Senior Men - 2001
Liverpool Harriers Christmas Handicap Race.
Sunday 23rd December 2001
Wavertree Mystery
On a chilly but dry Sunday afternoon, an above average number of members gathered for the annual handicap races. Some of the seniors were suffering from their night out last night.
It was nice to see that Curtis Robb was back running again after a journey from Sheffield. Although he was handicapped with 4.40mins alongside Ali O'Connor, it was Ali who was strongest on the day with Jon Ferguson 2nd, only 1 second ahead of Curtis.
The results of the winners were as follows:
Under 14 boys: 1st place Daniel Stevens (10.01mins)
Fastest Lap Craig Gunderson (8.59mins)
Ladies/Girls: 1st place Laura Murphy (9.27mins)
Fastest Lap Gill Taylor (8.50mins)
Senior Men/ Boys over 14: 1st place Neil Chester(16.01mins)
Fastest Lap Alistair O'Connor (14.10mins)
For full results, please follow links below:
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Liverpool and District XC League -
Beacon Park - 24th November 2001
In the 3rd race of the L & D League, the Harriers men had an excellent days running winning the team event on the day with 47 pts. In second place were LPS (109pts) and Wirral AC were third (130pts). The athlete's for the Harriers were:
2nd - Phil McGlory (U20) - 31.14 mins,
3rd - Richard Burney - 32.01 mins,
7th - Ian Lawton - 33.03 mins,
9th - Lee Cadwallader - 33.43 mins,
12th - Paul Quine - 34.06 mins,
14th - Keith Hatton (V40) - 34.09 mins,
27th - Robbie Cushion - 35.51mins,
54th - Gill Varley - 37.49 mins,
70th - Mark Booker - 39.11 mins.
WELL DONE EVERYONE.
(inc Robbie Wood for the results)
Full results available at www.lps-athletics.co.uk/l&d/beacon01.htm
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English Cross Country Relays, Mansfield.
Saturday 11th November 2001.
It appears only one team ran at Mansfield, and they finished in 53rd place. The consisted of the following athlete's:
P Quine ( 18.00mins), R Cushion( 18.06mins), Andrew Thomas ( 18.14mins), Ian Lawton ( 16.46mins).
Full results available at - http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/natxcr01.htm
Well Done Gents
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AAA of England 4 Stage Relay Championships
Sutton Park, Birmingham
Saturday 27th October 2001
The men's team, had a better run than in the Northern Road Relays, and finished in 25th place. The team were:
M Keeley ( 18.22), P McGlory (U20)- (18.25), L Smielzkol (18.39), S McKevitt (19.18), R Burney ( 19.42), G Ellis ( 19.19)
Well Done Lads.
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Winter Training and events
(compiled by Terry Macklin - 18.10.01)
Please double click here to view
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North of England 6 Stage Road Relays
Sunderland - Saturday 6th October 2001
It was disappointing to see that the men have failed to qualify for the National Road Relay Championships after finishing well down the field in 23rd place. The team's were as follows:
'A' Team - 23rd - 2hrs 11mins.37secs
Phil McGlory (20.55),John Ferguson (23.58),Fred Groves (21.51), L Smielzko (21.02), Arthur Dean ( 21.28), Robert Cushion (22.26)
'B' Team - (incomplete)
Phil Hennessey (23.19), Steven Evans ( 23.15), Terry Macklin (24.18)
Full results can be seen at : http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/nrr601.htm
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North West Counties Road Relays.
Stanley Park, Blackpool.
Saturday 22nd September 2001.
Having seen the results on the web it appears that the Harriers men finished in 4th place, overall and first Merseyside team, however there are no details of the athlete's due to the fact they were not declared. How did they get their numbers then?
Full results on : http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/nwcrr01.htm
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Letter from Mike Dooling - 18.09.01
For those of you who wish to compete over in Road and Cross Country this year please follow link below:
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North of England Inter-Club Cup
Dorothy Hyman Stadium, Cudworth
Friday 17th August 2001??
The men's team finished in 3rd place (78pts), behind the winners, Trafford (113pts) and runner's-up Sale Harriers (97pts). The performances of Harriers athlete's can be seen by following link below, also full results:
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British League - Division 3
Stafford - Saturday 18th August 2001.
The senior men's team lost their captain on Friday evening with a muscle injury, this meant weaker events all though nearly all were covered. As a result of finishing last but one, the team will be relegated by 1 pt to Div 4 next season.
However there were some good performances, and as such some junior athlete's competed.
Full results available:
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Northern Men's League (3W) - Wavertreee
Saturday 4th August 2001
The men's team competed at Wavertree in their last match of the season and have won promotion to Division 2 next year. It was a good team effort by all. The match scores were, LHAC (319pts), Lancaster (265pts), Wigan (236pts), Preston ( 221pts), Barrow (140pts) and Kendal (110pts).
The performances of Harriers athlete's can be seen by following the link below:
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Northern Men's League (3W) - Wigan
Saturday 7th July 2001
On Saturday the Northern Men's team made the short journey to Wigan, and on the day finished in 3rd place (254pts), with Wigan winning (272pts), and Lancaster second (267pts). Overall positions leave the team in 2nd place (13pts), 1pt behind Lancaster in 1st place. Full results are not to hand, however some results are below:
| Event | Time /Distance | Name | Placing |
| 400M | 52.3 | M LLOYD | 1 |
| 800M | 1.57.3 | J FERGUSON | 1 |
| 5000M | 16.14.1 | T CLARK | 3 |
| 400MH | 58.5 | A FLETT | 1 |
| SP | 13.22 | D CRIPPS | 2 |
| DT | 38.83 | D CRIPPS | 2 |
| HT | 50.11 | D CRIPPS | 1 |
| 4 X 100M | 45.9 | 1 | |
| 4 X 400M | 3.38.5 | 1 |
FULL RESULTS WHEN RECEIVED
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British League - Division 3
Peterborough, Saturday 7th July 2001.
The senior men's team had a journey to Peterborough with nearly a full squad. However there were some mixed performances, and as such the team finished in last position.
Full results available:
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North of England Men's - Inter - Club 1st Round.
Wavertree - Sunday 24th June 2001.
On a hot but windy weekend, the 1st Round of the NOE Men's Inter Cup Competition was held at Wavertree. On the day the Harriers men, lost to Trafford AC (116pts), by 1pt. Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton were 3rd (94pts), with Blackburn (80pts), Manx Harriers( 77pts) and Altrincham (8) taking the other places.
Full results can be viewed on www.batfl.co.uk
Results of Harriers athletes can be viewed by clicking here - Results
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Senior Men - NOEAA Championships
Sunday 17th June 2001 - Wavertree, Liverpool.
There was a reasonable turnout of senior athlete's to the North of England Championships held on home turf at Wavertree on Sunday 17th June 2001. In the medals were:
Gold: Danny Graham - HJ ( 2.10m)
Silver: David O'Leary - 400mh (54.0secs)
Bryan Kelly - SP - (18.18m)
Bronze: Ian Lowthian - 400m (48.54secs)
Bryan Kelly - DT (46.19m)
A number of other athlete's made varying finals- Please click here to see full results
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British Athletics League - Cup Semi-Final
Sunday 10th June 2001 - Robin Park Arena, Wigan
On a windy but fine day, the Men's team traveled to Wigan, unfortunately there were gaps in the team and with only a number of athlete's to be placed in the first 3. The team finished in 6th place overall. I would suggest that the selection committee need to re- look at selection policies.
Full results please double click here
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British League - Division 3
Cardiff, Saturday 2nd June 2001.
From speaking to Ernie Gallagher, some difficulties were found in getting our main sprinters to run, however others who were present covered. At the end of the day the team finished in 5th place. Please see below for full results:
Full results please double click here
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Northern Men's League (3W) - Lancaster
Saturday 2nd June 2001
It was a different story in Lancaster, the men won their match by 1pt (253pts) from Wigan 252pts, with Lancaster in 3rd place (244pts) even though I haven't got the full results. After 2 matches the men's team lie in 2nd place but with the same match points as Lancaster who are in 1st place
The results of individuals as reported in AW can be seen by double clicking here.
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Gold Cup Success
Sunday 20th May 2001
The men were second to hosts, Sale Harriers, and according to Mike Dooling's report in the Echo, Brian Kelly impressed in the shot and discus. Rob Laing scored good points and Mark Lloyd sprinted well. Danny Graham posted a 2.15m high jump.
I will update when results are to hand.
Well done lads
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British League - Division 3
Wavertree, Saturday 5th May 2001.
A closely fought match took place at Wavertree, with Bedford the eventual winners with 319pts. Notts were runners up with 302pts, Stoke were 3rd with 290 pts and Harriers were 4th with 286pts. As can be seen only 16pts separated the 2nd and 4th team. Hopefully this will mean a competitive season ahead.
Full results can be viewed at
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Northern Men's League - Preston
Saturday 5th May 2001
Results have yet to be seen but my understanding is that the team finished in 3rd place(235pts). Lancaster won the day (268pts), with Preston runners up (267pts). Some results are known as shown below: Will update when known.
| Place | Event | Name | Time | |
| 1st | 100m/200m | Chris Kays (JM) | 11.7/23.5secs | |
| 1st | 400m | Wayne Tagoe (JM) | 52.1secs | |
| 1st | PV | Chris Gough (U17) | 2.50m | |
| 1st | LJ/TJ | Chris Rattray (JM) | 6.10m/12.57m | |
| 2nd | DT | D Cripps | 37.94m | |
| 1st | HT | D Cripps | 52.17m | |
| 1st | JT | D McKeown | 42.32m | |
| 1st | 4 x 400m | 3.39.3secs |
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AAA England - Men's 12 Stage Road Relays
Sutton Park, Birmingham
Saturday 28th April 2001
A team of twelve athletes went to the relays and were disqualified. My understanding is that Phil Mc Glory, a junior was the disqualified runner, because of his date of birth? - (was not 17yrs old on 31.08.00), but a number of other teams were also disqualified for the same issue - The referee was Mr. Tony Riley and not Mr. John Bradshaw ( who was an official). The event was won by Tipton in a time on 4hrs 10mins 27 secs. From my enquiries I'm getting different versions of who is to blame. Therefore I think that the whole episode is best left alone and too petty to fall out over..
Liverpool Harriers team
S McKevitt (27.42), I Lawton (15.31), G Groves (29.13), DISQ (15.26), A Deane (29.27), A Thomas( 15.52),
R Cushion (30.33), J Ferguson (16.14), K Hatton (29.01), J Horman (16.09), J McCole (29.43), R Burney (16.54).
Full results can be viewed at www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/nat1201.htm
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North of England 12 stage Relays
Leeds - Saturday 7th April 2001.
The harriers had a depleted team due to injuries, however those who ran did well to finish in 14th place (4hrs 34.24mins), on a very wet day. The event was won by Morpeth (4hrs 12.13mins). The team was as follows:
Simon McKevitt (30.04mins), Andrew Thomas (18.39mins), Ian Lawton ( 17.43mins), A Dean ( 30.20mins), Peter Green (18.01mins ), James Horman ( 18.47mins), John McCole (31.37mins), John Ferguson (19.48mins), Joey Parkinson (18.55mins), Keith Hatton (30.54mins), Neil Chester (20.51mins), Fred Groves (18.45mins).
Well done lads.
Full results can be see at - www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/n1201m.htm
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National XC Championships - Durham.
Saturday 24th February 2001.
The senior men's team were missing a number of athlete's on the day, however those who did run finished as a team in 32nd place (1918pts).
The counters were : R Burney (168), K Hatton ( 203), J McCole (263), P Quine ( 359), T Clarke (427), and N Chester ( 529).
Others who finished the course were A Deane( 580) and G Howell (1061).
The race had 1227 finishers.
All the results can be viewed at www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001
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Irish Indoor Championships
John McAdorey, one of our Irish memebers and a Sydney Relay Olympian, opened his 2001 campaign with a win in the Irish Championships. His 6.89secs run in the heats compares well with the club record of 6.8 secs held by Joes Speake from way back in 1968. He won the 60m title with the time of 6.94secs.
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North of England XC Championships,
Witton Park, Blackburn. - Sat 27th January 2001.
Over a dozen athletes traveled the short journey to Witton Park, and the team finished credible 6th place ( 432pts), with the title going to Bingley (92pts), Salford - 2nd ( 128pts) and Leeds - 3rd ( 174pts).
Ali O'Connor led the harriers team finishing in 9th place, with Mark Keeley ( 51st), Richard Burney (52nd), Simon McKevitt ( 70th), Glen Groves (112nd), and P Quine ( 138th).
Others who completed the course were Joey Parkinson ( 169th), John McCole( 171st), A Clarke ( 176th), Neil Chester ( 309th), Mark Booker ( 347th), and Terry Macklin (423rd)
Well Done Gent's.
Full results can be see at www.race-results.co.uk/results/2001/noe01.htm
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Merseyside County Annual Cross Country Championships
Sunday 7th January 2001 - Clarke's Gardens, Allerton.
The first race of the day was the men's and what a race over 12k. Ali O'Connor led from the start and won with a long lead from R Berry (Southport Waterloo) in 2nd place and M Girvan (Warrington) in 3rd place. Ali was ably assisted by Simon McKevitt (4th), Jon Ferguson (8th), Andy Thomas (12th), John McCole (13th) and P Quine (16th). This team won with 54pts to take the team trophy, with LPS - 2nd with 159pts and Wirral AC - 3rd with 168pts. Other's who were non scorers were: Mark Hargreaves ( 41st), Terry Macklin ( 59th), Neil Chester (60th), Pat Henley (73rd)
Full results available on the County Web site - www.lps-athletics.co.uk/Mersey1.htm
WELL DONE LADS
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