Athletics

Adam Caress was the sole Halmer Harriers runner to finish in the top ten of Saturday’s Snowden Field Parkrun in Crowland. He completed the 5K course in 21mins 26secs to cross the line in fifth place, second SM30-34. Richard Williams was 14th (23:18), and Rebecca Pearce 41st, (32:47) of the 53 finishers.Deborah Preston clocked 30:54 to finish 349th at Ferry ...

Halmer Harriers runner Richard Williams finished sixth in the weekly Parkrun at Snowden Field in Crowland on Saturday. The veteran men’s 40-44 runner completed the 5K course in 23 minutes 22 seconds. It was his 116th Parkrun and 69th at Snowden Field, where his best time in 22:36. His overall best Parkrun time of 21:51 was set at King’s Lynn ...

South Holland’s only Parkrun is celebrating its fifth anniversary soon, and it wants to do so in style. Parkruns have proved a huge hit across the country with people able to just sign up and run the organised 5ks on Saturday mornings.There is just one in our area though, held at the Snowden Field in Crowland at 9am every week.To ...

The weekly Parkrun at Crowland’s Snowden Field attracted an entry of 48 on Saturday.First to cross the finish line at the end of the 5K course was Thomas Bettinson, in a time of 21 minutes 19 seconds.Richard Williams, of the Sir Halley Stewart Field-based Halmer Harriers, was fifth in 23:31, with club colleague Adam Caress tenth, 25:32.Runners varied in age from ten to ...

There were some impressive performances at the first of this season’s Boston and District Athletics Club Open Junior Sportshall Athletics Series events at the B-Hive Indoor Training Centre.Events in the Under-15 Boys’ section were closely contested throughout with the host club’s Hayden Quantrill just edging into first place in all of the eight track and field competitions on the programme.Quantrill’s ...

Holbeach athlete Eljay Secker took a tremendous sixth place in the English Schools National combined events finals at Bedford last weekend. In his first year as an under-20 athlete, Secker has adjusted very well to new hurdle heights and implement weights that are all increasing from under-17 level. After taking the Lincolnshire county hurdles title in May, he went on ...

You can now sign up for this year’s West Pinchbeck 10k event online. The annual open road race, which is hosted by Halmer Harriers, is held on non-closed public roads in West Pinchbeck. It will be held on Sunday, October 2 with a start time of 10.30am. Entries close on September 25, with those looking to take part needing to ...

Athletes from Peterborough and Nene Valley AC accumulated a large hoard of medals at the Lincolnshire County Athletics Championships. There was a double gold for Louie Hemmings, who collected both the under-13 800m and 1,500m titles – running a speedy 4.58mins for his triumph in the latter. Likewise, Sienna Slater picked up under-15’s 100m gold with a time of 13.54secs, ...

The fifth of six Boston 2021/22 Junior Sportshall Athletics Series meets was held last Friday – and a host of South Holland athletes were in attendance. At under-15 level, Hayden Quantrill won seven of the nine events in the age category. He recorded 31.4secs for three laps, 47.4secs in the four laps and 73.9secs for six laps, while also clearing ...

A seven-strong squad of Peterborough and Nene Valley AC youngsters headed to Sheffield at the weekend to compete in the England Indoor Athletics Championship – and a magnificent seven personal best (PB) times were set. Under-15 athlete Sienna Slater ran a 60m hurdles PB of 8.14secs in her heat, before being eliminated in the semi-final race. Slater also took part ...

The third match in the Boston and District AC. Junior 2021-22 Sportshall Athletics Series on Saturday resulted in some promising performances from South Holland athletes. Under-15 Quantrill won the three-lap race in 31.7secs, the four-lap sprint in 47.9 secs, the standing triple jump (6.48m) and the shot putt (8.49m). In addition, he was first in both the six-lap run (1.16.5mins) ...

A host of South Holland youngsters featured in the second match in the Boston and District Athletics Club 2021/2022 Sportshall Athletics Series at the B-Hive indoor athletics training centre. In the under-13 age group, Jack Clark-Atkins produced some very promising performances on his first sportshall athletics outing of the season. He won the shot with a putt of 7.82m, cleared ...

The first of this season’s Junior Sportshall Athletics events was held at the B-Hive Indoor Athletics Training Centre on Saturday morning, with plenty of South Holland athletes in action. After an enforced lapse in activity, the youngsters made a lively return to competition and produced some sparkling performances. At under-15 boys’ level, Hayden Quantrill won all eight of his events. ...

Megan Reid achieved a new Pole Vault personal best (PB) at the latest in the series of Turnbulls Tommy Clay Track and Field Development events. The first year under-17, who has only recently taken up the event, cleared 1.78m for a new PB. Reid also won the under-17 women’s shot with a putt of 6.75m and cleared 8.10m in triple ...

Athletes from South Holland put on impressive showings in ideal conditions at the seventh Turnbull Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Series meeting this season. Under-17 Megan Reid had a really good evening in Boston, making her debut in the pole vault having only recently taken up the event. In the first of the two women’s pole vault competitions held ...

Spalding’s Halmer Harriers were out in force last weekend as they competed at three different events. Leading the charge was Andrew Hooker, who completed 20 miles at Oundle on Saturday before doing a half-marathon at Grimsthorpe the following day. The South Holland club also had a clutch of athletes at the Mid-summer 10k in Peterborough. Results: Mid-summer 10k (Peterborough): Martin ...

Nine South Holland athletes competed in the third round of this season’s Turnbull Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Series on Friday. In fine and still conditions, a number of them managed to achieve personal best (PB) performances. Hayden Quantrill was on fine form as he won the under-15 boys’ 80m hurdles (17.5secs), shot (7.23m) and high jump (1.15m). At ...

The second round of Turnbulls Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Series once again saw South Holland athletes in fine form on Friday night. At under-13 level, Jack Clark-Atkins impressed in his first triple jump contest at the Boston venue with 9.06m, while also competing in both the javelin and 200m. In the under-13 girls’ section, Issy Reid also impressed ...

South Holland athletes were back on the track on Friday night as they competed in the first round of the Turnbull Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Series. No less then 49 athletes in total were in action at the Boston and District Athletics Club event at The Tommy Clay Track, which adhered to strict COVID-19 protocols. Indeed, the meeting ...

Training nights and competition days will not be the same at Peterborough and Nene Valley AC following the death of Roy Thickpenny after a long illness. In a club statement a, Peterborough and Nene Valley AC spokesman said: “Roy was a true enthusiast having competed and coached locally for over 50 years. “He also introduced many hundreds of youngsters to ...