Sat 22 June 2019, Bebington, Wirral Preston Harriers qualified for the Northern regional final which is to be held at UCLan Sports Arena Preston next month. The team was weakened by a number of the athletes being away competing for Lancashire at the North West Schools’ Combined Events championship at Crewe. Sale won the match with Harriers finishing 2 points behind Wirral in third place on 596 points. This result means that Harriers finish runners up to Sale in the league. St

Tue 18 June 2019, Chipping Chris Holdsworth of Ribble Valley H. was the clear winner of Paddys Pole Fell Race, organised by Preston Harriers. He ran the 6k course with 336m of climb, from Fell Foot to Fair Snape Fell and returning over Parlick, in an excellent time of 27:42, which was only 1 sec slower than his winning time of 2018. In second place was 2012 winner Darren Kay (Vet 45) from Calder Valley Fell Runners in 28:09. Third place went to Sam Harrison (Bowland FR) in 29

Sat 22 June, Quernmore, Lancaster 6 intrepid juniors participated in various age categories in the Darren Jones Clougha Pike Fell Race at Quernmore, near Lancaster. This is the 5th and penultimate race of the Preston Harriers Junior Fell Championship and is considered one of the toughest junior races in the Harriers fell calendar. First off the mark was the ever ready Lucas Cooke. Lucas has competed in all the championship races to date and acquitted himself admirably in the

Sun 9 June 2019, UCLAN Preston After a very wet start to the weekend Sunday dawned bright and sunny for the medal meeting hosted by Preston Harriers at UCLAN on the 9th June. Athletes, ranging through School years 3, 4, 5 and 6, who are already members of Preston Harriers, youngsters on the waiting list and members from Blackburn Harriers, Leigh Harriers, and surrounding districts arrived to compete for medals in 75m, 400m and 600m races and cricket ball throw, shot put and l

Sun 16 June 2019, Sefton Preston Harriers’ senior athletes fought hard to win their second league meeting at Litherland, Sefton, and maintained their top position in the league by scoring 399 points to win from second placed Blackpool who scored 381.5 points. The main focus was to score as many points as possible and all athletes were doing more than a single event for the team. Sixteen individuals wins, 8 for both the men and the women, together with a 4 x 400m women’s win

Tue 25 June, Norbreck, Blackpool Time – 7.30pm Start – Queens Promenade, Norbreck, Blackpool, FY5 1PU (opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel) Parking – There is plenty of free parking along the Queens promenade and surrounding roads. Toilets – The nearest public toilets are approx. half a mile to the north of the start and are now OPEN (behind the Tram stop opposite Shore Road – FY5 1PQ) Other public toilets are on the upper promenade at RED BANK ROAD ( 1 mile from the start, 20

Sat 8 June 2019, Blackpool Horrendous weather greeted the athletes on one of the most important days of the season. Qualification for the English Schools Track & Field Championship held at Birmingham next month was the prize at the Lancashire Schools Track and Field Championships. Athletes had to achieve the entry standard which would qualify them to be selected for the Lancashire team to compete in Birmingham. With a blustery conditions and continual rain qualification was g

Sun 16 June 2019, Horwich The British Masters road championships are always hotly contested and act as selection races for the national teams in the home countries cross country international which is held in November each year. Top masters athletes from across the UK travelled to Horwich for the 5km race which took place on a 3 lap course on closed roads as part of the Horwich festival of racing. Recent MV65 Kevin Hesketh was the only entrant from Preston Harriers. He had a

Sports City, Manchester 10 June 2017 First up for Preston Harriers was Daniel Neal in the 400m who ran a good race in a difficult wind, as the officials lost their tent down the track. Meanwhile over on the other side of the field was Sophie Warden competing in the women’s long jump final, which turned out well, coming third and getting a bronze medal with a jump of 5.26m. Then came the 100m guys with Curtis Mitchell having a warm- up before his 110 hurdles to come. Then cam

Sat/Sun 1 & 2 June 2019, Manchester Preston Harriers had their best ever Northern Senior & Under 20 Championships, winning 5 gold medals, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes. Matthew Wigelsworth had a brilliant weekend winning double gold in the 800m and 1500m senior championships recording times of 1.52.55 and 3.52.87 respectively. Matthew led home a Harriers 1, 2, 3 in the 1500m with Tiarnan Crorken taking the silver and Dan Bebbington the bronze in 3.54.00 and 3.54.53 respectively. Da

Sun 26 May 2019, Manchester Preston Harriers put up a gallant fight with a weakened team against host club Sale Harriers who wanted a win to revenge Preston’s win in the previous fixture. Harriers had strong events at the beginning of the match and led by 25 points after a third of the events. Sale, from then on, caught and overtook Preston to win by 90 points, 714 to Preston’s 624 with North Wales third on 523 points. Hammer thrower Alex Bernstein, ranked second nationally i

Sat 1 June, Preston Preston Harriers took advantage of their home match to win both the men’s and women’s matches, with the women strengthening their lead at the top of the league and the men closing on leaders Blackburn. An impressive 64 personal bests were recorded by Preston athletes. This is the only league where seniors compete with the juniors. The younger athletes took this competition to sharpen their competitive skills for the Lancashire Schools Track & Field Champio