HORWICH RMI STAR QUARTET

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

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

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

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

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

Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

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

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

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

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

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

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

There was fantastic help from the parents and other volunteers.

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

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

From Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

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


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

Horwich Rotary 2008 Christmas Heptathlon

Report for Sportcity 7th December 2008

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

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





Full results :-


Under 20

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

April Stevenson
600m 1.36.74


Under 17

Jamie Crompton
600m 1.34.88

Laura Bannister
200m 30.55
High Jump 1.35

Tiffany Dacre
60m 8.84
200m 29.68


Under 15

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

Beth Miller
60m 8.60
200m 29.01

Hannah Storey
60m 8.66
200m 29.59

Eleven Horwich RMI Athletes represent Lancashire

North West Regional Under 11’s Sportshall Athletics Final 2008

Sport City 23/11/08

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

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

Congratulations to the following athletes that took part,

GIRLS

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

BOYS

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

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





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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

Mark Dacre

Horwich RMI Harriers

Junior Coach

Young Horwich RMI Harriers Stars Sparkle at Blackpool

From Lancashire Sportshall 2008 Blackpool

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

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

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

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

Lancashire Sportshall 2008 Blackpool

Red Rose League - Witton Park - 11th Oct

RACE START TIMES

Under 11 Boys and Girls 12.30 pm

Under 13 Boys and Girls 12.45 pm

Under 15 Boys and Girls 1.00 pm

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

Junior, Senior and Veteran Men 2.00 pm