Alnwick Harriers

Our 3 Parkrun regulars took part in the Newcastle Parkrun on Saturday 28th January, the highlight being David NOLAN dipping back below 20 minutes for the 5k course. Harriers results:

35-David NOLAN 19.59

144-Phil Lee 23.41

208-Charlotte BASTON 26.14

Club Records tumbled at the latest Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting on Thursday 19^th January. Peter Skirrow broke the record for the U15B 60m Hurdles clocking an impressive time of 11.13s. He ran even faster in the Scottish Nationals in Glasgow on the 21^st January to further improve on the club record with a time of 11.07s.

There were PB’s all round for the boys in the U15B 60m Sprint. Alex Tait also set a new club record recording a time of 8.28s, Josh Turnbull ran 8.72s and Owen Davidson ran 9.79s

In the U15B High Jump Alex Tate cleared 1m.50cm to set a new club record which was also a 15cm PB. Peter Skirrow cleared 1m 40cm, Owen Davidson jumped 1m35cm which was a 10cm PB, Josh Turnbull 1m25cm and Edward Bell 1m10cm.

In the U15B Shot Putt Alex Tait just missed out on the club record by 3cm with a throw of 8m27cm and Edward Bell threw 4m26cm.

Owen Davidson also set a new club record in the U15B Triple Jump with a fantastic 8m96cm.

Well done to all who took part, some fantastic results!

For all Junior Harrier club records click on the Junior Harriers icon and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

NORTH EASTERN HARRIER LEAGUE  2011 /12.

FIXTURE 5.     ALNWICK HARRIERS. The Pastures, Alnwick Castle Estates

SATURDAY 3^rd March 2012.

Directions to the venue.

FROM A1 South. 

Leave the  A1 at Sign post Alnwick.

Straight ahead at roundabout.

Continue to second roundabout (mini) straight ahead into town.

Pass Alnwick Infirmary on right and turn right at War Memorial signposted Denwick.

After 500m turn right into Alnwick Garden Car Park.

PARKING.

Charges will be £3.50 in main Alnwick Garden car park or £2.00 in Overflow Car park per day.

Leave car at car park and walk via Denwick Road to Pastures Entry (approx 500m).

Please follow direction signs and marshal’s instructions.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE MAIN ROAD OR VERGES ON THE DENWICK ROAD

REGISTRATION. 

Toilets, limited changing, and Registration are at the Duchess High School Bailliffgate site. 

2 Portaloos are available for use near the Start

Follow directions as above BUT instead of turning to Denwick continue through town centre to Castle Entrance. The school is opposite side of road from entrance. Note Parking is very limited in this area.

Please note that this is 1 mile from the start/finish area. There will be no race parking in the Pastures (except First Aid & Officials). Please only park while you register or change, and then park at Gardens Car Park.

CLUB TENTS.

There is ample space for club tents alongside the start and finish.

Alnwick Harriers welcome The North East Harrier League to Alnwick Pastures, and hope all competitors enjoy the event.

We are pleased to announce, thanks to the kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, that the 2012 Les Allcorn 10k and Junior race will be on the evening of Tuesday 12th June. The event has been moved from its usual slot in May to coincide with the Olympic Torch coming to Alnwick that week, and the Festival Of Alnwick which takes place between 9th and 15th June. For the second year running the race will be sponsored by Atlas Joinery.

Click here to download a copy of the entry form Les Allcorn 2012 Entry Form.

Les Allcorn 10k 2012 Entry Form

Please note that for the senior race there is a limit of 250 runners, so apply early! For more information about the week long festival check out www.festivalofalnwick.co.uk .

Click here for directions for the event Les Allcorn Directions

3 Harriers travelled down to York to take part in the Brass Monkey Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd January. The route starts and finishes at York Racecourse, is fast and flat and is well known for its quick times. Conditions were very windy, but this did not stop Ruth DOCTOR notching a pb at the event, beating her time from the same race last year. Harriers results:

474-Mark DOCTOR 1.36.38

1096-John ROSS 1.52.42

1238-Ruth DOCTOR 1.57.12

The day before 3 Harriers also took part in the Newcastle Parkrun in cold, windy conditions in Exhibition Park. Results:

22-David NOLAN 20.16

106-Phil LEE 23.15

180-Charlotte BASTON 25.23

Remember that the Newcastle Parkrun is the second of our 2012 Grand Prix events on Saturday 17th March. You will need to sign up at www.parkrun.com before racing, and print off the barcode to get your finishing time at the event. More info on the Grand Prix fixtures are on the Grand Prix page.

Congratulations to the 1150 runners who have successfully entered this years Northumberland Coastal Run. A list of all those taking part is on www.entrylive.com. More details for the event, which takes place on Sunday 22nd July, will appear on this site in the next few months. Keep checking for updates.

Any Harriers who missed out on a place and who still want to run in the race should enter their names onto the reserve list at www.entrylive.com. We have reserved places for fully paid up members of the club, and will enter you into the race.

The next NEHL cross country fixture is on Saturday 11th February at Wrekenton. Details will appear nearer the time regarding directions, race times, etc. However there’s a lack of names on the poster on the noticeboard at Willowburn! Could anyone who is taking part please add their names or let me know and i’ll add it for you.

While we’re on the subject of NEHL fixtures there’s also a poster on the noticeboard requesting marshals for our fixture in The Pastures on Saturday 3rd March. We need as many volunteers as possible, as well as a decent amount of runners. Even if you can just help out setting up in the morning, marshaling during the junior races or helping to clear up afterwards any help would appreciated. Could names be added asap so we can allocate points on the course. Thanks.

Dear Club Members,

Membership subs are now due and are available to pay online for Juniors, Seniors and OAP’s at

www.entrylive.com

Once on the website, click “Enter Events” and scroll down to the club membership section which is below the events.

If you are an existing club member, you will need to enter your UK Athletics number so please have this to hand before you start the process. If you do not have your membership number or you are a new club member, the club will enter you in to UK athletics.

The benefit of having on line entry is that there are no paper slips to fill in and return to the membership secretary.
You will have to set up a profile if you have never used the website before but the good news is that it is the same website as entries for the Coastal run so if you have done the race, then you will already have a profile saved.
All family members must have their own profile but they can be added as an extra to a parents profile or added in their own right.

Membership fees for both Juniors and Seniors were agreed at the AGM as £15 , with OAP’s at £10 but please ensure you sign up under the correct category.

I will put out a reminder and a link to all members who have supplied an email address and letters will go out (this year) to anyone without an email address.

Happy and Injury Free running for 2012
Tracey Sample
Alnwick Harriers Membership Secretary

Alnwick Harriers are not only on Facebook, but we are now on Twitter! To get up to the minute news and results sign up at www.twitter.com and enter “alnwickharriers”. We also have a growing archive of photos on our own Flickr page. If anyone has any photos for the Flickr site just forward them to dockie1974@hotmail.co.uk. Click on the link below to see the photos.

4 Harriers competed in the Newcastle Parkrun on Saturday 14th January. In near perfect conditions without a breath of wind in the air David NOLAN, Mark DOCTOR and Phil LEE all narrowly missed out on pb’s, whilst new Junior Harrier and Parkrun regular Charlotte BASTON also took part. There were 364 finishers. Results:

38-David NOLAN 19.29

63-Mark DOCTOR 20.22

129-Phil LEE 22.31

231-Charlotte BASTON 25.38