NYSD Track & Field - Darlington - 25th July 2006

Results have just been ratified for the last of this season’s NYSD fixtures, which took place on 25th July at Darlington, with a strong contingency from Ricmond and Zetland Harriers, who rounded off a successful track and field campaign. There were convincing individual performances from Matt Prosser, Nathaniel Frankland, Kerry Robson, Ruth Hill, Leanne Shaw and Jack Thomson in the 100m events and Jo Adams, who won the U17 ladies 1500m. Jon Orange also ran a solid time of 4.15.1 in the men’s 1500m, while Rob MacLean took the honours in the U13 boy’s Long Jump, backed up by a strong squad of no less than 4 team mates. Paul Kilsby also leapt to victory in the U17 men’s category, with an excellent distance of 5.23m.

RZH Results: U13 Boys – Nathaniel Frankland 2nd 100m 13.8 & 2nd 5.03.4 & 3rd Long Jump 4.07m, Rob MacLean 3rd 100m 14.6 & 1st Long Jump 4.26m, Marc Scott 4th 100m 15.0 & 3rd 1500m 5.07.8 & 2nd 4.19m, Rob Scott 5th 100m 15.4 & 5th Long Jump 3.98m, Daniel MacFarlane 6th 100m 15.9 & 6th Long Jump 3.91m. U13 Girls - Kerry Robson 4th 100m 16.6 & 6th 1500m 7.45.5. U15 Boys – Jack Thomson 1st 100m 13.2 & 4th Long Jump 4.70m, Sam Wood 5th 100m 15.6 & 2nd 1500m 4.59.5 & 8th Long Jump 3.84m, Thomas Allen 10th Long Jump 3.40m. U15 Girls – Ruth Hill 2nd 100m 13.1. U17 Men – Paul Kilsby 5th 100m 13.0 & 1st Long Jump 5.23m. U17 Ladies – Leanne Shaw 1st 100m 13.1, Jane Thornton 8th 100m 15.5, Jo Adams 1st 1500m 5.20.9. Senior Ladies – Jenny Fenwick 6th 100m 17.3 & 6th 1500m 7.00.4, Georgina Zissler 5th 1500m 6.00.0. Senior Men – Matt Prosser 2nd 100m 12.6, Jon Orange 1st 1500m 4.15.1, Ray Robson 2nd 1500m 5.51.8.

Northern Seniors T & F League - Middlesbrough 6th August 2006

Jo Adams

The Harriers were back on the track field circuit for the last of the Northern Senior League meetings at Middlesbrough on Sunday 6th August, with a good team of female competitors, but were somewhat lacking representation in the men’s events. Undeterred the team battled on, but will be relegated to lower league status next season, competing in Division 3E. The ladies had a busy afternoon covering many of the events, with Fiona Hughes once again running, jumping and hurdling; Jo Adams and sister Rosie taking care of the middle distance events, sprints and discus, while Ruth Suffell put in some excellent performances in the throwing events. Jenny Fenwick tackled a multitude of events and Georgina Zissler found space for sprints, middle distance and field events. John Wild was a big miss for the men in the field events, however Jon Orange put in an outstanding performance in the 1500m with a personal best time of 4.00.7, Ken Harker had another excellent run in the 800m in 2.03.51 and James Brownfield-Pope also faired strongly in the 800m and High Jump.

RZH Results: Senior Ladies - Fiona Hughes 6th Long Jump 3.42m & 6th 400mH 88.1 & 5th 3000m 12.55.6 & 6th 400m 89.3 & 5th 1500m (B) 6.22.5 & 2nd Javelin (B) 14.23m. Jenny Fenwick 4th Long Jump (B) 2.54m & 5th 800m (B) 3.12.5 & 6th 100m (B) 17.9 & 5th 3000m (B) 15.24.6. Rosie Adams 5th 800m 2.48.9 & 4th Discus (B) 15.18m & 5th 200m (B) 31.4. Jo Adams – 6th 100m 13.9 & 4th 400m 62.7 & 4th Discus 19.32m. Ruth Suffell 5th Shot Putt 7.16m & 2nd Javelin 29.04m. Georgina Zissler 6th Shot Putt (B) 5.55m & 4th 1500m 5.43.5 & 6th 200m 31.2. Team 6th 4x100m Relay 63.9 & 5th 4x400m Relay 5.05.8. Senior Men – Ken Harker 5th 800m 2.03.5. Jon Orange 2nd 1500m 4.00.7. James Brownfield-Pope 3rd 800m (B) 2.14.6 & 3rd High Jump 1.50m.

British Masters - Stretford - 8th August 2006

Ken Harker has had a busy time on the track lately, competing in meetings far and wide, the first of which was the BMC meeting at Stretford, Manchester on 8th August. He had team mate Chris Peacock for company on this occasion and both finished well, with Ken in 6th place with a time of 2.03.00 and Chris with 2.14.1. Eight days later, Chris then went on to run a stronger and more pleasing time in the “B” race at Jarrow, which played host to the regional BMC meeting on 14th August, crossing the line in 2.13.4. Ken’s most recent outing took place at the BMC Manchester Grand Prix Final at Sport City on 12th August in very poor conditions for running, with a strong wind and rain lashing down on the competitors. Despite this he managed to get round his 2 laps of the track in his 800m race in a very admirable time of 2.04.88.