai Brown in the Under 11 Boys 200m with a time of 33.90s.

Not to be left out was Jonah Saunders with a sizzling time of 10.10s, breaking the Club Record in the 60m sprint, finishing 3rd overall.

Callum Gordon won the Under 9 Boys 60m sprint in a blistering time of 10.30s, whilst Jennie Maher won the Standing Long Jump for the Under 11 Girls with a leap of 1.58m. Well done to Luke Anderton who won the Under 11 Boys standing long jump with 1.76m and Ellie Dacre who was 2nd in the Girls Soft Javelin.

Sophie Williams won the Soft Javelin in the Under 13 girls category, whilst Lauren Ryder & Gabrielle Whittle ran well in the 60m sprint. Amelia Atherton produced her best in the standing triple jump, whilst Natassia Dacre threw well in the Soft Javelin.

Full Article.

HORWICH RMI HARRIERS & AC RECORD-BREAKERS

2009-02-18T16:48:00.004Z

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool 15th Feb 2009
HORWICH RMI HARRIERS & AC
RECORD-BREAKERS

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC turned out 24 athletes at the final meeting. Our Athletes performed magnificently and overall, the Horwich RMI Harriers Team finished in 3rd place in this tough and competitive League, behind Athletics “Premiership” teams, Preston & Blackpool.

Well done to Sophie Williams for breaking the Lancashire Sportshall Under 11 Girls record for Soft Javelin with a breath-taking throw of 20.25m. Congratulations to Martha Gill, who won the under 11 girls athlete of the whole tournament.

There were also many brave performances from the under 11’s including Eleanor Aindow, Jodie McLaughlin, Jenny Maher, Luke Anderton, Mackenzie Dacre and Kai Brown.

Under 13’s were supported by Noah Saunders, Gabrielle Whittle, Katie Bridge and Natassia Dacre. Under 15’s were Hannah Storey and Tiffany Dacre.

The individual age group final positions are as follows:-

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

CONGRATULATIONS to 4 members of our Under 13 & 15 teams for being chosen to represent Lancashire in the forthcoming North West Regional Finals:-

Matthew Gibson
Jack Shaw
Sam German
Beth Miller

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool 15th Feb 2009

Mark Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC
16/02/2009

Report for National Indoor Championships 2009

2009-02-18T16:39:00.002Z

April Stevenson continued her excellent indoor form winning the Silver Medal at the National Indoor Championships on Sunday.

April has already gained a silver in the North of England indoor championships and it was the same two girls, Leigh Lennon from Ribble Valley and April who battled it out again for the National title. Leigh once again went off fast and held the lead but April closed up on Leigh but just ran out of time to catch her, losing by just one second. With April having only just moved up into this age group it’s a successful start to 2009 for the 16 year old.

April’s next target will be an International Match to be held in Malta in 8 weeks time where both April and her club mate, Jamie Crompton (2000m Steeplechase) have been selected to represent the North of England team against teams from Malta, Egypt, Tunisa and Wales.

Full results :-

Under 20

April Stevenson 800m 2.12.65 Silver Medalist

Juniors out in all weathers!

2009-02-12T15:55:00.004Z

Martha Gill and Sophie Myers have been braving the weather - and just to make it harder they thought they'd do a swim first - 250m followed by a 2000m run.

The girls were competing in the Mersey tri club's 'aquathon' on Sunday. The age group in which they race had to endure the worst of the weather and the girls were still smiling at the end of it!

They both did extremely well.

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC Raise £ 560.50 for Derian House

2009-02-08T20:36:00.002Z

Fifty two young athletes from Horwich RMI Harriers & AC took part in the Horwich Rotary Xmas Heptathlon last December. All the young athletes ran, jumped and threw in 7 different indoor Sportshall athletic events in under 2 hours.

It was also a fund raising opportunity and these young athletes aged from 7 - 12 raised an amazing £ 560.50 towards a local children’s charity, Derian House.

A cheque was presented to Derian House by 4 of the young superstars on 7th February 2009.

(left to right, Henry Whitehead, Anthony Hulton, Martha Gill & Lucy Keating)

The athletes along with their parents, Athletic Coaches and Tom King from the Horwich Rotary visited Derian House and presented the cheque to Roya Khadem of Derian House.

M Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC
07/02/2009

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL ATHLETES THAT TRAIN OUTDOORS ON THE TRACK

2009-01-30T23:13:00.000Z

In event of bad weather, please ring the Bolton Arena on 01204 488100 to check the track is still open (especially in icy or snowy conditions). Please place the Arena's number on your mobile.

The reception at the Arena will be able to advise.

Horwich Rotary on 22nd Jan 2009

2009-01-30T23:11:00.003Z

Horwich RMI Harriers & AC

Natassia Dacre’s “thank you” delivered to Horwich Rotary on 22nd Jan 2009.

“Good afternoon Horwich Rotary. My name is Natassia Dacre. I started athletics when I was 7 years old and I have seen all of the changes that have taken place.

I am now 12 years old and I train with the under 13’s. The event that I like to do most is Javelin and my dad says I am ranked 14th in the North West last year. I hope to improve on it this year.

I would just like to take this opportunity to say on behalf of all of our young athletes, thank you to the Horwich Rotary in providing us with the indoor sportshall equipment and your kind support with the Christmas Heptathlon, which we have held for 3 years now and we have raised nearly £1,000 to charities.

We have kids with all different skills and abilities. All the equipment you have provided us has really given us a massive step for a brighter future. It is the chance for children to try all different events.

From Rotary Speech 2009

Cheque for £ 300 donated by Horwich Rotary for Sports Equipment.
Presented by Geoffrey Pearson to Natassia Dacre and Carl Foster of Horwich RMI Harriers

Schools in the local area have been taking part in many of our events and then later becoming members. However, our next challenge is to search for qualified coaches to help support us in events and training.

This is great for the local community. I have made new friends, learnt new skills, kept myself fit and had fun. It has been an amazing experience and I am sure all the athletes enjoy it. If you have any questions please ask Carl!

Thank you.”

Natassia Dacre, age 12
22/02/2009

Horwich RMI Harriers SOLID Team Performance

2009-01-27T09:19:00.001Z

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool
18th January 2009

This was the 2nd Meeting held for the season for Under 11’s, Under 13’s & Under 15’s. Our Team turned out a magnificent 33 athletes on the day!

Overall, Horwich RMI Harriers are still in 3rd position, closing up on Blackpool and Preston, after a very good team performance.

There were many personal bests on the day, with excellent performances from Hannah Storey, Beth Miller and Martha Gill for the Girls and Ryan Ashcroft, Matthew Gibson, Sam German, Anthony Hulton and James Lovell for the Boys.

Overall, Horwich RMI Harriers are lying in 3rd position after 2 meetings.

Full Results.

Report for Sportcity 11th Jan 2009

2009-01-27T09:10:00.001Z

Horwich RMI Athletes had a good day at the indoor meeting at Sportcity on Sunday.

Laura Bannister set a new personal best over 300m whilst two new club records were set by Shaun Palmer and Beth Miller over 60m Hurdles and 60m respectively.

From Sportcity 11th Jan 2009

Full results :-

Under 20

Jack Thomas
60m 7.55
200m 23.75

Jess Tomlinson
High Jump 1.30

Under 17

Rachel Pearson
200m 28.73
300m 47.23

Laura Bannister
200m 30.61
300m 48.78

Amy Philpotts
1000m 3.26.11

Under 15

Shaun Palmer
60m 8.81
60m H 11.44(CR)

Beth Miller
60m 8.58(CR)
200m 28.79

HORWICH RMI STAR QUARTET

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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

2008-12-11T09:33:00.003Z

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

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

2008-12-08T10:03:00.001Z

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

2008-12-02T10:35:00.000Z

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

2008-11-14T08:20:00.003Z

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

2008-11-09T16:43:00.002Z

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

2008-10-10T15:56:00.001+01:00

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

2008-09-24T09:09:00.003+01:00

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

Well done to our other Competitors who all performed magnificently.

Full Results

Arnold Seddon 2008

Report Young Athletes League – Deeside 22nd June

2008-06-24T10:00:00.002+01:00

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

2008-06-24T09:38:00.002+01:00

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

2008-06-03T09:10:00.000+01:00

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

2008-06-01T13:08:00.002+01:00

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

2008-05-14T09:22:00.001+01:00

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

Full details here.

Report Young Athletes League – Wigan 04th May

2008-05-12T08:25:00.002+01:00

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

2008-05-12T08:21:00.002+01:00

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