UK Athletics Research Squad Camp & Racewalking conferenece

Manx Harriers junior racewalker Emma Latham together with her coach Liz Corran and mother/mentor Marie Jackson attended the UK Athletics Research Squad Camp & Racewalking Conference at Leeds Metropolitan University from 26th – 29th October

details here

Brian Adams’ report & Andi Drake’s reflections

 

Astin sisters shine in UK Cross Challenge

Great news from the opening round of the UK Cross Challenge winter series held on 28th October at Senneley’s Park, Birmingham. Manx Harriers junior cross country stars Sarah & Gemma Astin lined up against the top cross country runners in the UK with Sarah finishing a brilliant 3rd out of 49 in the U13 Girls race & Gemma a superb 14th out of 64 in the U15 Girls class. Keith Gerrard finished 16th overall in the senior men’s race and was 4th U23 finisher. UK Cross Challenge report & results

 

Murray Lambden at the Cardiff Marathon

A great performance in the  Cardiff Marathon on 15th October by Murray Lambden recording his 3rd fastest time 2:45:01 the day after his 50th Birthday. Well done Murray!!

 

Inter Area Walks

Six Manx Harriers racewalkers were selected to represent the North of England in the Inter Area match at Worcester on 30th September 2006. Find out how they got on;

Report and full results from the North of England AA Website

photos by Peter & Sinead Kaneen

 

English Schools Racewalking Championships

The Moorways Stadium, Derby on 16th September hosted the Sainsbury’s ESAA Combined Events & Race walking Championships Lauren Whelan won bronze medal in the Junior Girls 3K; Emma Latham recorded a big PB to claim bronze in the Senior Girls 5K. One of the biggest performances of the day, Kirsty Taylor recorded a massive PB to finish 5th in the junior girls 3K. Karen Renicle was 7th in the Inter Girls 3K and Richard Bell 8th in the Junior Boys 5K and walked impressively well in their off-island debuts. Robert Moore in his last inter schools before heading off to university next month finished 5th in the Senior Boys 5K.

Manx Harriers junior athletes shine in Blackpool Illuminations Open Meeting

A party including 10  young athletes from Manx Harriers, traveled to Blackpool for the annual illuminations open meeting held in Stanley Park and were very successful, bringing home a great medal haul and a host of personal best performances. reports Bridget Kaneen

Clara Nathan was the solitary under 13 in the team and found herself in a very competitive age group for the girls. Her best performance of the day came in the 200m where she finished 7th in 38.90. She will have gained from this experience off Island.

The under 11 boys team made up in talent what they lacked in number. Securing the first 4 places in the 80m Joel Padi was a clear winner, Joseph Morling claiming a silver and Scott Jones just edging team mate Nick White for the bronze, though both recording identical  times. In the 800m it was Joseph’s turn to shine, when he dominated the race with a bold run, picking up the gold in a fast 2.42.2.  Nick picked up a bronze in clear of the 4th place. In the long jump they dominated proceedings again with Joel claiming his second gold of the day, Nick picking up a silver and Joseph making it another clean sweep for the Harriers.

The under 11 girls turned out to be a very well supported age group, with a very high standard. With 25 entries in the Long Jump the Harriers successful again with a gold medal winning performance by Sinead Kaneen with a 3m.79cm leap.  They packed well with Alice Ashe 10th, Sosanna Cox 12th, Laura Cain 14th and Rebecca Nathan 24th – all showing good jumping technique. In the 800m the standard was equally high and the competition very strong. Alice Ashe ran a very brave race to claim a hard earned bronze medal just half a second behind the silver medallist and just half a second ahead of regular rival Sinead.  Laura Cain had another great race, recording a sub 3 minute time with Sosanna and Rebecca finishing within a second of each other in 12th and 13th. In the 80m all the girls were put in the same heat. Sinead Kaneen found herself down at the start, when she found herself not quite in the set position when the gun was fired, she came through to win the heat from Alice and Laura  with Sosanna and Rebecca in 5th and 6th. This run was good enough to earn Sinead a bronze medal when the overall heat times were worked out.

With a total of 11 medals won, the weekend was a considerable success, this being the first off Island competition for most of the young athletes.  A big thanks to all the parents and helpers who came along to look after the juniors and to everyone involved in organising the trip. Full results can be found at http://www.bfac.co.uk/  & view Peters Kaneen’s photo’s

Under 11 boys 80m

1st. Joel Padi MH 12.40, 2nd Joseph Morling MH 12.80, 3rd Scott Jones MH 13.20, 4th Nick White MH 13.20

Under 11 Boys 800m

1st. Joseph Morling  2.42.2, 2nd Harry Modley L&M 2.45.80, 3rd Nick White 2.53.40, 6th Joel Padi 3.11.80 7th Scott Jones 3.12.20

Under 11 Boys Long Jump

1st Joel Padi 3.70m, 2nd Nick White 3.58m, 3rd Joseph Morling 3.45m, 5th. Scott Jones 3.25m

Under 11 Girls 80m

1st. Sally Wareing, S&W.AC 12.30, 2nd Taegan O’Hara 12.40, 3rd=, Sinead Kaneen MH 12.50 5th Alice Ashe MH 12.90, 9th Laura Cain MH 13.30, 13th Sosanna Cox MH 13.50, 16th Rebecca Nathan MH 14.30.

Under 11 Girls 800m

1st. Hannah Davies East Cheshire 2.44.40, 2nd Lauren Alford East Cheshire 2.47.60, 3rd Alice Ashe 2.48.10 4th Sinead Kaneen  2.48.60, 6th Laura Cain 2.58.20, 12th Sosanna Cox 3.07.30, 13th Rebecca Nathan 3.08.30

Under 13 Girls

Clara Nathan 200m – 7th, 38.90, 800m – 14th, 3.14.30, long jump – 22nd, 2.71m

 

Murray claims Isle of Man Marathon Championship

Murray Lambden, webmaster of www.manxathletics.com & sponsor of this website was the outstanding Manx Harriers athlete in Isle of Man Marathon on 13th August. Murray achieved his target of a sub hours 3 time to finish third overall in 2 hrs 56mins 38s to claim the Isle of Man Championship title. He now looks forward to the Cardiff marathon in October on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Results & further coverage by Adrian Cowin at the Isle of Man Veteran Athletics Club Website

 

5K Road Walking Championships and Junior Race (report & results by Bridget Kaneen)

The 5K road walking championships were held at Peel on the evening of 14th August 2006. Peter Kaneen was a clear winner of the senior event in his first outing after a fairly long lay off and was satisfied with clocking just over the 23 minute mark in cool and breezy conditions on the Peel sea front.  Michael George took second in a personal best, ducking under 26 minutes for the first time at this distance.  Newcomer Mark Hempsell crossed the line third ahead of Dave Griffiths who was walking for the first time in over a year after a severe leg problem which hopefully will be resolved in the near future.  New junior walker Richard Bell went over distance to use the race as endurance training for 3k and did well to stick at it and walked with good technique throughout. The junior lap of the promenade was won by Sinead Kaneen, though Terence George pushed her hard the whole way.  Jessica Isherwood walked well throughout and was rewarded with the bronze medal for her efforts.

Results.

5km

Pos    Name               Club                    Time      Age cat
1.    Peter Kaneen       Manx Harriers    23.12     MV45
2.   Michael George    MH                     25.53    MV40
3.   Mark Hempsall     Unatt                  29.13     Sen
4.   Dave Griffiths      MH                    33.43     MV40
5.   Richard Bell         MH                     37.54     U15B

Junior Promenade walk

1.   Sinead Kaneen        MH                     9.12      U11G
2.  Terence George      MH                    9.22     U11B
3.  Jessica Isherwood  MH                   12.08    U11G

 

Manx Harriers at the AAA Championships

At the AAA U15 & U17 Championships at Birmingham last weekend 30th & 1st July. Lauren Whelan won the Bronze medal in the U15 3K walk in 16.41.28. Michael Haslett was 5th in the U17’s 400m Hurdles Final in 56.90s.

Well done to Lauren & Michael! results & photo’s

 

  Northern Senior League Match 4 Report (by Chris Quine)

After a sluggish start to the season, the Manx Harriers North of England League campaign ended on a high with the team finishing in second place in the final match of the season atAshton-Under-Lyne on Sunday 6th August. Scores throughout the afternoon were extremely close and after four and a half hours of competition over 35 events just eleven and a half points separated the first teams. This gave a final league position of third, thereby meaning another campaign in Division Two West next season.

Amongst the men, there were just two A string wins – Tom Riley in the 200m continued his great season running a time of 22.6 seconds following up on his 11.0 second effort for 2^nd earlier in the afternoon. John Halligan won the 3000m steeplechase with 10 mins 03.2 seconds with Darren Gray winning the B event to make it a double win. Amongst the women there were five A string wins. Rachael Kelly showed she is over her recent illness to win both the 100m hurdles (16.6 seconds) and 400m hurdles (70.3 seconds) whilst Hollie Bass – high jump 1.50m – and Helen Sheen – javelin 32.20m – also showed their class to win their events. Perhaps the biggest surprise win of the day come from Gail Griffiths running a big PB to win the 3000m – 11 mins 28.1 seconds.

There were a number of Island Games Consideration Guideline performances. These included Tom Riley (100m and 200m), Glenn Hamilton (400m – 51.7 seconds), Shaun Cregeen (high jump 1.90m), Sarah Dowling (100m – 12.9 seconds and 200m – 26.3 seconds) and Rachael Kelly (100m hurdles). Fifteen year old Nicola Cooil recorded a development guideline performance in the 400m with a time of 61.7 seconds.

Overall there was a great team spirit with all the athletes supporting each other.  The overall winners wereBolton who deservedly took the title having won each of the four matches. However, the Manx Harriers team can be consoled by the number of emerging athletes who are coming through from the junior ranks to establish a place for themselves in the senior team. full results here

Match points:

1. 1.Bolton                     –         367
2. 2. Manx H                   –         364
3. 3. Wigan                     –         357.5
4. 4. West Cheshire         –         356.5
5. 5. Liverpool H “B”        –         277
6. 6. East Cheshire           –        221

League Points

1. 1. Bolton                     –         24
2. 2. Wigan                     –         16
3. 3. Manx H                   –         14
4. 4. West Cheshire          –         12
5. 5. Liverpool H “B”         –         10
6. 6.East Cheshire           –         8
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European Veteran Championship Bronze for Andy

Andy Fox won a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase V45 race in Poland at the European Veteran Athletics Championships on 30th July  Congratulations Andy!!!!.  results here  &  European Veterans Championships website here

 

North of England Senior & U20’s Track & Field Championships

A great performance by John Halligan who finished 2nd in the Senior Men’s 3000m steeplechase at Manchester’s Sports City Stadium on Saturday 17th June competing in the North of England Senior & U20’s Track & Field Championships recording a time of 9.47.32. Tom Riley finished an excellent 3rd in the Senior 100m final in 10.90s

results &  photo’s &  more photo’s

  Leamington Grand Prix

Manx Harriers race walkers Bridget Kaneen & Marie Latham competed in the The Leamington Grand Prix 20K race on Saturday 17th June. Bridget finished bravely in 123:48 in very hot and humid conditions whilst Marie, who also struggled in the heat, was forced to retire with illness at 10K. Steve Taylor and Doug Corkill were judges at the event and Doug also competed in the open 5K walk finishing 13th in 31:11.

Results & photo’s by Tim Watt & photo’s by Shelley Walsh

Harriers Struggle at Wigan (report by Andy Fox)

A depleted Manx Harriers Senior team struggled at the second round match of the North of England Senior League on Saturday 3rd. June at Wigan. The squad was just not big enough on the day to compete and with only three ladies travelling to the match just too many points were thrown away. Having said that 7 A wins were recorded by Tom Riley (2), Phil Riley (2), John Halligan, Ben Brand and the Men’s 4x100m relay team. A further 2nd place and 4 thirds were recorded. In B events 3 wins, 4 seconds and thirds were also achieved. Island Games A guideline performances are underlined in the list below. The third match is at Leverhulme Park Bolton on Sunday 02/07/06. It is vital that as full a squad attend as possible if we are to avoid relegation. As usual all interested athletes are asked to contact Andy Fox as soon as possible on 626415.

Performances.

Ladies.

Name. Events/Performances.
Charlotte Christian Hammer – no distance, Shot – 7.67m, Discus – 21.32m.
Ciara Kaneen 800m – 2.31.6, 400m – 66.2, Javelin – 17.11, Long Jump – perf. not known.
Sarah Dowling 100m – 12.9, 200m – 26.8, 400m – 61.8, Javelin – 14.41.

Men.

Name. Events/Performances.
Tom Riley 100m – 10.9, 200m – 22.4, Shot Putt – 8.19,
Michael Taubman 100m – 11.5.
Glenn Hamilton 200m – 24.2, 400m – 54.4.
Andy Fox 3000mS/C – 10.19.9, 400m – 64.1.
Tom Davies 800m – 2.52.9, 400mH – 79.4, Hammer – 15.76, Discus – 20.29,
Shot Putt – 8.10.
James Eccles 1500m – 4.23, Hammer – 14.42, Discus – 25.79.
Lee Butterworth 1500m – 4.32.1.
John Halligan 3000mS/C – 9.49.2, 400mH – 69.3, 5000m – 16.12.5, Pole Vault – 2.40m.
Phil Riley 110mH – 18.1, Long Jump – 6.23m, Triple Jump – 12.56m.
Shaun Cregeen 110mH – 19.8, Javelin – 28.89, High Jump – 1.80m.
Daniel Stewart-Clague Javelin – 37.03m, Triple Jump – 11.19m, Pole vault – 2.70m.
Ben Brand Long Jump – 6.40m, High Jump – 1.70m.

4x100m relay – Taubman, Brand, P. Riley, T. Riley – 1st. 44.6 secs.
4x400m relay – Hamilton, Eccles, Butterworth, Fox – 4th. 3.47.5.

Having said all of the above the team spirit was amazing. Everyone rallied round on the day. Ben Brand was ill and still managed to compete in 3 events!!! Sarah Dowling had a wedding party to attend yet came to the match, competed and then took a taxi to Liverpool airport to fly home for the social event. Both in my view epitomise that often used word "commitment" to their sport as individuals and to their club and team mates. To cap off a weekend of contrasting highs and lows the boat was delayed on the way home and a football match played on the grass in front of the Liver buildings. Such was the standard of the game a crowd was attracted to watch and then locals came up asking if they could join in. Great fun was had by all. It was just a shame there were not a few more there to enjoy it all!!!

We Made it!

Flora London Marathon 2006 finishers Joanne Glassey (4hrs 30mins 05)  & Debby Ashe (3hrs 55mins 39)

A big ‘thank you’ to Manx Harriers for giving me the opportunity and experience of a lifetime.  Thank you from both of us to all our friends and families for their support, encouragement and belief that we could do it! (also for all the baby sitting!!). Last but not least thanks to all our sponsors. We have hopefully raised close to £3,000 for Isle of Man Hospice. Debby Ashe

 

Riley romps in with Rhodes times

Manx Harriers Senior team finished a fighting fourth in Division 2 West of the North of England athletics league last Saturday. reports Andy Fox This was especially pleasing as the team was a little depleted on the day. Pick of the bunch was Tom Riley who recorded double A wins in the 100 and 200m in Rhodes A Guideline times of 11.0 and 22.1 seconds. Tom was also a member of the club’s winning 4x100m relay squad. One other A guideline performance was achieved by Ben Brand when finishing second in the A 400m in 51.9secs. A total of 7 second A competition performances were recorded during the day and 8 third places.

The match was won by Bolton from Wigan and then West Cheshire, the home team. The next match in the series takes place on Saturday 3rd. June at Wigan. All interested athletes are asked to contact Andy Fox on 626415.

Individual Performances :–

Tom Riley 100 – 11.1, 200 – 22.1, Shot – 8.11.
Tony Eccles 100 – 12.0, 200 – 24.6, TJ – 11.77.
Ben Brand 400 – 51.9, HJ – 1.85, LJ – 5.92.
James Eccles 800- 2.07.8, Ham – 15.04, Disc – 24.87.
Chris Quinn 800 – 2.09.5.
John Halligan 1500 – 4.21.7, PV – 2.50, 5000 – 16.29.0.
Lee Butterworth 1500 – 4.30.2.
Andy Fox 3000 S/C – 10.18.6
Andrew Newton 400m – 60.7, 5000 – 21.12.5.
Michael Haslett 400 Hurd. – 59.8.
Daniel Stewart-Clague 400 Hurd. – 74.2, Jav – 34.54,
Rob Keelan     Ham – 21.56, Disc – 32.61, Shot – 8.93.
Shaun Cregeen Jav – 30.31, HJ – 1.85, 110 Hurd – 20.4.
Phil Riley          110 Hurd – 18.0, LJ – 5.71, TJ – 11.93.

4×100 – 45.0 (Tom Tiley, Phil Riley, Michael Haslett & Ben Brand).
4×400 – 3.46.6 ( Lee Butterworth, James Eccles, Chris Quinn & Ben Brand).

Sarah Dowling   200 – 27.3, 400 – 61.4.
Cara Kaneen     200 – 29.2, 800 – 2.30.6, LJ – 4.11, TJ – 8.60.
Nicola Cooil       400 – 63.8, 800 – 2.25.5, LJ – 4.17.
Sarah Nelson    1500 – 5.41.6, 3000 – 12.03.4, Jav – 8.91.
Charlotte Christian   Ham – 24.15, Disc – 20.80, Shot – 8.97.
4×100 – 58.5 (Charlotte Christian, Nicola Cooil, Sarah Nelson & Sarah Dowling).

Keith Gerrard at the BUSA Track & Field Championships

Keith Gerrard came 2nd. in the British Universities 10,000m track champs on Saturday 29th April (reports Andy Fox). It was his first track 10,000m. He sat in the pack going through slow first laps of 80 and 78 secs. He went through half way with the group in 15.26 and ran the second half in around 15.04 to finish in an unofficial time of 30.30. Keith finished second behind the winner Matt Ashton (also of St. Mary’s and a couple of years his senior). A very promising debut. He ran a sensible pace, never taking the lead on a windy day and came out of the race feeling very much that he can run faster on a better day with a group running at a faster tempo. He is planning another 10km later in the season. It will be interesting to see how he goes

Walk for Joan

Many thanks to everyone who supported this fundraiser for Manx Harriers young athletes on Sunday 23rd April. The Peel to Douglas non competitive walk on the old railway line was well supported and we were blessed with good weather. The amount raised on the day was £380

Silver medal for Lauren in National Younger Age Group Championships

In the National Younger Age Group championships, which were held on Saturday 22nd March on the roads in and around the athletics stadium in Sheffield, Sinead Kaneen was first to race in the under 13 girls 2 kilometre event. Competing as a guest walker at ten years old, she is still a year too young to compete in this age group. Sinead headed the entire field of boys and girls and was first to finish her event in a personal best time of 11.43, eight seconds ahead of the leading boy and 21 seconds clear of the girls championship winner Jessica Tandy from Nuneaton Harriers in 12.24. In the under 15 girls 3 kilometre event, Lauren Whelan claimed a silver medal in 16.30 which equals her personal best at the distance.  She finished seventeen seconds behind the winner, Natalie Myers from Sheffield. Kirsty Taylor also raised her game and recorded a big personal best finishing her race in 5th position and recording 18.37. Both girls have another year in this age group so should be very happy with their results. The Manx girls also claimed a team silver medal, behind the City of Sheffield club. (report by Bridget Kaneen)

results

Parti Ends on a high in 6th place