Northern Athletics Road Relays, 2nd October 2010
Thu 08 Jul 10	181
The event this year will take place in Wythenshawe Park, Manchester. For the first time the 3 relay events; Men's 6 stage, Women's 4 stage and Young Athletes relays will take place on the same day.(The young athletes relays have usually been on the following day. It's hoped that combining the events will mean less travel for club managers and officials, and will create a better atmosphere with all athletes at the same venue on the same day. We hope to have teams in all categories.
Wilkinson Pontefact Open 27/06/2010
Sun 27 Jun 10	180
Well done to all athletes who competed on this extremely hot day,,conditions were very draining.We managed some good results, winning 13 trophies in all. Megan Nagy won, 1st in 200m,2nd in shot,3rd in long jump. Ellena Freeman won,first in long jump and 100m. Jonathon Bilton 2nd in 200m. Beth Taylor, 1st in high jump and long jump. Jessica Freeman, 2nd in 800m. Emily Hutchinson, 2nd in hurdles. Alex Kiwomya.1st in 100m and 400m. His time of 49.00 takes Alex to the top of the national Power of 10 tables! Jacob Watts did well in his first competition, having only just joined the club. In the men we won a 2nd from Andrew Nagy in the shot.In the mens hammer we had 4th Ian Cooley and 6th Andrew Nagy. Once again well done to all athletes and thanks to all parents for your support. J Hutchinson
South Yorks Track and Field League. Sunday June 6th
Sun 06 Jun 10	179
This was the 3rd U11,U13,U15 match in this competition.Despite the appauling rain we had a very good mix of athletes from all 3 age groups,even managing a few Personal Best results(they will not be available on SY Website straight away) In u15 we had championships in 100m,high jump and discus.We did very well with Amber Omalley gaining Gold in Discus,well supportd by lots of other u15 RHAC athletes, Ashley Maris came 4th which is brill as he has only just joined the club.In high jump we got a Silver in girls from Beth Taylor and Sam Stevens coming 5th in the lads. We managed to get into the finals of the 100m with Bonnie smith and Tom Evans.Well Done to everyone who competed. J Hutchinson
Northern Athletics U17 & U15 Championships; Leigh
Tue 01 Jun 10	178
Congratulations to the club athletes who won medals at the area track & field Championships. Sarah Wilding won a silver medal in the U17 women's shot put with 10.28m. Ben Shields won Bronze in the U17 men's 200m in 22.92s and gold in the U17 men's 100m with an excellent time of 11.02s. Alex Kiwomya continued his winning form this year, with wins in both the 100m and 200m for U15 boys, clocking a new Championship best 11.2s in the 100m heats, and 22.50s to win the 200m final. (The news and photos will be submitted to next weeks Advertiser, since we have missed the deadline for this weeks edition)
S Yorks
Sat 22 May 10	177
Well done to all athletes in the S Yorks today,,we had a very good turnout in all age groups.It made a change to have hot weather so im sure there will be some sunburn later.We had some good PBs.and performances in all ages. In the U15 we did well in the championship events,Bonnie Smith (Silver), Amber omalley (bronze) in the shot.Jess Mangham (Gold) and Jessica Freeman (Bronze )in 1500m,Luke Cotter (silver)in 1500m,Bonnie Smith and Ben Truman in the finals of the 200m. A very good day,keep up the hard work and thanks to all parents for your continuing support. J Hutchinson
ERRA National 12 & 6 stage relays; 17th April Sutton Park
Tue 20 Apr 10	176
Congratulations to the athletes who turned out on Saturday, in the best weather so far this year, to again ensure that the club had two full teams. The men's team finished 42nd (12th Northern team) in 4:48.48 and the women's team finished 21st (5th Northern team) in 1:57.05. This is the 5th consectutive year that the mens team has qualified and turned out a full team, and the 4th consecutive year that the women have done so. This is a tribute to the athletes, coaches and team managers - it isn't easy getting full teams out (Especially when 2 of your 6 female runners are stuck in holiday /training destinations due to Volcanic ash clouds), and it isn't easy to qualify for the national event. Thanks are due to Pete Shaw & Pete Neal for all their efforts in entering athletes and organising the teams. Jenny Blizard had a great run to finish 10th fastest overall, and the women's team was strengthened by Debbie Mason's debut competition run for the club (Delayed by some 2 years due to injury). Photos of some of the athletes (apologies to those I missed) are on the road section gallery.
North of England Road Relay Championships
Mon 22 Mar 10	175
Congratulations and well done to all runners who took part in the North of England Road Relays at Wythenshawe Park on Sunday 21 March. The Men's team finished in 20th position which qualifies them for the National Championships in three weeks time (17th April). The ladies team of Jenny Blizard, Abbie Vernon, Jess Fawcett, Stef Burns, Robyn Lanceley and Janet Hindley did extremely well and should be very pleased with their 5th place performance.
Inter Counties Cross Country Champs (inc World Trials)
Tue 16 Mar 10	174
This annual championship event took place at this new venue, having previously been held at Wollaton Park Nottingham for the last 5 years or so. The new venue proved an excellent one with good underfoot conditions on a well laid out course, that provided good spectator access and views. 9 athletes from Rotherham harriers & AC had been selected to represent their county teams. Our catchment area means that members are resident in at least 3 counties. The event was the selection event for the Uk team for the World Cross Country event, and as such the standard of competition was extremely high. The athletes performances and results were:- Under 13 Boys Ryan Beale (Derbys) 247th in a time of 12:22 Under 15 Boys Michael Eccles (Yorks) 139th 16:29 Nicholas Myers (Derbys) 161st 16:39 Under 15 girls Codie Marsh (Notts)68th 16:42 Junior Women Abbie Vernon (Derbys)35th 23:20 Robyn Lanceley (Yorks) 52nd 24:16 Stef Burns (Yorks) 56th 24:35 Junior Men Kyle Craib (Notts) 99th 28:47 Senior Men Phil Hoole (Yorks) 57th 37:57. Phil Hoole had another good run, finishing 4th scorer in the Yorkshire team. Yorkshire were second in the team event, being beaten by a strong Lancashire side. It was a good day for the Yorkshire teams, with 4 silver team medals and 2 Bronze from the following team positions:- Under 13 boys 3rd, U13 girls 8th, U15 boys 3rd, U15 girls 2nd, U17 men 2nd, U17 women 4th, Junior women 7th, Junior men 4th, Senior women 2nd, Senior Men 2nd. In addition to the 9 selected athletes, other club members named as reserves were:- Robert Bentham (U13B Yorks) Devon Stead (U13B Yorks) Jess Fawcett (Sen Women Yorks)
TOM PINK RELAYS 6/03/2010
Sat 06 Mar 10	173
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL U11 ATHLETES WHO TURNED OUT TODAY OLIVIA BOULTON, JESSICA VAUGHAN,NICOLE SCARFE,MOLLY WOOD,AVA JONES FOR THE GIRLS AND JORDAN DIXON,ASHLEY POGMORE,DECLAN WALKER SMITH, JOE DAVIS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHARLIE VAUGHAN WHO STEPPED IN TO MAKE UP THE TEAM EVEN THOUGH HE ONLY WENT TO WATCH IS SISTER COMPETE FOR THE BOYS MEDALS WHERE THINON THE GROUND ASHLEY 3RD FOR THE HIGHLAND STEPS AND JORDAN 1ST FOR THE FOAM JAVLIN I KNOW THAT THAY ALL HAD A ENJOYABLE DAYS ACTIVITY FOR MY PART I DON,T THINK I'M TEAM MANAGMENT MATERIAL BUT I GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT THANKS AGAIN TO ALL PARENTS AND ATHLETES ESSPECILLY DERICK (OR SOULD WE CALL YOU DAVID BAILEY)PICTURES TO FOLLOW