Sportshall Athletics NW Regional Finals

Horwich RMI Harriers
Sportshall Athletics NW Regional Finals

Seven Horwich RMI Athletes represent Lancashire


Teams came from all over the North West, i.e. Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria. There was a high standard on show from all the counties.

Congratulations to the Horwich RMI Harriers Under 13 Boys, Matthew Ault, Sam Mercer, George Burton and Matthew Gibson ; Under 13 Girls, Hannah Storey and Beth Miller ; Under 15 Girls, Rachel Pearson for representing Lancashire in the North West Regional Finals held at Wigan on 24th February 2008.

The Under 13 Boys of Lancashire finished 3rd in their team Competition, whilst the Under 13 Girls narrowly missed out on winning and finished Runners-up behind Cheshire. Congratulations to Rachel Pearson as she has qualified to compete in the UK National Finals at the NEC Arena, Birmingham as her Under 15 Lancashire Girls Team finished Winners of the North West.

There were magnificent performances from all the Horwich Athletes, including many Personal Bests. Hannah Storey produced breathtaking performances winning 2 Gold Medals, by winning the 4 Lap individual race and coming from behind to win a very exciting 8 Lap Parlauf Race .

A proud day for “Magnificent Seven” from Horwich RMI Harriers.


Individual Event Results as follows:-

Rachel Pearson :
2 LAP – 24.4s
Speed Bounce – 65
St Long Jump – 1.90m

Hannah Storey :
4 LAP – 51.3 (in Final) – 1st Place (Gold Medal)
St Long Jump – 2.05m

Beth Miller :
Vertical Jump – 46

Matthew Gibson :
St Long Jump – 2.09m – 4th Place

Matthew Ault :
4 LAP – 50.7 (in Final) – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
Shot Putt – 8.09m – 4th Place

Sam Mercer :
6 LAP – 1m20.6s – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
Vertical Jump – 41

George Burton :
Shot Putt – 7.28m



Mark Dacre
Horwich RMI Harriers
24.02.2008

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