Club News

Lotto Cross Cup - Belgium

Carl Hardman was part of the Great Britain team running in the Lotto Cross Cup.  Carl finished a very creditable 13th place with a time of 29:34 over 9.55k.  Well done Carl!

Armagh International 5k

Thursday 9th February 2012 saw the Armagh International 5k.  Representing the North of England team were Salford Harriers Joe Bailey 14:41 just 3 seconds outside his PB and also Josh Tighe who with a time of 14:56 saw a huge 29 second improvement on his PB!  Well done to you both! 

Alsager 5

Bad weather saw many races cancelled over the weekend but a fair few hardy runners turned out for the Alsager 5.  Despite the treacherous conditions Salford results were Ben Riddell 11th 25:23, Joe Bailey 22nd 25:42 and Josh Tighe 26:01.

Northern Cross Country - 28th January 2012

'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been done by so many for so few medals'.  With the battle of Pontefract raging at its most fiercest, the fighting intense, the enemy immense, it would need an effort of Churchillian inspired bravado to return unyielding and unbowed.  But the lads were F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C, each and every one giving it their all towards the cause and to be rewarded with a much merited bronze medal winning performance in the closest, most hard fought and thrilling team race for many a long year.  In finishing order, 9th Carl Hardman -  a mere three weeks training following injury was all the Stalybridge streak needed to secure his second top ten placing in three years, really sums up Carl's true capabilities.  Andi Jones - class is permanent, our two time winner will surely soon be back to his imperious best, dug in well for 16th.  Tom Cornthwaite 22nd - another class act, his first of many more medals in the red and white vest.  Joe Bailey 32nd - his best cross country run in ages despite an injury disrupted preparation, a potential future individual medallist . Josh Tighe 47th - would not have figured in many of our predictions to be a 'counter', was a total revelation however and proved us all wrong, can and will only get better.  Ben Riddell 55th - when the going got tough on that last lap, he showed true grit and resolve to claim that vitally important sixth counter spot, well done Ben.

The back up from the rest of the mens squad was no less important from the clubs perspective and the following also played their part in the proceedings.  Phil Leybourne  76th, Nathan Kilcourse 78th, Rob Hughes 88th, John Brown 92nd, Dave Hudson 130th, Mike Grace 134th, Simon Bruton 161st, Howard Mead 186th, Tony Taylor 191st, Mark Seed 314th, Paul Birkett 243rd, Rob Francis 546th, Tommy Temple 568th and Barry Pearce 605th.

Following a promising run by Callum Corneille in the Junior Mens event, the sizzling Salford Ladies set the tone for a dramatic afternoons racing with equally inspiring results as the men.  Tess Walker had another 'stormer'  to finish in 10th for the second year in succession. Bev Jenkins, as usual, gave her all for a gutsy 25th placing closely followed in by Hayley Kuter, who, despite being short of race sharpness showed that she too could very soon challenge at a higher level.  The Girls marvellous effort was deserving, at the very least, to challenge for a team medal,  unluckily, it was not to be however. But in Sport of course there's always another day and another chance.  'And this is certainly not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. It is perhaps the end of the beginning' .

Northern Cross Country Championships

The Northern Cross Country Championships take place on Saturday 28th January at Pontefract.
Further details of the event can be found on this link.  It shows the course route and has important information about race times and parking at the venue.

Physio @ Athlete Matters

A reminder to all athletes at Salford Harriers that Athlete Matters Sports Physiotherapists offer a great 10% off treatment.  Details found here.  Athlete Matters Website here. The club is very grateful to Duncan at Athlete Matters for his excellent support to the club.
 

Presentation Evening

Our Presentation Evening this year is to be held on Saturday 18th February 2012 at Middleton Cricket Club, Towncroft Avenue, Middleton, M24 5DA. Please contact Ruth Bardsley on ruthmindymoobear@aol.com for tickets.  Adults £10 - U16 £3.
 

Greater Manchester XC Championship - 7th January 2012

A great day for our teams.   Full results via - http://www.greatermanchesteraa.co.uk/   Ladies 1st Team - Men 1st and 2nd Team.  Well done to you all.
LADIES
2. Tess Walker Team position - 1st.
5. Bev Jenkins
6. Anna Weaver
25. Diane Hooper
MEN
1. Andi Jones Team positions: 1st Salford 'A' 22 pts.
6. Matt Shaw - 2nd Salford 'B' 53 pts.
7. Nathan Kilcourse - 6th Salford 'C' 100 pts.
8. Rob Hughes - 14th Salford 'D' 266 pts.
11. James Kovacs
12. Dave Lockett
14. Dave Hudson
16. Howard Mead
18. Mike Grace
23. Billy McCartney
26. Tony Taylor
33. Jim O'Connor
36. Mark Seed
62. Dave Shaw
77. Tom Temple
91. Vin Murphy
93. Roe Bowness.
U20 MEN
11. Callum Corneille
LANCASHIRE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP  -  Results on www.race-results.co.uk  
5. Tom Cornthwaite
11. Phil Leybourne (1st M40).
 

Hot Toddy - Todmorden - 27th December 2011

The Todmorden Hot Toddy 5.8M at which we were well represented as usual.
Salford finishers:
3. Dave Lockett 30:50 (1st M45)
4. Mark Russell 30:58 (2nd M40)
10. Mike Grace 32:05
14. Ian Jackson 32:40
16. Paul Birkett 33:13
19. Mark Seed 33:30
23. Billy McCartney 33:54
27. Jim O'Connor 34:29
79. Graham Chesters 39:36
101. Glyn Williams 40:49
 

Ribble Valley 10k - 27th December 2011

Congratulations to Tess Walker on winning the Northern 10K Road Championship in the Ribble Valley 10K. She finished 2nd in the open race in 35:53 behind Katrina Wootton (Bedford).
Other Salford performances (gun times):
Ben Riddell 31:04 (PB)
Tom Cornthwaite 31:29
Phil Leybourne 34:14.
Gary Pendlebury 37:28 (2nd M55)
Trevor Rayner 37:35
Sid Sacks 47.31
Denise Wakefield - 49:05
 

South East Lancs XC League

Report on the South East Lancs XC League can be found on the Race Reports link.

LAST WEEKEND

GRAVY PUD FELL RACE, TINTWISTLE - A surprisingly large field in view of the pretty dreadful weather conditions - 168 finishers which is believed a record. Three Salford Harriers in the field and all performed creditably. Carl Hardman was a comfortable race winner and looked good. Those prolific (and improving) racers, Howard Mead and Mike Grace, were out again less than 24 hours after toeing the line in Wythenshawe Park. Howard placed 5th and Mike 11th. MANCHESTER UNITED FOUNDATION 5K SANTA DASH - Our star Santa, Paul Simons, got his festive garb out again and was the winner. No other details at the moment.

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP

The Club's Christmas Handicap is to be held on Saturday 17 December 2011.  Two laps of Boggart Hole Clough - Start time is 2.00 pm Oakbank Avenue Entrance.  'BRING A PRIZE TAKE A PRIZE'.  Refreshments and prize giving to be held at the Bluebell Hotel, Moston Lane.

Dublin Marathon

Fine running by our members in the Dublin Marathon.
Pumlani Bangani: 33rd male in 2:36:13. His best since 2008.
Paul Simons: 60th male in 2:43:46. Confirmation of the good form he has shown recently - 1st M45 in the BUPA Sheffield 10K in 34:43 and 1st in the Northern Vets 10000m track championship in 34:39
Bev Jenkins: 23rd female in 2:58:29. Consistent as ever. Good to see Bev again inside 3 hours.
Well done to all 3 of you.
Results Link - http://www.tds-live.com/ns/index.jsp?login=&password=&is_domenica=-1&nextRaceId=&dpbib=&dpcat=&dpsex=&pageType=1&id=4027&servizio=000&locale=1040  

Bupa Great South Run

Representing Salford Harriers and the North of England, Tess Walker and Joe Bailey were running this fast ten miler on the south coast.  Joe, running his first 10 mile race, had a cracking race finishing 12th in 49.18.  Joe was on for a sub 49 clocking but this wasn't to happen today with the windy conditions in the closing stages.  Tess Walker finished 16th in 1 hour and 16 seconds. 
Well done on represnting the club in this event.

Carole Bowness

Salford Harriers extend their deepest sympathy and thoughts to Roe and his family on the loss of Carole who was such a lovely, lovely lady and will be very much missed by all who knew her.
Carole’s Funeral is to take place on Tuesday 1 November – 1.30 at Blackley Crem. Roe has requested no flowers but his intention is to set up a web site for donations to The Christie.
 

Round Up

As well as our runners' fine running in Heaton Park last Saturday, there were some impressive performances elsewhere by club members.
John Brown won the Passing Clouds Fell Race (9 m/1800') at Leek.
Keith Boardman (50 next month) won the Autumn Breaker 10K at Blackpool in 36:48.
Paul Savage placed 27th in 73:57 in the BUPA Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon. A PB, I think.
The previous weekend (16/10), Pumlani Bangani was 4th in the Bridlington Half Marathon in 72:44, a SB.
Congratulations to all our members on their recent commendable results. Roy Profitt
 

54th Trofeo Vanoni Mountain Relay Race

On Sunday 23rd October Andi Jones was in action representing the Snowdon Team (and Salford Harriers) at the 54th running of this popular Italian Mountain Relay Race.  Jones was selected for the race from finishing first at the International Snowdon Race in July.  The first three British runners home in the Snowdon race represent the Snowdon race as Llanberis is twinned with Morbegno where the relay is staged.  The other two athletes on the team this year were Robbie Simpson and Murray Starin, both Scottish athletes who have both represented GB at Mountain Running or orienteering.
Jones was first off in the relay and came home a little down on what he was expecting in a time of 31.11.  Jones said after his leg 'I found it hard, I got out quick but really struggled on the very steep, technical downhill section.  I am pleased with my climb time but need to work on my downhill running'.  Handing over to Murray in 8th, Murray ran a strong leg and finished in 4th place in a time of 30.56.  Robbie was brinigng the team home on leg three and worked hard to maintain 4th place at the summit and came down the mountain very well to overtake two teams and finish second.  Robbies individual time was 30.53.  The team was very pleased with the second place overall.
Write up as it appears on the website mud, sweat and tears.

National 6 & 4 Stage Championships - 15th October 2011

Very well done to all of our runners and a special pat on the back must go to our team supremos, Sean and Tess, who have both played a huge part in the club’s continued renaissance. Expert observations too from Sean on getting performances into their proper perspective. Last year we were 28th (mens) and 16th (ladies) in this race, that’s a tremendous leap forward in an event that certainly does not, both historically and factually, highlight the overall strengths of the club. So roll on the cross country, already getting quietly excited about the Pontefract cakes at the Northern XC in deepest January......

AGM

Our AGM will be held on Monday 24th October 2011. The venue is our Committee Room at our Headquarters at the rear of the Bluebell Hotel, Manchester M40 5AF.  Please support your Club.

Weekend Round Up

Report on the Northern 6 & 4 Stage Relays can be found on the Race Reports tab.
More weekend results -
Berlin Marathon: 21st Andi Jones 2:18:34. Steve Jones 4:11:37 (chip)
Windsor Half Marathon: 1st Tomas Abyu 70:05
Macclesfield Half Marathon: 2nd Tarus Elly 71:01 3rd Matt Shaw 73:46 176th Ken Houghton-Walsh 100:40
Netherong 10K (West Yorkshire): 5th Mark Seed 38:46 (1st M40)
Swinton 10M: 9th Billy McCartney 60:34 68th Tom Temple 71:04
A great weekend for the Club. Well done everybody
 

NORTH WEST COUNTIES RELAYS - 17th September 2011

Well done to everyone in the 3 women's and 5 men's teams ran the relays. Thanks also to our travelling supporters, including new lad Tom Cornthwaite who, despite having run in the world mountain champs. last week, was prepared to step in if we ended up short on the D team!!  Not a bad reserve to have!!!The girls Greater Manchester 'A' bagged bronze overall and 2nd place in the GM race, then the lads Greater Manchester 'A' won their event with a comfortable lead of well over a minute. Joe Bailey got fastest leg of the day, 16.06, with Andi Jones - running way out in front alone on second leg - just behind that ahead of Steve Vernon (Stockport)'s 16.17. The first Lancs. team in this event for a decade also ran strongly, just missing out on the Lancs. medals.  Sean Cordell
 

After a gap of quite a few months since the last relay Saturdays North West road version came at just the right time for the harriers. With a number of fresh faces it was the perfect opportunity to bond the new and not so new in the cut and thrust of lively team competition. It’s great to report that everyone seemed to gel together superbly well. I'm sure I speak for us all in wishing all of our new members a long, happy and fruitful stay at the famous old club. As Sean has already reported we had a very good day returning with a clutch of medals (and a full set of hubcaps), from the delightful Sefton Park which also sets us up nicely for next weekend’s Northerns, where of course honours will be much harder to come by, or as the yanks would say - ' it’s a whole new ball game ' however with the great spirit within the club now I’m sure we'll be there or thereabouts.   Pete Budd

World Mountain Running Trial

Today (Saturday 13th August 2011) saw the trial race for the World Mountain Running Championships.  The race was staged at Witton Park, Blackburn which most of us will know from hosting the Northern Cross Country Championships.  This years World Championships is being held for the first time in Albania and the course designed at Witton Park was done so to replicate the course at the championships.  This race was also the final race in the three race UKA McCain Mountain Running Championships.  Andi Jones was stopped from winning the league by James McMullum for THH after a good battle between James, Andi and Chris Smith.  Entering the final KM of the race Andi headed James but James came out the better on the long steep downhill finish to take the win.  Jones after the race said he was pleased with his performance and is currently focusing his training on preparation for the Berlin Marathon at the end of September which is all going to plan.  Jones added that even though he had a few easier days prior to the race today his training had remained high volume prior to this.  He congratulated all who ran in the trial today and wished them good luck at the Championships.  Andi turned down selection for the World Championships as the timing of the race is too close to the Marathon. 
Also running in the trials today were Salford road and XC members Tom Cornthwaite and Josh Tighe.  Tom and Josh represent Northumberland Fell Runners on the fells and both had strong performances.  Tom finished an excellent 5th place and gave his all in the race to hopefully secure himself a place on the World team and Commonwealth team.  Josh, recovering from a niggle in his hip finished a creditable 22nd.  These two athletes should be strong additions to our Road and XC teams over the coming seasons.
Full results here.

Martin Cox wins 4th in a row

Despite the organisers of the Glacier 3000 forking out large sums of cash for half a dozen top German and Swiss mountain runners, 41 year old Martin Cox, Salford Harriers, triumphed for an unprecedented 4th year in succession.  Martin has been training hard this summer and had planned to do less racing focusing on some key races.  This plan is obviously working for Martin.

The same weekend Billy Burns was 3rd at Thyon Dixence.

It's good to see both Martin and Billy putting in great performances out in Europe on the mountains.  The club congratulates them both on their strong performances and wishes them good luck for future races.

SUMMER HANDICAP 2011

Our Club Summer Handicap takes place on Thursday 18th August.  Two laps of Boggart Hole Clough - the start time is 7.30 pm (Oakbank Avenue entrance) the clubhouse will be open from 7.00 pm.  BRING A PRIZE TAKE A PRIZE.   Prize giving and refreshments at the Bluebell Hotel, Moston Lane.  Guests are welcome.

John Tarrant

In post-war Buxton, Tarrant had taken up some amateur boxing and got paid £17 expenses.  He naively declared this payment when trying to join Salford Harriers, which meant he was given an instantaneous lifetime ban from all domestic and international competitions. So, Tarrant used to gatecrash races all over the world and the papers nicknamed him 'The Ghost Runner'.
We are invited to an event at Waterstone's Deansgate in Manchester on Thursday 18th August at 7pm. Bill Jones, the author of a new book called The Ghost Runner:  The Tragedy of the Many They Couldn't Stop, will be giving a talk about John Tarrant's life.  There will be opportunity to ask Bill questions and get a signed copy of the book
 

Joe Sizzling at Sizzler

The inform Joe Bailey sizzled round the Sale Sizzler on Thursday evening narrowly missing the course record.  Joe won the race from Rochdales Matt Proctor in 14.38 while Proctor finished in 14.45.  Ben Fish of Blackburn Harriers finished the top three positions in 15.11.  Salfords Ben Riddell was 4th in 15.17.  Many other Salford athletes competed in the second Sale Sizzler of the summer and full results can be found here.  This was a race in Salfords club championships which is now hotting up with several athletes in contention for winning the series.

Gravy 6

A strong showing from Salford Harriers at the Gravy 6 today (Sunday 17th July) resulted in Salford Harrier athletes winning the mens and ladies race and the mens team.  Ever imporving Dan McGrath was first athlete home well clear of second place Darren Moran.  Tess Walker was first lady home.  The results saw a slightly reduced number in the field from last year which race organisers are putting down to the poor weather conditions.  Race organisers Northernboyslovegravy thank Salford Harriers for their support and their help with marshalling the event.  Full results are now available here.

Coxy and the Mountains

In fine action on the mountains last weekend was Martin Cox who finished 4th (2nd M40) in the Zermatt Marathon in Switzerland.
His time 3:17:48. Winner did 3:09:40.6.
Not a race for the faint-hearted. The race involves 1900m (6230 ft) of climbing, finishing at an altitude of 2585m (8480 ft).
Well done, Martin!

Representing Salford Harriers and Great Britain at the European Mountain Running Championships in Bursa, Turkey was Andi Jones.  Andi finished 7th in the race and first British Athlete.  This was his joint highest finish in these championships.  Jones said 'The race was tough, very warm and very steep.'  Jones was very complimentray of the messages he had received from members of Salford Harriers about his performance in the race.  Thislink takes you to an interview with Andi on the European Athletics website.
 

World Masters Track & Field Championships

Mike Deegan (M55) has won 2 medals. 10000M – 2nd 8km Cross Country 3rd. GB placed 4th in the team race.
Arthur Walsham (M80) – 3rd. Has won a team gold.
8km Cross Country 7th
8km Cross Country team race. GB were the only nation to finish a team of 3 in this age category so the British trio of Derek Howarth (Leigh H) 2nd Arthur (7th) and Ron Franklin (Barnet) (9th) are the World Champions.
5000m – Arthur Walsham 7th
10000m – Arthur dnf
CONGRATULATIONS to Mike and Arthur on their performances. We haven’t seen anything about the weather conditions but it could well have been very hot there.
Championship website is www.wm2011.com
Results link is www.flashresults.om/2011Meets/outdoor.07-06-wma  
The Championships are being held at four centres in the City. Click on Sacramento City College for 5000/1000000m results and click on Non-Stadia for the Cross Country.
 

Mike @ World Masters

Salford's Mike Deegan is representing us at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California, USA.  The championships run from 4th July to 17th July.  Championship Website Link.  Mike is entered for the 8km Cross Country on 7th July, 5k track on 9th July and the 10k track on 13th July.  The club wishes Mike the very best in his races.

2011 - BMAF Track & Field Champs

Congratulations to Mike Deegan on winning another title at Birmingham. This time the BMAF National M55 5000m Track Championship.

Full results www.bvaf.org.uk/results/bmaf2011tf.asp
 

2011 - National Masters Relays

They came, they saw and they conquered.  The Harriers reached top form at Saturdays National Masters relays.  Schooled as we are in the art of relay running it was still perhaps our best ever day in this event.  Staged as always at the road racing very own theatre of dreams, Sutton Park, the place of course is steeped in tradition, many of Britain’s finest having plied their trade here in the past - Foster, Stewart, Bedford, Moorcroft, Radcliffe, Farah to name but a few.  O/55 MEN – GOLD - As the course prefects assembled the first leg runners in an orderly line, we all sensed something special brewing with what looked on paper a formidable quartet.  And they didn’t disappoint with a tremendous performance.  1st up Mike Wakefield (18.32) gave us the start we wanted with a solid foundation then Stan Owen (17.32) brought the team right up to second, 3rd leg the returning Eric Williams (16.43) ran a belter to streak into a lead we were not to surrender.  With the new European Champion to come it was, of course, virtually a foregone conclusion and Mike Deegan duly obliged with his speedy 16.17.  The result a comprehensive victory by a full 2min 32secs  - untouchable.    O/35 MEN - SILVER.  An excellent all round team effort brought us mightily close to emulating the seniors here.  In leg order - 1 Head pupil and captain fantastic Dave Lockett (16.02), 2 Dave Townsend (17.26), 3 Phil West (16.52), 4 Phil Leybourne (15.43) and up into the top six, 5 James Williams (16.03), top 3 now !, 6 Dave Hudson (16.38) into 2nd come on lads you can do it !!  7 Darren Moran (16.44) and finally an excellent 15.11 by mighty Martin Cox on the last leg.  A terrific display by all the lads, alas Cambuslang played the role of school bully to perfection here so fair play to them. O/65 MEN - 5TH -  Vinnie Murphy 22.02, Sid Sacks 21.47, Roe Bowness 20.52.  Oh so agonisingly close to those medals, just 16 seconds away from a deserved bronze, a grand effort from the 'three amigos'.   0/35 LADIES - 10TH.  Bev Jenkins 17.31 (3rd best of race), Julie Cook 18.41, new girl Diane Hooper 22.22 and Denise Wakefield 23.01. Well done ladies, a good performance.  O45 MEN - 22ND - Ian Johnson  19.49, Ronnie Warrender 19.20, Tommy Temple 20.58, Tommy Daniels 20.53, Dennis Moran 22.31 and Stan Curran 19.57.  Tremendous effort.  Overall an exceptional day all round and makes one look forward even now to next year’s event. 

London Marathon 2011

Congraulations to all our members who participated in the 31st Virgin London Marathon.

Tomas Abyu 2.21.25
Mark Russell 2.40.22
Hayley Kuter 2.50.14
Lewis Calvert 2.59.25
Christian Jones 4.13.02
Steve Murray 4.39.20
Bev Jenkins 6.49.43 (in her role as minder)

Well done everyone.
 

National 12 Stage Road Relay Team

Team manager Sean Cordell has released the team for next weekends (Saturday 9th April) National 12 Stage Road Relays.
Following the teams strong performance at the Northern Championships the team is looking to do well at the National event.

The mens team is as follows.

1) Andi Jones
2) Mike Deegan
3) Ben Ridell
4) Mark Russell
5) Paul Savage
6) Nathan Kilcourse
7) Jan Pichl
8) Dan McGrath
9) Phil Leybourne
10) Dave Lockett
11) Joe Bailey
12) Dave Hudson

Reserves: James Little; Paul Simons

 

Road Champs Newsletter

Road Secretary Dave Hudson has produced this newsletter to sumarise the standings after race 1.  Race two, The Radcliffe 10k, takes place on Sunday 3rd April.  So get ready to collect more points in this years club championships.
Click here for the newsletter.

Northern 12 & 6 Stage Road Relays - 20th March 2011

Come gather round people wherever you roam and admit that the Athletes around you have grown. Yes siree the super Salford ladies certainly grew in stature today grabbing well deserved bronze medals. Set beside the grounds of the Catterick Army base the girls gave a battling display from start to finish whilst proving reports of their demise after recent cross country events, were in fact, just a load of old barracks. Fine runs all round with Tess getting a fine start and coming back 4th in 12.48 followed by Anna taking the lead with an identical time, next up Tania maintained the momentum with 14.27 then Sam keeping us in the hunt with 14.11. On the 5th leg Hayley pulled out a swift 13.14 effort nicely setting up Bev to finish off the good work with a redoubtable 13.06 anchor leg. The Ladies squad is looking really good once again and this result should inspire them to soldier on to even more success. The Mens A team ran solidly right through and finished in a meritorious 6th place, a noble effort indeed and, as with the Ladies, showed promise of good times ahead. Ben set the ball rolling with 22.52 on leg 1 in 10th spot followed by in leg order :- marvellous Mike Deegan 12.13, 7th place, back after injury Gerry 23.56, 9th , dependable Darren 12.35 , 8th , Paul ( Mr versatile ) Savage 23.49, 9th, impressive newcomer Daniel McGrath 12.07, 7th, Phil ( sick note ) Leybourne 24.12, 8th, defying the medics to yet again prove he'd run through a brick wall for the club, Huddo 12.25, 8th, a fine run and as usual supported vociferously around the course by animated siblings Groucho , Harpo , Chico , Zeppo and Gummo. Next up came reliable Rob with 24.07 maintaining 8th place handing on to Simon who retained our status quo with 12.36. On the penultimate leg Joe ran a blinder to take us up into 6th with a speedy 22.30, setting up rocket Lockett to apply the coup de grace with his excellent 12.10. The B team ran consistently throughout finishing 2nd B and 32nd overall whilst Nicola Hall gained valuable experience running as our sole ladies B teamer. Wakefield took the spoils in the Ladies race with Morpeth popular winners of the Mens over previously untouchable Leeds. But as we all know the first one now will later be last and the loser now will be later to win cos the times they are a changin. He knows his stuff that Dylan guy.                Pete Budd                                                   Photos: www.athletesinaction.co.uk

Weekend XC Round Up.

The English National Cross Country Championships took place over the weekend at Alton Towers.  Having been held at The Towers back in 2008 runners were well prepared for the hill that was to be greeted on each lap.  But, due to difficult conditions caused by the recent weather race organisers had to alter the course during the event in order to ensure the events could go ahead safely.  Well done to the organisers on ensuring the event took place.  Thanks.
Representing Salford and first home was Jan Pichl in 208th. Rob Hughes was the second Salford athlete home in 251st place.  Well done to everyone who ran this weekend at the National.  Full results can be found here.

This weekend was also the Northern vets Cross Country Championships which were held at Warrington.  In the 10k race Paul Simons was the winner followed in 4th place by Stan Owen.  In the 5k race Bev Jenkins won the race.  Also running were Sid Sacks (4th), Denise Wakefield (9th) and Arthur Walsham (17th).  Full results can be found here.

PRESENTATION DINNER

Our annual Presentation Dinner will be held on Saturday 26th February 2011 at St Herberts, Broadway, Chadderton, Oldham.  Dinner is at 7.30 p.m.  Adults £15 children under 16 years £8.  Contact Ruth Bardsley for tickets on ruthfatcow@aol.com

Pennine Bridleway Relay

Sunday 30th January was a superb day out on the fells for Salford Harriers with the Mens team winning the relay by a short distance from Calder Valley Fell runners.  A few changes in the team this year from the team that finished second in 2010.  Westy and Huddo made a great start to the day on leg one handing over to Jones and Brown.  Brown constantly moaning about being unfit showed he had no problems with running down hill, just up hill.  Borrowdale went sight seeing on leg 2 and throw away a good lead, but maybe they wouldn't have held on to the lead in the later legs anyway.  Leg three saw Hughes and Bruton head out and they had a solid run on the leg with the most climb.  Handing over to Jan and Mark Russell on leg four these two blasted round to run a new leg record.  Well done lads, especially considering Jan also ran his heart out on Saturday afternoon at the Northern Cross Country Championships.  Heading off on leg five Riddell and Bailey had a much faster run than last year running four minutes quicker to return home in the lead some 38 seconds ahead of Calder Valley Fellrunners.
Great support as usual from the clubs loyal supporters.

Mutiny on the County

Our lads and lassies certainly brought in the new year in scintillating fashion last weekend and what a fantastic turnout, it was just a pity most of the other Clubs didn’t support the event in the same way - a sign of the times unfortunately. Where the better runners from Sale, Trafford, Altrincham and Horwich, our biggest rivals in the area. I suppose one can quote the old adage of ’you can only beat what is put in front of you' and that certainly rang true here. Many years ago we used to look forward with desire and relish towards the County Championship. As a prelude to the Northerns and Nationals it acted as the perfect build up - quality races, large vibrant fields, expertly organised and suitably highly respected by one and all. Not so these days - remember the old Lancashire Championships, just ask Harriers icon Stan Curran about these events, where you had to be of virtual International quality just to make the top dozen or so. Then they changed the county boundaries and we became Greater, if by name, certainly not in stature. Yet although significantly weakened, the new county event still provided good quality races in their formulative years, bringing the Harriers many exciting and celebrated glory days. How the times have changed, for whatever reason the event started to sink like the Titanic to the level it is today, if not entirely meaningless, yet a mere parody of its former self. This is a great shame, the winter calendar is so bereft of true championship events it’s little wonder we, like many other clubs have taken 'to the hills' in search of better competition. Whilst the new look Manchester Area League has proven to be a huge success, we still need a thriving County Championship as a springboard for the greater challenges ahead.  Pete Budd

Northern Cross Country Championship Performances

Roy Profit, the clubs historian, has compiled this comprehensive list of performances in the Northern Cross Country Championships. Looking at how our athletes performed recently in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire County Cross Country championships, there is scope for athletes to win more medals at the Northern Cross Country at Sunderland on Saturday 29th January. Click on this link to open the document in PDF format.
Many thanks to Roy for the time he's taken in producing this document.

Billy Burns

Many of you should find this interesting article on Billy Burns a good read.
Just click here!

Auld Lang Syne Fell Race

Just in case Fell Running wasn't hard enough in normal running gear, one member of our club decided that she would wear her summer best outfit and head for the moors of Howarth. Picture here! More photos of the race viewable on David Bretts Website
In the race of nutters on New Years Eve were a World Triathlon Champion, Elvis, The Mad Hatter to name but just a few along with the other runners in more suited running gear for the tough 6.6 mile fell race we know as the Auld Lang Syne.
Full results of the race will be on www.woodentops.org.uk very shortly.
Representing Salford Harriers were Andi Jones, Mark Russell and Julie Laverock. You can decide which one of us ran in fancy dress!!!!
 

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP

The Christmas Handicap is to be held on Saturday 18th December 2010.  The start is from the Oakbank Avenue entrance of Boggart Hole Clough at 2.00 pm.  The changing rooms will be open from 1.00 pm.  BRING A PRIZE - TAKE A PRIZE - Prize giving and buffet at the Bluebell Hotel following the race.  Any new members taking part please contact Sean Cordell with an estimated time for 5K or 10k in order to ensure a more accurate handicap.

M/c Area XC League - 4th December 2010

Well done to all 18 of our hardy souls for braving the elements on Saturday as the men produced a fine team performance to win their event by a single point. At the front Andi fought a thrilling duel with Tom Lancashire, the latter finally breaking clear on the final lap. With fine support by Joe(5th), Ben(8th), Jan(14th), Mark (23rd) and sixth counter Simon(24th). Not too far behind and also running well came Phil W(29th), Stan O (45th), Jacko (56th), Tom H(75th), Sean(77th), Gavin(101st), Ronnie(145th), Tom T(181st), Vinny(201 st) and Dennis(206th). In the Ladies race Anna had her best ever cross country outing, chasing hard all the way behind the classy Donna Jones, Anna has come on in leaps and bounds this year and is now looking a really mature, well rounded athlete. Another solid run by Nicola in 39th completed the Ladies line up. Congratulations and thanks to each and every one of the small yet dedicated band of marshalls and course setter uppers, without whose help there would have been no meeting, it would have been so easy on the third Saturday before Christmas to go shopping or stay at home in the warmth watching ski jumping from Garmisch or whatever so top marks all around, not forgetting all the officials especially Julie, doing their usual sterling work.  Pete.

Gravy Pud - Revised

On a cold snowy day, 60 hardy souls did battle on the revised running of the Gravy Pud which for one day only was known as the Gravy Round the Resers Pud Race.  The race measured at 5.59 miles was a great success.  Ice on route made sections challenging but most seemed to miss having to struggle up Lees Hill on the normal course.  The  mens winner was Sale Harriers Gareth Raven who recently spent 4 weeks in Kenya on the edge of the Rift Valley altitude training with UKA.  First lady was Donna Jones also from Sale Harriers who also won the Manchester League Cross Country the day before.  Many thanks to all who turned up to race and to help with the race or just to donate to Jades Wheels which was this years charity chosen for the race proceeds.  Thank you         Andi Jones

Gravy Pud

The Gravy Pud race route is badly covered with snow so we have taken the decission to hold a race on the Round the Resers race course.  Same venue for race HQ, same time for race start (11am).  Please come and support this race as proceeds from the race are being donated to Jades Wheel.  Jades Wheels is raising money for a sports wheelchair for Jade who is a promising athlete but was born with Spina Bifida.
Hopefully see many people on Sunday 5th December in Tintwistle.

Sherdley Park Cross Country

Deep in the heart of Rugby League land, a brave Salford contingent 'tackled' the testing Sherdley Park course today. Although a little on the 'short side', the team certainly did'nt 'stand off' and with a bit more 'ruck' could have fared even better. The mens team comprising Mark Russell, Jan Pichl,Stan Owen, Paul Birkett, Mark Seed, Ian Jackson and Tom Hall 'put in' a fine performance often overtaking 'on the blindside' to move 'up and under' the skin of their opponents . After the ignominious 'drop out' from last season when we 'propped' up the rest, its vital we take 'advantage' of our next home fixture at the Boggart, after which we'll be 'threequarters' of the way there . So we must 'knock on' and 'try' our best to avoid being in the 'second row' of teams next year. P.S. Before 'handing off' , special mention to Jacko - up at the crack of dawn to work the early shift . As sixth counter here, his dedication could prove vital in our 'conversion' to Div 1. Well done everyone, they gave it their all and were totally 'haka'red at the finish. Pete.

Salford Harriers representing England

A number of Salford Harriers athletes were out representing England at the weekend at the International Cross Country Championships in Dublin.  Mike Deegan was third in the V50 race finishing 10 seconds behind the winner.  Mike helped the England team win gold medals.  Stan Owen was representing England in the V55 age group and finished 5th overall. 
Bev Jenkins, who was reserve for the England team, won the open race.  Husband paul was reserve for the England team but didn't race.
Many congratulations to all who ran and represented the club at this international event.

Accrington 10K

Report  by Julie Laverock on the Accrington 10k held on Sunday 31st October can be found on the Race Reports tab.

Teams for XC Relays

Teams for National XC Relays on Saturday 6th November.  Race starts at 2.40pm
Teams listed in leg order.  If there are any problems get in touch with Sean Cordell ASAP.

A)
Carl Hardman
Ben Ridell
Rob Hughes
Joe Bailey

B)
Mike Deegan
Phil Leybourne
Dave Lockett
Simon Bruton

C)
James Kovacks
Jan Pichl
Dave Hudson
Phil West

Ladies teams. Race starts at 2.10pm

A)
Tess Walker
Julie Cook
Sam Briggs

B)
Caroline Broderick
Bev Jenkins
Ruth Bardsley

Any problems then contact Tess Walker ASAP.

Vets News

Dates of some races and championships for Vets have been added to the Vets page under the fixtures tab.

A good day out in the park!

At the first Manchester league Cross Country Salford Harriers were out in force wearing the red vest of the Harriers. In the mens race the Norman brothers of Andy and Dave from Altrincham were first and second followed by fast improving son of Paul Roden who ran world cross for GB, Jamie Roden of Sale Harriers. First Salford Harrier home today was new boy Mark Russell. Mark running his fiorst race for the club since joining from Bolton Tri was 15th overall and second V40. Mark was closely followed by Paul Savage and Simon Bruton. Speaking after the race Brtuon was pleased with his run considering he had been suffering with a sore leg since the early part of the week. Following Bruton home was the rocket Lockett and Pichl. Full results of the mens race are here.
In the ladies race Olivia Walwyn of Altrincham was first home. Salfords Anna Weaver was first salford lady home finishing in 6th position. Nicola Hall finished in 39th. Full results here.
 

Calderdale Way Relay, Sunday 12th December

Wanting to build on the clubs success in this event over the last few years we are looking at fielding a very strong A team who can retain the title.
If you are available to run please let us know as soon as possible so we can arrange the two teams, ensure everyone knows the legs and arrange a few group runs on the stages in the build up to the race.  If you want details of routes then check out the Halifax Harriers website here.

AGM

Our AGM will be held on Monday 25th October 2010.  The venue this year is our Committee Room at our Headquarters at the rear of the Bluebell Hotel, Manchester M40 5AF.  Please support your Club.

National Road Relays

The teams for the National Road Relays have been finalised and released by Sean.  They are as follows-
A Team
1) Joe Bailey
2) Rob Hughes
3) Ben Riddell
4) Paul Savage
5) Phil Leybourne
6) Martin Cox

B Team
1)James Kovacks
2) Phil West
3) Dave Hudson
4) Jan Pichl
5) Simon Bruton
6) Paul Simons

Traveling reserve: Paul Birkett

Men's race starts at 1.30 (women's is at 12.00).

Relays Facts

Club historian Roy Profit was asked the question, 'When was the last time Salford finished ahead of both Sales men and womens team in the northern road relays and when was the last time Bev Jenkins wasn't on a medaling ladies team?'
And this is his answer, as usualy Roy took no time at all in finding the answer.

We only have to go back one year to the 6 and 4 stage relays of 2009 to find examples of Salford Harriers finishing ahead of Sale in both men's and women's
events.
Northern Relays at Leeds Carnegie:
Men: Salford - 2nd, Sale - 9th.
Women: Salford - 7th, Sale - 9th.

National Relays at Sutton Park:
Men: Salford - 19th, Sale - 34th.
Women:: Salford - 33rd, Sale - DNF (only 2 runners).

The Bev question is harder to answer and probably requires quite a lot of research. Certainly, from my memory she always seems to have been there
when we have done well at Northern and National level, whether on the road or country. Perhaps Bev can tell us if she can recall any occasion
where she was unavailable when the club had a great success.

Comparing the records of Salford and Sale in the Northern 6-stage, an interesting and rather surprising fact about Sale emerges. As you know, Salford
has a fine record in the race. The event started in 1969 and has been held annually ever since, making last week's race the 42nd in the series.
We have won medals in 15 of these, made up of 9 x 1st, 4 x 2nd, 2 x 1st. Leading individual medal winners in our club are Neil Wilkinson - 8, Ken
Chapman - 7, Larry Mathews, Martin Cox and Andi Jones - 5 each.
Sale Harriers? Despite having many fine runners over the years, they have never won a medal in this race.

So Roy then goes on to report on the 12 stage where Sales high standard is shown off better!

Perhaps you are a little harsh in writing off Sale's interest in road relays. Their record in the 6-stage is pretty dismal but a study of their
results in the 12-stage shows a different picture.
The Northern 12-stage started in 1968 and has now been held on 43 occasions. 2 clubs top the table of total medals won with 19 medals each.
They are Salford Harriers and.....Sale Harriers! Their spread of medals is very different. Salford's total is made up of 8 x 1st, 8 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd.
Sale have won 1 x 1st, 8 x 2nd, 10 x 3rd.
On an individual level, Salford's top medal winners in this race are Duncan Mason and Gary Crowther with 10 medals, Jimmy Newnes 9 and Ken
Chapman, Larry Mathews, Kevin McGee and Mike Higginbottom with 8 each.

Many thanks to Roy Profit for providing us with the above facts whch make for interesting reading.

Jones in Doha

Thought I would share this video with you if I can get it to work.  I have been making videos this week for my schools VLE as the kids are interested in what I am up to.  So here is a little video I made today while wasting time at a Costa Coffe Shop.

The view from Costa Cafe from Andi Jones on Vimeo.

Northern Road Relays- 6 stage & 4 stage relays

Report by Pete Budd on the Northern 6 Stage and 4 Stage Relays 2010
It was ladies day at the races last saturday,forget Ascot though,this was wythenshawe park on a cool autumn afternoon as Salfords flying fillies fairly covered themselves in glory with brilliant bronze medals. Tess Walker got the show on the road with a superb opening leg in 17.21 ( 7th best overall ), the ever maturing Anna Weaver kept the pot boiling with a handy 18.42, followed by Sam Briggs moving us up to 4th with a crisp 18.34. It was left to Julie Cook running a well controlled 19.13 to stay ahead of the fast finishing Leigh athlete to complete a great effort by the girls. It was particularly good to see Julie run anchor ,one can only admire and applaud a girl so utterly dogged by injury still produce quality performancies on hardly any decent training. The mens sextet came within a whisker of emulating the girls, finishing 4th in their race. The guys were always in the thick of things in what was a thrilling race from start to finish . Joe Bailey 17.01 (5th) , new recruit Aron Adem 17.34(10th) Ben Riddell 17.08(6th) Andi Jones 17.09(5th) Carl Hardman 17.27 (3rd) and finally John Brown 17.40 last leg just missing bronze despite ,as always giving it 100 % plus effort . As we all know John is one of the best around on mountains and fells and to run that quick on the flat was quite a performance. Praise worthy efforts on the day by the ladies B team, Mens B team (excellent 24th and National qualification) , also C and D teams, not forgetting an under 15s Boys trio. Very well done to one and all. Finally a couple of posers for you stats people, (a) when was the last time we beat Sale in both mens and Ladies races at this level (b) When ( if indeed ever) have we won team medals at this level without the brilliant Bev in the team ?

 

Coxy Update

Salford Harriers Martin Cox has been travelling around again taking part in races in various european countries. Hopefully Martin will be running for the A team at the forth coming National Road Relays. Recently Martin took part in the Morat-Fribourg, finishing in 10th place in a time of 56.53. This was Martins highest position in this race but not his fastest time which he recorded back in 2007 as 56.10. Two weeks ago Martin raced a 22km mountain race in San Genesio, Italy. In the race he finished 2nd behind Gerd Frick, a member of the Italian team at this years World Mountain Running Championships.

 

Weekend Round Up 4th October 2010

The Salford Harriers were busy again over the weekend with athletes representing the club at the Northern Road Relays. The relay which were this year hosted by Sale Harriers Manchester at Wythenshawe Park seemed to go well even though the course was tight at times.
The winning team in the men’s race was Derby. Jonny Gilby, who for a long time trained with the Salford boys on Tuesdays and Saturday’s ran a very impressive second leg for his team. Salford men finished fourth on the day but were looking to medal at the event. Strong runs by Joe and Ben were very encouraging. Andi, maybe suffering the effects of big mileage and a little cold and Carl Hardman on his way back from injury could have done with finding a few more seconds which would have given the ever consistent John Brown a little more of a margin as he set off on the final leg. New member Aron Amed, running his first race since coming to the UK had a strong run and I am sure there is more to come. The men finished fourth and now look forward to the National Road Relays on Saturday 16th October at Sutton Park, Birmingham.
Full results of the mens relays can be found here.
The womens team had a very good day and ended up third and bronze medal winners. Women’s team manager Tess Walker lead the girls out on leg 1 to run the seventh fastest time of the day. Strongly supported by Anna Weaver, Sam Briggs and Julie Cook the girls finished third overall.
Full results of the relays can be found here.
In the lower age groups and thanks to Vinnie, the club managed to field an under 15 team for the first time for a few years now which is very encouraging.
Another great Salford Harriers marathon performance on Sunday was by Jan Pichl who won the Jersey Marathon in 2:31:30, finishing 72 seconds ahead of 2nd and nearly 15 minutes in front of third. At the other end of the UK Tomas Abyu had a run round the Lochness Marathon. Tomas won the race in 2.20 finishing five minutes ahead of the next runner.
John Brown was back in action on Sunday winning the Sandstone Trail Race.

 

Weekend Round Up

This weekend has been a busy weekend for Salford Harriers athletes with several athletes having runs out at various races.
Today (Sunday) saw the first running of the Swinton 10 mile race which replaces the Swinton Half Marathon.  First Salford Harriers home in 57.00 was Tom Martin in third place overall.  dave Lockett, using the run as a tempo ran 59.20 to finish in 7th place.  In 9th place was Dave Hudson who ran 59.42.  First vet 60 in the race was Salfords Stan Curran who returned home in 68.01.  Full results can be found here.

Further a field Joe Bailey, Ben Riddell and Tess Walker were representing the North of England at the Swansea Bay 10k. Known for fast times if the weather is kind the three Salford athletes would have been looking to better their PBs.  Gun times for the three were Joe Bailey, 14th in 31.31, Ben Riddell 17th in 32.02 and Tess Walker 36.00.  Full provisional results can be found here.

Paul Simons running at Northern Vets Track Championships finished first in 16.38.  Bev Jenkins was 1st lady in the Lancaster Road 5K in a time of 18.00.

It is looking good for the team for the North of England road relays which are being staged at Sale Harriers, Wythensahwe Park on Saturday 2nd October.  Teams are being finalised in the next few days.  Please let Andi Jones know if you haven't already confirmed you are or are not available.

Northern Road Relays & Calderdale Way Relays

Please let Andi Jones know asap if you are available for the Northern Road Relays on Saturday 2nd October.  The club have entered several teams for the mens event which is being staged at Wythenshawe Park, Manchester.  It has been suggested that the North West Road Relays now replace the trial race of the Park Run which was first suggested.  Obviously, any known form will be taken in to consideration when the team selections are being made.

Two teams have been entered for the Calderdale Way Relay.  We await confirmation from Halifax Harriers that both our entries are accepted.  The relay is on Sunday 12th December.  Please let Andi Jones know if you are available on this date so we can field a strong team with a view of retaining the title we have won for the past two years.

Final race in club champs

The final race of the club championships 2010 is fast approaching.  The new Swinton 10 mile race on Sunday 26th September is the final race in our championships.  Entries can be made on this link.

National Vets 10K Championships - 12 September 2010

Congratulations to Mike Deegan who came 1st 0/50 in a time of 33.54 in today's National Vets 10K Championship held at Goodrich, Wolverhampton. Paul Simons finished 6th 0/45 in 34.06 and Stan Owen 3rd 0/55.

John's Tenth Appearance at the Worlds

John Brown represented Salford Harriers and Great Britain for a tenth time at the World Mountain Running Championships in Kamnik, Slovenia on Sunday 5th September.  The ever consistent Brown finished in 54th place and 2nd British athlete.  Other local athlete Gareth Raven from Sale Harriers finished in 64th place.  In the ladies race Radcliffes Anna Lupton finished 31st and 2nd British lady.
Well done to John on his impressive record at this championships.

Summer Handicap - 19th August 2010

Thursday 19th August saw 21 runners,  including 6 new faces, turn out for the annual Club Summer Handicap on the tough two lap course in Boggart Hole Clough.  Good handicapping by Stan Curran made for a competitive race which was won by first timer Lewis Calvery from seasoned racing machine Mark Seed in second.  Lone lady in the event, Bev Jenkins, continues her return to form with a close third whilst the actual fastest time of the day was Carl Hardman's 16.08 just ahead of Ben Riddell.  The best prize brought to the presentation was obviously Huddo's Lambrini, for which he later received - a bottle of Lambrini!!

SUMMER HANDICAP RESULTS
1) Lewis Calvery 21.59 (20.19)
2) Mark Seed 24.01 (19.51)
3) Bev Jenkins 24.06 (20.56)
4) Sean Cordell 24.13 (20.18)
5) Ian Johnson 24.15 (21.35)
6) Carl Hardman 24.18 (16.08)
7) Dave Boundy 24.21 (23.21)
8) Ben Riddell 24.31 (16.21)
9) Tommy Daniels 24.34 (22.54)
10 Alan Norman 24.39 (20.29)
11) Tommy Temple 24.43 (23.03)
12) Darren Moran 24.55 (18.20)
13) Sean Byrne 25.00 (19.05)
14) Roland Bowness 25.02 (24.02)
15) Dave Hudson 25.10 (18.55)
16) Charlie Foster 25.31 (20.21)
17) Stan Curran 25.36 (22.36)
18) Chris Roberts 25.39 (24.58)
19) Steve Murray 25.58 (24.58)
20 Frank Murray 26.15 (26.15)
21) Chris Horton 26.27 (26.27)
 

John takes on Pikes Peak

John Brown running for England had a strong race at the Pikes Peak Race, USA.  John was a member of silver medal winnng team.  Details of the race can be found here.  The club congratulate John on his performance in the race and wish him all the best for the World Mountain Running Championships in September.

National Masters Half Marathon Championship - 22nd August 2010

Well done to Paul Simons who today finished 3rd O/45 in the National Masters Half Marathon Championship which took place at Burnham Beeches.  Paul said that it was a very tough course and he was still struggling with an injury but he was pleased to have competed today.

Sale 10 Mile

The annual running of the Sale 10 took place on Sunday 1st August.  Having cracking runs at the race were Salfords Rob Hughes and Paul Simons.  Rob finished 10th in 53.29 and Paul finished 17th and first vet 45 in 55.22.  Well done lads on great performances.Full results of this popular 10 mile race can be found here.

Victory for the Salford Men and Women at Saddleworth 6

Salford Harriers put in strong performance at the Saddleworth 6 Mile Road Race on Wednesday 11th August winning first place in the mens and womens team competition. This was a club race so Sean Cordell will be adding the points on when her returns from his holiday.

The mens individual race was won by Ben Fish in a time of 29m26. Ben was followed by two Salford Harriers; Andi Jones in 2nd (30m00) and Ben Riddell in 3rd (31m03). Rob Hughes had another strong run finishing in 6th position (32m08) showing his good form at the moment. Next was Jan Pichl in 8th (32m49). Tess Walker won the Ladies Race in 34m48. Next Salford finisher was Dave Hudson in 35m15.

Ian Jackson was the second Male V40 in a time of 35m26. Charlie Foster followed in 36m33, Ronnie Warrender Male V50 39m15, Dave Shaw 39m21. Bev Jenkins (who still holds the Ladies course record) was the 3rd lady in 39m41 followed by Stan Curran in 40m11 who was 3rd V60. Following Stan was Paul Murray 41m08, Tommy Temple 41m37, Tommy Daniels 43m04, Gary Thomason 43m43, Roland Bowness 44m13 and Vinnie Murray 44m14. Debra Riding ran well to finish in 45m11 and may have been one of the top vets but the results don’t distinguish between senior women and vets! Next was new girl Caroline Broderick in 47m57.  Well done to all the runners who took part. 

A full set of results can be found here. 
 

Brown on Top of the World!

John Brown as been a great club runner for many years and has many team titles and individual titles to his name.  But he has now achieved his aim of being selected for the 10th time for the Great Britain and NI Mountain Running team for the forthcoming World Mounatin Running Championships in Slovenia.  John was second in the trial race which was held on Snowdon last weekend.  John said 'I've achieved a persoanl goal of representing my country at 10 world championships.  It gets harder to train when you get older but I managed to combine a lot of cycling and just enough running to get me in shape'.  Salford Harriers wish John every success at the forth coming World Championships, but before this event on 5th September John is running for his country again at the Pikes Peak race in USA.  John has a busy month ahead and we are sure he will do himself and Salford Harriers proud.  Link for the World Mountain running Championships here.  Link for the Pikes Peak here.

Race 8 of the Club Champs

Don't forget that this Wednesday, 11th August, see's race eight of our club championships at the Saddleworth 6.  The Saddleworth 6 is a well supported road race which always offers fast times and good prizes in all age groups.  The course is a fast two lap course with a testing short drag of a climb on each lap.

Weekend Round Up

The athletes were at it again, running races across the UK and Europe with some excellent performances and PBs.
On Saturday evening at Trafford AC there were a number for 5000m races set up to allow athletes to aim for fast times.  Joe Bailey ran a solid race and finished 8th in 14.46, just missing out on his PB set earlier in the year.  Ben Riddell had an excellent run and broke the 15 minute barrier and in doing so winning the C race.  Ben ran 14.57.  Also making a return to track racing was super Vet 45 Paul Simons.  In his first track race for some seven years Paul put in a strong showing and finished in 16.20.  Tess Walker ran a solid race and finished in 17.31.

This weekend was also the trial race for the World Mountain Running Championships.  The trial race was held at Snowdon, Wales and John Brown finished an excellent 2nd in the race which must now make him selected for the GB team for the forth coming championships.

Further a field this weekend saw the annual running of Sierre Zinal 31k, 7000ft of climbing mountain race in Switzerland.  Billy Burns finished in 16th place and 3rd vet.  Also running was Duncan Mason who has just spent some time out in France at altitude with Team GB working as phsio to the marathon team and Mo Farah and Chris Thompson.  Duncan finished in 511th in 4 hrs 32 mins.

Well done to everyone who is out therre competing in the Red vest of Salford Harriers.

North West Road Relays ***Change of information***

This years North West Road Relays are planned to be staged at Leigh Sports Village on Saturday 18th September.  Landing two weeks before the Northern Road Relays this could be used as a great test prior to the Northerns where the club will be looking at winning medals and fielding at least three teams.  Sean Cordell is going to be collating a list of interested runners as Andi Jones will be away at the Great North Run on the day of the race.  Please contact Sean asap if you are available to run in these relays.

Summer Handicap Race

This year's summer handicap race takes place on Thursday 19th August at Boggart Hole Clough. Meet 7.00pm at the Bluebell as usual. For those who haven't done it before (and for those who have) it's a testing up-and-down 5k course over two laps, and a great event for all members at whatever standard. It's an 'open handicap'- meaning that runners set off at intervals according to their expected finishing time: (i.e. slower earlier, and faster later), giving everyone a fighting chance of crossing the line first!
There's prizes for everyone (we all bring a prize and take a prize: nothing extravagant, a bottle or a few cans seem to be perennial favourites!) at the presentation which is back at the pub, where there will also be a buffet.
It's fine just to turn up on the night, but giving your name to Bob in advance will help us with the handicapping.
Bob Towell was saying that it would be good to get all the newer members down to this social event as well as the old hacks, so if we could all spread the word to any who might not yet be on the e-mail forum, that would be good.
Further details available from Sean
s.cordell@bham.ac.uk
 

Club Sizzler

Well done to all the Salford Harriers who ran at the Club Race Sale Sizzler on Thursday 29th July. The race was delayed by 15 minutes due to the park barriers being locked and the officials told the leading athletes they ‘might’ have to jump the barrier. There were some strong performances especially by Ben Riddell (2nd) and Sid Sacks (1st V70).
The race was won by Matt Barnes of Altrincham in 14m42. He was followed by Ben Riddell running a fantastic PB of 15m05. This was a very strong run for Ben and PB by 7 seconds. 3rd was Joe Bailey in 15m40. Paul Simons then finished 10th in a time of 16m25 and 2nd V40 and then Dave Hudson in 16m50 meaning that the men were the first team overall.
The next finisher was Tessa Walker who won the Ladies race in 17m04, followed by Ian Jackson (7th V40) in 17m16, Jason Boothroyd 17m19, Sean Byme 17m39, Charlie Foster 17m52, Sean Cordell 18m50, Ronnie Warrender 19m19, Dave Shaw 19m29, Stan Curran (2nd V60) 20m17, Tom Temple 20m40, Tim Walsham in 21m25, Roland Burness (5th V60) 21m52, Vinnie Murphy (6th V60) 21m59, Sid Sacks 1st V70 in 23m05, Danielle Shilton 25m23 and Arthur Walsham 34m10.
 

Cross Country Season

Fixtures, some provisional, have been added to the cross country section of the website.  Put the dates in your diary now!

Stretford 3k

Well done to the Salford Athletes who competed on the track last night at Stretford (July 27th) - especially to the new member Dan McGrath who ran a PB.
Joe Bailey 8m35, Ben Riddell 8m42, Dan McGrath 9m26 (PB), Dave Hudson 9m42, Tess Walker 9m53.  Full results are available here.

Club Kit

The club has a stock of the new running jackets available in all sizes for men and ladies.  The cost of the jackets is currently £20.
Club vests are available in a range of sizes costing £9. 
Very soon there should be a new Ron-HIll Technical club t-shirt available in the club colour with the club logo on the breast area.  Prices and availability of these will be known soon.
Remember the club kit for events is the Ron-Hill club vest and BLACK shorts.

New Arrival for Salford Harriers

Salford Harriers send their best wishes and huge congratulations to Andrew and Jenny on the birth of their son James Daniel, born 27th July 2010, 1.33pm weighing in at 8lb 9oz.  Another addition to a forth coming winning national team no doubt!  Mother and Baby are doing very well, but Bob and Hilary are shattered!
Congratulations.

Club Championships 2010

Please check out the club championships page for details of the remaining races in this years championships.  There have been a few changes to the provisional list of ten races with the September Trafford 10k being replaced with the Worsley Woods Trail race and the Swinton Half Marathon being changed to the Swinton 10 mile race.  (Please note the Trafford 10k this September is not being run but the March race in 2011 will be on.)  Links to results of races already held in the championships have been added and up dated Championship spreadsheet will be available after this Thursdays Sale Sizzler which is race 7 in this years championships.  There is still a lot to run for in the championships so lets have good turn outs at each of the remaining events.

Gravy 6

The Gravy 6 hosted one of the clubs championship races and was well supported by Salford Harriers athletes.  First in the race was Salfords Ben Riddell in a time 30.16.  Andy Kay finished fourth in 32.09, closley followed in fifth by V45 Paul Simons in 32.36.  First lady in the race was Donna Jones of Sale Harriers in 3416. (13th Overall)  First Salford Harrier lady was Anna Sanders in 43.07.
Northernboyslovegravy who hosted the event thank Salford Harriers for the support with marshalling they always provide to the race.
Full results can be found here.

PBs tumble at Sale Sizzler

There were PBs for many at the Sale Sizzler on Thursday 16th July.  The race was won by East Cheshire athlete Simon Horsefield in 14.49, some 10 seconds ahead of second place runner Chris Livesey of Preston Harriers.  In third place was Joe Bailey in a PB time of 15.02.  Joe is showing much promise and will surely better this time for 5k over the coming months.  Joe is quoted as saying that he decided to go off with Horsefield but got dropped at 4k but gave it a go.  Fourth in the race and second Salford Harrier was Ben Riddell in 15.12. 
Other Salford Harriers running PBs at the race include Simon Bruton, 9th in 16.02, James Williams 14th in 16.16, Andy Kay a place behind James in 15th in a time of 16.25 and the ever getting faster Dave Hudson in 19th place in 16.42.  Also well up was the race machine we know as Dave Lockett in 12th place in a time of 16.12 which also earned the spot as first V40!
The team was won in great style by Salford Harriers.  The team was Joe Bailey, Ben Riddell, Simon Bruton and Dave Lockett.
Well done to all who ran.  It's looking good for the road relays this Autumn. 
Full results here.

Tess and a new PB

Congratulations to Womens team manager Tess Walker on her superb performance in the Manchester 10k on Sunday 4th July.  Tess won the ladies race in 35.05.  Overall winner of the race was Birchfields Jean Ndayisenga in 29.24 followed by Salford Harriers Andi Jones in 29.34.  Andi said he was pleased with his race considering the mileage he had been doing in the previous weeks in preparation for the European Championships where he is to run the marathon on 1st August.

Write up by the event organisers here with some great pictures!

Full results link here

Auther Walsham and Derek Howarths Race

7pm Wednesday 15th September 2010 from the Cock & Magpie Public House, Cock Hall Lane, Whitworth. (A671 Burnley Rd)
Andems Runners are pleased to stage this wheel measured 5K in honour of Arthur & Derek who have both reached their 80th Birthday this year. Both men have served Athletics with distinction.  This event includes 2 laps of the scenic Cowm Reservoir.  Proceeds to include Rochdale Stroke Club.
Entry Fee £4.00 Affiliated £6.00 unaffiliated £1.00 extra on night. Cheques payable Andems Runners ADR to Andy O’Sullivan MBE, 40 Crowshaw Drive, Rochdale OL12 OSR.
There will be a prize for every finisher. Extensive Prize list in ALL Categories. First Aid. Well Marshalled.
 

Rochdale 10k

The Rocket was out racing again at the club championship race The Rochdale 10k.  Finishing in second place behind Newhams Ian Grime Dave Locket returned home in 33.36 to secure maximum points in the club championship table.  Second Salford Harrier home was James Williams in 3rd place overall and a time of 34.53.  Full results cane be found here.

Sale Sizzler- Race 4 in the club champs

The first Sale Sizzler of the year kicked off on Thursday 1st July in great style for the inform Vet 40 Dave' The Rocket' Lockett.  Dave finished in 5th place overall in a time of 16.12.  The ever improving Dave Hudson finished in 15th place in a time of 16.58.  Huddo, a primary school teacher, will be putting in the training over the next month when school closes for the summer break so watch your backs!  Full results of the race are now online here.

Angela Deegan Memorial Race Results

Full results of this well supported race can be found here.

Angela Deegan Memorial Cowm Reservoir Race

The Angela Deegan Memorial Cowm Reservoir race takes place at 3pm on Saturday 26th June from Whitworth, Rochdale.  The race is approx 5km and all ran on good paths and tracks.  Please come and support this race.  Further details can be found here.

Deegan At The Top

Mike Deegan shot to the top of the V50 3k rankings last night with his fine performance at the Trafford Open Meeting.  Mike ran 9.21 to better Bill Fosters time of 9.23 and in doing so taking him to the top of this years rankings.  Well done Mike.

Relay News

The dates of the 6 stage relays and cross country relays are listed below.

Northern 6 Stage Relays- Wythenshawe Park, Manchester- Saturday 2nd October 2010

National 6 Stage Relays- Sutton Park, Birmingham- Saturday 16th October 2010

English National Cross Country Relays- Berry Hill Park, Mansfield- Saturday 6th November 2010

Anna is in Flying Form

Anna Weaver recently broke the ladies course record in the Heaton Park 5k Park Run when she ran 18m18s on 15th May taking the course record away from another Salford Harrier, Sam Briggs.  She also is in good form on the track at the moment finishing 2nd lady in 9m58s at the Trafford Open Meeting 3k on Tuesday evening.   Anna has been improving rapidly over the last 6 months which is looking good for the ladies relay team at the end of the summer.  The next important race for the ladies team is Horwich 5k road race on Sunday 20th June. 

Another race, another PB for Bailey

The first BMC event of the season saw a host of talented athletes racing at Sports City, Manchester.
Late entry to the race Joe Bailey, in his first 5k track race of the year, ran a strong race to finish with a new PB of 14.45.50.  Joe was very pleased with his PB and said he is looking forward to what the rest of the season brings.
Tess Walker ran in the ladies 5k and finished in a solid time of 17.15.64 and shows the good form Tess is currently in.
Full results of the evenings races at Sports City can be found here.

Coxy wins inter-counties fell champs

Martin Cox won the inter-counties fell champs by over a minutes from Simon Bailey, Mercia.  Martin lead this top class field of runners around the Lletty Fell Race, North Wales.  Martin is in great form at the moment and has now moved to Bolder , USA to train for a few months.  The American mountain runners should be getting worried!
 

Bailey and a huge PB

Many athletes represented the club at the Great Manchester 10k on Sunday 16th May but Joe Bailey took the race on and smashed his PB.  He lowered his best for the 10k distance from 31 minutes to 30.13.  This is a great achievement and shows the work he's been putting in to his training.  We all look forward to seeing him break the 30 minute mark this summer.
Other runners choose a different racing kit today and this included our very own Paul 'Santa' Simons.  Paul had a very good run dressed in a full Santa out fit.
First vet 70 was Sid Sacks.
Congratulations to all who ran today and showed Greater Manchester how Great Salford Harriers are.
Results on Great Run Site here.

GEOFF DOGGETT MEMORIAL 5K

The 3rd road race in the club championship brought 16 of Salfords finest runners to Littleborough for the Geoff Dogget memorial 5K. A great turnout for a true legend.
The race started bang on time at 7.15 and was taken out by the in form Dave The Rocket Lockett, closely followed by club mates James Williams, Andy Kay, Dave Hudson and Oldhams Mike Mannings. The lead pack stayed together until approx a mile in when the Rocket put the hammer down and made an early break for glory on the slight downhill section before the dreaded climb. Unfortunately the Level crossing was being occupied by a fully loaded train when the first runners got to it, so the steps at the side had to be negoitiated putting paid to a fast time for all runners.
The Rocket crossed the line in first place in a great time of 16.14 (level crossing considered!) with James Williams 2nd (16.36) Andy Kay 4th (16.45) Dave Hudson 6th (17.05) and Mr Consistent Ian Jackson 7th (17.44) followed by a mass of other runners in the famous Red and White Salford colours, Sean Cordell, Charlie Foster, Ron Warrender, Callum Jones, Paul The Para, Tommy D first V60, Steve Jones, Vinny first V65, Row, Debra Ridding and Sid first V70.
A great race for a great guy!
Full results http://www.ukresults.net/2010/doggett.html
Best of luck to the Vets this weekend in at Sutton Park
Andy.

 

LONDON MARATHON - CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDI JONES

Salford had 10 runners out last weekend in the London Marathon.  Andi Jones 10th and first Brit in 2009 committed himself to his target time early in the race and finished 2010 2nd Brit in a time of 2:16:38 and achieved his goal with selection for both the European Marathon Cup in Barcelona and the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.  Our congratulations to Andi and we wish him continued success.

Salford's second man home was Pumlani Bangani continuing his return from injury finishing 109th in 2:36:57. 

We then had three runners in the O/45 vets race.  Paul Simons 24th in 2:45:55, Keith Boardman 39th 2:49:39 and Steve Wrigley 63rd 2:53:50. 

Iron Man Steve Jones was our next man home in what Steve says will be only one of five Marathons he intends running this year, his time of 3:35:26 probably reflects the fact Steve cycled to the start and saved a little for the swim home.

Gary Thomason 45 years a Salford Harrier and still grinding out the miles finished 489th O/50 in 3:47:55 to improve on his time last year by 20 minutes. 

Father and son duo Frank and Steve Murray brought up the rear finishing together.  Steve in 4:44:56 for his first Marathon and only his second race vowing to run the remaining races in the Club Championships and return to London next year.  Frank finished 318th O/60 just one second behind Steve in 4:44:57.

Well done to all the Salford runners.                                                                                                                                          

Vets Relays

Dave Lockett has selected the teams for the Vets Relays which take place on Saturday 15th May at Sutton Park.
The teams are listed on the Vets Page of this site under the fixtures tab.
The club wish all the athletes participating in the event the very best of luck.  Bring back the medals lads!

Three Peaks

John Brown was flying the flag for Salford Harriers up in Yorkshire at the Three Peaks Fell Race on Saturday 24th April.  John was second in the race and this great result could secure him a place on the team for the Pikes Peak Mountain Race in the USA.  We congratulate John and wish him the best of luck.

Northern 12 & 6 Stage Results

The club was out in force yesterday at the Northern 12 and 6 stage road relays.  Held at local venue Wythenshawe Park the teams rose to the occassion and finished mens teams in 4th and 19th position.  The ladies team finished in 19th position.
This means we can take both and A and B team for the men to the National championships at Sutton Park on Saturday 17th April.
Well done to everyone who ran and thanks to all the supporters who came to cheer on the teams.
Full results can be found here for the men and here for the ladies.

Inter-counties Cross Country Championships 2010

Ben Riddell and Joe Bailey enjoyed their first selections for Greater Manchester at the recent Inter Counties which were this year staged at Croften Park, Birmingham.  Ben finished in 73rd position in 38.19 and Joe finished in 125th in 39.49.  Hopefully this Greater Manchester selection is just the start of many more selections to come.

Full Results

Club Awards 2009 Season

Saturday 6th February was our annual club presentation night, and was a huge success thanks to the hard work of everyone involved especially Ruth who did an oustanding job. Please find below report for another hugely succesfull season for club.

Annual Presentation Evening, 6th February 2010

According to our illustrious President this is the first time in 46 years of attending the presentation that we have had a live band to entertain us. The evening got of to a noisy start with organised games for the youngsters; these were followed by the presentation with the traditional raffle, live music, hot and cold buffet and then dancing through to midnight.
Presentations were made by the two Roy’s (Profitt & Standring) with Hilary directing operations.
Our male athlete of the Year was for the second successive year Andi Jones who continued his great form with a silver medal at the Northern Cross Country leading the men to the team silver. Andi had a fantastic run in the London Marathon winning the AAA individual title with a PB of 2.15.40 and was within the qualifying time required to run at the World Championships in Berlin. Andi also led the team of Tomas Abyu and James Kovacs home to win the AAA’s silver medal.
Female athlete of the year was Tess Walker who won the award not only for her outstanding achievements throughout 2009 - 1st Greater Manchester, 9th Northern’s, 23rd Nationals, 4th fastest female at the Northern Road Relays she has like Andi for the men done sterling work as Team Captain of the ladies.
Male vet was Vinnie Murphy for his persistence throughout the Road and XC seasons.
Julie Cook was Lady Vet easing her way back into form after her injury lay off.
Rob Hughes and Sam Briggs were our two most improved athletes with Sam winning the Manchester Area XC League on her first full season of running.
The Road Running Championships was won by Dave Lockett and Pat Curran
The Cross Country Championships was won by Sam Briggs and Jan Pichl
There was a Life membership presentation to Ruth Bardsley for her hard work both in running the ladies beginner class, organising club races and this evening’s presentation
Roy Profit received the Geoff Doggett Trophy for his largely unnoticed work as Club Historian. We noted on Friday through the website Roy received an enquiry from Canada ref world class Salford athlete from the period around 1898.
The final award went to Arthur Walsham in recognition of 60 years Club Membership and still running internationally today close on 80 with a record
which defies belief. Running 100/200yard in his early years progressing through to International Marathon Running (52 in total)
 

Race Reports

Don't forget to send in any race reports, wrote from any angle you wish.

'Tess ends up in stitches'

Salford Harriers successfully fielded two teams in the Pennine Bridleway Relay for the first time.  The mens A team were successfully second place to a strong team from Horwich.  Starting the day off strong was Dave Lockett and Phil West who returned in 6th place.  Andi Jones and John Brown set off hard on the second leg and managed to pull back all the teams except Horwich, but did manage to get the team within sight of Horwich asnd ran the quickest leg of the day on leg 2.  Leg three was also ran the quickest on the day by James Kovacs and Rob Hughes.  The two took the team in to the lead by the hand over to leg four.  Dave Townsend and Jan Pichl had a good leg and were soon handing over to the two youngsters Ben Riddell and Joe Bailey but had lost a place and a few seconds to Horwich.  After an icy start and a few falls they managed to return the team in second place which considering it was the clubs first outting in this event is very pleasing.  Joe and Ben also ran the fastest leg of the day on leg 5.

The club fielded a mixed team who placed 44th out of 87 teams finishing.  Unfortuately Tess 'The Fell Runner' Walker fell and spent the evening at hospital having stitches.

Full results here.

Next year the win is ours!

Salford bring home the Silver

Salford's mens team were out in force at a foggy Northern Cross Country Championships staged at Witton Park, Blackburn.  Salford's mens team were looking to make an inpact upon the event and managed to get a good number of runners out.  In the early stages of the race Salford's Andi Jones and Stockports Steve Vernon were leading the race.  As the race progressed Vernon pushed on and gradually opened up a commanding gap over Jones and Bolton's Tom Lanchashire back in third place battling with Blackburn's Ben Fish.  Vernon came home to win the Northern Cross Country title for a third time and becoming only the third man to retain the title in the history of the event.  Andi Jones was clear in second and Tom Lancashire finished third.  Finishing strongly in fourth place was Leigh's Pete Riely closely follwed by Ben Fish.  Next Salford counter was 10th place Carl Hardman having an amazing run.  Backing the team up and third counter was John Brown, 47th, who recently was first Vet 40 at the Helsby Half Marathon.  Ben Riddell in his first Northern Cross finished 50th position, James Kovacs 57th and Joe Bailey 63rd.
The team prize was won in great style by Leeds City, with Salford 2nd and Altrincham 3rd.
The National Cross Country Championships is on Saturday 27th February at Roundhey Park, Leeds.

Full results of the race can be found here.

Article on Salfordonline.com

Northern Cross-Country Championships - Women's Race

Northern Cross-Country Championships, Witton Park, Blackburn.  Saturday 24th January.

A solid performance by the women's team brought the Salford Ladies team home in 10th position today (beating the next team Stockport Harriers by 95 points).  The team was led home by Sam Briggs in her debut run at the Northerns in a fantastic 18th place, Estelle Malm also had a really strong first race of the season finishing in 28th position.  The team was completed by Anneka Sanders (124th) and Anna Weaver (143rd).  Lizzy Adams also had a good run in her first ever cross-country championships finishing 203rd (this is a mistake in the results as she was down as Jane Bilton!).  Well done to the girls on a very very tough course today.  We are now looking forward to the Nationals in Leeds.

Northern Cross Country Championships Saturday 23rd Jan.

Details of the Northern Cross Country Championships can be found here.

The team is very strong for this event and with the positive team spirit we have we should be looking at bringing back medals.  The course is slightly different to that used a few years ago when Andi Jones won his first Northern XC title, but still contains the big hills.

Sam has a great start to 2010

New club runner Sam Briggs had a fantastic run on Sunday 3rd January in the Manchester Cross-Country League at Woodbank Park, Stockport.  Sam took the lead in the race half way round and was just beaten on the last climb before the finish.  Finishing in second position is Sam's strongest performance so far this season having finished 5th at Sherdley Park in November and 6th at The Clough in December.  The girls team are now looking forward to the Greater Manchester Cross-Country Championships next weekend.  Full results of the Manchester League race will be available shortly at www.race-results.co.uk.

Bailey Sets Huge PB at Ribble Valley 10k

Salford mens team won Silver North of England Team medals at the Ribble Valley 10k strongly backed up with a huge personal best by Joe Bailey who ran 31 minutes dead.
In a strong field of athletes from across the country on a very cold day in the Ribble Valley the winner, Tom Lancashire, Bolton Harriers, set a new course record in 29.21.  Blackburn athlete Ben Fish was second pipping Liverpools Jonny Mellor on the line who finished third.  Fourth was Altrincham athlete Matt Barnes, followed by Luke Cragg and Dave Norman.  In 7th place and first Salford Harrier home was Andi Jones in 29.53.  Carl Hardman ran a solid race to finish in 18th place in 30.49 followed by Joe Bailey in 22nd place, 31.00, to set a big PB.  Fourth Salford runner home in a new PB of 31.59 was Paul Savage.  Other Salford runners out today were Dave Locket (66th 33.37), Mike Deagan (87th 35.30) and first vet 50 home and Sean Cordell (149th, 38.02)
First lady home was Helen Clitheroe in 32.53.

Full results can be found here.

2009 Christmas Handicap (Results)

The Christmas Handicap was won by Dennis Moran closely followed by Sean Cordell with Sid Sacks in third. There was quite a low turnout, but the 14 who braved the elements acquitted themselves ably with amongst the highlights being Bev appearing as Santa (including the proverbial ample tummy of course) and Gary Thomason dressed as something completely different!!!

                                                                                Scratch Time

1. Dennis Moran            28.04                                25.34
2. Sean Cordell             28.29                                 19.44
3. Sid Sacks                   28.44                                 25.14
4. Dave Hudson            29.05                                 19.50
5. Chris Dawson           29.10                                 21.10
6. Gary Thomason        29.13                                 23.13
7. Dave Lockett              29.27                                 18.07
8. Bev Jenkins               29.30                                 28.30
9. Tommy Daniels        30.10                                 24.10
10. (Ruth Bardsley
Emma Morris)               30.59                                 30.59
12. Bob Towell              31.49                                 28.49
13. James Kovacs       32.03                                 20.43
14. Joe Bailey               34.12                                 21.42
 

Calderdale Way Champions (Again!)

Salford Harriers managed to retain the Calderdale Way Relay trophy for the second year running.
Full results can be found here.
The event wasn't all Salford Harriers own way but the team pulled together, and with the strong support and encouragement on route managed to finish on top.
Photos taken by Salford members are now on the gallery section.
Excellent race report here as it appears on Halifax Harriers website.

Salford 10k 2010

www.salfordharriers.co.uk/content/file/s10k.pdf
Please find above link to application form for Salford 10K road race.
Good Friday 2nd April 2010, fast course with cash prizes for first 3 men and women and £100 for the course record.
Entries to Race Secretary, 5 Springwood Ave, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 9RR, Email hilbob.inch@talktalk.net
Closing date 29th March 2010

Club Cross Country Championships

Don't forget the Club Cross Country Championships is now on!
Your best five results out of the Greater Manchester League, Greater Manchester XC Championships and Northern XC Championships will be taken for the final league standing.
Prizes will be awarded to top three men and ladies and 1st V40, V60.
Roy will update standings on a regular basis so check back here for positions.

Club Subscriptions 2009 - 2010

Subscriptions are due as of 1st November.
Please note that from the small amount the club charges for membership we pay your UKA Registration fee and enter you in to many races, relays and events.
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