Harry wins England Silver whilst other Harriers compete at County Schools and training sessions recommence at Millfield
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(Above: Harry on left collects his Silver - Photo by Lin)
Wells City Harrier 17 year old Harry Barton came away with the 110m Hurdles silver medal after an excellent performance in the England Athletics Track & Field Championships for u20 & u23 age groups held last weekend (20th June) at Bedford. No wonder he picked up the County Schools Gold the previous weekend (12th June), where a number of other Harrier juniors were also in competition and achieving personal bests.
Meanwhile the Harrier juniors and seniors have been enjoying being back at the Millfield track facility on Mondays and Tuesdays since sessions resumed there on 14th June. Read on for news of all results and more photos.
(Above: Tuesday Harrier Middle distance group warm up at Millfield - photo by Paul)
Update on Harrier training sessions: Back to Millfield! Elise & Ollie get ready for national T&F Championships whilst other Harriers compete on the road
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Elise Thorner (no 827) shows good form coming out of the water jump at a Track 3,000m Steeplechase
The Club training sessions which for the past 18 months, when permitted under Covid-19 restrictions, have been taking place at Strode College are due to switch to Millfield track as from this coming week. The Club has submitted what it believes is all the required paperwork including lists of qualified DBS checked coaches & list of members, as well as insurance documents over the past 4 weeks or so.
The Monday junior session which continues to attract a dedicated and talented group of age 8-15 year olds will hold its first session at Millfield this Monday 14th June. What has been the Thursday group (age 14-84) will now revert back to being a Tuesday session (starts 15th June). Please note that Millfield can only let us hire from 7.15pm to 8.15pm. Please do not arrive any earlier nor stay any longer. Read on for details of training & latest competition updates.
Thorner twins continue to excel Stateside whilst other Harrier juniors in action on the track; Updates on training, competition opps & Club Membership
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Ollie flies through the air!
20 year old Twins Ollie and Elise Thorner have again been in track and field action in California for their Universities in major regional team competitions. Ollie recorded several pbs at his decathlon and his next competition will be the British Championships next month (June). Meanwhile Elise has been recording good times over the middle distances and looks forward to National Championships in Oregon. Finlay Downes has been running well too, a 5k pb followed by a huge 1500m pb on the track. Read on for news of Harrier training sessions & Club Membership as we approach 150 paid up members (so far). Also, get ready for the Baltonsborough 5mile road race in August!
Harrier social pub run Wednesday 26th May at Wookey - Ring Of Bells ph 6.30pm
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Image above - Montage from 2001 of Harriers of that era (& before) - there's still a few of these turning up at training! Later this summer we will have more of the Club's 40 year history....
The Harrier's monthly pub runs have now recommenced and the next edition is on Wednesday 26th May 2021.
Meet up at the Ring of Bells pub in Wookey village at 6.30pm. All speeds & abilities catered for, and you can stop for a drink or a bite to eat afterwards!
If running late, or you need more information, please contact Andrew Piper 07791 528333.
Pub runs are organised by the Wednesday training group and take place on the last Wednesday of every month.
Other news: we are still awaiting confirmation from Millfield to switch our Monday (juniors) and Thursday (older juniors & seniors) sessions to there. The website will announce when that will start - most likely early June - and that the older juniors/seniors session will revert back to a Tuesday eve. Watch this space!
Harriers excel on the track at Spring Open & Harrier training groups grow
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Indy stretching every sinew in his 800m race last Saturday (photo credit Martin Edwards of Totally Focussed)
Harriers have continued to put in some good performances this past week as the return to competition gets underway. Just short of a dozen competed on the track at a very windy Yeovil on Saturday 8th May. For some it was their first return to the track for well over a year whilst for a few they were following up some good running at the same track the previous week! Our thanks to our partner Club, Yeovil Olympiads, for putting on such a great set of Spring Open meetings. Read on for individual performances and if you feel inspired to compete for the joint Yeovil-Wells Club in the Track & Field League please contact our Team managers.
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