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Alex Leadbeater became the Northern Indoor U15 200m Champion at Sheffield yesterday (2nd Feb); the 13 year old clocked 22.95 secs a seasons best and exactly the same time as in heat 1, he won by a clear margin and took the gold medal in style. Alex’s pb of 22.71 which he recorded last year […]

Our England team had two record breakers at the Indoor Track & Field in Vienna! Many congrats to Keely Hodgkinson, Leigh Harriers & AC for winning the Women’s 800m in a European Junior Indoor record time of 2:01.16 and Thomas Keen for setting a British Junior Indoor record of 3:41.44 in the Men’s 1500m! That […]

Alex Leadbeater U15 won his heat of a 60m Indoors competition at Sportcity over the weekend; Alex won comfortably in 7.39 seconds creating a new club record for the U15 boys.

The Northern XC Championships 2020 took place this weekend (25th Jan) and for the first time the event was staged at Camp Hill Estate, Bedale, North Yorkshire. A small team made the trip to represent their club with the most successful result of the day coming from the Senior Women’s team of Lauren Heyes, Abigail […]

The trio of Abigail Howarth, Olivia Stones and Leah Peploe finished 2019 in style yesterday by winning silver team medal in the Ribble Valley 10k, incorporating the North of England Championships. Abigail was first in for Leigh Harriers in 35:34 taking 12th position, followed by Olivia 36:22 16th and not far behind Leah 37:26 20th […]

The Red Rose Cross Country League 2019 started here at Leigh, heavy rain had made the course very muddy and difficult but on the day the sun was shining and so were Leigh’s young athletes. This was match one of four and a good start to the series was a must for the Leigh Team. […]

Leigh Harriers & AC are affiliated to the Red Rose XC League, the South East Lancs League and the Mid Lancs XC League. See “Events” for more information

YOUNG ATHLETES IMPRESS IN CLASS OF 2019 Five Leigh Harriers young athletes rose to the occasion of the English Schools’ Athletics Association Championships at Alexander Stadium Birmingham over the weekend, justifying their selection to their respective county selectors. After qualifying in their area schools’ championships, and achieving very tough qualifying standards, the latest generation of […]

The Iron Man Competition will take place this Sunday 14th July – please follow the diversion signs to Leigh Sports Village. The competitors will have already left the area and be on their way to Bolton so there shouldn’t be any problems in getting to the track.

Our own Club T&F Championships begin this week starting Tuesday 2nd July with more 3rd and 4th July. There are events for all members and all age groups. Entries taken on the night, £5 per entry. Leigh Harriers Track and Field Championships 2019 Tuesday 2nd July 2019     Day 1 Order of events Tuesday 2nd July […]