Juniors meet the first and third Saturday of each month. Meet outside the cricket club in Low Road 10:00am - 11:00am Children need to be over eight years old and will be able to participate in the following club events -
- Cross-country races
- Junior 1mile series - part of the 5k series
- Club aquathons - swim / run
- Annual Easter egg hunt
- Children's Christmas party
TRAINING SESSIONS - Carol Cordwell I am a level 2 coach and I take the Saturday morning sessions along with another member of the running club.We offer a variety of training with a mixture of speed and endurance running. It all takes place on the grass or around the sea front in Harwich, so the area is safe for juniors. We do not do any track work. Our training is organised to cover all ages and abilities with a selection of games and relays included in the session, this helps to promote recovery and add to the fun aspect of the morning. At the present time we have a mixure of children ranging from 8 to 14 years. We are a friendly group and we try to make the session enjoyable whilst having a good workout. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month only. We meet at 10am until approximately 10.50am at the Cricket Club car park, Low Road, Dovercourt. Three times a year we hold open mornings for all the children and the family and friends of the Juniors. These could be 1 mile runs or sports mornings instead of training sessions. We do not hold sessions in August. For juniors under 11 years we charge £5 for the year. Juniors between 11 and 14 years have to pay £10 which includes a fee for UK Athletics. I would suggest that you attend one or two sessions before committing yourself to joining the club. Clothing is up to the individual as long as sensible trainers are worn.TRAINING DATES FOR 2012 Saturday 4th February
Carol and Trevor JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRIES Very soon the Cross country races will begin and here is some information about them. Over the winter we have a series of Cross Country races. These occur on Sundays and will now start at 10am. This means that they will take place before the adult races from now on. It is advisable to arrive around 9.30am to allow time to book in, etc. Juniors over the age of 8 years old on the race day are able to take part in each race of approximately 1 mile. The race is normally set over a part of the adult Cross Country course. It is well attended and many prizes are awarded to the winners. There are also prizes for the different age groups. Juniors now need to be members of Harwich Runners as the cross countries races are now only open to club runners. Kurt Barrington is our Junior Rep and he will be booking Juniors into the races and making a note of their results. His telephone number is at the bottom of the page. He will also be assisted by Claire Bransby and Gary Donoghue. So if you are interested in taking part, please let Kurt know (or one of the others) and they will give you any additional information you need. There may be a charge for taking part. Please note that cross countries can be cold, wet and muddy, but most find them very enjoyable, so why not have a go. Some people wear spikes or trail shoes to run in, but trainers are okay as well. The dates and venues for the Cross Countries are as follows: Sunday 6th November 2011 at Harwich. The top of Lunish Hill, Ramsey. (This is a Harwich Runners event so please give it a try.) Sunday 27th November 2011 at Springfield, Hylands Park, Chelmsford. Sunday 11th December 2011 at Halstead, Gosfield school. Sunday 15th January 2012 at Hadleigh, Duke Street. Sunday 29th January 2012 at Ipswich, Martlesham Heath. Sunday 12th February 2012 at Witham, Notley Park. You can take part in just one or all of the races. The choice is up to you, but we imagine that once you have taken part in one race, you will be keen to do it again. We hope that this information will be helpful. Kurt Barrington tel:01255 556129 or Claire Bransby tel: 07792 951862 Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Carol CordwellTelephone: 01206 395103 JUNIOR NEWS JANUARY 2012 Junior Runner of the Year - Jake Kerrison It is always very hard to decide who to choose as we are very lucky to have so many Juniors who show promise and who are a delight to have at the junior training. We then began our Christmas run and with Father Christmas in attendance and taking part, the children completed the two laps of our one mile course. Although we do not time the race, the Barringtons managed a hat trick with Jack first, George second and Archie third. They were followed by Sarah Hughes, forth and Theo Sanderson, fifth. We would like to thank everyone who attended our run and hope that they enjoyed their presents from Father Christmas. We would also like to thank all those who helped, with a special mention to Janet and Marilyn and of course Father Christmas. We have had a very successful term at our training sessions. We still aim to provide a session that is suitable for all ages (between 8 and 14 years) and abilities. Please remember to wear enough clothing when it is cold. You can always take a layer off if you get too hot. Jack and Becca have been assisting myself and Trevor for courses they are doing. They have been very helpful. We still have the 1 mile Easter run to provide a date for. Instead of the summer run we are going to have a morning of races and games open to everyone, We have the 1 miles runs during our 5k series to come. Cross countries are still going on. We wish you all a Happy New Year. Carol and Trevor NOVEMBER 2011 The session on Saturday 3rd December will be taken by Peter Clarke, definitely not one to be missed. This will be our last training session before Christmas because we have the Christmas Run on Saturday 17th December. We hope that you have enjoyed the sessions you have attended and will return for our first session of Junior training on Saturday 7th January 2012. We hope you have a lovely Christmas. On Saturday 16th July we held our Fun Sports Morning. We had around 15 children attend despite the torrential rain. We were very lucky we had rain to start and rain to finish, but we were able to use the grass and it stayed dry in between. We did a mixture of runs and races like the three legged race. Anyway, we had a fun time and we would like to thank all those who attended. We hope that you have all enjoyed the summer holidays and we hope you are now ready for the autumn term. We were pleased to see several juniors at the first session in September and now everyone is well rested we can begin our training again.
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Coach: Carol 01206 395103 & Colin 01255 473978