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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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