30th Sep 2019. September Athlete of the Month - Jean Jackson
Jean Jackson, though not an athlete, was crowned Yorkshire Official of the Year. For this we feel special recognition is due.

29th Sep 2019. Cusworth 10k, Doncaster
Nicky Steel has won 1st lady at the Cusworth 10k, which also incorporated the South Yorkshire 10k championships, finishing in a fine 39.23. Results

29th Sep 2019. Pontefract Half Marathon
Matt Cunningham finished the Pontefract Half Marathon in 1hr 35 mins, knocking an impressive 7 minutes off his half marathon pb. This follows an impressive pb at Sheffield 10k last week, a positive sign that his training for the Yorkshire marathon is going well. Results

28th Sep 2019. Grimsby Denis Lumbard Memorial Open
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22nd Sep 2019. City of York Summer League & Open
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22nd Sep 2019. Sheffield 10k
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21st Sep 2019. Sheffield Masters Grand Prix Open
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21st Sep 2019. Ivan Stringer Memorial Medal Meeting, Cleckheaton
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15th Sep 2019. Doncaster Sprints Endurance Evening
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15th Sep 2019. Vale of York Half Marathon
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14th Sep 2019. Douglas Bedford Memorial Open & Club Championships
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8th Sep 2019. New Records at West Yorkshire T & F League Championships
At the West Yorkshire Track & Field League Championships at Cleckheaton Libby Cree had a brilliant day, breaking not one, but two club records!
She ran a New U11 Girls 600m Record of 1 min 46.12 secs, and also jumped a New U11 Girls Long Jump Record of 4.31m, so is clearly a very talented all-round athlete. Her 600m performance was also a New West Yorkshire Track & Field League Championships Record.
There were also U15G Grade 1 HJ clearances of 1.60m from both Chloe Kaye & Ellie Fedzin, and another Grade 1 performance from Eleanor Rayner in the U15G 200m, with her time of 26.14s. Results

8th Sep 2019. City of Salford 10k
Nicky Steel ran a fine pb of 39:02 in the City of Salford 10k, finishing 8th lady and 3rd Female V40. Results

7th Sep 2019. Steel City Cup Challenge
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7th Sep 2019. Kingston-upon-Hull Open
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1st Sep 2019. City of York Summer League
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1st Sep 2019. Wakefield Harriers Win Leeds Country Way Relay.
The Wakefield Harriers Men's team won the Leeds Country Way Relay, a 6-stage long distance off-road relay, where each leg of the relay is run as a pair, and with the legs ranging from 9.4 miles to 11.7 miles.
The winning men's team was made up of Leg 1: Ben Butler & Danny Franks, Leg 2: Adam Peers & Paul Marchant, Leg 3: Craig Davidson & Chris Hunter, Leg 4: Ben Khan & Simon Midwood, Leg 5: Chris Ward & Ross Penny, Leg 6: Matty Hill & Mark Bostock. On all but the 5th leg Wakefield Harriers took the prize for the fastest leg.
The mixed team of Jenny Buck & Ian Richardson, Nicky Steel & Liam O’Flaherty, Helen Beck & Shaun Mollart, Alex Potter & Martin Holding, Hayley Newbound & Craig Orr, Joanne Bilcliffe & Daz Hewitt also did very well to finish 4th mixed team, and 14th overall. On the 2nd and 3rd legs Wakefield Harriers took the prize for the fastest mixed team leg.
We also had an 3rd 'Open' team who also did well to finish 27th out of the 60 competing teams. Link to Results

1st Sep 2019. World 50km Trail Champs, Brasov, Romania

Julie Briscoe represented Great Britain in the 50k World Championships in Romania. Julie was in 9th position (3:22:57) and the 3rd scoring to the GB team, winning gold, behind team mates Aly Dixon and Helen Davies. Well done Julie & Team GB! Results

31st Aug 2019. August Athlete of the Month - Amy Hunt

Amy Hunt has had a fantastic month, she set a new club pentathlon Record at the York young athletes meeting beating the old one which had stood for 10 years. At the Northern championship in Liverpool Amy won a gold medal in pole vault setting another club record beating her own which she set last year with a fantastic vault of 3.45. As well as winning the West Yorkshire Track and field league and the York summer league Amy finished her great month with a silver medal at the England championship in Bedford.

31st Aug 2019. August Team of the Month
Vets Road Relay Team for winning the Yorkshire Champs by 3 minutes

26th Aug 2019. Trafford AC Medal Open Meeting, Stretford
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24th/25th Aug 2019. British Championships, Birmingham
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24th/25th Aug 2019. Yorkshire Combined Events Championships
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20th Aug 2019. BMC Gold Standard Races, Stretford
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20th Aug 2019. Trafford AC Grand Prix Open
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18th Aug 2019. Yorkshire Vets Road Relays, York


We had a good turnout at the YVAA Road Relays at York on Sunday. The ladies V35 took 1st place (Helen beck, Julie Briscoe and Nicky Steele) with our V35 B team coming 7th. Our men’s O40 team of Chris Hunter, Joe Schofield and Liam O’Flaherty were 6th in their race. Our men’s over 50 team of Phil Ambler, Mark Whitehouse and Ian Shipley were 8th in their race. Results

17/18th Aug 2019. Northern Athletics U13/U15/U17 Championships
At the Northern Athletics U13/U15/U17 Championships at Liverpool there were some fine performances from the club's pole vaulters. The highlight was a New U15 Girls Pole Vault Club Record of 3.45m from Amy Hunt, beating her own record she's set last year. This outstanding leap places her 3rd equal in the UK 2019 U15G Pole Vault Rankings.
There was further success from the pole vaulters as Alfie Edwards won the U17M event with 3.55m, Alexander Bostwick won silver in the U17B event with 2.85m, and Erin Hunt won silver in the U15G event with 2.70m. Results

15th Aug 2019. Run Jump Throw Open Series, Sheffield
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14th Aug 2019. Manchester International

Well done to Leonie Ashmeade who ran 12.18 in race two of the ladies guest 100m events. Results

11th Aug 2019. City of York Summer League and Open

At the Open meeting at York, the club had a number of athletes in action. U15G Amy Hunt was in outstanding form, beating the Club U15G Pentathlon Record which had stood for 10 years, scoring an impressive 2813 points to rank her 18th Nationally as she prepares for the English Schools mulit events. In the U/15B pentathlon Alexander Bostwick demonstrated his versatility, claiming first in the pentathlon, and younger brother Oliver had his first experience of multi events to finish 5th in the U/13B pentathlon. From our distance runners we had the up and coming Watson sisters performing well. Paige Watson U15G 800m, 3rd 2.35.7 and 300m 4th 48.3, and Jessica Watson, U/13G, 800m 3rd 2.40.8 and 200m, 5th 33.3. There were also fine performances from Ben Smith U/15B 100m 4th 14.8 and from the junior jets it was nice to see two athletes in action and learning from competitive experiences. Rosie Thistlewood, U/11G, 3rd 150m 23.4 and 1000m 3rd, 3.36.3 and Harry Beard U/11B Javelin, 2nd, 15.03m, Shot putt, 3rd, 7.21m and 690m, 7th, 2.39.5. Results

10/11th Aug 2019. British Masters Championships

Andy Cartwright was proudly wearing his Great Britain Masters kit to compete at the Alexandra stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and came away with Bronze in the 1500m. In a great tactical race in blustery conditions the race unfolded with 450m to go and ended up with a big last lap burn up with 1 second splitting 1st place to 3rd. Results

10th Aug 2019. BMC Grand Prix, Stretford
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10th Aug 2019. North of England League Division 1 Match 4 at Wakefield
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7th Aug 2019. Distance League - Flat Cap 5

There was a huge turnout for the Harriers in the Dewsbury Flat Cap 5, with an array of awards going to Wakefield. 1st place Male (Ben Butler), 3rd place Male (Ben Khan), 1st vet Female 35 (Helen Beck) and 1st Vet Male 40 (Ian Richardson) all took awards, with the overall 1st place team award going to Wakefield Harriers. Results

4th Aug 2019. York 10k

Chris Rippon pushing through the heat! Results

3rd/4th Aug 2019. England Athletics Senior Home Counties International & U15 / U17 Combined Events Championships

Three Wakefield athletes pushed themselves to their limits and worked tenaciously over two days of competition at the England Combined events Championships in Manchester. Alfie Edwards finished 4th in the Northern Championships and 10th overall in the U/17 decathlon gaining a formidable 10 pbs, one in each of his events, finishing with a pb total of 4842 points. Training partner James Simms was hot on his heals with 7 Pb's finishing with a pb culmative total of 4471 points, finishing 6th in the Northern Championships and 12th in the England championships. In the younger U/15 age group Alexander Bostwick competed in the octathlon finishing 3rd in the Northern Championships and 12th In the England Championships with a pb score of 2603 and three pbs. Results

1st Aug 2019. BMC Regionals Leeds
There were some good 1500m times and personal Best performances recorded at the Leeds BMC races on the Carnegie track. For The Wakefield seniors there were Andrew Cartwright (4m 16.87) Danny Franks (4m 04.39) Mark Bostock (1m 55.60) U20 Mathew Hill won the C race in a seasons best (4m 02.13) U17s Callum Gaunt (4m 25.67) and Sam Langley (4m 36.52) both ran PBs. U13 Ben Shackleton made his debut over the distance running (4m 58.08). Results

31st Jul 2019. July Team of the Month
YADAL for winning the league for the first time ever!

31st Jul 2019. July Athlete of the Month - Leonie Ashmeade

Leonie Ashmeade in 2017
For her many achievements this season, Leonie has broken the 60m club record 3 times and ran a PB of 7.59 to win bronze at U20 England indoor championships, ran an outdoor PB of 11.79 winning the northern U20 championships and breaking the club record held since 1999, English schools bronze medalist, winner of U20 outdoor Welsh Internationals and ended the season with her greatest achievement to date selection for U20 Great Britain team at Manchester internationals. What a season well done Leonie!

28th Jul 2019. West Yorkshire League, Cleckheaton

Cree and Hunt in record breaking form.
At the final West Yorkshire league fixture at Cleckheaton Wakefield harrier Libby Cree U/11G broke the league record for the 600m, smashing the record in a speedy 1.47.46, Amy Hunt U/15G also leapt out to a new record in the longjump with a massive leap of 5.20m (grade 1). Libby also won the 75m in 11.21 and Amy won the 75 hurdles in 12.87 (Grade 4). Paige Watson was another athlete In winning form finishing 1st U/15G 800m in 2.34.52. From our male athletes we had U/11B Ellis Cayre 1st in the 75m 11.56 and 1st longjump 3.61m. Ben Shackleton front ran the U/13B 800m looking strong finishing In 2.24.32 (grade 2) and Tristan Wright U/15B 1500m crossed the line in 1st 4.51.44. In the Senior men 400m, Ben Mitchell ran a gutsy 53.51 to take the win. From across the overall league we had a number of overall league champions. Amy Hunt U/15G, Alexander Bostwick U/15B and Libby Cree U/11G were overall league champions. In Second place we had Ellie Fedzin U/15G, Courtney Newsome U/13G, Ellis Cayre U/11B and Lucy Holmes SW. Third overall position went to Ben Shackleton U/13B.
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27th Jul 2019. Humberside League & Open Series
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27th Jul 2019. Nottingham: The 5000m track challenge
Well done Mark Bostock on achieving a PB 15:00.58! Results Link.

21st Jul 2019. North of England League Division 1 Match 3 at Ellesmere Port
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21st Jul 2019. YADAL Victory

After winning three out of their four fixtures, the Wakefield Harriers young athletes team comprising of U13, U15 and U17's age groups won the Yorkshire and District athletics premier league and so became champions for the first time. Well done to the fantastic team display from all athletes, coaches, officials and managers, an outstanding season. Final positions - 1st Wakefield 683.5, 2nd Cleethorpes 519, 3rd Longwood 498 and 4th Halifax 438.5. Results Link.

17th Jul 2019. Nostell 10k

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17th Jul 2019. Northern Masters League
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12th-13th Jul 2019. English Schools - Birmingham
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10th Jul 2019. West Yorkshire League - Wakefield
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7th Jul 2019. Northern Inter Counties U15/U17
Three Wakefield Harriers Amy Hunt, Erin Hunt and Alfie Edwards were selected to represent Yorkshire at the U15/U17 northern inter counties meeting at Middlesbrough Sports Village. The athletes helped the Yorkshire team to victory with great performances in Long Jump and Pole Vault. Amy with a Personal Best leap of 5.20 in the long jump and a 3.20 vault, Erin a 2.70 pole vault and Alfie a 5.95 long jump.
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7th Jul 2019. Leeds 10k
Nicky Steel had a strong run at the popular Leeds 10k race on Sunday. In warm and challenging conditions she ran a time of 41.30, finishing in the top 10 ladies and 2nd place in her age category. Results Link.

5th Jul 2019. St Aidan's 10k Trail Race
We had 14 runners taking part in the St Aidan's trail 10km race on Friday. Wakefield Harriers took first and second place in the race, with Ben Butler in 1st place and Benjamin Khan taking 2nd. In the ladies race Helen Beck was our first female finisher and 4th lady. Results Link.

1st Jul 2019. BMC Regionals Leeds


Andy Cartwright in action at Leeds! Results Link.

1st Jul 2019. June Team of the Month
The cabin: Shout out to all who volunteer and help the cabin run throughout the year!

1st Jul 2019. June Athlete of the Month - Tom Wood

In recognition of excellent recent and consistent results (including 100m record, a fantastic effort in the Northern League and English Schools Selection), Tom Wood is our Athlete of the Month for June