LATEST   Zoe Derham Has Set her Sights on the British Record
August 7, 2008
Birchfield Harriers hammer thrower Zoe Derham has set her sights on breaking the British record when she starts her Olympic campaign in Beijing. The Stagbearer knows that she will probably have to smash her personal best to even make the final in China. And she has targeted the British recor.....

 

Stags Place Fifth in BAL Fixture at Hendon
August 7, 2008
Birchfield Harriers placed fifth in their penultimate British Athletics League Premiership fixture of the season at Hendon on Saturday and occupy the same position in the league table within one match remaining in London on 16 August. Konrad Konemeski was runner up in the Triple Jump with a 14.82.....

Eden Francis Achieves UK Women’s League Double Victory at Hendon
August 7, 2008
Eden Francis accomplished an impressive shot and discus double victory for Birchfield Harriers in their final UK Women’s League fixture in windy changeable weather conditions last Saturday at Hendon. The 19-year old who is the England Senior Indoor Shot Put champion came within four centimetres o.....

Oliver McNeillis Is Runner Up in International Decathlon in Kent
July 31, 2008
Oliver McNeillis improved by 95 points to achieve a personal best score of 7,444 points to secure second place overall in the individual standings for Great Britain in an Under 23 International Decathlon match last weekend at the Julie Rose Stadium at Ashford. The 20 -year old from Hagley claime.....

Birchfield Harriers Win Midland Junior League with Near Perfect Points Total
July 31, 2008
An enthusiastic group of teenagers from the West Midlands rose bright and early last Sunday morning to make the road journey to Swansea University. Their mission was to consolidate their position at the top of the Midland Premiership Junior League table, win the League title and book their place in .....

Kelly Sotherton Wins Four Event Challenge at the Crystal Palace
July 30, 2008
Kelly Sotherton ignored doctor’s orders to win the Women’s four event challenge at the Crystal Place last weekend with ease - despite a farcical start to the second event which had to be run at the end of the programme on Friday night. The 31-year-old Birchfield Harrier pulled her abductor muscle.....

Reece Thomas Captains England Team to School’s Victory
July 24, 2008
Saturday 19 July 2008 is likely to live long in Reece Thomas’s memory bank as the day that he threw the Shot Put further than ever before to win his event and captained England to victory in the annual Schools International match at Bedford. The 16-year old who recently completed his studies at H.....

Olympians Prepare for Beijing in Perry Barr
July 23, 2008
A quartet of Birchfield Harriers who have been selected to represent Great Britain in next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing were in action much closer to home on Sunday when the Midland Counties with the support of UK Athletics successfully staged the first ever outdoor Birmingham Games at the Alexa.....

Tom Parsons and Zoe Derham Win National Titles
July 19, 2008
Birchfield heptathletes Kelly Sotherton and Julie Hollman plus high jumper Tom Parsons are in the first wave of athletes to be selected for next month’s Olympics. Zoe Derham, who won the hammer competition at the Olympic Trials at the Alexander Stadium on Saturday, must wait to see if she has don.....

Meghan Beesley Wins World Junior 400m Hurdles Bronze Medal
July 18, 2008
Birchfield Harriers teenager Meghan Beesley produced the performance of her fledgling athletics career to clinch bronze at the World Junior Championship in Poland - a feat which she admits still ’hasn’t sunk in yet’. The 400m hurdler, who almost missed making it through to the s.....

Three Stags Receive England Call Up For International Match
July 16, 2008
A trio of 16-year old Birchfield Harriers were rewarded for their medal winning performances in the Intermediate Boys age group at the All England Schools Championships at Gateshead with selection to represent England Schools in the annual Home Nations International fixture against Scotland, Norther.....

Four Birchfield Harriers Win English Schools Titles at Gateshead
July 16, 2008
Josh Newman won his first All England Schools title to add to his growing list of national honours at Gateshead last Saturday. The 14-year old from Walsall who is a pupil at Arthur Terry School won the Junior Boys Shot competition by the considerable margin of two and a half metres with 16.11 metres.....

Robert Davis and Jordan McGrath Win World Junior Silver Medals
July 11, 2008
Birchfield Harriers Robert Davis and Jordan McGrath who are both coached by Tony Hadley were celebrating last week after helping themselves to 4x400m silver medals at the World Junior Championships in Poland. Solihull-born McGrath, who anchored the team home, and Davis who captained the Relay squ.....

Holly Smith Places Fourth on Her England Debut at Leamington
July 1, 2008
Teenage walker Holly Smith did not have to board a plane or worry about coping with foreign food when she made her England Junior debut at the Leamington Race Walking Grand Prix. In only her second ten kilometres race, the 17-year old achieved fourth place in a time of 55 minutes 04 seconds which.....

Ed Overcomes Hurdle to Earn World Junior Place
June 28, 2008
Birchfield Harrier Edirin Okoro overcame an unlikely obstacle to become a national hurdles champion last weekend- the theft of racing spikes minutes before the England Junior Final. The teenager with the assistance of some friends managed to overcome this setback to achieve his long held ambition.....