NATIONAL XC (FALKIRK) - Saturday 18th February 2012

The above event is the next race on the calender for the u13 and upwards Young Athletes.  It will take place at Callendar Park in Falkirk (postcode FK1 1YR) . Details  are:

Under 13 Boys, starting at 11.30am, distance 3.2K
Under 13 Girls, starting at 11.45am, distance 3.2K
Under 15 Boys, starting at 12pm, distance 4K
Under 15 Girls, starting at 12.15pm, distance 4K
Under 17 / Under 20 Women, starting at 12.35pm, distance 4.8K
Under 17 Men, starting at 12.55pm, distance 6.4K
Under 20 Men, starting at 2pm, distance 8K

Race fees covered by club.

If you wish to be entered for this race please see me at training or tell your coach.
Names required by Wednesday 25th January.

 

Richard

BUPA JUNIOR GREAT WINTER RUN 2012

Megan & Helen Anderson competed in the 2.5K Bupa Junior Great Winter Run on Saturday 7 January at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.  Megan was the first sister to finish the race recording a time of 10:14 (67th) and Helen who is working hard to to keep pace with her sister completed the race in 11:00 (116th).

Well done girls for performing well, representing yourself & the Calderglen Harriers amongst the many East coast clubs and runners.

NEW CLUB JACKET WITH PICTURES

Hi Folks,

As per email here are some photos of the new jacket as modelled by ...........?

 

WEDNESDAY 11TH JANUARY TRAINING

Hi Folks,

Hope you all had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Just a reminder that training starts again at the usual time of 6:30pm on Wednesday 11th January at the Sports Club.  Please note the following:

1. Club fees due by 31st January 2012 (see previous blogs or newsletter for details)

2. No weekly £1 fee due until Wednesday 4th April 2012 (still register your name with Sarah so we can record attendance).

Cheers
Richard

CLUB FEES 2012

To all Parents & Young Athletes the below message is from our Club Treasurer Russell Couper.  Any queries on the fees please speak to me, Richard, and will feedback to Russell. In the meantime I will collect due fees at any Wednesday training night from now.

Sports Club and Harriers fees are due on 1st Jan 2012
The fees are:-
Family £94.00
Ordinary £58.00
Intermediate £30.00 (18yrs to 21 yrs)
Junior £16.00 (6yrs to 17yrs)
This is the combined fee for Family and Ordinary.

It is understood that this can be a financially difficult time of year but please renew by 31st Jan 2012 at the latest. If this is still a problem for anyone then please feel free to discuss privately with me when you can renew your membership to see if we can work something out. Russell Couper.

WEST DISTRICT XC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

Megan leading Louise to the finish

After a week of extreme weather the Junior Harriers were faced with cold & dry racing conditions in Irvine this afternoon.  With a few call offs, 5 brave Harriers took part to test themselves against the rest of the young athletes within the West of Scotland.

The first race of the day was the Under 13 Girls who had the luxury of being the first runners on the course so parts of the course were still firmer on foot and less muddy.  The Under 13 Girls were represented by sisters Megan & Helen Anderson and Louise Brown.

In a field of 66 runners all the girls did really well to complete the 3.2K course and maintained good form throughout. Megan was the first Harrier over the line in a time of 15:41, followed very closely by Louise in 15:42 and the trooper of the day was Helen.  She has only recently returned to running/training and doing a cross country without spikes completed the course in a respectable 17:43.  If she maintains this level of determination and training I am positive she will be up running alongside Megan and Louise next year.

The next race was the Under 13 boys and Harrier stalwart Drew Gordon was doing this event for the second time and even though it didn’t feel like at the time he did a great race.  His time was 15:04, placing him 43 in a field of 48 runners and more importantly he achieved a PB of 1min 56secs against last year’s time of 17mins.  Well done Drew!

The final race the Harriers had young athletes competing was the u15 boys where Craig Stewart ran the race for the first time in this age category and stepped up to the bigger 4.4K route in a field of 46 runners and achieved a time of 22:35(43^rd place).  Well done to Craig for continuing to do well.

On behalf of the Calderglen Harriers, I would like to thank all the young athletes and parents for making this another successful event. A lot of the young athletes this was their first time doing this event or cross country so hopefully valuable experience was gained by all which hopefully will lead us to future successes.

A full set of results will be available on the Scottish Athletics web site under fixtures then results soon. 

WEST DISTRICT XC CHAMPIONSHIPS (Irvine)

This Saturday sees us at Irvine Royal Academy for the West District XC.

  

The Calderglen Harrier team for this XC Championship is:

Under 13 Girls:        Helen Anderson, Megan Anderson, Louise Brown & Lynsey Thomson

Under 13 Boys:        Allan Woodhouse & Drew Gordon  

Under 15 Boys:        Craig Stewart, John Woodhouse

I will declare all Calderglen Harrier athletes, pick up the race numbers from registration and meet you at Royal Academy school, Irvine (postcode KA12 8SJ) for distribution

The first race, u13 Girls, starts at 12pm but please be there for 11:20am 

The second race, u13 Boys, starts at 12:15pm but please be there for 11:20am 

The fourth race, u15 Boys, starts at 12:50pm but please be there for 12:20am (see me on course for number distribution)

On the day please remember

Calderglen Harrier black & amber vest - remember this is essential (phone if you need to buy one)

Safety pins for pinning your number on your vest

Layers in case it's cold and waterproofs in case of wet weather

Wellies or spare shoes if planning to walk the course (also spare socks)

Food and drink for after your race

Spikes if you have them

If you can't make the race please let me know before I register the entrants on Saturday.  I have stated my mobile in the email and you know my email address. 

The journey from EK will take approx 45 mins so allow plenty of time to travel, find the school and park.

Richard