Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool

Round 3
17th February 2008

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

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

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

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

The individual age group final positions are as follows:-

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

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

Hannah Storey
Beth Miller
Sam Mercer
Matthew Ault
George Burton

Full results to follow.

Lancs Sportshall, Blackpool

Lancashire Sportshall Meeting, Blackpool

Round 2
20th January 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results to follow.

Northern Indoor Championships - Sheffield

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

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

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



U 20 Men

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

U 17 Men

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

TRAINING CANCELLED

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

Mark Dacre

December Newsletter

The December Newsletter is now available here.

Report for Sportcity 9th Dec 2007

Horwich RMI athletes produced an array of personal bests at the first Sportcity Open meeting of the Winter season on Sunday.

Leading the way was Ali Alhakleem. During the Summer Ali’s best throw in the Shot Put was 8.63m however with dedication and specialist coaching Ali smashed both his personal best and the club record with an amazing 10.93, a 2.3 metre improvement ! Not to be outdone Becky Norris reduced her club U 20 60m record to 8.53 seconds whilst Jack Thomas was just one hundredth outside the U 20 mens record.

In addition personal bests were set by Matt Storey, Becky Buchanan, Rachel Pearson, Laura Bannister, Zac Howe, Hannah Storey and new member Becky Leadbetter.

Full results :-


Under 20

Jack Thomas
60m 7.43

Becky Norris
60m 8.53 Club Record and pb


Under 17

Matt Storey
60m 7.50 pb
300m 37.29 pb

Becky Buchanan
60m 8.62
300m 46.79 pb
LJ 3.88

Rachel Pearson
300m 47.07 pb
Shot 6.13


Under 15

Ali Alhakleem
Shot 10.93 Club Record and pb

Zac Howe
1000m 3.21.39

Hannah Storey
60m 8.95 pb
300m 47.98 pb

Laura Bannister
1000m 3.44.39 pb
HJ 1.25 pb

Becky Leadbetter
60m 9.89 pb

2007 Christmas Heptathlon

Indoor Sportshall Agility Challenge


This was held at the Bolton Arena on Monday 3rd December 2007 and we had an incredible 65 Competitors from our own club competing! What a fantastic night, packed with fun for all those that took part. All the young athletes had to run, jump and throw in 7 different events in less than 2 hours.

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 winners were the “Cupid Team”, captained by Sam Mercer, with the rest of the team being, Noah Saunders, Alex Critchley, Amelia Atherton, Sally Burton, Holly Clarke, Jake Haslam, Jane Moorhouse and Penny.

It was also a fund raising opportunity and to date we estimate we may collect in the region of £400 towards a local charity Nr Chorley, “Rainbow House”.

A huge thank you for all the Parents, who helped officiating on the night. We could not have pulled off this type of event without that kind of support.

We had special guests on the night from Wigan Harriers, Don Moss and Sharon Walls (GB Athlete – presented the prizes). Sarah Friday from England Athletics also made a visit.

Finally, a big thank you to the Rotary Club of Horwich for supporting this year’s event. Rotarian Billy Bromilow commented on what a great event this was and it’s a credit to the Community of Horwich and Districts!

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 may their Coaches very proud!

2007 Christmas Heptathlon

Rob, Mark, Tony, Vicky & Belinda
Horwich RMI Harriers & AC
Happy Xmas & New Year
03/12/2007