Latest table here. Update is only after Aggies Staircase 22nd June.. as soon as Bull Hill race, which took place on 12th July is received, it will follow
 
Harriers are now in a good position team wise in open competition

Gethin Butler, in a Parkrun PB time of 16 minutes 43 seconds, and Philippa Walsh, 21.03, made it a double first for Preston Harriers in the latest Parkrun 5km. Butler was never seriously challenged and ran in over 1 minute 30 seconds ahead of second placer Karl Lee (Red Rose) with Walsh in 14th overall.
The Duffy quartet made it a family occasion with dad Andrew 20.36, mum Jeanne 30.24 and Joseph and Annie both J14 category in 23.44 and 30.01 respectively in their first  Parkrun.
There were PBs for Graham Bailey,22.25, Ambi Tipping, 22.04, and Hannah Clarke, 26.50. Andrew Acklam placed an excellent 5th in 20.07 and others taking part were Richard Smith, a first timer, in 21.02, Charlotte Rawcliffe, 23.40, Melanie Haworth 26.36 and Martin Foley 26.42.

The last of the Chorley Park Series took place on Friday 6 July. David Watson’s determination over the 4 races rewarded him with 1st Overall MV40 which was confirmed with a fine time of 18.17, claiming 3rd overall on the night.  Some Preston Harriers took on two races over the weekend. The first  was Phil Walsh who, along with Tunde Buriamo, took up the challenge of the Catforth 10K with Buriamo just pipping Walsh over the finish line recording 40.26 and 40.32. David Watson’s second race was the One Bolton 5K where he again made his presence felt in a competitive field to record 17.15 and be rewarded with 1st MV40 and 3rd place overall.

Wet and muddy conditions also greeted runners in this popular evening race, but the rain did little to dampen their enthusiasm. Several members of Preston Harriers enjoyed their tour of the scenic country park. First Harrier home was Steve Snape in 13th place with a time of 41 minutes 6 seconds. He was followed by Kevin Hesketh, who was 20th overall and 1st Vet 55 in 41.35. Pete Smith recorded 43.23 for 29th place and Phil Lakeland was 151st in a time of 62.12. Marian Hesketh was 6th woman overall and 1st female Vet 55 in 46.36, Kate Lakeland was 17th woman in 53.02 and Felicity Cross was 50th woman in 61.36. The race was won by Richard Howarth of Horwich RMI in 36.23 and the female winner was Claire Bunce of Red Rose Roadrunners in 44.36. 173 soggy runners finished the race.

Emma Essex –Crosby placed 13th in the 20th staging of this event in Birchwood, Warrington in 22minutes 21seconds, whilst mum Judith Deakin clocked 27.23, winning the V65 category. The Wednesday evening race used the tracks and trails of Birchwood Forest Park and turned out to be quite challenging due to the muddy conditions after the recent rains!
The top finisher was Louise Blizzard ( Belgrave Harriers ) , clocking 19 minutes. There were 119 runners, the last one finishing in 44.58.

Every year, the target for the best athletes in the county is to qualify for this competition, and this year Preston Harriers were represented by 9 boys and 11 girls. Jamaine Coleman was the outstanding performer over the weekend. In the Inter boys (U17) 1500m steeplechase, he kept clear of trouble through the early laps. On the last lap, as the pace picked up, Jamaine kept in touch, and as the water jump came around he made his bid, and showed good pace to move up into second, and was still closing on the leader at the finish. An extremely well judged run, and Jamaine had run a lifetime best by over 12½ seconds to win the silver medal.

All the other Inter boys from Harriers also achieved lifetime bests, Patrick Devers in the 3000m finishing 7th and Curtis Mitchell missing out on the semi finals despite a 0.4 second improvement over the 100m hurdles, whilst  Will Goodier was also pleased with his first throw over 13 metres this year, which proved good enough for 8th place. In the Junior Boys 1500m Chris Durney and Bradley Yates both made it through to the 1500m final, and Bradley finished 10th with Chris 11th, both having achieved new personal bests. Sam Miller in the Senior Boys Long Jump finished in a very creditable 6th place. The other Senior, Sam Johnson, finished 11th in the hammer, but was delighted with a new pb and his first throw over 49 metres. In the Junior Girls Bethany Blackwell was 10th in her heat, but her time of 4.52.76 was her 3rd best time for the 1500m, and in difficult conditions. Eden Ashton ran a wind assisted pb in her heat to finish second fastest qualifier. Her time in the final equalled her unassisted lifetime best, and gained her 5th place.

Next Fell Inter-Club is Thursday 12th July - Bull Hill - (BS) 8.8k and 335m of climb 7.30pm start
Venue - Boardmans Farm, Hawkshaw Lane, Hawkshaw GR759166 £3.50 on the day
website - radcliffeac.org.uk

Hopefully there will be another good turn-out like Aggies Staircase, where Harriers put in very good team and individual performances. Let`s have a good turn-out!

Next Roads Inter-Club is Monday 16th July - Salwick Club, Lea Lane, Salwick at 7.30pm (Hosted by Wesham RR)

Results are here.
We have now moved to 2nd place in the table on equal points with Kingston-upon-Hull AC, but 73 match points behind - it is going to go down to the last fixture which is at Spring Hall, Halifax on Sunday 5th August - Team Managers will no doubt be planning and hoping to put out a strong team so please note the date.

The English Schools Combined Events North West Regional Finals took place over the weekend of Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July at Cumberland Sports Ground in Crewe, Cheshire.
The Intermediate Boys competition was an Octathlon which took place over the two days. The Lancashire team trio of Joseph Pearse (finished 2nd overall), Luke Farnworth (4th) and Robbie Morris (8th) battled hard against the team from Cumbria. Joseph Pearse (Blackburn) had his best performance on the second day of competition where he cleared 1.84m in the high jump and finished strongly in the 1500m with 4min 56.4secs. He set personal bests in the 100 metres hurdles and shot put and his overall total was also a personal best. Preston Harrier Luke Farnworth worked hard and maintained his 4th place on day 2 after a storming finish in the 1500m, winning the race in 4min 52.7secs. Luke set new personal bests in the discus and hurdles, equalled his previous best in the high jump and his overall total was also a new personal best. Robbie Morris (Blackpool) worked hard on the second afternoon and achieved a total of 5 personal bests over the weekend. These came in the long jump, 400 metres, 100 metres hurdles, shot put and 1500 metres, combining to give him a new overall personal best. The boys won the team competition and were selected to compete at the National Finals.
The Intermediate Girls Heptathlon also took place over two days. Rhiann Beaumont (Preston Harriers) and Marnie Shirtcliffe were the two Lancashire athletes. Rhiann’s determination ensured selection for the National Finals, finishing 2nd overall with 4241 points. Her best performances came in the High Jump (1.57m), Javelin (34.48m) and Shot Put (10.10m). Marnie worked hard over the two days and finished 8th overall with 2982 points. Rhiann set new personal bests in the 200 metres and 800 metres, Marnie set new best times in the 80 metres hurdles, 200 metres and 800 metres, and both girls recorded a new best overall points total.

Last weekend the Olympic torch toured our region, inspiring Preston Harriers to push themselves ever harder. Last Friday David Watson continued his Chorley Park campaign in the third race of the series, crossing the line in 19.02 to claim 3rd MV40 and maintained his league position overall.
Sunday saw 5 Preston Harriers facing the strong coastal wind at the Sotos 10K in Fleetwood. With great memories of a fine victory in the last Fleetwood Half Marathon Robert Affleck returned to the area with confidence. After his dominant performance at the recent Inter Club, resulting in his first outright win, he made his intentions very clear by sticking with the front runners from the start. The lead pack was soon whittled down to just 3 athletes with Affleck patiently waiting for the closing stages of the race to demonstrate his strength of pace and pull clear of  D. Turnbull(Holmfirth) and R. Danson (Wesham), winning in a personal best time of  33.20. Christopher Tully put in a fine performance to record 38.28 and was followed in by A. Stell (42.50), T.Campbell (49.52) and Paula Stell in 53.41