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Richmond and Zetland Harriers will have their work-cut-out over the next month as they host three important fixtures. On Tuesday 14th June, the Club hosts the third fixture in the NYSD T&F League at Catterick Garrison Stadium, following-on from race 3 in the Midweek League at Gilling West the previous Tuesday and then the third fixture in the NoEAA T&F League at Eastbourne Sports Complex, Darlington on Saturday 2nd July.

Two Harriers, Rachel Ross Russell and Sarah Gregory, are well down the road to recovery after injury and are both close to racing again. They were both knocked-out-of-their-strides earlier this year but put aside the disappointment of missing the London Marathon and embarked on schedules of physiotherapy and cross-training - cycling and swimming to keep the cardiovascular system ticking over. Last month, Rachel ran a 5K inside 19 minutes, 4th leg for Notts AC (her first claim Club) in the Women’s 6 stage Road Relays at Birmingham; she is intent on competing at Ripon this Sunday before lining-up with her team-mates at Guiseley next Tuesday for the Midweek League race. Sarah was buoyed with a recent 33:30 for 5 miles, taking over 3 minutes off her best over a regular training route and said “the so-called-rest has obviously done me a lot of good, even though it wasn't enjoyable at times” but has decided that next week’s road race is a little too soon and intends to make her season’s debut either in the next Senior T&F fixture or at Gilling West in June.

The first NYSD T&F League fixture was hosted by Darlington H&AC at Eastbourne Sports Complex on Tuesday 26th April. The weather was the usual mix of sunshine and showers, the latter causing the high jump to be postponed. A fair turnout of Harriers resulted in the Females gaining 66½ points and finishing in 3rd place (with Club Coach, Fiona Hughes showing the way scoring 19 points from 3 events), the Males 49 points and 4th place and overall the Club finished in 4th place, 38½ points behind M&C. There were six winners amongst the Harriers: Marc Scott U13B 1500m, Ruth Hill and Leanne Shaw shared the U15G 100m, Leanne Shaw U15G long jump plus three in the discus; Doug Roberts U15B, Fiona Hughes SW and John Wild SM. RZH results: 100m U13G Alice Morrison 15.5, U13B Marc Scott 15.0, Rob Scott 15.5, Thomas Allen 15.8 & Andrew Jolley 20.8, U15G Ruth Hill 13.5, Leanne Shaw 13.5, Brogan Fraser 13.8 & Jane Thornton 15.3, SL Erica Moks (U20) 15.2 & Jenny Fenwick (U20) 16.2, SM Matt Prosser (U20) 12.2; 1500m U13B Marc Scott 5:10.4, Thomas Allen 5:34.3 & Andrew Jolley 7:30.5, U15G Rosie Adams 5:23.3, U15B Doug Roberts 4:36.0 & Laurence Whiteley 5:35.1, U17L Jessie Roberts 5:15.2 & Jo Adams 5:24.3, SW Fiona Hughes 5:44.4, Erica Moks (U20) 5:54.0 & Jenny Fenwick (U20) 6:43.1, SM Tony Hewson 4:55.6; long jump U15G Leanne Shaw 4m47, Ruth Hill 4m20 & Brogan Fraser 3m46, SW Fiona Hughes 3m64 & Erica Moks (U20) 3m64; discus U15B Doug Roberts 21m73, U17W Jo Adams 20m80, SW Fiona Hughes 14m14 and SM John Wild (M50) 33m40.

The first NoEAA Senior T&F League fixture was at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Sunday 1st May. The RZH team totalled eight men and three women and not surprisingly finished 6th out of the 8 teams. There were A & B string double wins for James Wardman and Ken Harker in the 1500m and for Rich Hunt and Jon Orange in the 5000m, an A string win on his debut by Noveed Adris (over no less an athlete than Richard Hunter!) in the 110m hurdles plus massive performances from Fiona Hughes and Ruth Suffell, each competing in 7 events and scoring 45 and 40 points respectively. RZH results: Men - Mike Brooks (M55) 400m 67.1 & 800m 2:31.9; Ken Harker 1500m 4:21.2; Rich Hunt 5000m 16:04.3; Jon Orange (M40) 5000m 16:14.4; Chris Peacock (M40) 400m 66.1, discus 13m36, hammer 11m43 & javelin; Matt Prosser (U20) shot 7m73; James Wardman 800m 1:58.4 & 1500m 4:10.2; John Wild (M50) discus 31m11, hammer 33m01, javelin 32m27 & shot 9m17, 4x100m relay 56.4 & 4x400m relay 4:18.9; Women - Jenny Fenwick (U20) 100m 17.5, 800m 3:18.3, 1500m 6:39.4, 400m hurdles 98.2 & shot 3m92; Fiona Hughes 400m 75.1, 800m 2:53.5, 1500m 5:42.1, 100m hurdles 27.2, 400m hurdles 84.2, long jump 3m47 & discus 14m92, Ruth Suffell 100m 16.4, 200m 35.1, 400m 77.1, long jump 3m69, discus 13m16, javelin 22m67 & shot 7m19.

Saturday 26 & Sunday 27/2 AAA U15 & U17 Indoor T&F Championships, NIA Birmingham; Sophie Broadway U17W 60m 8.31 & 200m 27.31 (electronic timing!) - Sunday 20/3 Open T&F meeting, Blackpool; Sophie Broadway U17W 100m 13.5 & 200m 27.5 - Saturday 23/4 Sheffield Festival of Athletics, Don Valley Stadium; Leanne Shaw U15G 100m 13.8, 1st 200m 27.7 & long jump 4m58 - Sunday 24/4 Gateshead Open Medals T&F Meeting, International Stadium; Alice Morrison U13G 70m hurdles 15.0, Sophie Broadway U17W 3rd 100m 13.2 & 2nd 200m 27.1 and Matt Prosser SM 100m 12.5.