Worthing Harriers had an excellent showing at the Sussex County Championships, finishing the weekend with a haul of 11 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze medals. The weekend saw some fantastic performances in the form of numerous personal bests as well as several qualifying performances for the English Schools’ Championships and a new club record. read more…

Congratulations to the following early season club record breakers:

Emmanuel Ogunniyi
Masters O40 Long Jump – 5.99m

Simon Evans
Senior Mens Hammer Throw – 50.44m

Emma Perkins
Senior Womens High Jump – 1.89m

Rebecca Moore
Senior Womens 10K – 35:10.74s (6th place on the Sussex ‘All time’ list)

Phoebe Oborne
U13 Girls Long Jump – 4.54m (Breaks a record that has stood for 26yrs)
U13 Girls 150m – 19.7s (Equals current club record)

A handful of Harriers competed in the British University Championships held at the Olympic Stadium at the weekend. Emma Perkins commenced her Summer season with 1.78m in the high jump to win a silver medal, and Rebecca Moore ran a new 10K PB of 35.10mins to finish 4th and just out of the medals; sub 35 certainly looks within reach now for Rebecca.

In the mens 800m, Mark Burchett (1:55:32) and Adam Stainsby (1:57:21) both reached the semi finals of a competitive field. Good performances guys; both looking on course for PBs by the end of the season.

Worthing Harriers made a positive start to the season with a promising 3rd place in the opening match of the UK Young Athletes League. The final scores saw Worthing finish with 625 points, behind Medway’s 687 and Brighton’s 654 and ahead of Hastings, Lewes and Eastbourne on 585, 510 and 318 respectively. Despite cold and damp conditions the 40 young Harriers, 10 of these making their Worthing Harriers debut, performed strongly earning over 20 personal bests and securing some impressive performances. read more…

It was a PB weekend for several Harriers in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, well done all… what a great day!

Harriers Times

Paul Bond – 2:54:25
Danny Bradford – 2:57:26
Scott Kendall – 3:12:24
Elizabeth Fairs – 3:31:56
Scott Wallace – 3:33:10
Russel Hite – 3:44:59
Rebecca Nicolson – 3:48:22
Lesley Tugwell – 3:54:23
Sharla Elder – 3:58:06
Michelle Hughes – 4:08:26
Graham Morrey – 4:24:49
Keith Fillingham – 4:24:02
Sue Teague-smith 4.49.39
Chris Stapleton – 4:53:04
Jennifer O’Callaghan – 5:06:33
Liz Eastwood – 5:16:17