Athletics

Donovan Capes stole the show with a stellar performance as a squad of 26 athletes attended the Lincolnshire County Championships at Grantham on Saturday. Capes – who is the grandson of South Holland legend Geoff Capes – was awarded the trophy for the performance of the championships. The Nene Valley Harriers youngster threw the discus a massive 29.55m to not ...

Nene Valley Harriers got their Eastern Young Athletes’ League season off to a fine start in the opening fixture at the Embankment as they finished second behind last season’s unbeaten champions Ipswich AC. Consistency was the name of the game, with all the Nene Valley age group teams finishing in the top three, with the exception of the under-17 girls. ...

Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor delivered another world class performance at the Peyton Invitational meeting in Stanford, California. Having shattered her 10,000m personal best time (PB) in March with a 32.11.80mins clocking, the 23-year-old from Spalding took on some of the world’s finest over 5,000m. Taylor didn’t disappoint, finishing 13th in a time of 15.29.07mins – an improvement of 36 ...

Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor continued to enhance her reputation on the world stage with a stunning run over 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational meeting in California. The San Francisco University student obliterated her previous personal best (PB), running 32.11.80mins and finishing fourth in a high-class field containing many internationals and Olympians. Not only did Taylor run a world class ...

Nene Valley Harriers had two individual winners as they travelled to RAF Cranwell for a match against the Air Training Corp’s (ATC) national team. Five teams of Nene Valley athletes made the trip, with Matt Dowling and Alex Hampson storming to impressive individual wins. The club’s athletes take part in the national finals for the ATC and their score is ...

Nene Valley Harriers athletes left many of their rivals bogged down in the mud at the National Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The Wollaton Park course in Nottingham was set out to include many swamp like areas of the deer park, but local cross country experts thrived on the unforgiving terrain. A highlight was the battle between Nene Valley and ...

Three talented athletes won medals as Nene Valley Harriers kicked off their 2017 track and field season in style at the Northern Indoor Athletics Championship meet at Sheffield EIS Arena. Inspirational performances were the order of the day in the city of steel – and setting the scene was Zoe Lucas, who bounded home with a bronze medal in the ...

A weakened Nene Valley Harriers team still performed admirably at the latest Frostbite League meet at Nene Park. With the Harriers under-strength, Yaxley Runners, Werrington Joggers and Eye Community Runners took full advantage of the late change in venue from March, finishing as second, third and fourth teams respectively in what was effectively a home race. The race was due ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ under-20 men won an impressive team gold at the Lincolnshire Cross Country Championships. Alex Hampson led them home by picking up individual bronze – and was followed by Niamh Payne and Bradley Spurdens in fourth and fifth respectively. Also on-song was Megan Ellison, who claimed the under-17 silver medal following a fine run. And there was another ...

Nene Valley Harrier Sam Oakley was the only local gold medalist at the Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships in St Neots. There were, however, plenty of podium places and team medals won by athletes from the club. Oakley finished third in the under-13s race this time last year, but 12 months is a long time in athletics and his extra experience ...

Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor announced her arrival into the big time with a fourth place finish at the European Cross Country Championships under-23 race at Chianti in Sardinia on Sunday. The 22-year old from Spalding had qualified impressively for the Great Britain team in the trials at Liverpool last month, and started the race with conviction running towards the ...

Alex Hampson’s finest hour in a Nene Valley vest came back in 2013 when he won the Under 17 South of England Cross-Country Championship. The long-striding 18-year-old has had his fair share of ups and downs since then but now seems to be returning to his consistent best. He demonstrated this with a sparkling run in the North Midlands Cross-County ...

Four South Holland athletes have raised vital funds for Young Dons FC after completing the dreaded Winter Wild Wolf event at Stanford Hall. Mick Jackson, Adrian Dunbar, Amy Grogan and Chris Grogan (pictured) took on the gruelling event – despite knowing that it is classed as by far the toughest of the Wolf Runs. It involved a 10km cross country ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ team were one of the star attractions as a soggy Wicksteed Park played host to the latest the North Midlands Cross Country League meeting. It was the first proper mudbath of the season, as the rain that had set in early in the morning continued to fall throughout the afternoon However, when the going gets tough Nene ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ Nicky Morgan impressed on her England debut in the British and Irish Master’s Cross Country International at Glasgow on Saturday. The 46-year-old North Midlands League veteran’s cross country champion finished sixth in the B international race, competing against a field of top veteran runners from across the home nations. Morgan narrowly missed out on running in the ...

Flo Brill lead the way for Nene Valley Harriers in the English National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield on Saturday. The fledgling Harrier ran the fastest leg of the day in the under-13 girls’ race for the second successive year. Brill completed the surprisingly mud free 2k course in 6.54.85mins, nearly ten seconds faster than any of her rivals, and ...

Nene Valley Harriers enjoyed a hugely satisfying start to the cross country season at Derby with a winning display in the opening fixture of the North Midlands League. A record 75 athletes turned out for the club, turning Mark Eaton Park red, white and blue as the vests of the club just kept coming and coming. The girls provided the ...

Nene Valley’s youngsters completed their season in fine style with a fifth place finish in the Eastern Young Athletes League final at Stevenage.   Up against the region’s track and field powerhouses Bedford and Ipswich, the youngsters more than held their own and can perhaps consider themselves a little unfortunate not to have finished higher in a closely-fought contest.   ...

Defending champions Nene Valley Harriers shone on their Southern Athletics League finale with a wonderful win at Norwich. The Harriers, who finished third in the overall standings, edged a tight meeting that saw them up against Marshall Milton Keynes, Belgrave Harriers and City of Norwich. At a match where the team were driven by the fact that they had to ...

Nene Valley Harriers showed that sensational Sundays aren’t just reserved for Olympians as they pulled off a fine East Anglian League victory at their home track.   With first place finishes for the senior men and ladies along with the under 15 and under 17 boys, Nene Valley were the dominant club after seeing off the challenge of a strong ...