LATEST NEWS & RACE RESULTS...

Pennington Flash 5 Mile Trail Race 19 August, 2008 Saturday 20th September 2008, 2.30pm start An accurately measured 5 mile race over paths and tracks around Pennington Flash to celebrate the opening of our new track and clubhouse. For more details click on above link.   1st Round Inter Club Cup 18 August, 2008 Leigh Harriers were just eleven points away from qualifying for the final of the Inter Club Cup, finishing 5th behind Trafford, Blackpool & Fylde, Bury and City of York. Leigh got off to a great start with Neil Pendlebury winning the first event on the track the 10,000m, other individual winners were Laura Riches (800m) and Lauren Howarth (1500m). For full results click on the link above. AAA's U17 & U15 Championships 16 August, 2008 Laura Riches competed in the U17 Womens' 3000m final on Saturday 9th August at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Laura finished 11th in a time of 10.29.57, only 5 seconds slower than her PB. Northern League - Final Standings 2008 08 August, 2008 Leigh finished 2nd in Division 3W. Northern Athletics League - Match 4 08 August, 2008 Leigh Harriers finished 4th in the final match of the season at Stretford. This meant that the team finished 2nd overall in Division 3W to secure promotion into Division 2 next year. Individual winners were Tony Battersby, who set a massive PB in the 5000m, Carla Winstanley (Javelin) and Becky Howarth (3000m). Congratulations to Tommy Henders who has captained the team to promotion, and set a PB of 2.01.5 in the 800m. On the same day Lauren Howarth represented Wigan Harriers in their UK Womens' League match. Lauren finished 4th in the 800m in a PB of 2.12.93, and later on competed in the 1500m where she came 2nd.