YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (Lower) 2024 MATCH 1

Peter Shaw

The YDL (Lower) is a National League for U13 & U15 boys and girls and Sale took part in Match 1 at Longford Park, Stretford on the 20th April 2024. Hosted by Sale Harriers.

Northern Indoor champion THIERRY KERR had a fantastic day winning four events including the 75m Hurdles in a new club record of 10.0sec. LOUIS FOSTER-WILLETTS was another athlete who competed in the maximum four events. NOAH PHILLIPS won the 1200m with a tremendous sprint finish and was also runner-up in the high jump and long jump.

In the U13 girl's events BROOKE CARROLL-IVISON took part in four events and won all four. NORA KWARTEMAA won both sprint events by comfortable margins and teamed up with BROOKE, HOLLIE Mc HUGH and GRACE BROOMES to win the sprint relay by a margin of over four seconds. Northern Indoor Champion HOLLIE Mc HUGH set a PB to win the high jump and also finish first in her hurdles event. LUCY DOYLE and ISLA QUINN both won long jump events. A special mention to primary aged LUCY O'BRIEN who was great! She ran a PB to finish 2^nd in the 800m 'A' event and also won two 'B' field events.

In the U15 boy's events DANIEL OWOSENI, DAN OAKES, DAN WELLS and OLIVER HOWELL all took part in the maximum four events with considerable success – Daniel winning the long jump and Dan Oakes the 800m. PATRICK WILEY won the pole vault. The throwers had a good day to outscore the other five clubs with ISAAC ROURKE placing 2^nd in two events and ADAM CORRY-WILSON taking part in three events.

In the U15 girl's events NIELA CHUKWU won both sprint events in fast times and then teamed up with EVA ANWYL, ZURIEL SARUMI and LOIS WORMALD to win the sprint relay by two seconds. A special mention goes to Eva who took part in four events winning three of them. AVA BROOMES won her hurdles event by one second. ROXY Mc HUGH was a clear winner in the 300m whilst MADDY APPLEBY won the 'B' event. Roxy & Maddie teamed up with LOLA RICHARDSON and ROBYN HEYWOOD-YOUNG to win the 4 x 300m relay by a massive 16 seconds. Lola finished runner-up in the 800m whilst Robyn won the 'B' race by 24 seconds. CAITHLIN WETTERS returned from injury to win the 1500m whilst GRACE HILL won the 'B' race.

Sale scored 620 points to convincingly win the match by 170 points. Well done to everyone involved not least to CARL WORTHINGTON who, yet again, solo managed the team. A big thanks also to all the indispensable officials who further won the maximum 56 points towards Sale's brilliant victory.

Results can be found on Power of 10 at https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=600355&pagenum=2

MANCHESTER AREA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

2023/2024 SEASON EA Registration Ref: 2662520

In partnership with Run North West and supported by: WORSLEY PHYSIO,

CITY OF MANCHESTER ATHLETICS and COLGATE-PALMOLIVE’S DENTAL HEALTH UNIT

PRESENTATION EVENING

Friday 3rd May 2024 at 7:30 pm

Wilmslow Rugby Club, Kings Road

Wilmslow, SK9 5PZ

PLEASE NOTE – THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. WE REGRET THAT NON-TICKET HOLDERS CANNOT BE ACCOMMODATED ON THE NIGHT.

Ticket prices: £7.50 (£11.50 but subsidised by the MACCL)

TIMETABLE:

7:30 pm – Presentation of Junior Awards

8:10 pm – break for food

Food Choices TBC

There will be a licensed bar and a hot sit down meal, including veggie and vegan options

8:45 pm –Speaker TBC

Presentation of Senior Awards

& the Special Merit Award

Tickets must be bought in advance via the Eventbrite link below (unfortunately, Eventbrite have imposed an admin charge, which brings the cost to £8.83):

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maccl-presentation-evening-tickets-870832442277?aff=oddtdtcreator

The last date to buy tickets is Monday 29 April.

Special Merit Award – Each club is asked to nominate a member who has made a significant contribution to their Club’s participation in the League. (See separate notice for full details.)

Any queries - please email Val @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SUCCESS IN NORTHERN 12/6 RELAYS

Sale Harriers had much to celebrate at the 2024 Northern 12/6 Road Relays recently. First! Tributes go to septuagenarian DAVE RODGERS who again brilliantly promoted this major event on behalf of the club in Wythenshawe Park......... as he also did in 2010 when the club last hosted this championship. Over weeks he worked tirelessly in its preparation, and on Saturday showcased Sale Harriers at its very best by a hitch free event. He'd be the first to thank his important army of volunteers many of them on site from 7am to set up the course and then most stood for six hours in exceptionally freezing chill winds, rain and hailstones as critical course marshals.

Onto the championship! The senior women became the Northern Champions - a fantastic result and what an improvement on last year's 13th place. We've got to go back 23 years to 2001 when the senior women last clinched this major title. On this occasion it was the classy running and strength in depth of SOPHIE WOOD, LAURA BARBER, HELEN WARBURTON, ALICE WRIGHT, IZZY BURKE and LUCY ARMITAGE who brought home the valued, prestigious win. Lucy and Izzy were the team's youngest members, both a part also of the team who became the U20 Northern XC Championships in February, and on this occasion Lucy Armitage (hot from her super 5k PB at the Podium Festival) was even more impressive, supreme as she ran the day's fastest short leg.

As worthy of the same acclaim were the U17 lads who also won championship Gold and FINLAY DAY also won the individual bronze medal. FINLAY DAY, FINLAY GODDARD and RUEBEN JAGO are a fantastic and promising trio of young men whose continued participation and success as they've shown in this championship will doubtless grow and inspire their section into the future.

The senior men also turned out their strongest team and they too were formidable throughout the afternoon mixing it with power-houses Leeds City, Salford, Morpeth and Hallamshire who've dominated this championship in recent years. TOM MORAN, ELLIOT SAVAGE, CHRIS FIELDING, DAVE PROCTOR, MAX WHARTON, PAUL PETERS, PHIL ROBERTSON, JOE GODWOOD, RORY BRADFORD, ANDY THOMPSON, PHIL RICHARDSON and ALEX BRADFORD could hardly have done more to finish 6th as they did last year (and 7th in 2022).

Onwards to the National 12/6 Championships in Sutton Park Birmingham. Riding on their success, surely the men will improve on last year's disappointing 28th place and the women, who've not fielded a team in the National Relays since 2019, if they finish among the top 25 off the back of their Gold medals, they'd record their best result in more than a decade.

                                       SALE HARRIERS MANCHESTER

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD, ON THURSDAY 21st of March 2024,           

COMMENCING AT 8:30pm,

AT THE

ATHLETICS FACILITY

 CROSSFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, DANEFIELD ROAD,

 SALE. M33 7WR

All executive positions are up for re-election and the positions of Chairman and Vice chairman are currently vacant.

The AGM is open to all members of Sale Harriers Manchester, parents and guardians of members, coaches and helpers. See website for details of current management committee.

The nominations recieved are as follows:-

For the position of Chairman

David Brown CBE who was chairman for many years previously and is currently our club president. He is a recipient of Sale Harrier's highest honour of Life Membership in 2008 and has many other inportant roles in the world of athletics including top level starter and officials co-ordinator.

Allan Wort. An accountant by profession, he has wide experience in managing people and situations and is knowledgeable and skilled in information technology. Within athletics,  he's currently President of Cheshire's Athletics Committee and has been both the Chair of EA's National Council and their NW Representative.

For the position of Vice Chairman

Kevin Mc Kay is a club Life Member who has been involved with Sale Harriers since 1985. In his hey-day, he was the UK's 4^th middle distance specialist behind Coe, Ovett and Cram. A double Olympian, he's represented GB in middle distance at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympics and England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in British Columbia and 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur.