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URGENT – Junior Training Cancelled tonight due to the weather

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Due to the persistent rain and with no sign of improvement we have decided to cancel Erme Valley Harriers Junior Training tonight at Ivybridge Community College
The tracks get very slippery and we cannot throw or jump safely.

Hopefully we will be back to normal next week.
Please pass on this message to anyone you may know who would normally attend.

Good luck to all those representing their schools in Saturday’s Devon Schools championships.

 

Well done to the 60 Seniors and Juniors who took part in the first Fun club relay in Filham
It was a brilliant evening if a bit chaotic at times
the atmosphere was great and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Well done to Pete for setting it up and to all our team of helpers and marshals

Results are posted here >>>

We look forward to the next one.

The results from the June handicap have also been posted

 

 

Dartmoor Discovery and records fall in Swansea

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Medals should be awarded to Jenny Hayes and Emma Lake for surviving the
horrendous conditions at the Dartmoor Discovery Ultra Marathon on Dartmoor
(Saturday 6th June) as they encountered strong winds and torrential rain.
Jenny was 72nd in 5.44.13 and Emma 73rd in 5.44.08 (these are chip timings)

We had  four athletes in the Swansea Half on Sunday. Simon Fitze (1.16.29) set a new
vet 50 age record by breaking the time of 1.19.14 set by Mike Hansen in Taunton in
2009. Alison McEwing (1.18.32) broke her own vet 35 and Senior Road Record set
in Farnborough in 2023. The Mitchell’s also took part in the race

Swansea Half Marathon

71                      Simon Fitze                                      1:16:29                            6th M50                                     NCR
108                   Alison Mcewing                              1:18:32                             12th Female   4th F35    pb    NCR
2124                 Andrew Mitchell                             1:47:22
2889                 Andrea Mitchell                             1:54:41

In the June race of the Run Exe 5K series Luke Hayes had a good run to finish 11th
overall and 1st male under 18, with a time of 16.38.
Nick Bristow was 55th in 18.37 and Barry Neal 107th in 20.52
The race is of a very high standard with the June race being won by Freddie Wybrow
of Tavistock AC in a time of 15.40. Second was his club colleague Eldon Young, with
the same time. Both athletes are under 16!

We had just three athletes in the Armada team for the SW League on Sunday.
Tommy Saunders won the U12 boys Shot with a new pb of 6.81m (2kg)
Ben Bristow did the 5000m in 18.30.54 and also the Javelin with a throw of 26.40m
Feranmi Olaoye ran 12.61s for the 100m

Also Matt Gilvear won the Leamington Half today with a time of 70 minutes 16 seconds.
That is little over a minute in side the championship qualifying time for the London Marathon  there was 3000 runners  in the race but spread across 15k and half

Also on Tuesdaty evening Graham Reed ran the Clevedon 10K finishing 11th in 35.14
Well done to those runners who took part in the Armada 5K on Wednesday

17              Adam Griffiths          20.23
19              Neil Squires               20.34
26             Alan Gatling               21.32
33             Barry Neal                  22.19
112 1       Carol Hansen               31.25

 

 

EVH donation from Ivybridge 10K to WATER

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Erme Valley Harriers were very pleased to donate £500 to the Wild About the Erme River Charity (WATER) following the Ivybridge 10K.
These were from the runners who decided not to receive a T-shirt and sales of T-shirts to the members.
is a catchment-focused environmental charity working to restore the Erme River, its tributaries and habitat to their naturally healthy state.
The aim of this local charity is to safeguard people and wildlife from the harmful effects of pollution and to protect and improve the water quality and biodiversity of the Erme’s entire catchment area, its estuary and beaches.
Their website is here for info >>>
Pictured is Keith Reed and Sharon Terry from the club with Charlotte Grezo from the charity at the Rivers and Moorland Festival in Ivybridge