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Track & Field Season kicks in

18 April 2008

The track & field season begins in ernest this weekend with the Kent Youth League on Sunday and Kent Veterans League on Monday evening, both at Sutcliffe Park.

If you can, give both meetings your support and we will provide results and reports from these events, as soon as we have them, next week.

Good showing from youth & veterans

25 April 2008

There were good performances on the opening weekends competition in the track & field in the Kent Youth League and SCVAC League.

Read more in the latest news summary...

Results of Kent Youth League can be found here & SCVAC here.

Women on track to continue good form

27 April 2008

Cambridge Harriers continued a week of good form on the track as the Women performed well in the Southern Womens League.

Read more, including full provisional results and a report from the National Junior League in this weeks Sunday Summary...

Athlete of the Month - April / Busy Weekend ahead

1 May 2008

Rob Jackaman and Claire Gibson are confirmed as male and female Athlete of the Month for April 2008, thanks to their fantastic performances in the London Marathon.

Rob acheived a time of 2:46:00 in his very first marathon at London, while Claire retained the Athlete of the Month by knocking 36 minutes off of her best marathon time, acheiving a time of 2:50:30.

Congratulations to both Rob and Claire on their continuing acheivements and improvements.

Meanwhile, there is a busy weekend of athletics ahead with Cambridge Harriers taking part in six main events over five days.

The Vets continue their SCVAC League season at Deangate on Friday, while, the Senior Men kick off their Division One season in the Mens Southern League at Sutcliffe Park on Saturday from 12:15PM. The follwing day, the same venue hosts the UK Young Athletes League, while road runners have a choice of races on Bank Holiday Monday.

We'll have all of the news and results as soon as they are available.

Successful weekend for Harriers

6 May 2008

In a successful few days, there were victories for the Womans vets, the Senior Men in their first Division One match of the season in the Mens Southern League and for the youngsters in the UK Young Athletes League, while road runners gained wins and PB's at the Ted Pepper 10 on Monday.

Read about this weekends successes in the Bank Holiday Summary.

Harriers retain titles

7 May 2008

Cambridge Harriers continued from the bank holiday weekend success to retaining two titles in as many nights in glorious weather.

Dean Lacy (left) won the Kent County Athletics Assocition open 5000m meters, which he won last year, comfortably on Tuesday in a time of 14:55.0. Clare Elms gained the senior womens prize in a time of 17:06.3, while Steve Smythe took the M50 prize in 17:21.1. Full results can be found here.

On Wednesday night, Cambridge retained the mixed team prize at the Beckenham Road Relays. Performances from Rosa Sampson-Gerorski, Ashley Blackmore and Steve Brown ensured the victory on the 2.6 mile course.

Finally, there was a good turnout at the club open trials at Sutcliffe Park on Wednesday. Results can be downloaded here. Many thanks to all those who helped out to make the trials a success.

Beckenham apologise over results mix up

9 May 2008

Beckenham Running Club have issued an apology after a mix up in results means that Crystal Palace Tri won the mixed catagory at Wednesdays Road Relay and not Cambridge Harriers.

Crystal Palace were incorrectly filed in the wrong team catagory, which means they finished ahead of Cambridge. Click here for final results.

Harriers hot for massive medal haul

11 May 2008

Over 50 club Cambridge Harriers entered the annual County Track Championships at Ashford in the heat this weekend and between them they came away with a record 35 medals.

Read more in this weeks Sunday Summary.

Details of the previous weeks Assembly League race can also be found in the previous weeks Sunday Summary. Click here...

Rampant Cambridge go top - twice!

18 May 2008

Cambridge Harriers have yet another successful weekend as the Senior Men won their second fixture in the Southrn Mens League and the youngsters won again in the National Young Athletes League.

The victories put both teams top of their respective leagues.

Read all of the news in this weeks Sunday Summary, click here.

Cambridge gain second spot

26 May 2008

Cambridge Harriers gained second place as they achieved their best result in two years at the second National Junior League meeting of the season.

Read about this and other individual performances in this weeks Sunday Summary. Click here...

Youngsters remain top

1 June 2008

Cambridge Harriers youngsters remain top after seeing off competition from local rivals Bexley in the Young Athletes League while the women had a close run match in the Womens Southrn League.

Read more in this weeks Sunday Summary..., including a couple of PB's in Manchester.

Benefits for Cambridge Harriers

2 June 2008

Cambridge Harriers are pleased to announce the launch of "Members Benefits."

We have teamed up with appropriate services who are willing to offer discounts to Cambridge Harriers on production of your current Cambridge Harriers membership card.

Click here for more details...

Over the next few weeks, more services will be added. If you run a service that could benefit our members and wish to participate in this scheme, click here to contact us.

Athlete of the Month - May

7 June 2008

Congratulations to youngsters David Bolarinwa and Daryl Neita on winning the male and female Athlete of the Month award for May.

Both sprinters acheived fantastic times during May to earn their awards. David ran 100m at the UK Young Athletes League at Sutcliffe Park in a time of 11.1 seconds. This impressive time for the U15 sprinter keeps him top of the UK U15 rankings.

Not to be outdone by David's acheivement, Daryl broke the U13 girls club record at the same event in the 75 meters, winning her event in 10.1 seconds.

Congratulations to you both. Let's hope these performances continue long in to the future.

Harriers are a hit in the heat

9 June 2008

A busy weekend saw Cambridge Harriers win the mens team prize for the fith year in a row at the Eltham Park 5 mile, second place spots in the Southern Mens League and Kent Young Athletes League as well as some comebacks for injured athletes and good representation at the Harvel 5 and Southend Half Marathon.

Read all the details in this weeks Sunday Summary, click here.

Festival requires runner

12 June 2008

Greenwich & Docklands Festival are looking for a runner to take part in a central performance in front of hundreds of people.

If you're interested, you must be able to run on a travelotor for 26 minutes on stage. Interested? Contact Bradley Hemmings-(020) 8305 5026

New website features

12 June 2008

As part of the ongoing development of this site, we have now opened up what used to be members only fetures to everybody.

These features can be found in the "Communicate" section in the main menu. Fun and informative features include, a message board, chat room, blog, club magazine and members profile form. We have also moved the club events diary to this section.

What are you waiting for, go and explore and communicate!