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Sports Report 18th July 2010

The final Young Athletes League match took place at Churchill Playing fields on Sunday.  Battling blustery swirling winds round the track  Alnwick/Blyth took an early lead against Morpeth Harriers and Houghton Harriers, a third of the way through the match however, Alnwick/Blyth and Morpeth were level pegging on points, with Morpeth going on to take the lead.  Some outstanding performances in the afternoon saw Alnwick/Blyth close the points gap, but it was insufficient and Morpeth finished the match 13 points clear of Alnwick/Blyth.

There were notable graded standard performances from U13s Sophie Bronze and Peter Skirrow who took convincing wins in both their hurdles events and high jump events.  Sophie then went on to take a further victory in her shot putt competition.

U13 Adam Weightman won the 1500M, finishing nearly 16 seconds clear of his nearest rival, in a tremendous Grade three time of 5 minutes 0.8 seconds.

And with gusting cross winds presenting difficult throwing conditions, U15 Noah Frost impressed, winning his javelin competition with a throw of 20.32 M.

 But athlete of the match had to go to U13 Sophie Bronze.  Sophie who has only recently started training for high jump was the only athlete to gain a grade 1 standard throughout the match.  Sophie’s Grade one, 1M 43cm in the high jump competition currently ranks her number 12 in the UK (athletics data from, ‘the power of 10’).

After the fourth and final match, provisional points standings are: Middlesbrough Mandale 1986.0pts, Blaydon & Elswick 1730.0pts, Morpeth 1574.0pts, Alnwick & Blyth 1541.5pts, Chester-le-St 1411.0pts, Harrogate 1009.5pts, Birtley 1370.0pts, Houghton 1112pts, Scarborough 710pts.

Provisional Alnwick Juniors Results (inc. graded standards (G) and club records (CR))

U13 Girls: 70mH: Sophie Bronze(1^st) 13.2s(G4, CR)    High Jump:  Sophie Bronze(1^st) 1.43M(G1, CR)  Shot: Sophie Bronze (1^st) 6.54M(G4)   U13 Boys: 75mH: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 14.9s(G4)  1500M: Adam Weightman(1^st) 5:00.8(G3, CR)    100M: Alexander Tait(2^nd) 14.7 s  200M: Alexander Tait (1^st) 32.4s  Long Jump: Alexander Tait(1^st)3.84M;Joe Beeby(2^nd) 3.39M  High Jump: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 1.35M(G3); Joe Beeby(5^th) 1.05M  Shot: Peter Skirrow(3^rd)5.28M  U15 Girls:  800M:Yasmine Shafiq(3^rd) 3:01.9  Long Jump: Yasmine Shafiq(4^th) 3.32 M  High Jump: Yasmine Shafiq(4^th) 1.15M  U15 Boys:  200M:  Noah Frost(5^th) 31.8s  Hammer: George Skirrow(1^st)15.21M  Javelin: Noah Frost(1^st) 20.32 M; George Skirrow(2^nd) 11.19M  Shot: Noah Frost(3^rd) 5.76M  U17Women: 100M: Georgia Jobes(3^rd) 14.6 s  300M: Georgia Jobes(1^st) 48.3 s  Long Jump: Georgia Jobes(1^st) 3.82M(CR)

U13 Girls 4 x 100M Relay (1^st) 62.8s  U13 Boys 4 x 100M Relay (1^st) 64.2s  U15 Boys 4 x 100M relay (2^nd) 58.1 s  U15 Girls 4 x 100M relay (1^st) 58.7s  U17 Girls relay 4 x 100M relay (1^st) 59.4s

U15 Boys 4 x 400M Relay (1^st) 4:35.0  U17 Boys 4 x 400M Relay (1^st) 4:21.3

All standards are welcome to join Alnwick Harriers.  Our junior section meets 6pm at Lindisfarne Sports Centre on Thursdays for sprints, throws & jumps training and 4.15-5.15pm at the Duchess’ High School on Fridays for High Jump training. Sorry, our Tuesday’s endurance training is currently over-subscribed.

Sports Report 20^th June 2010

At the penultimate Young Athletes League Match at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow, some outstanding performances from Alnwick Harriers and Blyth RC athletes saw them earning their highest match score to date, to give them a much needed win taking them into fourth position in the league.  The favourable conditions were near perfect for competing and many personal best times and distances were set.

Recent hurdle training paid off, as U13s Sophie Bronze, Peter Skirrow and Joe Beeby ran personal best times in their respective events, with both Sophie and Joe taking over 1 ½ seconds off their previous times.  Sophie and Peter also ran Grade 4 standard times setting new club records.

Making her first foray onto the track, U13 Sophie Steele had a tremendous run, holding her own against older, more experienced athletes, to finish third in her 1200M race.  And U13 Adam Weightman broke his own club record when he won his 1500M event with ease, in a terrific new personal best time of 5 minutes 0.7 seconds. 

There were further wins for Alnwick in the 800M.   Sophie Bronze won her race convincingly and U13 Adam Shafiq finished 50 metres ahead of his nearest opposition, in a personal best 2 minutes 43.8 seconds.

In a very close 100M race, U13 Alexander Tait won with an impressive personal best time of 14.3 seconds and U17 sprinter Georgia Jobes continued her progression in the 300M event, finishing second and setting another record with 47.3 seconds.

Sophie Bronze and Peter Skirrow set the standards in the U13s High Jump competition, both leaping over 15cm clear of their nearest rivals, jumping 1M 35cm (grade 2 standard) and 1M 39cm (grade 3 standard) respectively.  Sophie’s results were made even more impressive, due to the fact she has only recently taken up the event and following this, her very first high jump competition, she is now ranked number 2 in the Northeast.

Junior’s coach Sue Skirrow said ‘That was a well deserved win.  Everyone who took part worked hard and contributed to a fantastic result.  But we cannot afford to be complacent and we need as many club athletes to turn out as possible for the deciding match in four weeks time.’

After three matches, points standings are: Middlesbrough Mandale 1986.0pts, Blaydon & Elswick 1730.0pts, Morpeth 1136.0pts, Alnwick & Blyth 1116.5pts, Chester-le-St 1090.0pts, Harrogate 1009.5pts, Birtley 1003.0pts, Houghton 851pts, Scarborough 503pts.

The final Young Athletes League match takes place at Churchill Playing Fields on 18^th July.

Full Alnwick Juniors Results (inc. graded standards (G), personal best performances(PB) and club records (CR))

U13 Girls: 70mH: Sophie Bronze(2^nd) 13.3s(G4,PB,CR)  800M: Sophie Bronze(1^st) 2:47.9(PB)  1200M: Sophie Steele(3^rd) 4:35.1(PB)  Long Jump: Sophie Steele(4^th) 3.07M(PB)  High Jump:  Sophie Bronze(1^st) 1.35M(G2,PB, CR)  Shot: Sophie Steele(5^th) 4.54M(PB)  U13 Boys: 75mH: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 14.8s(G4,PB,CR); Joe Beeby(3^rd)15.7 s(PB)  1500M: Adam Weightman(1^st) 5:00.7(G3, PB,CR)  800M: Adam Shafiq(1^st) 2:43.8(PB)   100M: Alexander Tait(1^st) 14.3 s(PB)  200M: Adam Shafiq(2^nd) 30.7 s(PB)  Long Jump: Peter Skirrow(1^st)4.07M;Joe Beeby(3^rd) 3.49M(PB)  High Jump: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 1.39M(G3,PB,CR); Alexander Tait(2^nd) 1.15M  Shot: Daniel Mallen(4^th)4.95M(PB)  U15 Girls:  800M:Yasmine Shafiq(4^th) 2.57.2  Long Jump: Yasmine Shafiq(3^rd) 3.30 M  High Jump: Yasmine Shafiq(3^rd) 1.20M  U17Women: 100M: Georgia Jobes(2^nd) 14.5 s(CR)  300M: Georgia Jobes(2^nd) 47.3 s(PB,CR)  Long Jump: Georgia Jobes(2^nd) 3.48M(PB,CR)

U13 Girls 4 x 100M Relay (2^nd) 63.9s  U13 Boys 4 x 100M Relay (1^st) 59.8s  U15 Girls 4 x 100M relay (1^st) 58.7s  U17 Girls relay 4 x 100M relay (1^st) 57.9s

All standards are welcome to join Alnwick Harriers.  Our junior section meets 6pm at Lindisfarne Sports Centre on Thursdays for sprints, throws & jumps training and 4.15-5.15pm at the Duchess’ High School on Fridays for High Jump training. Sorry, our Tuesday’s endurance training is currently over-subscribed.

Sports Report Sunday 13^th June

Oliver Gillingham competed for Alnwick Harriers in the 3rd meet of the minor athletes’ league at Gateshead International Stadium this weekend.  Despite the poor weather conditions Oliver performed well in all 4 of his events, narrowly missing out on a medal when he finished 4^th in the Standing Long Jump, with a jump of 1.64M. Oliver missed breaking his own club record by fractions of a second in the 400m when he finished 6^th with a time of 1 min 24.70 secs.  His 9.14s was sufficient for 5^th in the 50M sprint and his thrown of 15.43M placed him 7^th in the Howler throw.

The next meet for this series is on Sunday 25th July at Gateshead International Stadium, registration is between 9.00am-9.30am.  This competition is open to school years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Anyone wishing to take part can download an entry form from www.gateshead-harriers.co.uk

Sports Report 16^th May 2010

 Alnwick Harriers, together with allies Blyth RC faced a long journey south for the second of the Division One Young Athletes League Matches, at Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster.  Where the added competition from Leeds and Doncaster in the field events saw the young harriers stretched to their limits.

 First to compete on the track, U13 Sophie Bronze attacked the hurdles in her 70mH event to finish second, setting a new club record.  Sophie then went on to set another record in the Long Jump, where her jump of 3M 60cm saw her finishing third.

Alnwick grabbed both first and second places in the boy’s U13 75M Hurdles event, with Peter Skirrow taking maximum points, followed by talented ‘all-rounder’ Joe Beeby, making his debut in the event.

New recruit U13 Adam Weightman dominated the track in his 1500M event, to comfortably win in a Grade 4 Standard time of 5 minutes 12 seconds.

Also making his first appearance for the club and in his first year as an U15, Noah Frost took 5 points for the club, when he finished second in the discus. 

Stepping up a distance, sprint specialist U17 Georgia Jobes discovered her niche in her introduction to the 300M and looked impressive; blazing round the track to finish third, in a new club record time of 49.8 secs.

Ultimately, whereas the more substantial rival clubs were able to place two athletes in every event, Alnwick/Blyth’s smaller team size meant that despite some outstanding performances, many events went unrepresented.  And once again Alnwick/Blyth had to settle for third place, with local opponents Chester-le-Street just ten points ahead in second place.

Alnwick Harriers’ penultimate Young Athletes League Match is at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow, on 20^th June.

Full Alnwick Juniors Results (inc. club records (CR) and graded standards (G))

U13 Girls: 70mH: Sophie Bronze(2^nd) 15.0s(CR)  Long Jump: Sophie Bronze(3^rd) 3.60M(CR)  1200M: Sophie Bronze(2^nd) 4:43.2  U13 Boys: Long Jump: Ryan Thorne(5^th) 3.54M; Daniel Mallen(6^th) 3.19M  High Jump: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 1.35M(G3,CR); Alexander Tait(4^th) 1.10M  Shot: Daniel Mallen(4^th)4.70M  75mH: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 15.4s(G4); Joe Beeby(2^nd)17.4 s  1500M: Adam Weightman(1^st) 5:12.0(G4, CR)  800M: Ryan Thorne(4^th) 2:50.1   100M: Joe Beeby(5^th) 15.9 s; Adam Weightman(6^th) 16.2 s  200M: Alexander Tait(4^th) 31.2 s  U15 Boys:  Hammer: George Skirrow (2^nd)13.98M  Javelin: George Skirrow(5^th) 14.88 M  Discus: Noah Frost(2^nd) 11.91M  Long Jump: Joseph Mallen(4^th) 3.97 M  High Jump: Joseph Mallen(5^th) 1.30M  200M: Noah Frost(6^th) 30.4 s  400M: George Skirrow(5^th) 77.2 s  U17 Men: 100M: Kieran Foy(4^th) 13.2 s (CR)  Hammer: Kieran Foy(3^rd)13.54M(CR) Triple Jump: Kieran Foy(3^rd) 9.68M  U17Women: 100M: Georgia Jobes(4^th) 14.7 s(CR)  300M: Georgia Jobes(3^rd) 49.8 s(CR)  Long Jump: Georgia Jobes(4^th) 3.39M(CR)

U13 Boys 4 x 100M Relay: (3^rd) 62.9s; U15 Boys 4 x 100M Relay: (3^rd) 60.3s U17 Girls relay 4 x 100M relay (2^nd) 60.2 s  U17 Boys 4 x 400M Relay: (2^nd) 4:14.3

All standards are welcome to join Alnwick Harriers.  Our junior section meets 6pm at Lindisfarne Sports Centre on Thursdays for sprints, throws & jumps training and 4.15-5.15pm at the Duchess’ High School on Fridays for High Jump training. Sorry, our Tuesday’s endurance training is currently over-subscribed.

Prepared by Sue Skirrow

Sports Report  Saturday 15^th May 2010

Oliver Gillingham represented Alnwick Harriers at the 2^nd Young Athletes Meeting at Gateshead International Stadium in the boys Under 10 years.

Currently lying in second place overall, Oliver was determined to come away with medals once again. Success quickly came in Standing Long Jump with a bronze medal and an Alnwick Harriers Club Record of 1.71 metres; giving a 6 centimetre improvement on his current record.

Oliver went on to set another club record in the Howler Throw with 19.72 metres, a massive 1.58 metres improvement finishing 6^th overall.

In the track events, with tiring legs he finished 6^th in the 400 metres final, with a time of 1min.24.12sec. And he finished 6^th in his heat of the 50 metres sprint in 9.21 seconds. 

The series of competitions allows for four events and Oliver is now well placed to have a successful series.

Sports Report Tuesday 11^th May 2010

Alnwick Harriers’ well supported ‘Les Allcorn’ 3K Junior Fun Run took place last Tuesday in Hulne Park.

Morpeth Harriers’ U15 Philip Winkler led the 85 strong field home, in a time of 12 minutes 5 seconds, followed 11 seconds later by Alnwick’s Connor Weightman.  Team mate Joseph Mallen came in third, with Adam Weightman hot on his heels in fourth place; taking the prize for first U13 boy.  Finishing fifth, Craig Scott of Berwick Harriers won first U17 Boy.  Unattached runner Owen Rae took the prize for first U11 Boy and Alnwick’s Kieran Dover finished first U9 boy.

First girl across the line was Morpeth’s U15 Sarah Wilkes, in a time of 13 minutes 45 seconds. Second girl and first for Alnwick, was U15 Alix Eastham, closely followed by team mate Molly Murton in third place.  Alnwick Harriers U17 Rachael Cook, U13 Sophie Bronze, U11 Amy Thorne and U9 Rebecca Dobbins, were all winners in their respective age categories.

Prize presentation list

U9 Boys 1^st 0:17:34 DOVER, Kieran,2^nd 0:18:47 READ, Iwan  U9 Girls 1^st  0:18:39 DOBBINS, Rebecca, 2^nd 0:19:12 DRUMMOND, Cora  U11 Boys 1^st 0:14:14 RAE, Owen (Unattached),  2^nd 0:14:37 THOMPSON, Sam U11 Girls 1^st 0:15:55 THORNE, Amy, 2^nd 0:16:19 BROWN, Larissa  U13 Boys 1^st     0:12:40 WEIGHTMAN, Adam,         2^nd 0:13:21 SKIRROW, Peter  U13 Girls 1^st 0:14:36 BRONZE, Sophie, 2^nd 0:15:01 MURTON, Rosie  U15 Boys 1^st 0:12:05 WINKLER, Philip (Morp), 2^nd 0:12:16 WEIGHTMAN, Connor  U15 Girls 1^st 0:13:45 WILKES, Sarah (Morp), 2 0:14:12 EASTHAM, Alix  U17 Boys 1^st 0:12:54 SCOTT, Craig (Berwick) 2 0:13:14 HARDY, Bobby  U17 Girls 1^st 0:15:55 COOK, Rachael

For full results go to the Results Page of the website.

Prepared by Sue Skirrow

Sports Report Sunday 9^th May 2010

Peter Skirrow earned his second north east title of the year at the weekend’s ‘North Eastern Counties Track and Field Championships’; a showcase for some of the region’s finest athletes, held at Gateshead International Stadium.  The 11 year old Alnwick Harrier was crowned 2010 champion in both the Under 13’s 75 M hurdles and the Under 13’s High Jump.

Peter took his first gold medal on Day 1 of the championships, when he ran a grade four standard 15.3 seconds in the 75 M hurdles.  In extremely difficult, blustery conditions, he then went on to claim his second gold, in the high jump.  Jumping 5cm clear of last year’s champion and his nearest rival, Peter cleared a grade 3 standard 1M 35cm.

On Day 2, a closely fought long jump competition saw Peter settling this time for bronze, with a personal best, grade 4 standard 4M 20cm.

All standards are welcome to join Alnwick Harriers.  Our junior section meets 6pm at Lindisfarne Sports Centre on Thursdays for sprints, throws & jumps training and 4.15-5.15pm at the Duchess’ High School on Fridays for High Jump training. Sorry, our Tuesday’s endurance training is currently over-subscribed.

Sports Report  2^nd May 2010

Following last year’s success and promotion to the first division of the Young Athletes League, Alnwick Harriers and Blyth Running Club joined forces once again on the May Bank Holiday, to compete at Monkton Stadium.  But with both clubs suffering a depleted turnout and athletes limited to three events each, the alliance struggled to match their rivals more substantial teams and had to settle for third place.

With strong winds gusting down the back straight, it was always unlikely that records were going to be broken in the endurance events and times were generally down.  However, Alnwick’s eleven athletes rallied to the cause and managed to set twelve club records between them.

In his first season as an U17, Bobby Hardy earned maximum points and set a new club record in the first event of the day, the hammer throw.  Bobby later went on to take on the challenge of the energy sapping 1500M Steeplechase, where he finished third.

Also in her first season as an U17, Rachael Cook set an U17 record in the 800M, where she finished fourth.

Jumping in difficult gusting conditions, Yasmine Shafiq set a club record in the U15 High Jump and U13 Peter Skirrow also set a new record in the high jump with a Grade four standard 1.33M.

Making her debut on the track U13 Sophie Bronze ran strongly in the 800M to finish second.  Sophie then went one better, winning her long jump competition.

Ben Foy won his discus competition, and then went on to finish third in both the javelin and 200M, setting records in all three events.

Alnwick Harriers next Young Athletes League Match is at Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, on 16^th May.

Full Alnwick Juniors Results (inc. club records (CR) and graded standards (G))

U13 Girls: Long Jump: Sophie Bronze(1^st) 3.20M  800M: Sophie Bronze(2^nd) 2:52.6 150M: Sophie Bronze(3^rd) 23.5s  U13 Boys: Long Jump: Daniel Mallen(2^nd) 3.37M ; Michael Hardy(5^th) 3.10M  High Jump: Peter Skirrow(2^nd) 1.33M(G4,CR) Shot: Daniel Mallen(2^nd)4.96M  75mH: Peter Skirrow(1^st) 15.4s(G4,CR) 800M: Adam Shafiq(2^nd) 2:46.4   200M: Peter Skirrow(3^rd) 30.9s U15 Girls: Long Jump: Yasmine Shafiq (5^h) 3.28M  High Jump: Yasmine Shafiq (4^th)1.20M(CR)  800M: Yasmine Shafiq (5^th) 2:54.9 U15 Boys:  Hammer: George Skirrow (1st)14.65M  Javelin: Ben Foy(3^rd) 16.04 M(CR)  Long Jump: Joseph Mallen(3^rd) 3.74 M  Discus: Ben Foy(1^st) 17.38M(CR); Joseph Mallen(3^rd) 14.68M  200M: Ben Foy(3^rd) 28.5s(CR) 1500M: George Skirrow(3^rd) 5:29.5  U17 Men: Hammer: Bobby Hardy(1^st)11.80M(CR)  Discus: Bobby Hardy(3^rd) 16.35M(CR)  1500m S/Chase: Bobby Hardy(2^nd) 06:09.7(CR)  U17Women: 800M: Rachael Cook(4^th) 3:04.6(CR) 200M: Rachael Cook(5^th)34.9s(CR)

U13 Boys 4 x 100M Relay: (2^nd) 70.1s; U15 Boys 4 x 100M Relay: (2^nd) 62.1s U17 Boys 4 x 100M Relay: (2^nd) 56.3s(CR)

All standards are welcome to join Alnwick Harriers.  Our junior section meets 6pm at Lindisfarne Sports Centre on Thursdays for sprints, throws & jumps training and 4.15-5.15pm at the Duchess’ High School on Fridays for High Jump training. Sorry, our Tuesday’s endurance training is currently over-subscribed.

Prepared by Sue Skirrow