World class Harvey wins his weight in beer at Coninental tour meet

THE NIGHT of the 10,000m PBs, part of the London World Athletics Continental Tour provides a unique opportunity for high level club runners to race against a talented mix of world class marathon runners, middle distance runners, steeple chasers, 10k, 5k and road runners.

CoSARC’s Harry Smith gave a masterclass in tactical running as he sat back in the first half, then bided his time in third place for much of the second half.

He went second two laps out, and hit the front at the bell as he flew past the leader to finish in a PB time of 30:52:01.

The icing on the cake was Harry winning his weight in beer!

CoSARC sent a mixed group of seniors, juniors and Quadkids to the Wiltshire Track & Field County Championships last weekend, with the Quadkids competing on Sunday.

They all enjoyed competing and encouraged one another, showing team spirit at its best. The squad won a number of hard earned medals and PBs between them.

The Alton 10 Mile was a tough race with some long hills. Dave Gervais finished in 66:33, Andy Budgell 73:31 and Heather Hitchens 1:25:35.

The Houghton Trail Event 11K was Freddie Bosworth’s longest competitive race to date.

He finished 2nd overall and was first of the junior finishers. Finishing times were Freddie

Harry Smith

Bosworth 45:56, Alice Snow

52:27, Art Mitchell 53:18, Andy Makin 1:11:3, Petra Oyston

1:23:50, Janine Eve Kemm

1:36:10 and Amanda Ansell

1:43:03.

In the first SAL match of the season in Basingstoke, Katie Clements set seven new PBs in her 10 events. There were wins for Harriet Legg in the Triple Jump A String, Lucy Wilkinson in the Javelin A string and Jaymee Domoney in the 800mtr A String.

In the Netley 10K, CoSARC finishers were Will Pannell 34:39, Matthew Gervais 36:45, Dave Gervais 39:09, Charlotte Ingram 39:54 (PB by 37 seconds) and Heather Hitchens 50:46.

In the North Downs Way 50, Mike White ran 52.6 miles in a magnificent time of 11 hours 26 minutes.

On a very hot day, in the Great Manchester Run, Carol Chlebowski went up against 25,000 other runners to finish in 57:21.

Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC launches women’s team and confirms dates for players trials

AFTER a successful season of promotions and cup wins, Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC are expanding into women’s football with the formation of Bemerton Heath Harlequins Ladies FC.

The team will join the growing Wiltshire County Women’s & Girl’s League, playing on Sunday’s with Moon Park as their home.

With the Women’s World Cup coming up and the success of the Lionesses at the Euro’s, there is no better time to be part of growing the women’s game.

The team at Bemerton Heath Harlequins hope to create a happy, supportive and successful environment, with the club continuing to be a fantastic community asset.

Director of football, Ian Saunders, said: “I am absolutely over the moon that our club has another piece of the true community club jigsaw. We restarted our youth section and our ambition was to cater for ‘everyone’ in and around our community.

“The ladies team coming on board has now provided that platform. We look forward to working closely with our new team, during this exciting time for our club.”

The ladies team trials take place at Hudson’s Field on July 12th (7pm-9pm),

July 16th (10am-12pm) and July 19th (7pm-9pm).

Individuals may register their interest by emailing BHHLFC@Gmail.com.

The team is looking forward to meeting those that wish to participate and have already received significant interest.

BHHLFC will be announcing friendlies, management and sponsors over the coming days and weeks. The first pre-season friendly will see the team travel to Southampton to face another newly formed team, Eling Ladies FC, on August 13th in what will be a great challenge for two brand new sides.

Later in the summer, the management team and players will be attending this year’s Salisbury Summer Fair, at Wilton House, with a Bemerton Heath Harlequins stall and Beat-The-Keeper challenge to raise money for both the team and Salisbury Hospice Charity.

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