UKYDL Division 1 (Lower Age Group) at Trafford – Saturday June 16th

Another all round solid performance by the athletes at Trafford gave the Harriers an almost unassailable lead as we go in to the final fixture at Bangor on July 21st. As a result of this latest fixture the Harriers now have a lead of 4 League Points over second placed Crewe along with over a 100 Match Points adavantage too. The Team recorded nineteen wins, twenty second and twenty third places whic speaks to the consistency of the athletes throughout the day.

U15 Boys

Kyle Mashiter and Ethan Downes have produced a lot of wins and points this year in the Sprints and carried on in the same vein at Trafford even thoigh they were running into a headwind, which saw Ethan finish 2nd in the ‘A’ 100m (12.5) and Kyle 1st in the ‘B’ with 12.4. Positions reversed in the 200m with Kyle 2nd in the ‘A’ (24.6) and Ethan 1st in the ‘B’ clocking 25.0. Harvey Ashworth after running his heart out in the 800m placed 5th in the ‘A’ 300m with 44.0 whilst Zac Walmsley came 3rd in the ‘B’ with 43.6. Harvey Ashworth cut a second off his 800m best to set a new PB of 2.10.9 to come hime 2nd in the ‘A’ race and backed up superbly by Hayden Mercer as he won the the ‘B’ race in 2.16.0. Before the 1500m David Holman told his Coach that he ‘always sets a new PB after he has played a football match in the morning’ and he did exactly that running 4.55.0 in 3rd spot in the ‘A’ race – a new PB by 2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

The Hurdles saw Rory Teare finish 2nd in the 80m Hurdles in 14.9 with Kyle Taylor-Pomfret bagging maximum points in the ‘B’ (17.4). In the Jumps, Kyle Mashiter came 2nd in the ‘A’ Long Jump with 5.04m supported by Rory Teare in the ‘B’ with 3.96m (4th). Rory then teamed up with Hayden Mercer to both clear 1.30m in the High Jump for 3rd spot in the ‘A’ and 2nd in the ‘B’. Matthew Heywood is setting some good standards in Throws this year and has already gained English Schools selection. At Trafford he threw 7.68m in the ‘A’ Shot Putt for 3rd spot, 27.31m in the ‘A’ Discus for 2nd and then threw a Grade 2 distance of 41.84m and new PB to win the ‘A’ Hammer. Ethan Barbarewicz backed him up in the Shot Putt with a 4th placed throw of 5.41m and 4th again in the ‘B’ Discus with 12.66m. Kyle Taylor-Pomfret was going between Hurdles and Hammer but still managed to win the ‘B’ Hammer with a distance of 24.29m. After winning the ‘B’ Hammer, Kyle replicated that victory in the Javelin winning the ‘B’ there too with a throw of 22.04m as Ethan Downes placed 4th in the ‘A’ (23.16m) at his first ever attempt at the event.

 

 

 

U15 Girls

Starting with the throws there was a staggering performance by Grace Bontoft in her first year of competition and in her first ever Hammer competition after a short period of training. Grace finished 3rd in the ‘A’ Hammer with a throw of 27.75m which certainly sets the standard for herself. Nicky Saunders won the ‘B’ Hammer with 26.75m, a new PB by nearly a metre and another member of the Harriers who has been selected for English Schools. Myah Booth came 4th in the Javelin with 20.93m. Nicky was close to her personal best in the ‘A’ Discus placing 2nd with 27.27m with Grace Bontoft taking 3rd in the ‘B’ (14.25m) and then in the Shot Putt, Grace earned more good points with a 3rd spot throw of 6.29m which saw Myah Booth comfortably win the ‘A’ with a Grade 1 distance of 10.69m.

 

 

Danielle Probert and Leah Hoole were the U15 Girl’s High Jumpers on the day with Danielle coming 4th clearing 1.25m in the ‘A’ and Leah 5th in the ‘B’ (1.15m) at her first ever attempt at the event. Amy Wiggans and Eleesha Charnley teamed up in the Long Jump with Amy clearing 4.02m in the ‘A’ (5th) and Eleesha 3.92m (4th) in the ‘B’. Some dominant running in the 75m Hurdles saw Myah Booth win the ‘A’ into a headwind in 11.9 and Lily-Mae Thomas taking 3rd in the ‘B’ with 14.1.

 

The 100m’s had Amy Wiggans clocking 14.3 in the ‘A’ (5th) and Abi Armas 14.6 in the ‘B’ (2nd) and in the 200m Amy ran a time of 28.8 in 5th with Maia Bowman in 4th in the ‘B’ in a time of 29.9. In the 300m Eleesha Charnley placed 3rd in the ‘A’ in a time of 45.7 as Leah Hoole came home 4th in the ‘B’ (48.5) – just one tenth outside her personal best. The two of them doubled up in the 800 where Eleesha comfortably won the ‘A’ in 2.28.4 with Leah earning 2nd spot in the ‘B’ in a time of 2.36.8. The 1500m saw Sophie Stanworth come 5th in the ‘A’ in a time of 5.22.1 and Hollie Cubbon 3rd in the ‘B’ (5.28.1).

 

 

 

U13 Boys

Some pretty good running from Tobi Olidapo and Harrison Allcock saw them win both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ 100m in 13.4 and 14.3 respectively. Both led from the off and powered there way to the end in good times considering the wind they were running into. This season is a debut season for both of these youngsters who show such a lot of promise already. Codie Dewhurst and Daniel Smith ran the 200m after earlier doing the hurdles and took 5th places in both races with Codie clocking 32.3 in the ‘A’ and Daniel 33.2 in the ‘B’ – and this after both lads ran the Podium 2k the night before.

 

 

Another U13 Boy in his first season – Theo Watson – with not a lot of training behind him went really well in the ‘A’ 800m placing 2nd in a time of 2.34.6 after running 2.32.9 in his debut race a few weeks ago. Saul Sharp ran the best race he has ever run – not the fastest, but the best – going out from the start of the ‘B’ Race with real determination getting caught with just over 100m to go and then rallying to win by nearly two seconds in 2.42.0 to take maximum points. Daniel Smith ran a new PB in the non-scoring 800m race of 2.42.6 which was better by three seconds whilst Harry Sambrook was just two tenths outside his best time in the same race, clocking 2.46.6. A return to form from Isaac Butler saw him clock 5.01.8 for 3rd in the ‘A’ 1500m and a solid perforamnce also by Dexta Thompson in the ‘B’ with a time of 5.11.5, gaining ground right through the race as he improved his position after a steady start.

 

 

In the 75m Hurdles Daniel Smith ran 16.5 for 4th in the ‘A’ whilst Codie Dewhurst ran 16.9 for 2nd spot in the ‘B’. 100m sprinters Tobi Olidapo and Harrison Allock teamed up for the Long Jump which saw the lads win a heap of points after Tobi won the ‘A with a leap of 4.30m and Harrison take 2nd in the ‘B with 3.93m whilst in the High Jump Codie Dewhurst cleared 1.20m for 3rd in the ‘A’ and Dexta Thompson gained maximum points in the ‘B’ as he was the only contestant (1.10m).

 

 

The Shot Putt saw Harrison Allock add more points as he threw 6.14m for 2nd place in the ‘A’ and a new PB with Harry Sambook supporting him in the ‘B’ taking 3rd place with 4.29m. Final throws event of the day saw Isaac Butler and Dexta Thompson take on the Javelin with Isaac 4th in the ‘A (21.73m) which was a new PB and Dexta 3rd in the ‘B’ (19.28m).

U13 Girls

Kate Cookson and Amelia Burton got the U13 Girls effort off to a good start as Kate finished 2nd in the ‘A’ 75m in 11.2 – the same time as the winner –  and Amelia also 2nd in the ‘B’ with 11.3 which equaled her personal best. On to the 150m and it was another couple of 2nd places as Kate came 2nd in the ‘A’ with 22.0 and Lucy Ramsden also 2nd in the ‘B’ with 22.9. Caroline Woodworth was just four tenths away from a new PB in the ‘A’ 800m as she placed 3rd in 2.38.7 with Kady Thompson coming home 5th in the ‘B with a time of 3.03.4. Kate Cookson and Keira Haxton were both just a second outside their best times in the 1200m as firstly Kate came 3rd in the ‘A’ race with 4.11.4 and Keira won the ‘B’ in 4.12.1 – both girls pushing one another all the way.

 

 

There was a new PB for Charlotte Clapham in the ‘B’ 70m Hurdles as she came home in 3rd with 14.9 alongside Lucy Ramsden who placed 2nd in the ‘A’ in a time of 13.5. In the Long Jump, Niamh Gater placed 5th with a jump of 3.55m ‘A’ and Molly Grimshaw 6th in the ‘B’ (3.20m). Charlotte earned her second new PB of the day as she cleared 1.25m in the ‘A’ High Jump (2nd) and Amelia Burton came 3rd in the ‘B’ with a clearance of 1.15m. The Shot Putt realised maximum points for the Harriers as Aimee Taberner won the ‘A with 6.32m and Tilly Pollard the ‘B’ (6.21m).

 

 

     

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Podium 5k – Friday June 15th

Some great racing and at the Podium, a new Race Record and a host of new PB’s for the Harriers – six in total.

Podium Senior Results

Photo’s courtesy of David Balshaw

The Sub 16.30 race was won in a new Race Record time of 14.05 by Richard Allen and well clear of second placed George Lowry in 14.53. Just one second separated Chris Richards 3rd (15.05) and Chris Arthur in 4th spot with a new PB time by six seconds of 15.06. Jack Hindle had a great race too cutting 10 seconds off his best time to set a new PB of 15.26 in 11th place with Marc Hartley one place further back in 15.29  – this was a great way to celebrate his debut for Blackburn Harriers as this time was also a new PB for him by ten seconds. Ben Costello continued the great run of form by the Harriers on the night with his own 10 second new PB time of 15.40 in 19th place overall.

The ‘A’ Race featured fifty six athletes and was won by Luke Turner in 15.59. Paul Bradshaw had a solid run in 23rd place with a time of 17.23 with Paul Guinan a couple of places further back in 25th clocking 17.27 which was a seasons best. New member John Foster was another Harrier who set a new PB on the night as he posted a time of 17.57 in 37th spot followed by U17 Harry Wilkin who cut his previous best time by half a minute to set a new PB of 18.52 in 51st position.

The ‘B’ Race had a massive field of one hundred and fifty eight runners which had Mark Almond, Gary Pearse and Paul Whittaker all competing for the Harriers. V45 Mark clocked 19.30 in 24th place – V50 Gary placed 49th in 20.13 in what was his first ever recorded 5k road race and Paul came home in 108th place with a time of 23.11 in his first 5k road race too.

 

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Three Races for the Juniors involving twenty seven in the U7/U9 Race – sixty in the U11/U13 Race and twenty one in the U15/U17 Race, totalling over a hundred youngsters which was great to see.

Podium Junior Results

U9 Charlotte Smith came home in 12th place with a time of 4.45 in the first race covering U7 and U9 youngsters. In the U11 and U13 Race Codie Dewhurst had a cracking run finishing 5th overall out of the sixty young atletes clocking a time of 7.41 and just behind him came Daniel Smith in 7th (7.49), Matthew Smith in 9th with 7.56 and Oliver Gill in 11th (8.02) which gave the lads four of the top 11 places. Felix Thompson finished in 27th (8.52) followed by Imogen Robinson in 31st (8.57) and 2nd girl on the night and Tippi Francis in 56th place in a time of 11.49.

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Freckleton Half -Marathon – Sunday June 17th

Three hundred and fifty six finishers in the annual Freckleton Half-Marathon which witnessed a great tussle between the two front runners in this race – John Mason and nine-times race winner Ben Fish.

Results

Mason eventually took the win in a very good time of 67.19 with Ben taking 2nd spot in 67.57. Commenting to the Club after the race Ben who ran his second fastest time ever on the Course said that “John Mason had pushed me close in the past. I gave it my best shot, I was determined to make it an honest race. I thought the tactic was working, had a gap after 5 miles, but couldn’t respond when John went past in the last 1.5 mile”. Derek Reilly had a pretty solid run in 33rd place clocking 88.42 as did Carol Reilly in 139th position with a time of 1hr 45.26.

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BMAF 5k – Sunday June 17th

A larger than usual field this year for the BMAF 5k Road Championships which featured one hundred and sixty nine athletes – the race being won by Darrell Hastie in 15.31 and the first eight across the line all under 16 minutes.

BMAF 5k Results

Victoria Mousely and Carmen Byrne had entred for the Harriers which saw Victoria finish in 70th place overall with a time of 18.46 placing her 3rd in the V35 Age Category – Carmen came home in 86th spot with a time of 19.34 giving her 6th place in the V40 Women’s category. After the Race, both athletes spoke to the Club about their races and the build up to it as Victoria commented that she wasn’t sure how I’d get on on Sunday as I’d felt a bit under the weather the day before. It was clearly a larger field than last year. The weather was nice and apart from the slightly cramped and chaotic start the race was fairly incident free. Three laps. The first felt awful and then settled into my stride a bit. I had a battle at the end with the same lady I battled with last year. I was pleased to finish in the exact same time as last year. A year older but no slower. I’ll take that”.

Carmen told us“There was no hiding in this 5k from my lack of running speedwork over the past 6weeks because of injury. So, with only just getting back running in the past 10 days I can’t be too disappointed to have run a well paced race and look forward to seeing the benefit of regular speed sessions again”.

(L-R Victoria Mousley – Claire Leaver-Hewitt – Carmen Byrne)

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Colshaw Hall 10k – Sunday June 17th

Over 1000 finishers in this race won by Richard Coen in 33.25, and there was another top run by Pauline Powell as she won the Women’s Race in a seasons best time of 37.23 coming home in 27th place overall, 1st Woman and 1st V45 – breaking the Course Record on the way. This latest run sees Pauline at 5th in the Women’s V45 National rankings.

Results

Pauline spoke to the Club after the race finished telling us that she Really enjoyed the race although it was a tough undulating course and windy conditions! So was pleased with my time and i broke the course record. I felt really good so now looking forward to another race!”

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Crazy Cow 10k – Sunday June 17th

Well over five hundred runners in this Race won in previous years by the Harriers Chris Davies. He had to settle for 2nd spot this year as the Race was won by Simon Croft in a time of 33.36.70 with Chris in 2nd place  clocking 34.15.52 which was a seasons best. Lindsay Davies had a good run too, setting a new PB by nine seconds for the distance of 46.23.45 in 67th place overall and 2nd V45 Woman.

Race Results

Fun Run Results

What a good run by 9yr old Sam Aspey as he won the Fun Run in a time of 4.38.95 and another good run too for Eva Knowles who was third overall and first girl in a time of 4.59.87.