Eight Halifax Harriers participated in Sunday’s Liversedge half marathon; a popular local road race held on hilly terrain. The race has a reputation for taking place in appalling weather conditions and this year was no exception. One runner reported it as, “hilly, hard, cold and wet!” The ladies fared especially well with Joanne Arundale finishing first in her age group (F40) in 51st place overall in a time of 1:35:26. Hazel Berrett was also first in her age category (F60) in a new club record time of 1:49:11. Tom Paget was the first Harrier home in 21st place in 1:29:58. Other Harriers were: James O’Rourke (1:33:37), David Ingle (1:38:42), Wayne Stevens (1:53:25), Paul Hopkinson (1:55:34) and Margaret Deacon (2:05:15).
Two Harriers took part in the Settle road half marathon in the Yorkshire Dales in very wet and windy conditions. Andrea Ackroyd and Jenny St Romaine completed the hilly course, totalling over 1,000’ of ascent, in 2:05:38 and 2:27:44 respectively.
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting on Monday 21st February 2022
As many of you will be aware, Raymond Hall has had to officially resign from his positions of Treasurer, Membership Secretary and Press Officer as well as his other many and varied jobs at the club, due to ill health.
As per the Club Constitution I am calling an Extraordinary General Meeting so we can re-assign Raymond's roles. We cannot function as a club without the mandatory Officer roles that England Athletics specify. These mandatory roles are Chairman, Treasurer, Membership Secretary and Club Secretary. Mark Gaughan will continue in his role as Chairman but we need adult members to put themselves forward for the other mandatory Officer roles (I am Club Secretary but I am looking to step down from this role and put myself forward for one of the other Officer roles). If you wish to put your name forward for any of these Officer roles, please email me at kirkrhino@aol.com and copy in Mark Gaughan at mark.gaughan@btinternet.com
There are also many tasks other than these Officer roles that we need volunteers for. If you are interested in taking on any of these, please let me know. The club cannot function without volunteers.
The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held by Zoom on Monday 21st February at 7pm. Please try and attend the Meeting even if you do not wish to stand for a role as the appointment of the positions may need to be voted on. I will send out the Zoom link on the afternoon of the 21st February.
Regards,
Chris Kirkbride - Club Secretary
‘’There was just a small bunch of Harriers who ran the Alsager 5 mile, near Stoke. The course is 1 lap and virtually flat. The conditions weren’t bad at all considering the terrible forecast.
Simon Johnson managed to gain a new v55 club record by easily clocking an impressive 30.21. (He even walked a bit!)
Katrina Oddy came 4th in the v55 category with 35.02 which was also a club record.
The Cumbers came away with some Stoke pottery after winning their respective age categories.
Geoff managed 39.03 and a new v75 club record.
Sarah Cumber finished in a time of 32.01. ‘’