LATEST   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.....

 

Mo’s Girls Are Crowned National Under 13 Champions
May 14, 2008
Birchfield Harriers added to their long list of national titles when the Stagbearers who are coached by harriers stalwart and Life Vice President Mo Graham won the Race Walking Girls Under 13 individual and team titles at London’s Victoria Park. The individual gold medal and title of national cha.....

Holly Smith Makes National Winning 10K Debut in Essex
April 10, 2008
Teenage Race Walker Holly Smith successfully moved up in distance to win the National Junior (Under 20) Race Walking 10K title at Colchester in Essex on Sunday. The seventeen year old who was the Birchfield Harriers Athlete of the Month for January 2007 before missing the whole of the last summer.....

Harriers Win Four Cups at the Midland Race Walking Champs
March 19, 2008
Eight Birchfield Harriers made a highly successful journey down the M6 and M69 motorways to Leicester’s Abbey Park last Saturday and returned with no less than four cups from the Midland Race Walking Championships 17-year old Holly Smith was a convincing winner of the Midland Women’s Under 20 ra.....

2007 1st Midlands Winter League - Report
October 14, 2007
Report/Results Under 13 Boys & Girls 2k Birchfields junior racewalking team have come a long way in just a few short months. On a dull but dry afternoon the Under 13’s lined up for the 2 kilometre walking race in the Midland Area Winter League. From the start Eleanor Mills of .....

Karen Walks 77 Miles to Win Hard Earned Bronze Medal
September 21, 2007
Race walker Karen Davies bravely fought her way through fatigue and the pain barrier to walk 123.5 kilometres (or 77.2 miles) to accomplish the first podium place in many years for Great Britain at the prestigious International 28 Hour Race Walk in Roubaix, near Lille in France. The 45-year old .....

Keera Rayment Wins ESSA Race Walk Bronze Medal at Exeter
September 15, 2007
Keera Rayment was rewarded for making the journey down the M5 motorway to Exeter last Saturday with the bronze medal in the Senior Girls Race Walk at the English Schools Championships. 17-year old Keera who is one of several talented and hard working race walkers who are coached at the Alexander .....

Birchfield Walkers out in Strength
September 1, 2007
Eleven race walkers claimed a brace of medals for Birchfield at the Jim Sharlott Walks and British Masters in Leicester. The team has been growing this year due to the determination of the walks coaches and the addition of several talented youngsters to the team. The Senior 10km race was the B.....

50km National Championships / 100 Mile Centurion Walk
July 28, 2007
Saturday/Sunday, 28th/29th July 2007 Birchfield were out in force for the toughest challenge on the racewalking calendar. The 100 mile walk is the hardest athletics event held in the UK, whilst the 50km racewalk is the toughest athletics event in the Olympics. Despite both events being held si.....

Birchfield Harriers Receive National Race Walking Award
April 19, 2007
The extent of the progress made by their Race Walking section in the last twelve months was officially recognised when Birchfield Harriers received the ’Sparta Trophy’ as the ’Most Improved Race Walking Club’ of the last year at the National 20K championships at Coventry. Whilst in recent years, the.....

Harriers Win Midland Race Walking Team Medals
March 28, 2007
Birchfield Harriers maximised their home advantage to win two sets of team medals when the Midland Counties Race Walking Championships were staged at Perry Park last Saturday. Holly Smith who was Birchfield Harriers Athlete of the Month for January completed the five kilometres course in a time .....

Birchfield Harriers Long Distance Race Walkers Win again
July 1, 2006
Saturday 1 July in temperatures up to 26°C at Blackpool’s Stanley Park, at 7am, saw the start of the 98th Annual 50 Mile Walking Race. Birchfield entered 5 men, Lancashire Walking Club, the hosts, entered 5 men and Redcar entered 4 men. These were the contenders for the team prize that Birchfield ha.....

Blackpool 50 Miles Race walk Challenge - Results
July 1, 2006
The Blackpool 50 Miles Race walk Challenge Pos Name Club Time 1 Martin Fisher Yorks RWC 9.19.47 2 Dave Jones Redcar RWC 9.32.10 3 Graham Jackson York CIU 9.32.34 4 Chris Flint London Vid 9.51.17 5 Joe .Hardy Lancs W.....

104th Bradford Open and Northern Championships
May 29, 2006
Some interesting facts and comments

• With nine people finishing in under 6 hours this was a small but fast field this year.
• Most years the winner takes about 5hours or just under.
• The two Midland Area clubs provided the only two full teams.
• Winner Steve Arnol.....
  
  

Roy Tilling Relays Race Walking Results
May 24, 2006
Alexander Stadium 3000m Walk (Grade A) Club 1 Mark Williams Tamworth 13.06 M40 2 Holly Smith Birchfield H 16.07 U17W 3 John Constandinou Birchfield H 16.19 SM 4 Keera Rayment Birchfield H 17.39 U17W 5 Karen Davies Birchfield H 17.44 SW 6 Hannah Chetwynd-Morsely Birchfield H 18.46 U15G 7 Ju.....

Birchfield Trio of Sexagenarians in Double Team Medal Haul
May 6, 2006
In last Saturdays Racewalking Birchfield Open, and Men and Women’s Masters 20k Championships in Sutton Park. Tony Collins age 63 was 6th overall in 124:58, Brian Nelson age 68 came 11th overall in 130:54 and David Fall age 61 completed the team in 13th place overall with 132:11. These perfor.....