Athletics

By Barry Warne Nene Valley Harriers’ ladies increased their chances of joining the clubs making the Eastern Masters track and field league finals with an exciting win in last Monday’s fixture at the embankment track. Though still trailing Royston Runners and Corby AC in the overall standings, Nene Valley are well-placed to qualify as a high scoring third placed team. ...

South Holland athletes impressed for Boston and District Athletics Club at the sixth round of the Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Competitions on Friday evening. The athletes had to contend with a strong head wind along the finishing straight and contested a range of track and field events for all age groups from under-9 up to seniors. Seven local ...

By Barry Warne Alex Hampson launched his bid to regain the Peterborough 5km Grand Prix title with a confident display of front running at Eye last Wednesday. The rangy Nene Valley Harrier, who was champion in 2015, flew into the lead from the gun and maintained his advantage throughout the race, winning in a time of 15.51mins. Helpston Harrier John ...

By Barry Warne Nene Valley Harriers delivered an emphatic win in their East Anglia League fixture at King’s Lynn last Sunday. The senior teams were cobbled together, with a number of club coaches making up the numbers in the sprint relays and several youngsters were making their club debuts. South Holland star Donovan Capes was on stellar form, setting a ...

Talented Nene Valley Harriers youngster Lawson Capes is carrying on in his very famous family footsteps after breaking an impressive record. Capes, who is the grandson of South Holland and Great Britain shot putt legend Geoff Capes, has created athletics history by becoming the first ten-year-old shot putter to ever throw over ten metres. He achieved the incredible feat with ...

Nene Valley Harriers were mixing with the elite of British athletics last weekend. The men made the short journey to Bedford for their British Athletics League Division Three fixture, while the ladies were in Chelmsford competing in a UK Women’s League Division Two match. Both teams finished seventh out of eight clubs – but there were plenty of encouraging performances ...

A record 453 runners took to the starting line at Ferry Meadows last Wednesday for the first race of the 2019 Peterborough Grand Prix series. The top turnout produced an exciting race and Peterborough AC’s Shaun Walton came out on top, running a new personal best (PB) to win in a time of 15.45mins. A confident Walton led from the ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ senior athletes were in fantastic form last Wednesday as their men enjoyed a runaway win in their Eastern Masters League match at Corby. Leading the charge was the versatile Sean Reidy, who won all three of his events. He clocked 16.7secs in the 100m hurdles and jumped 5.49m during his long jump victory. Reidy’s third first place ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ ladies’ under-17 squad dominated the Eastern Young Athletes League fixture at Ware last Sunday – winning more than half of the 27 individual events. One of the stars of the show was Elizabeth Moorhouse, who moved up to fourth in the national under-17 shot rankings after a winning throw of 13.12m as well as finishing first in ...

The Halmer Harriers were out in force at the Woodhall Spa 10k event on Sunday. The quickest runners for the Spalding-based club were Martin Wallis (44.40mins), Colin Crump (47.54mins) and Jordan Wallis (48.16mins), while Louise Southgate (51.44mins) was the quickest of the women to complete the course. Halmer Harriers times at Woodhall Spa 10k: Martin Wallis 44.40mins; Colin Crump 47.54mins; ...

The amazing Diane Morris has completed the daunting Brathay 10 in 10 event. Morris, who is a member of Spalding-based Halmer Harriers, ran the Windermere Marathon course every day for ten consecutive days. Incredibly, her fastest two times came in the final two marathons around England’s largest lake, with the clockings of 4.46hrs and 4.48hrs on days nine and ten ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ men were completely dominant in the first fixture of the Eastern Masters Track and Field League at St Ives. Last years’ silver medallists at the end of season finals were complimented by their ladies’ team, who also performed well to finish second. The ladies also made the finals last season, just missing out on third place, and ...

Athletes from Halmer Harriers have been putting their body on the line at multiple events in recent weeks. Runs don’t come tougher than the London Marathon, with the Spalding club having five runners in action there. Among them were Lisa Gill, who ran her eighth London Marathon to raise money for Age UK, and Carly Wilkinson completed her first to ...

Spalding-based Halmer Harriers have been very busy over the last two weekends, with athletes competing in nine different events. Results (personal best = PB) Manchester Marathon – Katy Hopkins 5.25.25hrs (PB); Di Lettice – 5.33.09hrs (PB); Tim Baxter 5.46.14hrs (PB); Katie Baxter 6.15.46hrs (PB); Mark Goodale 4.27.38hrs (PB); Lisa Gill – 4.27.38 (PB); Steve Tucker 5.53.24hrs; Ade Mills 4.05.39hrs (PB); ...

Nene Valley Harriers concluded their cross country season at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds as 16 of the club’s most talented youngsters laced up their spikes for the English Schools Cross Country Championship. Molly Peel capped what has been a fine season by finishing 34th and first Lincolnshire scorer in the Intermediate Girls race, while Cambridgeshire cross country champion Flo ...

Some 30 Nene Valley Harriers travelled to Yorkshire to compete in the National Cross Country Championship at Harewood House. Many of the youngsters impressed and Molly Peel built on her fine run in the South of England Cross Country Championship, finishing 49th in the under-17 girls’ race covering the 5km course in 20.00. Under-15 Flo Brill came in 51st, completing ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ athletes made a massive contribution to the success of the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire teams in the Anglian Schools Cross Country Championships. With Suffolk, Norfolk and Northamptonshire also competing at Abingdon Park (Northampton), the Cambridgeshire team won an unprecedented five out of the eight age groups, while Lincolnshire came out on top in the intermediate girls’ race. Molly ...

By Barry Warne Molly Peel was the star turn for Nene Valley Harriers in the annual South of England Cross Country Championship mudfest at Parliament Hill Fields North London. The silver medallist in the Lincolnshire Cross Country Championship, staged in early January, more than held her own in a field featuring many of England’s best under-17 runners. Peel finished in ...

By Barry Warne Nene Valley Harriers were champions in Cambridgeshire and top of the listings in Lincolnshire as their athletes excelled in the county cross country championships. Leading the way in the Cambridgeshire event at St Neots was Flo Brill, who had an outstanding run to finish a minute ahead of the field in the under-15 girls’ race. She was ...

A host of personal best (PB) times were clocked as a host of Halmer Harriers took on Sunday’s Skegness 10k. The highlight for the Spalding club saw Sue Booth take over five minutes off her PB in only her second 10k, while Fiona Thomas ran under an hour (58.57mins) for the first time. Times: Fiona Thomas 58.57 (PB); Ade Mills ...