Successful debut in pole vault competition at Grangemouth Stadium

Date: 02/05/2013
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Kilmarnock Harriers pole vault group travelled to Grangemouth stadium on Wednesday 1st May to compete for the first time in this event. The group consisting of Evie Bartl, Cara Baillie (both U15) and coach Harald felt fairly confident after the last training sessions, where all athletes registered good clearances over…

Highland Fling Relay 2013

Date: 28/04/2013
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Two years after running the Highland Fling as solo runners John Cairns, Al Murray and Mike Corson were joined by Stephen Gilmour to take the easier option and enter a relay team for the event, a 53 mile run on the southern half of the West Highland Way from…

First Ayrshire Harriers Meeting on Sunday 14th April 2013 News Report covering U17 to seniors courtesy of Reed Wyper

Date: 26/04/2013
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In the 3000m for seniors, Iain Connell ran a strong of 9:32.4 placing first with Murray McDonald in 2nd clocking a time of 11:22.4 and also Kenny Wales in 3rd finishing with 12:32.6. For the senior women, Kara Tait ran well with her time of 10:35.5 with Lindsay McMahon shortly…

News report about Linwood Meeting 24th April 2013 courtesy of Reed Wyper

Date: 26/04/2013
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On a cold, blustery night, many Kilmarnock Harrier athletes travelled up to Linwood, Glasgow to compete at the Dunren Open Graded meeting. Events ranged from 100m through to javelin. In the 100m, 15 athletes competed all over 8 heats: In the first heat, Roy Shankland (U20), Scott Young(U20) and Kuda…

Beinn Dubh Hill Race

Date: 25/04/2013
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Another week, another hill race….this time Beinn Dubh, just outside Luss and the 2nd race in the Bog & Burn Scottish hill race series. Once again Roddy and I made the journey on a beautiful sunny evening (very different from last weeks windswept Kaim Hill), with views of Loch Lomond,…

Annual membership fees now due

Date: 23/04/2013
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Annual membership fees for 2013/14 were agreed at the AGM and were unchanged. It was confirmed that the nightly / monthly attendance fee is payable for the use of indoor or outdoor facilities at AAA including warm up activities and circuits. Fee details can be found at : http://www.kilmarnockharriers.com/club-fees/ Payment…

Dumfries Open Meeting a huge success for Kilmarnock Harriers

Date: 21/04/2013
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Results are now available at: click here A big thumbs up to everyone, who contributed to the huge success at the Dumfries Open Meeting this Sunday (21st April). I personally have been attending meetings at Dumfries with my own girls for the last 5 years but this was something special. In…

Virgin London Marathon 2013

Date: 21/04/2013
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Killie Athletes join thousands in London. On Sunday morning (April 21st), 5 Kilmarnock Harriers took to the streets of London as the World famous Virgin London Marathon took place. With all having trained and raced well in the lead up to the race, each had their own goals, ranging from…

Keep calm and run Kaim Hill

Date: 18/04/2013
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Organiser Scott McKendrick presented a slightly different race route this year which cut out most of the trod up the side of the glen and instead, took us across the burn after about 100m up the glen, through a kissing gate and diagonally across a field towards Kaim hill. A long…

Welcome to Kilmarnock Harriers Pole Vault Group

Date: 14/04/2013
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Kilmarnock Harriers are proud to offer a new exciting field event to our young athletes (age group U15 and above): Pole Vault. What initially only began as an experiment will now become a permanent feature in the curriculum among the other field events currently on offer to our young athletes. The…