Christian, Zak & Archie win team prize for Harriers whilst Owen lowers 5k pb; All Club training sessions cancelled until December at earliest due to Covid-19
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Owen Dukes sprints for a new 5k personal best...leaving his pacemaker dad in the distance! (photo by Dylan Dukes)
Last week a small number of Wells City Harriers were able to compete in local races and saw success. Deputy Chairman Christian Green won the CapTEN 10 mile fell race taking in the highest point on the south coast – Golden Cap – in Dorset with team mates Zak Hurrell 3rd and 17 year old Archie Tyler 5th overall, 1st junior, bringing the team home first overall.
Meanwhile Owen Dukes celebrated his 14th birthday with a new personal best at the Two Tunnels 5k race at Bath finishing 1st u20 in 18.44. Read on for full reports and the latest on the training situation as we head into another lockdown…..
Harrier Training continues to grow & updated advice from England Athletics
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Juniors cooling down after training on a Monday evening with some stretching
The coached training sessions organised by Wells City Harriers continue to grow in terms of numbers attending. The weekly Monday junior sessions which started on 12th October have seen an enthusiastic group of 8-15 year olds taking part - 17 juniors in each of the two weeks - and the senior coached session, now on a Tuesday evening, is starting to see almost 30 taking part, with some new members joining to take advantage of the coaching at each session. We continue to ask that folk register for the sessions a day in advance as we let Strode College know who is attending. Please ensure your membership is up to date. Read on for more of an update on Harrier training.
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Baltonsborough Christmas Pudding race cancelled
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Ollie Thorner goes 15th on World u20 Decathlon rankings for 2020! Plus changes afoot to Harrier training.
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Personal best in the Hurdles on his way to winning the decathlon
As the weather turns distinctly Autumnal after such a good Spring & Summer we report on a great sequence of athletic performances by Ollie Thorner at the Swiss Championships in Hochdorfer Mehrkampfmeisterschaften (Multi-event competition) held near Lucerne. Ollie has moved to 15th on the World rankings for his age group (u20) this year for his decathlon performances and achieved all of this in truly tough, cold, conditions. Read on for Al’s report.
We can also announce some changes to the Harrier organised training sessions: The senior session (age14 upwards) for Harrier members at Strode College continues on a Thursday this week and next (8th Oct) and then will switch to a Tuesday night, same time, same place from Tuesday 13th October. Please ensure you book a place 24 hours ahead so as to comply with Covid-19 requirements. The Junior session for age 8-15 will also resume on Monday 12th October at the same venue 6pm-7pm. Read on for details.
Harrier victory at Uphill to Wells race & latest on training & competing & coaching opportunity
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Oli, John, Andrew & Henry before the start on the beach at Uphill (by Weston-super-Mare)
A team of 4 Harriers won the local Uphill to Wells race at the weekend – instead of running as a relay the squad chose to run together over the entire 29 mile course and came home first of those teams that had selected that option. Well done team! And congratulations to the Mendip Hash at arranging this annual event for Charity once again. There are precious few competitive opportunities about at present but we also know that some Harriers competed this past weekend on the track (report awaited) and others competed at a 5km road race over in Wiltshire. Read on for more competition news (or the lack of it) and for any update on Harrier training and plans ahead. We also again put out a call for senior Harriers or parents of Harriers to attend a Coaching Assistant courses so that we can maintain & expand our Club coaching.