31st Dec 2017. Club has 3 Top 30 Ranked Athletes in UK Senior Rankings.
In the UK top 30 rankings the club had just three athletes in the UK top 30 in 2017, all of them women.
Charlene Thomas was 9th in the 1500m (4m 09.32s) & 14th in the 800m (2m 03.12s).
Amy-Eloise Neale was 11th in the 5000m (15m 39.3s), 12th in the 1500m (4m 11.00s) & 26th in the 3000m (9m 17.79s).
Abby Ward (U20) was 12th= in the High Jump (1.78m).

24th Dec 2017. Julie Briscoe Wins Ward Green 6 Again.
As last year, Julie Briscoe was easily the first lady in the Ward Green 6 at Barnsley, recording an excellent 33 mins 39 secs on the hilly course, and finishing 7th outright. Race results.

19th Dec 2017. Craig Davidson Wins Senior Christmas Handicap Race.
Many of the club's runners had their last race of the year in the Senior Christmas Handicap Road Race, over the traditional 4.5 mile course, twice round the perimeter of the park and with a lap round the running track at the end. For the first time since 1973, when John Newsome won his 2nd successive Christmas Handicap, we had a runner winning the event for the 2nd year in succession. So it was fitting that winner Craig Davidson won the John Newsome Memorial Handicap Trophy, and Craig is pictured below receiving the trophy from the Club Membership Secretary Wendy Newsome. Craig has made huge advances this year, and ran 2 mins 40 secs faster than last year, so is a worthy winner again. Other big advances were made by Rebecca Zserdicky in 2nd, Michael Page in 3rd and Matthew Hill just behind in 4th.

19th Dec 2017. The Club's Allocation of London Marathon Places.
The club's London Marathon place has now been allocated, to Glen Shelley. So congratulations to him, and we wish Glen the best in London next April.

17th/18th Dec 2017. Weekend Roundup of Leading Results.
At the North Yorkshire Indoor Open Meeting at Sheffield, Olivia Roe came away with 3 victories in the U15G 60m 8.5s, 200m 28.0s & Shot 8.10m, and Chris Harris was close to his best in the Triple Jump with 12.76m. Meeting Results
At the Sale Harriers Open Series at Sportcity Tamara Miller ran an excellent new PB in the U15G 60m in 8.15s, a Grade 1 performance. Another was a big PB was Amy Hunt with 2.90m in the U15G Pole Vault, whilst sister Erin valted 2.30m. Meeting Results
A few Harriers competed in the tough Travellers 6 Mile Road Race at Denby Dale, and Ben Butler had a great run to finish in 3rd place. Rebecca Zserdicky was our first lady home. Race Results

10th Dec 2017. Amy-Eloise Neale 4th in European Cross Country Champs.
Amy-Eloise Neale has dual citizenship with the USA and Great Britain, but with her parents now living locally near Wakefield, she joined Wakefield Harriers last year, even though she is still studying in America.
As a result of her great form in the US, she was selected to run for the Great Britain U23 Women's team at the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia. She had a tremendous run to finish in 4th place, and 2nd British runner behind Jessica Judd, and helped Great Britain win the team title ahead of Germany.

9th Dec 2017. Senior Men Win West Yorkshire Cross Country League Title.
After a very close win last year, the Senior Men won the West Yorkshire Cross Country League quite easily this year, after 2 wins and 2 second places. This was a great team result from the entire squad, who ran solidly in all 4 races. They were the only team from the club however to win medals this year.
In the individual league competition, with 3 wins out of the 4 races Ben Shackleton was a clear winner of the U11 Boys age group. Matthew Hill and Paul Marchant were also age group winners, in the U17 Men and Over 40 Men's categories respectively. Individual medals were also won by Dale Worton (2nd Senior Men), Ben Butler (2nd Over 35 Men), Stewart Knowles (3rd Over 40 Men), Mark Bostock (3rd U20 Men) & Lucie Hall (3rd U17 Women).
Final League Tables.

9th Dec 2017. Fourth West Yorkshire Cross Country League Meeting.

4th Dec 2017. Wakefield Harriers Athlete of the Month - Matthew Hill.

4th Dec 2017. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers in December.
Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by Wakefield Harriers at the December monthly Committee Meeting.
List of New Members.

2nd Dec 2017. Two Club Records at Sheffield Indoor Open.
There were some fast indoor sprint times at the Northern Athletics Open Meeting at Sheffield, including two club records, and a welcome return to competition in the High Jump from Abby Ward, jumping a season's best of 1.78m. Leonie Ashmeade recorded a Grade 1 performance, when equalling her PB and club U20 record in the 60m, with a time of 7.64s, and Thomas Wood ran a New U15 Club 60m Record of 7.57s, beating Craig Simpson's record from 2005 by 1/100th of a second. There were also Grade 3 performances or better from Amanda Shaw (SW 300m 41.15s) & Olivia Roe (U15G 60m 8.31s). Meeting Results.

2nd Dec 2017. Amy-Eloise Neale Selected for European Cross Country Champs.
Amy-Eloise Neale is a club member studying in the US, and as a result of her great form over there, she has been selected to run for the Great Britain U23 Women's team at the European Cross Country Championships in Samorin, in Slovakia, on Sunday 10 December. So our congratulations to her on her international selection. Report from British Athletics.

26th Nov 2017. Weekend Roundup of Leading Results.
Stewart Knowles confirmed his recent fine form with an excellent 3rd place in the Barnsley 10k, in a time of 34:31, good running on the undulating course. Ross Penny was 20th in 37:47, and Nicky Steel was our first lady in 42:44. Race Results
At the Clowne Half Marathon in Derbyshire Alex Potter had a good run to finish 9th lady in 1 hr 34:02. Race Results

19th Nov 2017. Third West Yorkshire Cross Country League Meeting.

6th Nov 2017. Wakefield Harriers Athlete of the Month - Ben Shackleton.

6th Nov 2017. New Members Joining Wakefield Harriers in November.
Here's the list of people that have been accepted into membership by Wakefield Harriers at the November monthly Committee Meeting.
List of New Members.

5th Nov 2017. Some Excellent Times at Leeds Abbey Dash 10k.
On a perfect morning for running there were some excellent times at the Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash 10K, the highlight being a time of 34 mins 49 secs by Julie Briscoe, just a few seconds off her club F40 record. As usual the standard was high, and in a very large and top quality field Julie finished 19th lady and 1st F40.
In his first 10k road race young Ben Read made a great debut with his time of 32:46, which moves him up to 21st on the club all-time list, one second ahead of Matthew O'Connor, who was just behind him in the race in a new PB. Also moving up the all-time list was top M40 vet Paul Marchant with an excellent 33:13, and there was also a fine new PB from M40 Stewart Knowles with 34:44. Other Wakefield men breaking the 40 minutes barrier were Glenn Shelley with 38:42, M50 Chris Rippon with 38:44 & M45 Marwan Khoueiry with 39:03. All the times quoted are individual 'chip times'. Race Results.

4th Nov 2017. English National Cross Country Relays.
At the English National Cross Country Relay Championships at Mansfield the club had several teams competing, and they all did well. The best result was from the U17 Ladies team of Lucie Hall, Emma Preston & Abbey Brooke who finished 20th team, but the U20 Ladies team of Hayley Newbound, India Elliott & Lucy Robinson weren't far behind with their 21st place finish. The U15 Girls had two complete teams, with Sophie Hall, Lydia Barker & Suzanne Brooke finishing 48th, and Emily Wright, Jessika Pearson & Harriet Metcalfe 90th. For the U17 Men Matthew Hill, Liame Grosse & Daniel Kesete were 59th, and in the U15 Boy's race Bailey Mann, Callum Gaunt & Samuel Langley were 63rd.
In the age groups where we had an incomplete team, Tristan Wright & Euan Gaskin were in 59th place after 2 legs of the U13 Boy's race, and in the Senior Women's event Rosie Boughton & Mandy Geary were in 95th place.
Results of all races from the English Cross Country Association,

29th Oct 2017. Second West Yorkshire Cross Country League Meeting.
There were excellent running conditions for the second meeting of the West Yorkshire Cross Country League at Nunroyd Park near Guiseley, and Wakefield Harriers had another successful day, with U11 Ben Shackleton (pictured below) winning his 2nd consecutive race. There were no team victories this time, but the Senior Men were 2nd once again, and as the winners of the first race could only finish 4th, they now move to the top of the league.

21st Oct 2017. Good Showing by Senior as at Northern Cross Country Relays.
The Senior Ladies team of Julie Briscoe, Jenny Buck and Lucy Robinson did very well to finish 8th at the Northern Counties Cross Country Relay Championships at Graves Park, Sheffield. They were less than a minute outside of the medals, and Julie was 8th fastest time overall. India Elliott, Hayley Newbound and Eileen Mannion also ran strongly for the B team in 36th place, out of the 60 teams that started.
The Senior Men's team of Dale Worton, Mark Bostock, Stewart Knowles and Andrew Cartwright also did well to finish 18th, and their B team of Craig Davidson, Chris Hunter, Andy Nicholson & Benjamin Khan were also impressive with their 44th position out of more than 70 teams. Results of all races.

15th Oct 2017. Another Excellent Half Marathon from Julie Briscoe.
Julie Briscoe had another excellent Half Marathon run, finishing 2nd lady in the Manchester event in 78 mins 51 secs.

14th Oct 2017. 2017 Club Cross Country Championships.
The West Yorkshire Cross Country League races at Thornes Park also incorporated the Club Cross Country Championships for 2017. There was a good turnout of Harriers in most age groups, and some good races between club members.
The trophies and medals will be awarded at the Club Presentation Evening on Friday 12th January. Lists of all the medallists.
For the senior runners the race was also the 16th and final round of the Club Distance Runners League Championship. Ben Butler is this year's champion, with Stewart Knowles 2nd for the 2nd year running, and Richard West 3rd. Joanne Biltcliffe was the first lady in 4th place.

14th Oct 2017. First West Yorkshire Cross Country League at Wakefield.

8th Oct 2017. Weekend Roundup of Leading Results.
Matthew O'Connor finished 5th in his first 10 Mile race at the Plusnet Yorkshire 10 mile race at York, in a time of 57:25. Hayley Newbound was also making her debut at the distance, and finished 15th lady in 70:55. Race Results
In the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon at York we had three runners competing. Daz Hewitt ran 3 hrs 24 mins, Rebecca Zserdicky 3 hrs 48 mins and Mandy Geary 4 hrs 22 mins. Race Results
Meanwhile, over in Austria, Nathan Elliott was taking part in his first ever half marathon, finishing 37th in the Drei-Lander race in 1 hr 22:39.

7th Oct 2017. ERRA National Road Relay Championships.

30th Sep/1st Oct 2017. Weekend Roundup of Leading Results.
Ben Butler ran in the Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon, and did well to finish 7th, recording a new PB of 2h 50m 50s. Race Results.
Running in his first Half Marathon, at Pontefract, Daniel Franks ran well to finish 5th in 1h 20m 51s. Race Results.
Thomas Wood and Olivia Roe were in action at the Denis Lumbard Memorial Open Meeting at Grimsby, and both recorded double victories in the 100m & 200m. Meeting Results