The GMAC this year will be held on Sunday 6 June at Longford Park, Trafford. Application forms and information can be found at the following link http://www.greatermanchesteraa.co.uk/. Entry Forms can also be found at the club on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Entries on the day are permitted.

Another successful event on 25 April expertly organised again by Nick Howarth. 466 runners completed the course with the race being won by Bolton's Tony Valentine in a time of 32.10. Bolton also took the 1st Male team as well as Tom Carson being 1st Male under 20. Full Race results can be found at:http://www.chiptiming.co.uk/pdf/100425_Bolton10k.pdf

Just to remind you all that your membership of the club runs out on 31st March 2010 and therefore your membership must be renewed by 1st April 2010.
All renewals will require completion of the membership form which can be found on the Membeship page of the website.

2010 Muddy March Hare has been added to the fixtures page

Liz Proctor and Oriel Hardman were on form for Bolton Harriers on Saturday, winning their age categories in the Red Rose Cross Country League at Leverhulme Park. Proctor works abroad for much of the year as an outdoor-pursuits instructor, but returned to action finishing 4th overall in the women’s race and first Over 35. She was followed home by teenage 800m star Oriel Hardman, who was 6th overall and first Under 20 finisher.

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If you didn't get enough of Leverhulme Park last Saturday and would like to add a new dimension to your cross-country or other terrain running, you are invited to return this Saturday (28th) for an introduction to map-reading and navigation.

Following last year's BUHAC Centenary event, South East Lancashire Orienteering Club (SELOC) are again pleased to invite you to come along for a basic coaching session with Cath Wilson (Club coach) at 10:30 and there are also several courses available to try until 12:30. The courses range from 'White', suitable for young novices or a family stroll, through to a 'Technical' adventure which offers a challenge of moderate difficulty and will take you into parts of the park you probably haven't seen before.

Cost is £1 each.

Reception is at the Community Centre athletics track.

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Sundays - nov 8th, dec 13th & jan 17th.

All athletes from 9yrs old to under 15 can compete.

Pick up a form from our desk at training. Forms need to be returned by thursday october 29th at the latest.

If you haven't competed or even heard of sportshall please email ian wallis at i.wallis23@hotmail.com for info.

Practice is taking place each thursday evening at 7.30pm on the indoor track.

We will be up against lots of north west clubs including altrincham, trafford, horwich, bury, leigh etc..

The county championships take place on sunday january 31st 2010. Top performers will be picked to represent greater manchester and this could lead to the finals at birmingham later next year.

Ian Selby took first place in the Over 40 veteran's category with a time of 29:20 and finished in 6th place overall
Tom Carson was top junior and finished runner-up, just 15 seconds behind Wesham's Charlie Pass with a time of 27 minutes 26 seconds

The 2nd race will now be held at Bury on 7th Nov.

Please note that the last race on the 6th Dec at Marl Pits is on a Sunday and not a Saturday.

Volunteers will also be required at the race we are hosting on the 21st Nov at Leverhulme Park. This will include marking out the course in the morning and marshalling in the afternoon during the races. Any help is gratefully welcomed even if you can only spare an hour or so.

ATHLETE - JONATHAN KAY
VOLUNTEER - CATHERINE BROGAN

In the Red Rose League, Leah Peploe was Harriers' star on the day, winning the Under 13 race in the opening fixture at Witton Park, Blackburn. Bethany Heaton was also in impressive form, taking third in the Under 11 event and leading her club to 2nd in the team race behind Rossendale. Fraser Jardine was 3rd in the Junior Men's race and top ten positions were also recorded by Mollie Nuttall and Simon Walker in the Under 15s, Katrina Steel (U/13) and Zak Heywood in the Under 17 race. John Ward was 3rd in the Over 55 veteran category.

Harriers' Under 15 Boys' road-relay team was in action again in the Northern Championships in Leeds. A week after their Bronze medal in the Greater Manchester Championships, the trio of Jonathan Kay, Christopher Mann and Simon Walker finished a creditable 14th in the road relay event, held around the campus of Leeds Metropolitan University. Kay continued his fine form from the previous weekend with 10th place on the first leg and was again the team's fastest runner. The B team of Jack Garmory, Liam Matthews and Will Grimshaw finished 25th.

Sian Pledger starred in the National Final of the Street Athletics sprint event, narrowly missing out on first place in a photo finish. The 18 year old Bolton Harrier had won the Manchester regional event on Friday to qualify and pushed winner Monica Bramwell of Luton all the way to the line in Saturday's final with a time of 8.41 seconds.

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ATHLETE - JAMES WHITFIELD
VOLUNTEER - GILL HARGEAVES

Bolton Harrier Pete Bellis recently reached a huge personal milestone as he completed one of Britain's toughest races for the 21st time. Supported by a group of Bolton Harriers runners, Bellis travelled to Fort William last weekend to take part in the Ben Nevis race.

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ATHLETE - EMILY RITCHIE
VOLUNTEER - KAREN OLIVER

Tony Valentine made an impressive Half Marathon debut against the nation's finest in Bristol last weekend. The 34 year-old Bolton Harrier decided to attempt the distance at the end of a hugely successful track season, which has seen him set Personal Best times across the board.

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Eric Ranicar was runner-up in the Over 60 category in the Birchwood 10k near Warrington. His time of 40:02 was slower than usual but he finished strongly on his comeback from a serious knee injury