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Track & Field season coming up

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 30 March 2013; Last Updated: 30 March 2013; Hits: 4637

After a very succesful cross-country season many Harriers are now gearing up for the track and field season with the Monday junior training recommencing after the Bank Holiday on Monday April 8th, whilst the Tuesday sessions continue apace for the older athletes concentrating on middle distance events as well as longer endurance. There is the open meeting at Yeovil Arena on Sunday April 14th for all to make early season marks. For more information about the track season read on.

Frank 45th at the World XC Championships & Ben wins the Yeovil Half

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 23 March 2013; Last Updated: 26 March 2013; Hits: 3459

Wells City Harrier Frank Tickner finished an excellent 45th as part of the TeamGB competing at the World Cross-Country Championships on Sunday March 24th at Myslecinek Park in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz. There was live coverage on the BBC2 Channel with Frank starting well and settling into a good rhythm, on the classic cross-country course with one significant hill climb each of the 6 laps - 12km in total with snow on all the surrounding fields but mud underfoot by the time the senior men's race started. The TeamGB senior mens team finished in 11th place overall with Frank being the 3rd member of the team home behind Jonathan Taylor & Steve Vernon. This was Frank's 3rd trip to the world championships - he has also competed at Edinburgh (2008) and at Amman, Jordan.(2009) Well done Frank! Official report here:

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/march-2013/24-03-13-world-cross/

Also on the cross-country front, Oliver Fox was 6th in the Schools International running for English Schools at Dinefwr, Wales on Saturday. Oliver captained the Intermediate Boys team and was 4th English schools finisher. This follows on from his 6th place at the recent English Schools Championships. Also competing the same day for SW colleges, Matthew Dickinson was 4th at the National College Championships.

Meanwhile on Sunday, Frank's brother Ben Tickner was winning at the Yeovil Half Marathon: in a nippy 68.29, with the Club's Marathon Man for 2011 next home in 7th place with 76.18 (2nd v40). Graham Goldsmid was 42nd (3rd V50) in 88.43 and then Geoff Cole was next in with 1.37 for 133rd place. James Spring was 251st in 1.45 and Cath Goldsmid was home in 1.50 for 361st place in a total field of 813.

http://www.fullonsport.co.uk/fos/index.php?module=results&action=results&eventId=4051

Butleigh race: Dickinson & Harvey win

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 17 March 2013; Last Updated: 18 March 2013; Hits: 4201

The 32nd running of the Butleigh 7 mile multi-terrain race saw almost 100 competitors and the Harrier's Matthew Dickinson sweep to victory in a nippy 46.00 well clear of Kevin Wakins (51.03) in 2nd place. First for the women was Yeovil's Rose Harvey in 11th place overall in 54.40, with 2nd female Sarah May in 55.37. Remarkably Matthew Dickinson had competed the previous day at the English Schools XC Championships (see separate report below) but still felt fresh enough to gain his convincing victory here despite the muddy conditions. The race was organised by the Butleigh Playing Fields Association with the support of Wells City Harriers and was race No. 4 in the Somerset Race Series sponsored by M5 Glass.

Results

Full Results

Results by Gender

Results by Category

Link to the Somerset Race Series website here:

http://www.somersetseries.co.uk/

Pete Wright's report below:

English Schools XC Championships: Great running by all the Harriers

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 17 March 2013; Last Updated: 17 March 2013; Hits: 4663

Oliver Fox was top of the class for the 24 Harriers competing for their County Schools at the English Schools Cross-country Championships held at a muddy Catton Park, Derbyshire on Saturday. He finished 5th in the Inter-Boys race (Years 10 & 11), whilst Isobel Glaisher was 13th in the equivalent inter-girls race; and Emily Smith 17th in the senior girls race (Years 12 & 13).

New King & Queen of Street 5k crowned!

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 12 March 2013; Last Updated: 13 March 2014; Hits: 4389

The 24th Series of the Street 5k races drew to a close this past Wednesday when good racing conditions for the 144th running saw the final positions confirmed: Kieran Young (for the men) and Charlotte Baker (for the girls/women) were duly crowned the King & Queen of the Series. There was a host of pbs for the 5k race and also a course record for the 2k race when Alex Williams broke the record (6.52) and also claimed the overall shield for the 2k series; Connie Little winning the Series for the girls over the same distance. In the 1k series, Rachel Packard & William Carr take top honours for great consistent running, and William will be young enough to go again over the same distance next year. For full results see box to the right. For the report, read on....

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