Harriers were out competing successfully at two races on New Years day; the Chard Flier 10k (race No 1 in the 2013 Somerset Series sponsored by M5 Glass) and the Weston AC Hangover 10k. Whilst Tim Hawkins triumphed at Chard; Matt Dickinson was 2nd at Weston.
At Chard, Tim's time of 37.59 was enough to finish two seconds ahead of his 2nd claim club team-mate Paul Rose. Paul Allen was next in for the Harriers in 9th, 41.43, with Clive Harwood (1st v60) in 12th with 42.02. Colin Williams was next in with 48.03 for 41st with 112 finishers in all.
At Weston, Matthew had a good run with his 2nd place being clocked at 33.28, close to his personal best set at Poole last week. Matthew was the only Harrier amongst the field of 224 finishers.
All of the Somerset Series races are as listed on the dedicated website at http://www.somersetseries.co.uk/. Next race is the Hestercombe Humdinger on Sunday Feb 3rd, followed closely by the Harrier sponsored Babcary Race (Feb 24th) & Butleigh multi-terrain race (March 17th). Entry forms for these races can be picked up off the Calendar to the left....