The next ParkRun meet-up for both junior and senior members is scheduled for Saturday 7th December. The venue is confirmed as Skipton. It would be great to see lots of juniors and seniors taking part there. The first meet-up was great fun and tea and cakes in the leisure centre cafe afterwards was excellent ! For more information about our ParkRun initiative, see here
On Tuesday, 3rd December we will be presenting awards for the 2019 Junior Club Championships. Training for ALL GROUPS will be from Eshtons and will finish a little earlier on this date (6.30pm) and we hope that all juniors and parents will then gather in Eshtons Pavilion for the awards. Any junior that took part in one race or more will receive something, with special awards going to those that took part in 3 or more races and trophies/medals to the top 6 boys and girls in the Championships. We will also be talking about next year’s Junior Club Championships and other racing opportunities in 2020.
Settle Harriers’ first ParkRun meet-up was a great success with 17 club members (or parents of junior members) taking part in the Skipton ParkRun (5k) on Saturday 9th November.
Conditions were good if a little cold before the start and the 4 lap course on tarmac paths within Aireville Park was dry. We had 8 juniors and 9 seniors taking part and the age range of our party was from 7 years old to 60 !
There were lots of highlights with 4 of our contingent running PBs for this course and 7 making their 1st appearances in a ParkRun.
Jack Sanderson (age 11) was 1st Harrier home in an amazing 5th place overall in a field of over 200 runners. Jack also knocked no less than 74 seconds off his 5k PB. Well done to Jack and to all our junior contingent (Oliver, Carl, Ben, Ned, Charlotte, Robert & Mabel).
(Jack running at Curly Wurly races Oct 2019)
It was great to see Julia Murfin on the comeback trail after a long battle to recover after her skiing accident and subsequent surgery. Carol was our first senior runner home (3rd female hoem) followed by myself, Jan, Marc, Rachel, Karen, Julia & Rebecca (running with Mabel) Unfortunately John Eddington had to retire before the finish with a calf/achilles injury.
We hope to try and have a club ParkRun meet-up once every month and the next date and venue will be announced soon.
Settle Harriers Results
| 5 |
Male |
19:56 |
New PB! |
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| 19 |
Carol EVANS |
Female |
22:34 |
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| 23 |
Male |
22:46 |
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| 24 | Oliver BRUMMITT | Male | JM11-14 | 22:47 | |
| 32 |
Male |
23:56 |
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| 42 |
Male |
24:49 |
First Timer! |
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| 61 |
Male |
26:06 |
First Timer! |
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| 73 |
Male |
27:08 |
First Timer! |
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| 86 |
Female |
27:56 |
First Timer! |
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| 95 |
Male |
28:32 |
First Timer! |
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| 107 |
Male |
29:19 |
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| 142 |
Female |
31:16 |
First Timer! |
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| 152 |
Female |
32:00 |
New PB! |
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| 159 |
Female |
32:24 |
New PB! |
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| 160 |
Female |
32:39 |
New PB! |
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| 164 |
Female |
33:00 |
First Timer! |
Settle Harriers had no less than 10 of our juniors running in these finals at Dalby Forest on Tuesday 5th November. Many congratulations to everyone that ran – great performances from all !
Have a read of Jess Baganall’s report here
The idea is to have a club presence at a Park Run event once every month, with a member of our coaching staff there to meet club members and show them the salient points of the course etc. They may well take part themselves or be on the sidelines cheering on and offering encouragement. There are 8 different ParkRuns within an hour’s drive from Settle and we hope to visit each of these over a period of time.
Hope to see lots of you there !
