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Richmond and Zetland Harriers had five athletes compete in the NoEAA T&F Championships at the brand-new City of Manchester Stadium over the weekend of Saturday 25^th/Sunday 26^th May. The Stadium will host the Commonwealth Games in July and August and having the opportunity to compete on the same track and field was a prize in itself. All the athletes had earned their places having bettered the tough entry standards and this was reflected in the competition, another level higher than Schools and Counties. Although none of the athletes came home with a medal, they all acquitted themselves well - under 15 boys Philip Fitzpatrick 1500m & Carl Outhwaite hammer, under 15 girl Georgina Zissler 800m; under 17 boys Matt Prosser 200m & Nick Zissler 1500m.

Inter Counties - Bedford 25th May 2002

Ken Harker won his first County vest on Saturday 25^th when he competed for Yorkshire at the Inter-Counties at Bedford. Ken ran the mile race in 4:23.27 and helped the men to fifth place overall in the match.

North Yorkshire Schools Multi - Events 25th May 2002

On the same Saturday, Sam Stanislaus competed in the North Yorkshire Schools Multi-Events Championships at Huntingdon Stadium, York. Sam was still recovering from his gold medal performance in the Northerns at Hexham the previous weekend and his 2234 points total in the Junior Boy’s Pentathlon was 109 down and a whole 3 less than Lenny Mason’s winning score. Becky Rennison also competed in her second Pentathlon on consecutive weekends, finished fit and healthy and was third placed Junior Girl with 1877 points.