Tadcaster Harriers Running Club

Double Success for Beginners Running Group

Club News  |  Sep 2, 2016

Earlier this year, Tadcaster Harriers began planning a new Beginners and Improvers Running Group, to start in April 2016. We have run previous groups in 2012, 2014 and 2015, all of which were a success, with each one bigger than the last. Originally planned for 10 weeks, this year’s course was such a huge success that it was extended firstly to the end of July and finally to the end of August. Around 30 new runners signed up and some of them have continued on to become full members of the club. The group also proved popular with existing members returning from a break or from injury. Of course, this couldn’t have happened without the club members who have given up their own time to gain Run Leader qualifications; plus all of the other club members who came down to support the beginners runs.

In February of this year, when we were getting ready to launch the event, Tadcaster was still reeling from the floods and the collapse of the bridge. At the suggestion of Mark Swinden, the club Chairmen, the management committee agreed to donate the registration fees towards Tadcaster Flood relief. The final total raised was £290 and below is the lovely letter from Kirsty, chair of the Tadcaster Flood Support and Fundraising Group.

For more information about Tadcaster Flood Support and Fundraising Group see the facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/tadcasterfloodsupport/

Club Handicap Champion

Club News  |  Aug 18, 2016

Congratulations to Duncan Simpson who is this year's Club Handicap Champion. Just reward for a very consistent season of racing.

Here are is the final table: Handicap Championship

Club Champions

Club News  |  Aug 16, 2016

That's it, the Millennium Bridge 5k was the last event in the Club Championships season and we now have the final results. I'm delighted to announce our new Club Champions - Debbie Dennison and Glen Johnson.

Club Championship (Men)

Club Championship (Women)

YRRL 2016 Winners

Club News  |  Jul 10, 2016

Congratulations to everyone who took part on the YRRL series whether you ran one race or the whole series. If you haven't already seen the overall results, I'm delighted to say a massive well done to:

• Glen Johnson - 2nd overall in the MV50 category
• Mark Swinden - 3rd overall in the M60 category
• Debbie Dennison - 2nd overall in the FV45 category
• Bod Duxbury - 5th overall on Handicap (basically the most improved runners)

Plus a special mention for John Cooke, Carol Walmsley and Celia McRoyall who all recorded top 5 overall finished in their age categories.

Make no mistake, this is a fantastic achievment. This is a very competetive league and to finish the series with a medal/trophy has never been easy - more so now that the league has expanded so much.

War Diary raises funds for Martin House

Other News  |  Jun 17, 2016

We have published a book based on our grandfather's brother's diary from the First World War. Edward died on the Somme at the age of 19 and publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme which started on 1July 1916.

The book is £8 a copy and is available in local newsagents and from Mark Swinden at . All money collected will go to Martin House Children's Hospice.

The book has had a great review in the York Press and features in a major article about a visit by Tadcaster Grammar School pupils to the battlefields, in the Wetherby News this week.

http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/local/moving-experience-for-students-during-trip-to-battlefields-1-7967687

Any support you can give to this will be much appreciated, regards Mark and Jez Swinden.

Pocklington Summer League

Club News  |  May 2, 2016

It was a cold and damp start to this year's "Summer" League. Here are a few photos: