These championships were held at a very windy Royal Hospital School course and attracted the best young runners from across the region for what proved to be a tough race. The quality of the opposition was very high, much higher than they would normally experience, and it was to the credit of those that attended that they were prepared to compete at this level. All of them gained valuable experience which would not be possible in the Suffolk Winter league. All of them raised their profile and all the U13s were selected for Suffolk in the inter counties at Croydon later this year.
Chloe Godbold was the only U13 female Harrier to run and came 11th in a time of 13:13. The best performance of the day was Henry Milldown getting 2nd (10:54) in the U13 boys race and with help from Chris Jones (6th) and Josh Richards they achieved 2nd place in the team event as well.
Olivia Mair and Gabby Hartfield were the U15 girls representatives up against Gemma Holloway the premier U15 cross country runner in this area and did very well in finishing in 17:06 and 18:59 respectively. Richard Ling produced a storming finish to get 6th place (14:55) in the U15 boys with George Williams managing 15:57 in his first championship meeting.
Finally Ross Tenant did very well finishing 2nd in the U17 race in a time of 19:29 with his clubmate Tobias Rankin in 14th with 21;01.
Under 20 Women
48 Charlotte Christensen 17:58
Under 20 Men
4 Kieran Clements 20:44
Senior Men
53 Andrew Rooke 31:24
114 Chris Rooke 33:18
Ross Fawcett continued his impressive recent road running form after taking wins at the Saxons 5 mile race and the Great East 10k he added to to his race victories with a win at the Hadleigh 10 mile race. Racing a distance he had never even ran before in training, Ross ran a sensible and well paced race to storm to victory in a time of 58:52. Following Ross around was Neil Gillingham who was aiming to break 70 minutes for the first time the distance. Neil ran a well calculated race and recorded a negative spilt for the race and finished in 48th position in a new pb of 68:41. An impressive 268 athletes completed the hilly course.
The full 10 mile race was supported by a junior fun run and Harriers had a five athletes taking part in this race too. Chris Jones ran well to finish in 6th position, followed home by Angus Harrington in 7th position. Chloe Godbold was the next Harrier home in 12th position closely followed home by Lauren Ramsey in 13th position. The final Harrier home was Carly Goode in 19th position. A total of 69 junior athletes completed the course.
Hadleigh 10 Results
1st Ross Fawcett 58m52s
48th Neil Gillingham 68m41s
Hadleigh Fun Run Results
6th Chris Jones 07m40s
7th Angus Harrington 07m50s
12th Chloe Godbold 08m14s
13th Lauren Ramsey 08m15s
19th Carly Goode 09m04s
Congratulations to Kieran Clements for his win in the junior race at the first cross challenge race of the season at Bristol. The following is an extract from a report on the day's races on the UKA website:-
In the junior men's race it was Kieran Clements who was dominant at the front, with Liam Brady of Ireland chasing hard.
Finishing in a time of 23.31, Clements, who went off hard and didn't look back, was the impressive winner followed by Brady (24.16) and Alex Hill in third place in 24.24.
"I'm pleased with my performance today, I expected a bit more of a challenge but it was good to get out there and slog it out by myself and get some good preparation for Liverpool," said Clements.
"Liverpool is the big target and if I get into the team for the Europeans that would be pretty much good enough for me this year. If I get there I would push for a top 15 place, so I will just see what I can do.
"It was a tough course, I kicked a lap too early not realising I had another lap to go, so it was quite tough." (UKA, 2011)
Under 20 Men
1 Kieran Clements 23:31
11th 44m12s Glynn Thomas
41st 48m07s Neil Gillingham
Neil Gillingham has kindly put together a comprehensive list of road races and multi events in 2012 that may be of interest to club members.
U15 Girls
64th 26:20.00 (9:16.70 E Tennant, 8:44.95 A Goodwin, 8:18.35 C Wickens)
U17 Men
23rd 30:00.80 (10:16.75 T Rankin, 9:54.55 R Tennant, 9:49.50 A Revell)
Junior Men
12th 28:19.25 (9:43.10 J Powley, 8:46.65 K Clements (Fastest Leg), 9:49.50 P Gravett-Curl)
Senior Men
16:32.40 (29) A Rooke (incomplete team)
full results
20k
52nd 1h29m18s Neil Gillingham
153rd 1h43m58s Logan Mair
10k
1st 36m00s Ross Fawcett
Congratulations go to Kieran Clements for his selection to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia on Sunday 11 December as a member of the junior GB & NI team. This follows Kieran's fourth place finish at the trials at Liverpool last weekend.
1 Kieran Clements 31:41.4
Saxons 5 Mile Race - 16th October
1st Ross Fawcett 29m00s
21st Neil Gillingham 34m16s
Wix 5 Mile Race - 16th October
2nd James Powley 26m51s
309th Neil Gillingham 91:37
IH AGM Minutes 2010
IH Chairperson and Secretary reports 2011
IHSA AGM Minutes 2010
IHSA Chairman's Report 2011
For those who have smart phones and/or use things like MS Outlook, or Windows Live I've created a Google Calendar with all the Suffolk Winter League fixtures on.
(It's in ICAL format so should work with most things out there!)
You should be able to incorporate the calendar link above to your app of choice.
No more excuses missing a fixture again! :o)
Have fun!
On a slightly warm Sunday in October!
1st 32m28s Kieran Clements
3rd 34m53s James Powley
9th 35m49s Patrick Gravett-Curl
13th 37m01s Andrew Revell
60th 44m25s Lucy Barnes (3rd Women)
84th 47m11s Neil Gillingham
130th 53m10s Emma Burroughs
1st Male Team Ipswich Harriers (Clements, Powley and Gravett-Curl)
Ipswich Harriers had two athletes competing for Great Britain at the annual ITU Duathlon World Championships this year held in Gijon, Spain. These athletes were . . . full report
On a warm sunny Sunday morning the 3rd edition of the relaunched Ipswich Half Marathon took place. The course itself is a challenging course. The race starts near Northgate before heading into town via Christchurch Park running along the main shopping street in Ipswich, which all is a very fast part of the race as there are many downhill sections in this part. Then it becomes tough, heading out of town it heads up High Street which is nice and hilly and then back along the Bridleway in Christchurch Park which is hilly. After this the race heads towards Dale Hall Lane and then out of Ipswich. The race then has two more steep hills before returning to Ipswich near Humber Doucy Lane and then back to Northgate for one lap of the track and then finish.
Ipswich Harriers had three athletes taking part this year. Chris Rooke who finished second last year returned to have another at taking the title. Chris battled hard to finish second again in a good time of 76:13. Following Chris home was Neil Gillingham in a time of 98:16 in 101st position completing his seventh half marathon of the year. Kirsty Thorndyke was the third Harrier to take part and the only Harrier female to take part ran a new personal best of 1:51:53 in 334th position in her third half marathon of the year. A total of 857 runners completed the course.
2nd 76:13 Chris Rooke
101st 98:16 Neil Gillingham
334th 1:51:53 Kirsty Thorndyke
2833rd Daniel Jones 1h40m20s
Neil completed the Robin Hood Marathon in Nottingham in a time of 3 hours 41 mins and 31 secs in 262nd place. The following is Neil's review of the event:-
The Robin Hood Marathon is my third marathon within a year and a half and with previous times of 4h42m and 3h56m, I was hoping to run around the 4 hour mark as I had been training lightly for this marathon for the furthest run pre rsce being only 10 miles.
The marathon runs alongside the half marathon and for the first 12.5 miles follow the same scenic route.
Starting and finishing alongside the river Trent at Victoria Embankment, you will run past many of Nottingham's historical and well known landmarks including Robin Hood himself just outside Nottingham Castle, Wollaton Deer Park and Wollaton Hall. As you pass through Nottingham University you will view the magnificent Trent Building as you run around the lake before returning past the Experian building and onto the tree lined Victoria Embankment to start the second half of the race. The first half of the race is hilly.
At approximately 12.5 miles the full marathon runners split off from the half marathon runners and run along the promenade path by the Trent and under Trent Bridge before passing over Lady Bay Bridge, leaving the city and into Nottinghamshire. The route then takes in the National Water Sports Centre and Holme Pierrepont Hall before returning along the Trent cycle path to County Hall and passes over the old toll bridge and onto the tree lined Victoria Embankment to the finish. The race after 10.5 miles is almost entirely flat.
The weather on race day was good for running until in the marathon you turned for home at the National Water Sports Centre as there was a strong headwind for 5 of the final 6 miles which was testing for the best and the most experienced of the athletes.
This time was a 15 minute improvement of my Virgin London Marathon performance this year and a whole hour of my 2010 Virgin London Marathon performance. Things are looking encouraging for a potential sub 3h30m clocking at my next marathon dependant on training, the course and weather conditions.
Ipswich Harriers pulled off a terrific victory in the Eastern Young Athletes Plate Final held at Northgate. It was a satisfying end to a terrific season for the youngsters in which . . . full report and photos
For the final Southern Womens league meeting of the season Harriers travelled to Basildon for what was their chance to . . . full report and photos
1st 32m32s Elliot Palmer
2nd 33m13s Kieran Clements
5th 36m20s Andrew Revell
6th 36m24s Patrick Gravett-Curl
18th 39m18s Glynn Thomas
27th 41m55s Neil Gillingham
66th 44m37s Daniel Jones
120th 48m40s Stephen Benson
137th 49m37s Kirsty Thorndyke
144th 49m48s Emma Burroughs
1st Male Team Ipswich Harriers (Palmer, Clements and Revell)
Pamela Andrews is conducting research into "The Relationship Mental Toughness has with Coping with Injury and Rehabilitation Adherence in Runners" for an MSc in Advanced Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. Pamela is looking for runners over 18 years old and any experience level, distance/terrain etc. the runner needs to have sustained an injury, which led them to miss training or competition for at least 3 days. There is a survey for anyone interested in participating.
Harriers travelled to Colchester for the final East Anglian League meeting and for the second week running we put in some terrific performances to qualify for . . . full report and photos
Ipswich Harriers travelled to Thurrock for the final leg of the Eastern Young Athletes league hoping to qualify for the plate final being held at Northgate on 5th September. In the end they . . . full report and photos
Eleven athletes from Ipswich Harriers made the long trip to Kinston to represent Suffolk in the Under 13 inter-county event. Everyone rose to the challenge and put in . . . full report
The final round of the National Junior League took place at Norman Park, Bromley for the Suffolk and Essex Saxons. There was still a possibility that . . . full report and photos
31st 32:43 Neil Gillingham
58th 34:29 Lucy Barnes (4th female)
90th 37:49 Emma Burroughs (13th female)
12th 18:49 Neil Gillingham
Congratulations to the victorious Harriers team of Andrew Revell, Bradley Wattlesworth, Chris Rooke, James Powley, Elliot Parmer and Kieran Clements at Sunday's Ekiden Relays. They completed the relay in 2:21:59.
7.2k - Andrew Revell 0:25:31
5k - Bradley Wattlesworth 0:17:25
10k - Chris Rooke 0:33:02
5k - James Powley 0:16:59
10k - Elliot Parmer 0:33:21
5k - Kieran Clements 0:15:42
The third round of the East Anglian League took place at the West Suffolk Stadium at Bury. Harriers took strong teams in most age sections, and for the first time . . .
full report and
photos
Full results
non scorers
The third round of the National Junior League for the Suffolk and Essex Saxons took place at the revamped Gloucester Park stadium at Basildon. The opposition in this league gets . . . full report and photos
We had two Harriers, Emma Burroughs and Neil Gillingham, compete in the full series of Friday 5 races with Emma finishing third overall in the junior women's category and Neil 20th in the senior men's.
Ipswich Harriers traveled to Mile End, the home of Victoria Park AC for the 3rd round of the Senior Womens premier division. Their opponents in this match were . . . full report and photos
79th 32m24s Neil Gillingham
173rd 35m04s Daniel Jones
212th 36m22s Emma Burroughs
271st 38m21s Kirsty Thorndyke
44th 43m58s Neil Gillingham
24th 19m37s Neil Gillingham
148th Daniel Jones 35m37s
211th Emma Burroughs 37m40s
224th Kirsty Thorndyke 38m09s
The second round of the East Anglian League took place at the Lynnsport complex in Kings Lynn. The senior mens team was boosted by . . .
full report and
photos
Full results
The second round of the Eastern Young athletes league took place at a very wet Woodside Stadium in Watford on 12th June. The performance shown by the Harriers was . . . full report and photos
1500m
3:51.98 Elliot Palmer U23
3:55.12 Kieran Clements U20
Friday evening saw the second of the Friday 5 series take place on a warm evening in Kirton. The warm weather saw an impressive 473 finishers in the race. Harriers had 5 athletes taking part in the senior 5 mile race.
James Powley had great success in this race in recent years and followed last years good 3rd place with a victory this year crossing the line 21 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Andrew Revell stepping up to 5 mile distance recorded a impressive position of 15th. Neil Gillingham taking part in his second race of the series ran positively to record a new personal best and a 61st place finish.
Lucy Barnes making her debut over the 5 mile distance finished 119th overall but scored a victory in the girls 15 - 17 age group recording a time of 34m04s. Emma Burroughs taking part in her second race of the series finished in 312th position.
1st 26m39s James Powley
15th 28m36s Andrew Revell
61st 31m58s Neil Gillingham
119th 34m04s Lucy Barnes (1st girl 15 - 17)
312th 39m59s Emma Burroughs
The Friday 5 series continues with
10 June Stowmarket Friday 5 (Haughley Park)
24 June Bury Friday 5 (Nowton Park)
08 July Great Bentley Friday 5 (Great Bentley Village Hall)
The Bupa 10000 takes place around the streets of London and is entirely held upon closed roads with good crowd support.
The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. James's Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area.
The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.
Runners pass many of London's famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra's Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul's Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.
The course likely to be used for the 2012 Olympic Marathons.
This is a great race for runners wanting to experience running in London but do not feel ready to undertake the London Marathon.
This year 9805 athletes completed the course.
577th 41m45s Neil Gillingham
The Essex and Suffolk Saxons competed in the second round of the National Junior Athletics Premier League which took place at our 'home' venue Chelmsford. A strong Ipswich presence helped the Saxons achieve . . .
full report and
photos
Full results available at NJL website
5000m
14:40.05 Elliot Palmer U23
14:49.40 Kieran Clements U20 (PB)
Friday evening saw the second of the Friday 5 series take place on a warm evening in Kirton. The warm weather saw an impressive 473 finishers in the race. Harriers had 5 athletes taking part in the senior 5 mile race.
James Powley had great success in this race in recent years and followed last years good 3rd place with a victory this year crossing the line 21 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Andrew Revell stepping up to 5 mile distance recorded a impressive position of 15th. Neil Gillingham taking part in his second race of the series ran positively to record a new personal best and a 61st place finish.
Lucy Barnes making her debut over the 5 mile distance finished 119th overall but scored a victory in the girls 15 - 17 age group recording a time of 34m04s. Emma Burroughs taking part in her second race of the series finished in 312th position.
1st 26m39s James Powley
15th 28m36s Andrew Revell
61st 31m58s Neil Gillingham
119th 34m04s Lucy Barnes (1st girl 15 - 17)
312th 39m59s Emma Burroughs
The Friday 5 series continues with
10 June Stowmarket Friday 5 (Haughley Park)
24 June Bury Friday 5 (Nowton Park)
08 July Great Bentley Friday 5 (Great Bentley Village Hall)
The Bupa 10000 takes place around the streets of London and is entirely held upon closed roads with good crowd support.
The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. James's Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area.
The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.
Runners pass many of London's famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra's Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul's Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.
The course likely to be used for the 2012 Olympic Marathons.
This is a great race for runners wanting to experience running in London but do not feel ready to undertake the London Marathon.
This year 9805 athletes completed the course.
577th 41m45s Neil Gillingham
The Essex and Suffolk Saxons competed in the second round of the National Junior Athletics Premier League which took place at our 'home' venue Chelmsford. A strong Ipswich presence helped the Saxons achieve . . .
full report and
photos
Full results available at NJL website
5000m
14:40.05 Elliot Palmer U23
14:49.40 Kieran Clements U20 (PB)
Southern Men's League
Southern Women's League
56th 32m41s Neil Gillingham
184th 38m36s Emma Burroughs
Both Neil and Emma acheived personal bests
16th 18m56s Neil Gillingham
Neil achieved a personal best
1500m
3:50.61 Elliot Palmer U23 (PB)
3:54.98 Kieran Clements U20 (PB)
10k (592 Finishers)
25th 39m17s Danny Jackson
39th 40m53s Neil Gillingham (pb)
photos
Junior One Mile Fun Run (156 Finishers)
1st 05m23s Theo Passmore
3rd 05m40s Lauren Ramsey
Ipswich Harriers began the first leg of the East Anglian League at a sunny Northgate stadium with a comfortable win over some good opposition. There was a . . .
full report and
photos
Full results
3000m
Kieran Clements U20M 08:27.01
James Powley U20M 09:08.03
3000m
8:21.42 Elliot Palmer U23 (PB)
8:39.65 Kieran Clements U20
9:51.42 Bradley Wattleworth U17
After last years successful Southern Promotional final in the National Junior Athletic League, the first event of the 2011 season took place at Eton, the home of Thames Valley Harriers. As usual . . .
full report and
photos
Full results available at NJL website
After a long winter, Ipswich Harriers season got under way with the Senior Women's team traveling to Handy Cross, High Wycombe for the opening round of the Southern Women's premier division. Their opponents in this match were . . .
full report and
photos
women's results
girl's results and match scores
Bank holiday Monday 2nd May saw three Harriers make the trip up to Croxton near Thetford to take part in the Breckland 10k. On a rather warm and windy day the three Harriers performed well. Neil Gillingham ran a new 10k pb only 2 weeks after the London Marathon. Lucy Barnes making her debut over the 10k distance finished a fantastic 15th women overall despite still being an under 17 women and Tonya Antonis made a welcome return after a recent injury lay off.
75th 41m46s (pb) Neil Gillingham
108th 43m56s (pb) Lucy Barnes
115th 44m25s Tonya Antonis
It was a rather warm day in London on Sunday so I think times were a little bit down on what people were capable of. However I was pleased to break 4 hours, Kirsty was only 4 minutes down on her target time of 4h30m (and can't wait to do another one) and Gary was just happy to finish!! The results are as follows:
17th April - Virgin London Marathon
3102nd 03h23m30s Glynn Thomas
8497th 03h56m50s Neil Gillingham (pb)
17395th 04h34m10s Kirsty Thorndyke (pb)
33012th 06h23m42s Gary Austin (pb)
I have attached some photos as well.
Also on Sunday was the mini marathon:
Under 17 Men
2nd (in age group) 14m30s Kieran Clements
Under 17 Women
45th (in age group) 18m39s Hannah Pettersson
Under 15 Boys
12th (in age group) 15m52s Bradley Wattleworth
Dear Ipswich Harrier,
As you may or may not know, Keith Moore and myself have volunteered to coordinate and organise the ipswich end of the saxons, the joint team with chelmsford we enter in the national junior league.
This is the highest level at which an ipswich team can compete in and is an important step up from the eastern young athletes which is why the club consider it to be the highest priority for their athletes to compete in.
We are not going to force anyone into competing but I believe the level of competition will benefit all athletes right through from a performance level to the experience to be gained from participating. If you are interested, please let me know either by email or contact me on clubnghts. Any interest will not be considered as an obligation on your part, we just want to find out who would like the experience.
The website is supplied below where you can get more information, but these are the important dates and venues for the matches:
Windsor slough and eton 1st may
chelmsford 29th may
basildon 10th july
blackheath and bromley 24th july
If you have any questions or concerns let me know and I will answer them. If you know of someone who does not have access to emails or has recently joined the club please pass the information on.
http://www.nationaljuniorathleticleague.co.uk/
a timetable will be sent out separately.
Thanks
2011 track and field fixture list
Preston 10k, 5k & FR - 25 September 2011 - entry details
Neil Gillingham and Kirsty Thorndyke were both out last weekend putting the finishing touches to their London Marathon training with respective half marathon races.
Joe Cox half
67th 98m58s Neil Gillingham
Brooks Paddock Wood half
1004th 1h53m54s Kirsty Thorndyke
Congratulations to Neil Gillingham who set a new half marathon personal best of 1:31:10 at the Brentwood Half Marathon on 20th March.
114 Neil Gillingham 91m10s
photos
187 Neil Gillingham 93m20s
There was a new season's best performance from Neil Gillingham at the Adidas Silverstone half marathon as he builds up for this year's London Marathon. The race took place on the race track at Silverstone and had an impressive 6358 finishers.
286 Neil Gillingham 92m45s
There were some very pleasing individual results this year (see below) as well as a spectacular last-minute effort from our Junior Boys Team who were the overall winners by one point - well done!
Particular congratulations to the following individual winners (this is the first year that I can remember us having the 1st and 2nd place overall senior mens winners!) but well done to everyone who contributed to some excellent team performances.
Male Senior: 1st Tom Tica,
2nd Simon Gardiner
Male Junior: 1st Ross Fawcett,
2nd Tim Byford
Female Junior: 1st Emma Burroughs
Junior Boys Team: 1st Place
Junior Girls Team: 2nd Place
Girls U17: 1st Lucy Barnes
Boys U13: 3rd Theo Passmore
Boys 17: 1st Andrew Revell
I haven't got confirmed details yet but, to the best of my knowledge, the Suffolk Winter League are having an informal presentation evening on Friday 11th March 2011 at Framlingham Sports Club (Framlingham cross country HQ), starting at 7.30pm. If any of you would like to attend, please let me know.
junior results
senior results
report by Graeme Crissell
photos by Graeme Crissell
junior photos by Andrew Pattle
senior photos by Andrew Pattle
junior results
senior results
junior photos by Andrew Pattle
senior photos by Andrew Pattle
Congratulations to Kieran Clements who won the U17 men's title at the English National Cross Country Championships at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. There were also good runs from Bradley Wattleworth (11th in U15 boys) and Elliot Palmer(13th in Junior Men). Harriers results:-
U15 boys
11 Bradley Wattleworth 17.48
85 Ross Tennant 18.53
U15 girls
78 Suzie Reid 17.04
U17 men
1 Kieran Clements 23.16
178 Andrew Revell 28.36
Junior men
13 Elliott Palmer 29.42
95 Ross Fawcett 32.49
Full results on ECCA website
Wymondham New Year's Day 10k
109 46:06 Neil Gillingham
Harriers awards night 2010
There are some photos from the event posted by Graeme Crissell
Groggy Doggy Boxing Day Cross Country
Congratulations to Andrew Revell who finished 2nd in the 2.5k race in a time of 14.09 at the races on Outney Common, Bungay.
Junior road and cross country racing review by Mandy Godbold
The young members of Ipswich Harriers have been out racing around the region during November with some fine performances. First meeting was the 2K run at Hadleigh full story
Road races and multi events - 2011
Neil Gillingham has kindly put together a comprehensive list of road races and multi events in 2011 that may be of interest to club members1.
Road race results for November
Hadleigh 10 - 21st November
48 01:10:26 Tonya Antonis
58 01:12:23 65 Neil Gillingham
Stowmarket Scenic 7 - 14th November
67 48:40 Neil Gillingham
Southern Mens' League 2011
The following dates for 2011 fixtures were announced at the Southern Men's League AGM 2010.
Saturday 7th May 2011
Saturday 21st May 2011
Saturday 4th June 2011
Saturday 9th July 2011
Saturday 30th July 2011
Saturday 13th August 2011
Road race results for October
Bupa Great South Run - 24th October
796 01:12:14 Neil Gillingham
Great Yarmouth 10k, 24th October
2 Elliot Palmer 31'41.30
Felixstowe half marathon, 10th October
19 01:28:19 Kevin Peirce
30 01:31:06 Glynn Thomas
56 01:37:16 Simon Gardiner
72 01:39:46 Neil Gillingham
Martlesham 10k, 3rd October
1 31:47 Kieran Clements
2 32:17 Chris Rooke
7 36:17 Ross Fawcett
15 37:44 Andrew Revell
23 39:00 Tim Byford
47 42:41 Jonathan Bailey
Martlesham fun run, 3rd October
5 11:51 Richard Ling
6 11:54 Katie Peake
8 12:08 Chloe Godbold
12 11:54 Olvia Mair
24 14:03 Lauren Grubb
Road and multi event results for September
Dedham 10k - 26th September
85 00:45:14 Logum Mair
Dedham Fun Run - 26th September
11 00:14:45 Chloe Godbold
Ransomes Europark 5k - 19th September
1 15:35.1 Kieran Clements
2 16:37.0 Jack Garvin
Ipswich Duathlon - 19th September
5 Ross Fawcett 1:18:32
6 Andrew Rooke 1:19:35
Bupa Great North Run - 19th September
2069 01:38:52 Neil Gillingham
Langham Fun Run - 12th September
16 9:35 Carly Goode
SWL at Framlingham, 31st October - results.
seniors
juniors
team results
Under 11s
nearthecoast.com photos
RAF v Cambridge University v Eastern A.A. XC Match 30th October
1 31:00 Chris Rooke (representing Eastern A.A)
Martlesham 10k and fun run, 3rd October
Congratulations to Kieran Clements for winning the Martlesham 10k last Sunday and also to Chris Rooke who finished 2nd and Ross Fawcett who made the top ten with his 7th place finish. There was also a fun run that had three juniors, Richard Ling (5th), Katie Peake (6th)
and Chloe Godbold (8th), finish in the top ten. Harriers runners:-
10k
1 31:47 Kieran Clements
2 32:17 Chris Rooke
7 36:17 Ross Fawcett
15 37:44 Andrew Revell
23 39:00 Tim Byford
47 42:41 Jonathan Bailey
Fun run
5 11:51 Richard Ling
6 11:54 Katie Peake
8 12:08 Chloe Godbold
12 11:54 Olvia Mair
24 14:03 Lauren Grubb
Full results.
EAL final, BSE, 19th September
Congratulations to the U15 girls and senior men for their victories in the finals of the EAL for 2010. Full results
EYAL plate final Peterborough - 12th September
After a grueling season, the young athletes from Ipswich Harriers reached the Eastern Young Athletes plate final held at Peterborough Athletics Stadium....
read the rest of Graeme Crissell's report
Framlingham 10k, 5th September
Congratulations to Elliot Palmer for winning the Framlingham 10k on Sunday and also to Keiran Clements(2nd) and Jack Garvin(3rd) to give a clean sweep of the medals for the Harriers. Harriers runners:-
1 33:15 Elliot Palmer
2 33:33 Kieran Clements
3 35:24 Jack Garvin
9 37:29 Patrick Gravett-Curl
17 38:24 Andrew Revell
19 39:00 Glyn Thomas
20 39:06 Kevin Peirce
27 40:23 Jonny Palmer
102 47:34 Laura Thomas
See the
Framlingham Flyers website for full results.
Ipswich half marathon - 29th August
Congratulations to Chris Rooke on his second place finish in a great time of 01:10:36. The race was won by Adrian Mussett in 01:09:15. Also running for Harriers were Simon Gardiner, 16th in 01:23:07, and Neil Gillingham, 186th in 1:43:06.
NJL Barnet - 29th August
The Southern Promotional final for the National Junior Athletic League took place at the Barnet Copthall stadium with the Saxons needing to finish in the top 2 to ensure another season of top class athletics....
read the rest of Graeme Crissell's report
EYAL Colchester - 22nd August
The final round of the Eastern Young Athletes League took place at the Garrison stadium in Colchester with Harriers having a great chance to reach the final at Stevenage...
read the rest of Graeme Crissell's report
Results from EAL, Luton - 8th August league meeting
Results from SML, Luton - 31st July league meeting
Results from track and field league meetings
SML, Bexley - 10th July
EYAL, Thurrock - 27th June
SML, Harrow - 26th June
EAL, Gt Yarmouth - 20th June
SML, Linford Christie Stadium - 5th June
EAL, Cambridge - 16th May
SML, Ipswich - 15th May
SWL, Ipswich - 24th April
Northgate Junior Athletics Club meeting, 23rd July - results.
Ekiden marathon relay victory!
Congratulations to Andrew Rooke, Shaun Webb, Jack Garvin, Kieran Clements, Chris Rooke and Elliot Palmer for winning the Ekiden marathon relay at St Josephs on 18th July in an impressive time of 2 hrs 19 mins. We also had a second team competing and they finished a creditable 9th overall in 2 hrs 48 mins out of 84 teams that entered.
Full results
EAL GT Yarmouth photos by Graeme Crissell
EAL GT Yarmouth match report by Graeme Crissell
SWL Hemel Hempstead photos by Graeme Crissell
EAL Cambridge photos
EYAL Lee Valley photos
Suffolk Winter League Results from Haughley Park - 7/2/10
seniors
juniors
Congratulations to the Girls Team who have once again won the League title - well done! Our Boys team also did very well but were beaten into joint 2nd place by only 6 points. Individual Junior honours have gone to:
U15G - 1st Susannah Reid
U17G - 1st Claire Caiger
U17G - 3rd Emma Burroughs
U15B - 1st Andrew Revell
U17B - 2nd Jonathan Bailey
Congratulations to all of the above individual winners, together with all the Juniors who contributed towards the team awards.
Suffolk Winter League Results from Bury St Edmunds - 24/1/10
seniors
juniors
Next SWL race is on Sunday 7th February 2010 at Haughley Park, Stowmarket .
Suffolk Winter League Results from Woodbridge - 6/12/09
seniors
juniors
Next SWL race is on Sunday 24th January 2010 at Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds.
Stowmarket Scenic 7 - 8th November 2009
15 00:43:10 Thomas Glynn
Suffolk Winter League Results from Bungay - 15/11/09
seniors
juniors
Details of the second Suffolk Winter League cross country race at Bungay, on 15th Nov.
Suffolk Winter League Results from Framlingham - 1/11/09
seniors
juniors
Martlesham 10k
JONATHAN BAILEY 41,10
TONYA ANTONIS 41,12
ELIZABETH WELLBORN 47,51
KIRSTIN HAMILTON 49,12
KIRSTY THORNDYKE 49,32
LEANNE THORNDYKE 53,25
Felixstowe half marathon
9 01:25:14 Pierce Kevin
282 01:56:42 Gillingham Neil
Framlingham 10k
2 00:32:46 258 Kelvin Hardy
93 00:47:15 291 Stephen Benson
Fun Run
1 00:04:37 65 Andrew Revell
4 00:04:47 79 Claire Caiger
Ipswich Half Marathon
4 01:11:44 KELVIN HARDY
10 01:19:02 ANDREW ROOKE
373 01:57:21 KIRSTY THORNDYKE
EAL meeting, Kings Lynn.
- 2/8/09 results
SML meeting, Ipswich - 1/8/09 results
NJAL meeting, Barking - 26/7/09 results
SWL meeting, Abingdon - 25/7/09 results
Ekiden Relays
1st Ipswich Harriers 2:23:48
full results
NJAC meeting, Ipswich - 17/7/09 results
EAL 21/6/09 Kings Lynn
Full results
Non-Scoring
SML Portsmouth 16/5/09 results
T&F Champs, Ipswich
Results
SML Sutcliffe Park 2/5/09 results
NJL Basildon - 26/4/09 results
EAL 26/4/09 Ipswich
u13g,
u13b,
u15g,
u15b,
u17m,
sw,
sm,
points
The Senior Men High Jump B string results are missing from the results:-
1st - YY 1.60m I. Hogarth
2nd - II 1.30m N. Gillingham
EYAL 19/4/09 Braintree
Full results
Non-Scoring
Inter-counties Cross Country 2009 Results (representing Suffolk)
U20 men
52 28:33 Elliot Palmer
148 32:29 Tim Byford
U13 boys
85 13:33 George Byrne-Hill
170 14:03 Ross Tennant
Senior Women
18 29:58 Ellie Sprake
45 31:06 Claire Holme
U15 boys
2 15:02 Kieron Clements
53 16:15 Jack Garvin
75 16:24 Rhys Hinton-Smith
130 16:48 Henry Alexander
200 17:15 Oliver Jones
U17 Women
15 19:33 Charlotte Christensen
226 24:10 Laura Thomas
U17 Men
65 22:04 John Bird
96 22:32 Andrew Constable
115 22:47 Jordan Ali
178 23:29 Jim Norris
214 23:57 Andrew Tanner
U15 girls
52 16:13 Mary Galbraith
66 16:23 Hannah Peterson
125 17:04 Sophie Nicklin
Senior Men
289 49:27 Daniel Palmer
British Masters Championships
Following two wins at last weekend’s British Masters Championships at Lea Valley, in the Hammer & Weight Throw, Malcolm Fenton took his total of Championship wins, at county level and higher, to 210.
Ipswich Harriers Fixture list 2009
National Cross Country 2009 Results
Under 13 Girls
28 13:30 Suzie Reid
Under 13 Boys
92 13:15 Ross Tennant
Under 15 Boys (3rd team)
8 15:45 Kieran Clements
26 16:24 Jack Garvin
65 17:00 Rhys Hinton-Smith
80 17:10 Henry Alexander
119 17:41Oliver Jones
144 17:58 Daniel Jackson
332 20:06 James Baker
Under 15 Girls
35 16:03 Mary Galbraith
56 16:35 Hannah Pettersson
107 17:14 Sophia Nicklin
Under 17 Men
42 21:52 John Bird
71 22:20 Andrew Constable
209 24:50 Andrew Tanner
U17 Women Results
11 20:44 Charlotte Christensen
Junior Men (12th team)
49 37:52 Elliot Palmer
131 42:02 Daniel Palmer
155 44:37 Tom Taylor
161 46:03 Jonny Palmer
Junior Women
5 18:57 Ellie Sprake
Suffolk Winter League final results from Colleen Fuller
Please find attached the final results from today's SWL race at Haughley Park - senior,
junior. As most of you are already aware, our Juniors won both the Boys and Girls Team shields, together with a number of individual awards. In the Senior series, Ipswich Harriers' athletes won both the Under 20 Male and Female individual awards. The individual honours went to:
JUNIORS:
U13B - 1st Bradley Wattleworth
U15B - 1st Andrew Revell
U15B - 2nd George Byrne-Hill
U15G - 1st Susannah Reid
U15G - 2nd Claire Caiger
U17G - 2nd Emma Burroughs
U17G - 3rd Laura Revell
SENIORS:
U20M - 1st Nic Minns
U20F - 1st Alice Simpson
Our congratulations go to all of the above individual winners, together with all the Juniors who contributed towards the team awards. Well done to all of you for an excellent Suffolk Winter League season - you did yourselves (and Ipswich Harriers) proud!
SML DIVISION 1 FIXTURES 2009 – ADVANCE NOTICE
2nd May Sutcliffe Park (D) Kent AC
16th May Portsmouth (D) Portsmouth
6th June Kingston (S) Hercules Wimbledon
27th June Ipswich (J) Ipswich
11th July Luton (D) Luton
1st August Ipswich (D) Ipswich
J = Joint (with SWL) match, D = Double match, S = Single match
SEAA Cross Country Championships, Hillingdon House Farm - 24th January 2009
Under 13 Boys
49 13:05 Ross Tennant
189 7 14:55 Louis Seller
Under 13 Girls
15 13:28 Suzie Reid
Under 15 Girls (9th team)
25 15:58 Mary Galbraith
47 16:31 Sophia Nicklin
72 16:57 Jasmine Seller
105 17:28 Hannah Pettersson
Under 15 Boys Team (3rd team)
4 15:03 Kieron Clements
24 15:48 Jack Garvin
33 16:01 Rhys Hinton-Smith
69 16:28 Oliver Jones
71 16:29 Henry Alexander
134 17:25 James Baker
Under 17 Women
7 23:21 Charlotte Christensen
Under 17 Men (5th team)
2 20:29 Shaun Webb
28 22:19 John Bird
47 22:42 Jordan Ali
59 23:03 Andrew Constable
79 23:42 Andrew Tanner
103 24:17 Jim Norris
Under 20 Men
29 30:46 Elliot Palmer
83 35:43 Timothy Byford
Directions SWL Haughley Park, Stowmarket
Suffolk Winter League Fram Senior results
Suffolk Winter League Fram Junior results
Suffolk Cross Country Championships
results courtesy of Raceres -
female,
male
and photos at Digital Event Photography -
index
Suffolk Winter League Sutton Senior results
Suffolk Winter League Sutton Junior results
UK Cross Challenge Liverpool photos and results
u15 boys
25 00:10:15 Jack Garvin
u15 girls
19 00:11:20 Mary Galbraith
30 00:11:41 Sophia Nicklin
31 00:11:43 Hannah Petterson
u17 & u20 women
40 00:16:18 13 Charlotte Christensen
u17 men
3 00:17:32 210 Shaun Webb
37 00:18:38 110 Jordan Ali
38 00:18:38 124 Andrew Constable
Suffolk Winter League Bungay photos
Suffolk Winter League Bungay Senior results
Suffolk Winter League Bungay Junior results
Directions SWL Woodbridge (Sutton Village Hall)
Stowmarket Striders Scenic Seven, 9th November
12th Jonny Palmer 43:10
Directions SWL Bungay (Ditchingham Village Hall)
Suffolk Winter League results and photos
Suffolk Winter League Fritton Senior results
Suffolk Winter League Fritton Junior results
Suffolk Winter League Bury Senior results
Suffolk Winter League Bury Junior results
National XC relays results and photos
U15 girls
5th 22:44.75 - 07:13.60 (5) M Galbraith, 07:52.90 (7) S Nicklin, 07:38.25 (5) H Petterson
U15 boys
16th 20:47.85 - 06:54.00 (29) R Hinton-Smith, 06:58.95 (18) O Jones, 06:54.90 (16) J Garvin
U17 women
09:16.80 09:16.80 (9) C Christensen
U17 men
10th 29:16.60 'A' - 10:16.50 (54) J Norris, 09:49.50 (19) J Bird, 09:10.60 (10) S Webb
25th 30:30.35 'B' - 09:57.90 (29) J Ali, 10:41.10 (37) A Tanner, 09:51.35 (25) A Constable
junior men
33rd 30:24.00 'A' - 0:09:43.55 (28) C Rooke, 09:26.95 (15) E Palmer, 11:13.50 (33) A Rooke
20:55.30 'B' - 10:38.70 (59) T Byford, 10:16.60 (45) D Palmer
Eastern Region squads from Nigel Bevan
Here are the invite lists for the east region.
26th oct 9.30-4 Lee valley
15th Nov 9.30-4 Lee valley
3rd jan 9.30-4 Lee valley
14th march 9.30-4 Lee valley
dates from www.englandathletics.org/east/regional-squads-page-under-construction
Felixstowe Half Marathon, 5th Oct
13 01:24:49 Kevin Peirce
SEAA road relays 28th-29th September
Senior men
41st 2:05:26
Andrew Rooke 19:37
Elliot Palmer 20:40
Kelvin Hardy 19:55
Chris Rooke 20:01
Tim Byford 22:30
Dan Palmer 22:43
U15 girls
11th 34:40
Mary Galbraith 10:47
Sophia Nicklin 11:49
Hannah Petterson 12:04
U17 women 3rd Charlotte Christensen 10:28
U15 boys
11th 41:42
Daniel Jackson 10:16
Oliver Jones 10:33
Rhys Hinton-smith 10:29
Jack Garvin 10:24
U17 men
6th 50:47
Jim Norris 12:52
Jordan Ali 13:13
Shaun Webb 12:03
John Bird 12:39
Katy is the Champion! by Wendy Sealy
It was a busy weekend following a busy season for Katy Sealy, winning Gold in the East and Suffolk U20 Heptathlon and Silver in the South of England Championships.
Just one week after finishing 10th at the English Schools Senior Girls Heptathlon in Birmingham, Katy has now added the Suffolk Heptathlon title to her individual titles in the High Jump, Long Jump, Javelin, Shot and 100m Hurdles, won earlier in the year.
At Bedford last weekend she increased her points score to 4180 narrowly missing her season target of 4200 points. That’s an improvement this year of 575 points. Katy started well with a PB in the hurdles in 16.72 seconds followed by an excellent PB with her first attempt clearance of 1m63 in the high jump. She narrowly missed improving that PB by just taking the bar off at 1m66. She then threw 9m02 in the shot putt and equalled her personal best in the 200m with a time of 28.15s. All these performances were an improvement on what she had achieved in Birmingham the previous week.
She started day 2 with another performance stronger than the previous week with a solid long jump of 5m09 just 1cm short of her season’s best. She finished the day with a throw of 35m88 in the javelin and a run of 2m44s in the 800m placing Katy second in the South of England U20 Championships and claiming gold for the East of England and Suffolk.
This points score of 4180 ranks Katy 18th in the UK for U20 womens heptathlon and 32nd of all women in the UK. Katy has high hopes of improving these rankings as she still has a year remaining as an U20 athlete and has set herself the target of reaching the national standard of 4600 points next year.
The 17 year old will now concentrate on her winter training and completing her A-levels at Farlingaye High School.
SUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUE FIXTURES 2008/09 from Colleen Fuller
26/10/08 Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds
2/11/08 Fritton Lake
16/11/08 Ditchingham, Bungay
7/12/08 Sutton Village Hall, Woodbridge
18/1/09 Framlingham
1/2/09 Haughley Park, Stowmarket
Please note that the venue for Woodbridge has been changed from the rugby club, used for many years, to Sutton Village Hall in the village of Sutton on the B1083 (you fork right at the Bromeswell roundabout rather than left to the rugby club).
Dedham 10K - 21st Sep
81 47:05 Martin Buis Male Vet 55
Langham 10K - 14th Sep
65 48:18 Martin Buis Male Vet 50
Framlingham 10K and fun run - 7th Sep
10k
6 37:15 Glyn Thomas Male Vet 40
8 37:43 Kevin Peirce
11 38:27 Jonny Palmer
91 47:46 Laura Thomas
151 52:50 Laura Revell
fun run
1 04:49 Andrew Revell
4 05:04 Claire Caiger
Southern Women's League - the last battle!
After a hard fought battle on Saturday 30th August at Braintree, Ipswich Harriers won Division 2North.
We started the day just 23 points behind the leaders, Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets. They did their best to keep their lead, but we were equally determined to catch up the deficit. Both clubs put athletes into every possible event, but on the day we managed to beat them by 444 points to 412 - a lead of 32 points. The atmosphere in the Harriers camp was wonderful, with everyone cheering on whoever was competing at the time. We had athletes giving their best in their specialist events, but also doing some very unusual ones. Every single point that was won contributed to the success of the club, so congratulations and thanks to everyone who has competed in this league during the season. See you in Division 1 next year!
Elizabeth Welbourn and Leanne Thorndyke
EAL at BSE 17th August results1
EAL at BSE 17th August results2
EAL at BSE 17th August results3
EAL at BSE 17th August non-scoring results
EYAL at BSE 3rd August results
SML at Ipswich 2nd August results
SML at Ipswich 2nd August points
SML at Ipswich 2nd August non-scoring results
SWL at Ipswich 28th June seniors results
SWL at Ipswich 28th June u15g results
SWL at Ipswich 28th June points
SWL at Ipswich 28th June non-scoring results
European Masters Champs, Slovenia by Malcolm Fenton
Malcolm Fenton, competing in the M50 Age Group, finished in 2nd place in the Weight Throw with a distance of 20.21m.
This led for the first half of the competition, until the Greek World Record Holder, Vasilos Manganas, threw 20.30m and finally 20.90m on the last throw of the competition.
Fenton's throw was 11cm behind his UK Record and his best for 2 years.
Northgate Junior Athletics meeting results - 18th July
SML at Milton Keynes 12th July, results
EYAL at Ipswich 13th July, results
EYAL at Ipswich 13th July, non-scoring results
SML at Milton Keynes 12th July, results
British Masters Athletics Championships by Malcolm Fenton
Birmingham 5th - 6th July 2008
Competing at the British Masters Championships, in the M50 Age Group, Malcolm Fenton won two National Titles. Winning the Hammer by 13 metres with 56.44m and the Weight Throw with a new Championship Record of 19.32m.
This bring to four the number of National Titles won by him this year.
Competing in the M35 Age Group, Mark Leitch won the Shot Putt.
EAL at Gt Yarmouth results
EAL at Gt Yarmouth non-scoring results
Masters International selection by Malcolm Fenton
Ipswich Harriers members Malcolm Fenton and Mark Leitch have both been selected for the Masters International Match at Ashford Kent, on June 21st. Mark has been selected in the Shot Putt and Malcolm in the Hammer and Weight Throw.
This is a triangular match, between Great Britain, France and Belgium and is open to athletes over 35 year of age. Mark will be 40 in November, whilst Malcolm is likely to be the oldest athlete competing, at 52 years old.
Colchester’s Rob Earle, a friend of Ipswich Harriers for many years, has been selected in the Discus.
Bury Friday 5 - 6th June
26th Jonny Palmer 29:48
Southern Women's League 31st May by Elizabeth Welbourn
A lovely warm, dry, sunny day with very little wind made for a great day out for the U15 girls' and senior women's teams at Cambridge on Saturday 31st May.
Of the 18 athletes who competed, several achieved PBs, and there were many excellent results. It would be hard to pick out any here for particular mention, so please look at the results on the SWL website (We are in division 2N)
Many of the team members did events "for a point", some taking on events they had not tried before, and discovering new talents. With 10 teams in the match, these "extra" events took on great importance in the chase for points. We were rewarded by an excellent 2nd place, 20 points behind the home team, Cambridge and Coleridge AC, and only 4 points ahead of Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets AC. I really hope that we will have a good turn-out for the next meeting, at Northgate, on Saturday 28th June, when we need to show Cambridge that we too can win at home! Well done and thank you to everyone who competed at Cambridge.
Ipswich JAFFA Friday 5 - 30th May
2nd 26:44 James Calvert
8th 28:14 Simon Gardiner
28th 30:35 Ross Fawcett
29th 30:37 Jonny Palmer
38th 31:19 Kevin Peirce
Woodbridge 10k - 18th May
16th Ross Fawcett 37:54
129th Kirstin Hamilton 45:33
EYAL Basildon results 27th April
EAL Ipswich match result 20th April
EAL Ipswich SM results 20th April
EAL Ipswich SM results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U11 results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U13B results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U13G results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U15B results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U15G results 20th April
EAL Ipswich U17M results 20th April
British Masters Champs. Lea Valley. 23rd - 24th Feb 08, by Malcolm Fenton
Harriers,
Just to inform you that I won two National Titles at the above Championships. Winning the Hammer and Weight Throw in the M50 age group.
The Hammer was won with a very poor 49.69m, but was still 9m ahead of the 2nd placer.
The Weight was won with 19.69m, some 3m ahead of 2nd place, a distance only ever beaten by myself by a Briton.
The weekend also saw my number of titles at County level and above go through the 200 mark, to 201.
Regards,
Malcolm Fenton
Vice President
Herts Phoenix Open Meeting - Good Friday, by Dave Rice
Please find attached details of our Good Friday Open Meeting.
Dave Rice
Lee Valley Athletics Centre, by Domenica (Nikki) Silva
Dear All,
Please find attached details of our Open Meeting which being held on 12th April, we would be grateful if you could pass on to people and place on you website.
Thank you
Domenica (Nikki) Silva
National XC Champs, 23rd February 2008
Congratulations to Shaun Webb, National U15 XC Champion. A great start to the day with Shaun winning the opening race at Alton Towers on Saturday.
Under 15 Boys - 1 Shaun Webb, 90 Jack Gavin
Under 15 Girls (7th team) - 18 Charlotte Christensen, 66 Mary Galbraith, 122 Sophia Nicklin, 130 Hannah Petterson
U17 Men - 56 Elliott Palmer
Junior Men - 29 Chris Rooke, 168 Daniel Palmer
photos
SWL Bury St Edmunds, 3rd February 2008
Congratulations, league champions again. Well done to everyone that took part this season.
In the juniors the boys won their league and the girls were second.
Full results: junior,
seniors.
photos
SWL Stowmarket, 20th January 2008
Another strong team performance at Stowmarket sees us in a commanding position at the top of the league with one fixture to go. Top finishers were Elliot Palmer(2nd), Simon Gardiner(5th) and Alice Simpson(5th). In the juniors it was Ross Fawcett(3rd), Andrew Revell(6th) and Laura Thomas(6th). The boys are top of their league and the girls in second place
Full results: junior,
seniors.
Next league fixture: 3rd feb at Nowton Park
SUFFOLK XC CHAMPS, RHS - 6th January 2008
Well done to everyone who took part in the County Champs last Sunday. We had individual winners in Charlotte Christenson, Shaun Webb, Chris Rooke and Ellie Sprake. There was also a second place for Mary Galbraith and third for Joshua Entwistle.
full results,
photos
Javelin analysis, by Nigel Bevan
The attached document contains Nigel's feedabck on some javelin technique following an East Of England coaching day.
SWL Woodbridge, 9th December
Congratulations to James Calvert for his victory in the fourth SWL fixture at Woodbridge. Highest finisher in the women's race was Tonya Antonis in 6th. Another strong team performance means we hold on to top spot in the league. Top finishers in the juniors were
Ross Fawcett in 3rd and Claire Caiger in 5th. The boys are top of their league and the girls in sevond place
Full results: junior,
seniors.
Next league fixture: 20th Jan at Stowmarket
SWL Bungay, junior results
Results from the junior race now in and some photos from the day's races uploaded too.
SWL Bungay, 18th November
The provisional results for Bungay see us remain top of the senior league at the half way point of the season. Another good run from Tonya Antonis saw her finish in second place in the women's race. Elliot Palmer was the first Harrier home in the men's in fifth place. No junior results yet although we can report that Ross Fawcett finished second.
Provisional results of seniors.
Stowmarket Scenic 7m - 11th Nov
A couple of Harriers, Tom Taylor and Tonya Antonis, took part in this one and congratulations go to Tonya for finishing third lady overall.
22 Thomas Taylor 44:25
42 Tonya Antonis 46:31
PHOTOS
The photos have moved to
photos.ipswich-harriers.co.uk and include pictures from this season's Suffolk Winter League.
SWL FRITTON LAKE, 4th November
It was a new xc venue for the second fixture in the SWL and a fine win for Chris Rooke, having raced the previous day in the National xc relays at Mansfield. It was another good turnout and we kept our position as league leaders. Well done everyone.
Full results of seniors and juniors.
AGM 2007 - committee, team managers and subscriptions
CHANGE OF HQ FOR THE SWL FIXTURE AT BUNGAY by Colleen Fuller
I have today been informed that, due to building work currently being carried out at the usual HQ of Broome Village Hall, the HQ for this year's Bungay Suffolk Winter League race to be held on 18th November 2007 has been changed to Ditchingham Village Hall. All other details remain unchanged. I attach a revamp of the directions that I've already given out to many of you at last weekend's race at Fritton Lake. I hope to see as many of you as possible at Broome Heath - any problems/questions, please feel free to phone me or see me at the Clubhouse on Tuesday or Thursday evenings.
SWL FRAMLINGHAM, 28th October
It was a great start to the cross country season for Harriers with wins for Andrew Rooke and Alice Simpson in the senior races. Great support from the rest of the team means we go into the second fixture top of the league. The supporting junior race was won by Andy Constable and Emma Burroughs was third in the girls race.
Full results of seniors and juniors.
Orienteering, from SUFFOC
Dear runners,
Suffolk Orienteering Club (SUFFOC) would like to invite you to an orienteering event in Rendlesham Forest on 25th November 2007.
Registration is on the day from 10.00-12.00 with individual starts from 10.30 to 12.30.
Fees are £7 Adult/Group and £2 Junior/Student.
Directions (approaching from A12): Take the A1152, signposted Orford and Melton, at the northern Woodbridge roundabout on the A12. After Melton, follow the brown signs for the Rendlesham Forest Centre on the B1084. Turn Right onto a Forestry Commission road signposted to Rendlesham Forest Centre. You will see orienteering signs for the event.
The grid reference is TM354488.
For more details visit www.pdl.demon.co.uk/suffoc or email ipswich harriers for contact number.
Orienteering is a sport for all ages and abilities. There will be help available for those new to the sport. For more information about orienteering visit http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/
MARTLESHAM 10k
Don't think we've had such a big turn out for a road race for ages! Well done to everyone and great run from Elliot Palmer to be first Harrier home in 4th place.
4 ELLIOT PALMER 35,28
5 GLYNN THOMAS 35,45
8 SIMON GODINER 36,55
19 Kevin Peirce 38,50
30 DANIEL PALMER 40,20
63 Daniel Kett 44,14
95 MATTHEW BARHAM 47,44
121 Kenneth Wright 51,11
AGM
The Ipswich Harriers and Ipswich Harriers Supporters Association Annual General Meetings will take place on Friday 26 October at the Education Centre, St Elizabeth Hospice, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Details of the meetings have been posted to all members but because of possible delays in the postal system you are reminded that the Supporters Association AGM will commence at 7pm followed by the Harriers AGM at approximately 7.45pm.
The IHSA & IH Committees look forward to seeing you at the meetings.
Suffolk Winter League dates
28/10/07: Framlingham
4/11/07: Fritton Lake (on A143 between Beccles & Gt Yarmouth)
18/11/07: Bungay
9/12/07: Woodbridge
20/1/08: Haughley Park, Stowmarket
3/2/08: Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds
Felixstowe half marathon
Tom Taylor(1:25) and Kevin Peirce(1:27) took part in the Felixstowe half marathon on 3oth
September.
EAL FINAL
We had a good day at the EAL final and the Senior Men and the U17 Men both won their age groups.
results summary
SENIOR MEN
UNDER 13 BOYS
UNDER 17 MEN
SENIOR WOMEN
UNDER 13 GIRLS
UNDER 15 BOYS
UNDER 15 GIRLS
GEORGINA AN EXCELLENT 5TH PLACE IN NATIONAL FINAL by MIKE OAKLEY
Every year athletes competing in the National Junior League for athletes Under 20, have their performances converted to a points basis similar to the way Decathlon and Heptathlon events are scored.....
Full report
NJL results and 400m splits Colchester, 29th July
EAL results Ipswich, 22nd July
EYAL results Ipswich, 15th July
SML results Ipswich, 2nd June
SWL results Ipswich, 2nd June
snrs track,
snrs field,
jnrs,
jnrs part2,
non scorers
SML results Woodford, 19th May
track, jumps,
throws
EYAL results St. Albans, 29th April
U13b,
U13g,
U15b,
U15g,
U17m,
U17w,
match result
WSAC charity open meeting 23rd September by Tania Spurling
West Suffolk Athletics Club are hosting a charity open meeting on Sunday 23rd September 2007 at West Suffolk Athletics Arena (Bury St Edmunds). The event is supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance and ALL money raised through entries, raffles, t-shirts and programmes are being donated to the Air Ambulance. The competition is hosting a wide range of events from U11’s up to senior age groups, please visit WSAC site to view the events available.
South of England Championships, 16th-17th June by Neil Gillingham
A small group of athletes and supporters made the two-hour plus trek to Crystal Palace National Sports Center over the weekend of 16th and 17th June 2007.
Ipswich Harrier club member Mark Leitch competing in the colours of the Army struck gold in the senior men’s shot putt with a solid throw of 14.33m on the Saturday. In fact any of Mark’s legal throws would have been good enough to secure the gold medal as such was his dominance in this event winning by over a meter and a half......
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County T&F Champs, 13th May
results
Meeting results from Tony Cheatham
EAL Ipswich 6th May
SWL Ipswich 28th April
NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE by MIKE OAKLEY
I know that its early days (only 2 of the 4 meetings gone) but attached should reveal that Harriers have 3 girls in the top 14 and one boy.
The top 8 of each get to contest a final at the "Grand Final" of the League.
Katy gets the Silver! by Wendy Sealy
Thought you might like to know that Katy Sealy won the silver medal in the very soggy U17 womens' high jump at the South of England Chamionships in Ashford on Sunday. Her second attempt clearance at 1m55 won her the silver medal on countback, just one failed attempt behind the gold medal winner who also cleared 1m55. Katy was one of three athletes who having cleared 1m55 attempted 1m60 to win the competition and all came very close in very difficult conditions. Katy also came 7th in the U17 womens' long jump with 5m06.
NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE by MIKE OAKLEY
At Basildon on Sunday May 27th in miserable cold and wet conditions, Ipswich Harriers Under 20 Men and Women secured a first ever League win since the sexes were combined a few years ago....
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EYAL by Ricky Hanley
Eastern Young Athletes League – St. Albans – 29th April 2007
Ipswich Harriers kicked off their Eastern Young Athletes League campaign with a match at St Albans against Basildon, Biggleswade, Milton Keynes St.Albans and Trent Park. Ipswich were only beaten by 6 points on the day and with a few more middle distance runners competing would have ended with a comfortable victory.
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Press Release - Forest Challenge by Julian Long
Please find attached Press Release detailing a new dual sport Run/Bike Event to take place in Suffolk in July. The event is in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
Kind regards,
Julian Long
Run/Bike Events
SML LEAGUE
The first Southern Men's League meeting of the season was a home fixture and a good result with a second place which puts Harriers in 6th place after the first round of matches.
Table and match results
NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE by MIKE OAKLEY
Ipswich Harriers competed in the first of four “Junior League” meetings for athletes Under 20 and Under 17.
Our 12 men and women competed in as many events as they could but although finishing 5th of the seven teams who attended, were generally well beaten....
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JOE BLOOMFIELD'S CROATIA TRIP by CRAIG BLOOMFIELD
Joe has been selected to compete in an
International Throws Meeting in Varazdin, Croatia on the 7th July. Joe will be
competing as part of the Hammer Circle's Team.
Although very early in the season Joe is currently ranked 2nd in the UK in the U17 Mens
Hammer and is eager to regain the top spot.
This will an ideal opportunity for Joe to experience competition in a part of the world
with very strong hammer throwing traditions. He will be competing alongside senior and
junior Internationals from a number of countries.
Joe has been extremely committed over the winter and has rarely missed any of his 6
days a week training schedule - half of which he spends weight training in our garage
on his own.
I am truly delighted his hard work has been rewarded in this way.
UNDER 13 LONG JUMP LEAGUE
Results of the first (Braintree) leg of the three way U13
boys and
girls
Long Jump competition between Braintree, Colchester & Tendering and Ipswich Harriers show a
win for the boys and 3rd [place for the girls. Next meeting is in Colchester on 30th May.
LONDON MARATHON
Well done to Glynn Thomas(3:11:51) and David Sealy(4:16:56) on finishing a rather warm London Marathon this year.
GOLD FOR IPSWICH GIRLS, by Ricky Hanley
Katy Sealy celebrated selection to the England Athletics East Combined Events Squad with a Gold and Silver medal at the Eastern Athletics Indoor Championships at Chelmsford. She will receive support and help with planning and progression of her training and competitive activities for the season and also sessions with some of the Country’s top Event Coaches. It was Katy’s second indoor competition at the fantastic Melbourne Park facility in February, collecting a bronze in the Essex Indoor championships and picking up a Pb of 1.60 whilst competing as a guest. In a crowded arena the Farlingaye High school Under 17 dominated the High jump winning with 1.55 and then went on to win silver in the shot with 8.17. Under 13 Charlotte Shelley is beginning to look like a multi event athlete picking up 2 silver medals in the Long Jump with 4.17 and the 60m hurdles crossing the line in a time of 10.7. At the West Norfolk Indoor Championships at Kings Lynn, Charlotte took gold in High jump with 1.35 and is currently top of the UK Athletics regional rankings. She also collected a bronze in the hurdles with a time of 10.8. Charlotte Cattermole won a silver in a very tight under 15 60m hurdles with 1st 2nd and 3rd all given the same time clocking a very quick 9.7 seconds.
WOODBRIDGE 10K
Following update received from Roger Hobson, Race Director Woodbridge Shufflers R.C.:-
Dear All,
The Woodbridge Round the Town Races (10k and Junior Run) are now full and no more entries can be acccepted. We apologise to all those who are now too late to enter.
Regards,
Roger Hobson
Race Director, Woodbridge Shufflers R.C.
ECCA NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS
The highest finisher at the event on 10th March was Kelvin Hardy in 8th place in the junior men's race. Other Harriers taking part in the races at Sunderland were
Matt Constable, Andy Constable, Andrew Rooke and Chris Rooke.
WOODBRIDGE 10K
Following update received from Roger Hobson, Race Director Woodbridge Shufflers R.C., Friday 9th March:-
We now expect the races to be full within a week or so!!!
ENGLAND ATHLETICS EAST
Attached document from England Athletics East, for your information.
Regards,
Andy Johnson
AAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - 24th and 25th February
Three Harriers took part in the England Athletics Indoor Championships at NIA, Birmingham:-
Thomas Love 800m(01:59.07), Joe Bloomfield Shot(14.49) and Charlotte Cattermole
60m Hurdles(9.99).
INTER COUNTIES, NOTTINGHAM - 24th February
John Bird finished the UK Challenge series with an 8th place in the final race at Nottingham to secure top spot in the U15 boys rankings for the season. Other Harriers representing Suffolk on the day were Kelvin Hardy, Chris Rooke, Andrew Rooke, Elliot Palmer, Tom Taylor,
Jonny Palmer, Alice Simpson, Laura Thomas, Emma Burroughs and James Robinson.
GENEVA MARATHON
We've received the following flyer about the Geneva Marathon!
SUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUE - CHAMPIONS 2006-2007
The final league race of the season was at Bury St Edmunds on 4th February and we emerged
from the mist as league champions for the second year running. Well done to everyone that
turned out and thanks to everyone who supported the team this season. Special thanks
go to team manager, Colleen Fuller, for encouraging people to turn out and to Andrew Pattle
and Allan Rooke for catching the action on film. We'll post details of the national final as
soon as we get them.
First home in the men's race was Chris Rooke in fifth closely followed by a strong run
from Tom Love for 7th. The other scorers were Josh Entwistle 11th,
Tom Taylor 13th,
Simon Gardner 14th,
Michael Fuller 16th and
Kevin Pierce 28th.
Congratulations to our junior teams as well. The boys won their league and the girls were second in their's.
In the boys race at Bury St Edmunds it was another win for John Bird, just holding off
Elliot Palmer. We packed well in the top ten with
Andy Constable 4th,
Tim Byford 6th,
Ross Fawcett 7th,
Jonathan Ling 8th and
Joe Rowntree 10th.
It was another strong run from Emma Burroughs in the girls race for 3rd place.
Glynn Thomas, Elliot Palmer and John Bird topped the rankings for the season for their age groups.
NEUKIRCHENER CROSS
Kelvin Hardy was in Dusseldorf on 3rd Feb representing England at the U23 Team Challenge and
finished 16th.
2007
CLUBMARK
Some good news from our secretary, Andy Johnson:-
"Ipswich Harriers has been awarded England Athletics ClubMark Accreditation."
SEAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
A change of venue for the Southern Champs with this year's event being held at Holkham Hall
in Norfolk on 27th January. John Bird was again to the fore and was our highest placed athlete
finishing 7th in the U15 boys race. Others to make the trip were: U15 Girls Emma Burroughs(80)
& Catherine Healy(126); U17 Men Elliot Palmer(15), Tom Taylor(61) & Jonny Palmer(63);
Junior Men Josh Entwistle(54), Tom Love(58) & Daniel Palmer(66)
SEAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, by Neil Gillingham
Becky Welbourn had a busy day on the 21st January competing at the SEAA indoor championships
at the new Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre. She took part in the junior women's 400m and
after successfully winning her heat in 60.55s and finishing second in her semi in 60.07s
qualified for the final. In the final a storming finish secured Becky the silver medal in a
time of 59.27s! Other athletes to take part on these championships included Katy Sealy
finishing 5th in the under 17 women's high jump with 1.55m, Kerry Dixon finishing 6th in the
junior women's high jump with 1.55m and the Neil Gillingham finishing 4th in his heat of the
senior men's 400m in a time of 56.67s.
SUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUE
We weren't able to put out as strong a team as we'd have liked to and suffered our first defeat of the season although still head the
league with one fixture remaining. That will be at Nowton Park on 4th February.
The men's team was led home by Glynn Thomas in sixth place. The other scorers were:- 12th Chris Rooke,
20th Josh Entwistle, 22nd Tom Love, 25th Simon Gardiner, 31st Jamie Dines and 32nd Kevin Pierce.
In the women's race it's a big 'thank you' to Kerry Fuller for turning out to make sure we had a full team. Hannah Arbon
was first home again in tenth and was closely followed by Alice Simpson in 12th.
Congratulations to Emma Burroughs for a well deserved first victory in the junior girls race. Laura Thomas also ran well for
3rd place. Andy Constable enjoyed his best finish this season with second place and was well supported in the top ten by
Tim Byford(4th), Robert Blagg(6th), and Joe Rowntree(8th).
UK CROSS CHALLENGE
Another great run and first place for John Bird at Cardiff on the 20th January. The win extends his lead in the U15 boys
rankings. Others to compete at Cardiff were Kelvin Hardy, 33rd-senior men, Elliot Palmer, 15th-U17 men, and Andrew Rooke,
24th-U17 men.
SEAA Indoor Combined events championships
Katy Sealy competed in the U17 women's pentathlon at the South of England Indoor Combined events championships at Lee Valley on the 7th
January and finished 8th with a pb of 2671 points.
Katy said of the day: "It was a really fun but a long and gruelling day especially on the sprint finish of the 800m! I was
quite pleased with my performances being just short of my PB's in all events. The new stadium was great to compete at and the facilities were
really good and the event was very well organised. Everything was on time and if not it was early to benefit everyone.
Combined events always have a special atmosphere and I recommend anyone interested to have a go."
And those inividual event performances were : 60m Hurdles - 10.15 seconds, High Jump - 1m57, Shot put 8m35,
Long Jump - 4m66, 800m - 2mins56.90 seconds.
Suffolk Cross Country Champs
The first local competition of 2007 was the Suffolk Cross Country Champs held at Holbecks Park, Hadleigh on the 7th January.
Kelvin Hardy was crowned senior county champion for the second year in a row with a comfortable victory. There was a rare outing
for Ben Spashett and a solid 4th place performance. Other age group winners were John Bird, Andrew Rooke and Jack Garvin.
UK CROSS CHALLENGE
The first fixture of 2007 was at Stormont Estate, Belfast on 6th January. John Bird and Andrew Rooke took part and John had
a great run to win the U15 boys race and now tops the ranking for that age group. The trip was a bit tougher for Andrew who
finished 28th.
SUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUE
While Claire Holme was out in Italy running for GB other club members were competing in the
third meeting of the Suffolk Winter League at Woodbridge. The team was led home by Chris Rooke with his best finish so far in third place.
He was joined in the top ten by Glynn Thomas in sixth place. The other scorers were:-
12th Dan Borrett, 13th Jamie Dines, 21st Michael Fuller, 24th Tom Love, 27th Simon Gardiner.
Hannah Arbon enjoyed her best run of the season to finish 5th with the other scoreres being
Elizabeth Welbourn in 25th and Becky Welbourn 32nd.
The result in the junior race was a repeat of the previous fixture in the junior boys race with John Bird winning from
Elliot Palmer in second. Emma Burroughs was first Harrier home in the girls race in 4th.
It was another overall match victory, although by a somewhat closer margin this week, and we remain top
of the league.
European Cross Country Championships
Congratulations to Claire Holme for winning a team gold medal in the U23 women's race
at at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio
su Legnano, Italy, on Sunday 10th December. Claire finished in 19th place and was third GB scorer.
The following is extracted from an article on the UK Athletics website:-
Claire Holme (Ipswich AC), 19th in 19:49, said: “It was very fast from the start but I
worked my way through, which was pleasing. It was amazing, really. I set off fairly hard
but after the bottleneck [shortly after the start] I ended up quite far back. I kept strong
and people kept coming back to me all the time. We wanted a team medal. The Junior Women
set the standard for us, didn’t they?”
SOUTHERN INTER COUNTIES
Well done to Alex Ogilvie, Laura Thomas, John Bird, Andrew Rooke and Elliot Palmer who were selected to run for Suffolk at the
Southern inter counties at Parliament Hill on the 9th December. There were top ten places for
Alex(5th), John(8th) and Andrew(6th).
T shirts
Anyone wishing to order a t-shirt to arrive before Christmas needs to get an order to
Colleen, Gill and Jane by 12th December. Cheques should be made payable to Ipswich Harriers
Supporters Association.
UK Cross Challenge
The latest fixture was at Liverpool on 25th November and included the European XC Trials.
Top positions were John Bird, who was a fine 2nd in the under 15 boy's race and Claire Holme
who was 4th U23 in the combined senior and U23 race. Other results were :- Senior Men 36th Kelvin Hardy,
U20 Men 71st Christopher Rooke and Under 17 Men 9th Andrew Rooke.
Claire Holme should now be selected for the European Chamionships on 10th December.
Sufolk Winter League
Another good weekend as we won the second league fixture at Bungay on 19th November. Chris Rooke got the better of
Michael Fuller this week with Chris finishing 4th and Michael 5th. The other scorers were:- 7th Glyn Thomas, 14th Tom Love,
20th Simon Gardiner, 22nd Jamie Dines, 33rd Jonny Palmer.
Alice Simpson had a great run in the women's race to finish 2nd and was well supported by Hannah Arbon in 11th and
Becky Welbourn in 16th.
There was also a change round in the junior boys race with John Bird winning this time and Elliot Palmer 2nd. There was
another solid run and 4th spot for Andy Constable. Laura Thomas improved on her 6th place at Framlingham with 3rd place this time
and was closely followed by Rachel Ademokun in 4th.
Tilburg Cross
Country International
Kelvin Hardy and Ellie Sprake represented the South of England at the 48th Tilburg Cross
Country International on 12th November.
Kelvin was 8th in the U23 men's race and Ellie 11th in the U20 women's race.
Scenic 7
Glynn Thomas won the vet 40 prize when finishing 4th at the Stowmarket scenic 7 mile race on
12th November.
National xc relays
We had one complete team for the ECCA National cross country relays at Mansfield on 4th November and the U17 men's team of
Andrew Rooke, Tom Taylor and Elliot Palmer finished 13th. Andrew was first home on leg one. Other notable first leg
performances were Kelvin Hardy 1st in the junior men, John Bird 3rd in the U15 boys and Ellie Sprake 4th in the junior women.
Team spirit
Four athletes showed good club spirit last weekend by travelling to the Birmingham UK Challenge on Saturday and then
turning out in the SWL at Framlingham the following day. A tough weekend! Thanks go to Chris Rooke, Daniel Palmer, Elliot Palmer and
John Bird for their efforts.
Sufolk Winter League
We made a great start to this season's local cross country league by winning the opening fixture
at Framlingham on 29th October. Due to waterlogged conditions the course had to be altered to a three lap race but this
didn't cause any problems for our athletes. Leading the men's team home was Michael Fuller in 3rd place closely followed by
Chris Rooke in 4th and Glyn Thomas, who recovered from an early fall to finish 6th. The other scorers were:- 11th Dan Borrett,
12th Aza Row, 17th Simon Gardiner, 23rd Daniel Palmer.
Hannah Arbon had a good run in the women's race to finish 9th with the other team scorers being
Becky Welbourn in 17th and Elizabeth Welbourn 20th.
Overall, a fantastic club turnout with 23 seniors and 22 younger athletes for the junior race.
Elliot Palmer won the junior race with John Bird a few seconds behind in 2nd. Andy Constable just missed out on a top three
finish. First girl to finish was Emma Burroughs in 3rd place.
UK Cross Challenge
A number of athletes travelled to Birmingham on the 28th October for the first cross country meeting in this
season's UK Challenge series. Top positions were Ellie Sprake who was 3rd in the U20 women's race and
Andrew Rooke, 3rd in the U17 men's race. Other performances were:- Senior Men 17th Kelvin Hardy,
U20 Men 26th Christopher Rooke and 34th Daniel Palmer, Under 17 Men 40th Elliot Palmer, Under 15 Boys 5th John Bird,
Under 13 Boys 9th Alexander Ogilvie.
Martlesham 10k
Chris Rooke made his debut on the local road racing circuit with a fantastic third place at the Martlesham 10k
on Sunday in 34:34. Well done.
Suffolk Sports Awards
Congratulations to Steve Benson for being voted coach of the year at the inaugural
Suffolk Sports Awards held on Sunday 15th October. Steve was presented with the Ipswich Town Coach of the Year
Award by Ipswich Town chairman David Sheepshanks. Ellie Sprake was also at the awards where she was runner up
in the Grassroots Young Sports Personality of the Year.
Congratulations to coach Steve Benson on his appointment as a GB team manager for the
U20 cross country competition against Portugal in Lisbon on 15th January.
The following was part of a report on the UKA website about the Cardiff UK Challenge cross country races on 22nd January and
refers to Ellie's victory in the U17 women's race-
"Under 17 women 4km: Ellie Sprake (Ipswich) became the newest Challenge winner in Steve Benson’s highly successful
training group a week after securing the Suffolk Under 17 title. She got away from the pack just before halfway and never
looked back, making the six-hour journey well worth while – and probably needing the six-hour return trip to get the smile
of delight off her face."
Harriers enjoyed a good day at the Suffolk County Champs at RAF Barnham on 15th January 2006 with four individual wins and
a team 1st in the U17 men. The race winners were Kelvin Hardy, Jim Norris, Laura O'dell and Ellie Sprake.
One fixture to go in the Suffolk Winter XC League and we're still holding on to top spot after another fine club
performance at the latest meeting at Stowmarket on 8th January. Congratulations must go to James Calvert and Laura O'Dell
who enjoyed individual wins which one hopes will get proper recognition in the press! Don't forget the change of venue
for the last meeting on 12th Feb - now Culford School.
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2005
Glynn Thomas finished 5th at the Beccles 10 miler on 18th December in 57:12
Kelvin Hardy was 6th at the Lotto Brussels Crosscup in Belgium on 18th December
representing England.
The final race of the Suffolk Winter League on the 12th February will now be held at
Culford School. We've been informed that the new course will be a two lap parkland course
and will take a spike.
Congratulations to Kelvin Hardy on his team silver medal running for Great Britain
and Northern Ireland at the European Cross Country Championships staged in Tilburg,
Netherlands, on Sunday 11 December. Kelvin was third GB runner home in 24th place. This weekend Kelvin will be representing
England at a competition in Belgium.
Here's a cross country report just in from our man in the field Kevin Peirce:-
"After several years of obvious decline, Ipswich Harrier's involvement in cross country has made a rapid and glorious come back during this 2005 Suffolk Winter League season. Perhaps it's the achievement of 'Radcliffe/Holmes' having an effect? Or maybe other factors have come into play that are attracting more of our club members into the more 'adventurous' side of the sport? Whatever the reason, it's had the positive effect of propelling Harriers into the overall top spot so far in the Suffolk Winter League - and with good prospects to go on and win the league in February. And we can do better yet...
We have been well represented in all parts of the league (males and females, juniors and seniors) with an amazing turn out in the senior male and female races. In fact we have the lead in a number of individual categories (female 17, female 40, male 17) and in most of the others have athletes in the top five places. What a result.
The junior results tell a similar story with two top slots currently taken (boys 13, boys 17) and expectations for other groups by the end of the season. However, it is here where we could do better. The juniors that have competed have done so with amazing dedication, but there are a number of juniors who could and should be out there racing for the club. The boys are currently holding the top spot, and the girls are third! So come on juniors, get out there in January and run for your club and help get us into those top spots! Everyone of all abilities are welcome as every point scored can count towards our final league standings. There is also an additional bonus for taking part in the Suffolk Winter League. We have all signed an agreement with Harriers to race under the Ipswich Harriers name in a good proportion of available races throughout any given year. Therefore, racing in the Suffolk Winter League is a local and easy way to build up your Harriers races.
So with the brilliant turn outs at a very muddy Framlingham (over 27 athletes), a bitterly cold Bungay (over 25 athletes) and a sunny Woodbridge (over 25 athletes) perhaps it's time to consider resurrecting the Harriers team coach, or maybe even just dust off the old Ipswich Harriers standard that we once thrust proudly into ground at every league event we attended in the old Peter Scott days. If we finish the league this year as we started some of this should certainly be considered next season.
