JUNIORS SECTION
We have three level two coaches:
Darren Bathew contact number 07837493775, Chris Skellern
contact number 07791502601, and Frank Grant contact number
01889 579847. They are all Criminal Records Bureau checked
and Chris is our official Child Protection Officer.
Training sessions are on a
Monday night at Rowley Park Stafford at 6pm to 7pm and also
on a Wednesday 6 pm to 7-30pm at the same venue
for the more
experienced juniors with Darren.
If you
are between 8 and 16yrs old and enjoy running just turn up
at a training session, or contact one of the coaches above.
We will assess your abilities and needs and coach you
accordingly.
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To join the Club, see the bottom of the
“Newcomers Join
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Clubmark is a cross-sport
quality accreditation for clubs with junior sections and is
aimed at developing the skills and optimising the talents
of young people, as well as encouraging healthy, active
lifestyles. The award recognises that the club holds all
the necessary criteria to fulfil its commitment to junior
athletics, with qualified coaches, a child welfare officer,
and a safe environment in which youngsters can participate
in athletics.
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Cheadle 5 Junior Run - 7
March
Three Juniors
entered the Cheadle Fun Run which was 2 laps at the
rear of the school.
There was a huge range of ages and our 3 Junior Harriers
found it a bit tough against much older children.
The course was a little narrow and a bit short to really
get going.
However they had a great run with Elisha Walker
leading the Harriettes home with Ellie and Millie Stanyer
close behind.
They were very pleased with their medals and there were
quite a few freebies being given out as well!
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Stafford
Schools Cross Country
Ellie Baxter took part in the Stafford Schools Cross
Country at Shugborough on Tuesday 2nd
March and came in first, leading from start to finish and
winning with a gap of about 50 metres.
Twenty two schools from the Stafford schools network took
place with over one hundred runners setting off.
Other Junior Harriers took part and ran really well, Alisha
Walker, Sara Holliday and Millie Stanyer.
Next race in the four race series is on
9th
March at Pingle Slade next to the Birches Valley Visitor
Centre at 4pm.
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Inter
schools cross country
Some
of our Harriers took part in the inter schools cross
country on Saturday 6 February at Stoke University
Nathan
Sabin 4th 15.56 - year 8/9
Matthew Burdett 19th 17.40 - year 8/9
Julie Addison 13th 19.58 - year 10/11
Nathan's run qualified
him to represent Staffordshire Schools at the All England
Schools Cross Country Championships in Manchester on 20
March.
Great running Nathan !!
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Midland Area Cross
Country Championships 30/1/10
This year the
Championships were held on our home course on Stafford
Common.This is next only to a National Championship in
importance and many International juniors were taking part.
It was a grest chance for the Harriers to see what a major
Championship is like and to run full Champonship distances.
We had five of our juniors out on the day with Joe Smith,
Curtis Owen and Jack Sammons running the 3K Under 13 race.
Joe finished 88th in 12:02 and Curtis finished 100th in
12:24 and Jack 112th in 13:41 Well done to the three of
you. Curtis was taken ill at the end and was taken to
hospital were he was found to be suffering from
dehydration. It
doesn't only happen on hot days. We are pleased to say
that he recovered quite quickly and is now well again.
In the under 15 boys we had Nathan Sabin and Matty Burdett
running the 4K course. Both ran well with Nathan finishing
47th in 16:08 and Matty 102nd in 18:00. These races were
also used as the Staffordshire Championships and we are
waiting to find out how they all did in those
Championships. As soon as we know we will have it the on
the web.
Curtis, Jack, Nathan and Matty at the Championships it
seems Joe hid from the photographer.
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WHEATON
ASTON FUN RUN - 27/12/09
Eight Harriers ran in the fun run, six of which were
Juniors and the other two mothers of the Juniors.
Nathan Sabin was only 12 secs behind the race winner Alex
Walker of Bromsgrove School. 84 finished the run.
Edward
Simpson enjoying his run with Mum.
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CHEDDLETON JUNIOR PUDDING RACE -
28/11/09
Curtis
Owen won the Junior 2mile race in 13:32. Steady Curtis,
you’ll be beating most of our Seniors at that speed !
Junior Team Manager Frank Grant presents Curtis with the
trophy.
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NORTH STAFFS. CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
Over all four races through this season, the Juniors who
ran all 4 achieved the following positions in their age
groups:
4th race Westwood High School, Leek on 12 December 2009
Congratulations
to Hannah Talbot for being the leading team member home
this time.
And congratulations to all runners for making it up “killer
hill”.
Under
11 Boys team: James, Tom, Will & Alex.
Under
13 Boys team: Curtis, Joe & Jack.
Under
15 boys team: Matty & Nathan
Under 11 Girls team: Hannah, Elisha, Ellie B, Ellie S &
Sarah.
Under 13 Girls: Emily & Megan
Under 15 & Under 17 Girls: Lauren &
Julie
3rd race Stafford Common on 14 November 2009
. . . Photo’s from the race
on Bryan Dale’s website.
Eight
girls and eight boys enjoyed a slippery and wet route
around
Stafford Common.
2nd race Park Hall on 7 November 2009
. . Photo’s from the race on the
Junior Harrier Photos page.
Great to see so many juniors
taking on the challenge of cross-country - and enjoying it.
Three new youngsters this week - welcome to Hannah, Megan
& Andy.
1st
race Newcastle on 3 October 2009.
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Photo’s from the race on the Junior Harrier Photos
page.
A really good turnout of our
young athletes for this first race of the 2009/2010 cross
country season.
And it was wet, windy and cold for some the runners. They
really showed their true mettle
today!
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Bells
of Pattingham Juniors Run (2mls) - 18 October 2009
Julie
Addison enjoyed a great run in this race, run for the first
time alongside the Seniors 7ml race, finshing 1st Under
17yr old and 3rd overall.
Well done Julie !
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GREAT
NORTH MINI RUN
We
had three juniors run in the Great North Mini run on
Saturday 19th Of September.
In the 9 to 11 years old we had Sean Timmis cover the 2.5
miles in 18-54 to finish 186th and Megan Caddick ran 21-13
to finish in 403rd position.
In the 12 to 16 years old we had Emily Scott run in 20 -32
for the 2.5 mile and she finished 127th.
There were over 700 hundred runners in the
mini-runs.
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Stoke City Parks Series
Overall 4 races Tom Sabin and
Ellie Baxter finished the series in 2nd place. Nathan
finished 7th overall in the very competitive
U/15’s.
Another good
performance from the three young Harriers, Nathan Sabin
7th, Tom Sabin 3rd and Ellie Baxter 4th in the final race
of the series, held at Hanley park on 18 August.
Again
the 3 harriers raced in the third sub-4 city parks grand
prix at Fenton Park on July 14, another competetive race
dominated by city of stoke.
Nathan finishing 10th in the under 15s, Tom finishing 3rd
in the under 11s and Ellie finishing 4th in the under 11s
(subject to results being correct, I have noticed some
inconsistences with published race results for age groups
and runners numbers).
Last race being held at Hanley Park mid August, when
overall standings will be fought for with the possibility
of the youngsters coming home with medals.
Brilliant running to all three - Keep it Up !!!!!
And
the young Harriers did themselves proud in the
2nd
of the 4 races at Tunstall Park on 9th June,
Tom Sabin maintaining 2nd
place in the under 11, Ellie Baxter maintaining
6th
place in the under 11 and Nathan up against stiff
competition from the city of stoke lads came
11th
in the under 15’s. Excellent performance from all
three runners. Well done.
Three juniors, Ellie Baxter, Nathan Sabin and Tom Sabin,
represented the Harriers in the first of the series at
Longton Park on the 12th
May.
All under 15s started together in the 2km race around the
park and all ran very good races and times.
Ellie was 6th
in the FU11, Nathan 9th
in the MU15 and Tom 2nd
in the MU11 category.
With three more races left they all look set for a good
series.
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3ml FUN RUN - 16 July
Nathan finished 3rd in 17.55, Tom 7th in 18.50 and Alex
MacKay was 33rd overall in 23.30.
As you can see, it was a very wet evening - with persistent
heavy rain all through the run.
Well run lads
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New
junior member Curtis Owen won the fun run that was run as a
prologue to the Cheadle 4ml race on Sunday 12 July..
Well done Curtis !!
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PENKRIDGE
2.5ml FUN RUN
Nathan
and Tom Sabin did the annual Penkridge fun run on Sunday
28th June which is a 2.5 mile circular of the village,
again the boys did themselves pround retaining the under 13
titles between them, out of 509 finishers Nathan crossed
the line overall 5th with a time of 15.37 and Tom was
overall 9th with a time of 15.57.
Pictures of the boys receiving their trophies.
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Muller
10k Fun Run
Ellie Baxter + Tom and Nathan Sabin just before the start.
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It was a bit of a free for all scramble over about 200
mtrs, bodies falling all over.
Tom won his age group and Nathan and Ellie had good
respectable finishes.
It was a bit too short for them all, but good to see them
proudly wearing their Harrier vests.
Thanks
to Craig Baxter for this photo and
report.
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Uttoxeter
Fun Run (run around Uttoxeter
Racecourse)
. . . Nathan and Tom with their
trophies.
Congratulations
to our three Junior runners who ran in the Uttoxeter Fun
Run on Sunday 3 May.
The race was enjoyed by 82 competitors of all ages and was
won by a senior club runner in 7:25, closely chased by:
Nathan Sabin 2nd in 8:13 (and 1st U14)
Tom Sabin 3rd in 8:32 (and 1st U10)
Sam Watts 7th in 9:02 (and 2nd U14)
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Stafford
First Schools Cross Country Race
Ellie Baxter ran in the Stafford First Schools Cross
Country Race at Weston Road High School, and she was 6th
out of 125. What made this special for her, she was
competing against kids a full school year older. Well done
Ellie.
Inter
Counties Cross Country
On
Saturday 7th March the Inter Counties Cross Country
Championships took place at Mansfield. This event is for
all the top athletes in every county to run against each
other. It is televisied live on Sky TV. So it was great to
see that our own Nathan Sabin won his first County Vest and
represented Staffordshire in the boys under 13 race. For
someone who only started running at the begining of the
last cross country season Nathan has done extemely well. We
are sure that all the experience he has gained this season
will stand him in good stead for next season.
Well done Nathan.
Staffordshire
Schools Cross Country
In
the recent Staffs School Cross Country Championships both
Sophie Cartmail and Nathan Sabin had very good runs. Sophie
finished an excellent 15th in her race and Nathan kept up
his recent good form coming home in 24th spot. Well done to
both.
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Nathan Sabin (above)
ran a superb race at the Staffordshire Cross-Country
Championships at Sandwell on Saturday 10 January!
He finished 7th in the Under 13 boys race which will
hopefully take him through to run for the county in
March.
And then on
January 24th he
had a very good run in the under 13s boys race at the
Midland Counties Cross Country Championships and finished
40th , from 116 finishers, in a time of 11-57 over a 3k
course.
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North
Staffordshire Cross Country League Race - 13 December 2008
The
fourth and final League meeting for this season visited
Westwood High School at Leek. A very waterlogged and muddy
circle around hilly fields - with "Killer Hill" near the
end.
It was exhausting conditions - especially as it was raining
much of the time. Well done to all of you who ran their
races.
Tom Sabin finished 5th in the Under 11 Boys race, which
gained him 3rd place overall 4 races in the season.
Brother Nathan Sabin found the conditions very tiring and
could only finish 9th in the Under 13 Boys race, though
this gave him 1st place over the 4 races thanks to his
previous brilliant runs.
Ellie
Baxter finished 16th (10min 05) and Sara Holiday finished
18th (10min 43) in the Under 11 Girls race.
Harriet Ward finished 13th (9min 41) in the Under 13 Girls
race and 10th overall for the season.
...Nathan & Tom with their NSCCL
Trophies ...... 
North
Staffordshire Cross Country League Race - 15 November 2008
This
third meeting of the League was held at Stafford Common and
saw a growing turnout of Club junior runners and improving
performances - well done lads & lasses, you are working
well!
And it was real
cross-country conditions today at the Common (as usual). A
good mix of firm ground and VERY slippery & muddy areas
left everyone's legs well caked in mud.
Positions and times for our young performers in their
respective races were as follows:
Sam .
William 
and Josh.
Poor Ellie lost her shoe
The Race-A True Story
Poem
written about my race at Stafford Common,
15th
November 2008
By Ellie Baxter aged 9
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love to run,
I love to race,
But I must remember to tie my lace.
I set off fast,
I set off true,
The mud I trod was just like glue,
My foot went in,
The soggy goo,
Alas, I lost my running shoe.
I finished the race, one shoe less,
My socks they were a muddy mess,
I was not sad,
I was not glum,
As I finished I saw my dad and mum.
North
Staffordshire Cross Country League Race - 18 October 2008
At
the second meeting of the North Staffs cross country league
at Park Hall, Weston Coyney, we had seven juniors turn out;
four girls and three boys.
They
all had very good runs, particularly Nathan Sabin, who won
the U13 Boys competition. His brother Tom came 3rd in the
U11 Boys and Joe Cartmail came 26th in the same age group.
In the girls' competition Ellie Baxter had a strong run to
finish 14th in the U11's, Harriet Ward was 18th and Lauren
Gee 22nd in the U13's and Sophie Cartmail was 13th in the
U15's. Well done girls
.Nathan. 
.Tom. 
.Joe. 
.Ellie. 
.Harriet & Lauren.
.Sophie.
North
Staffordshire Cross Country League Race - 4 October 2008
At
the first meeting of the North Staffs cross country league
at Lyme Valley Newcastle, we had six juniors turn out; five
of them being new members.
They all had very good runs. We had three girls and three
boys.
In the girls under 11s race we had Ellie Baxter finishing
21st and in the under 13 girls we had another new member
Harriete Ward 19th and Lauren Gee 23rd.
In the boys under 11s race we had new member Tom Sabin
finishing 6th and in the under 13s we had Toms brother
Nathan, also a new member, have an excellent run to finish
2nd. In the under 15s race we had another newcomer Sam
Lloyd finishing 18th. well done to them
all.
Harrier
Games:
We
had five regular juniors turn out for the games and they
showed the seniors how to run on the track.
We had two of our older juniors take part in senior groups:
Jason Litlewood finished fourth in his group recording
these times for his three events 200 metres 26-00, 400
metres 1m-02s, 1mile 6m-08s; while Jenny Addison finished
first in her group with times for her three events of 200
metres 31-1, 400 metres 1m-11s, 800 metres 2m-53s.
Lauren Gee ran in the group of the slower seniors and
was first in the group with times for three events of 100
metres 16s-9,1 800metres 3m-09s, 1mile 9m-15s.
In the mixed juniors Joe Cartmail was the winner with times
of 100 metres 16s-34, 200 metres 36s-8, 400 metres 1m-30s.
Ellie Baxter was 2nd with times of 100 metres 17s-78,
200metres 39s-1, 800 metres 3m 16s, and Joe Garney was 3rd
his times were 100 metres 18s-20, 200 metres 41s-1and 400
metres 1m-43s-70.
They all deserved the goody bags at the end. Well done to
all of them taking part in the games.
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some of our junior athletes
who enjoyed the evening
Staffs
Knot 5 mile race:
We had our two older juniors run, with Jason
Littlewood recording a time of 35m19s and Jenny
Addison running in her first senior race with a time of
40m47s.
In the fun run Lauren Gee finished 18th with a time of
15m-50s - very good for 2 miles - and Cameron Palmer 62nd
in 24m-57s.
Jason
Littlewood
Lauren
Gee