Dave Lee is delighted with the £900 cheque for his children’s charity, now only about £30K short of £2million donated, which is used to send sick and underprivileged children on holiday.

A brilliant run by Sarah finishing in 12th place overall, taking the prize for 1st lady and together with Barbara and Helen giving Harriers the 1st Ladies Team prize

A big turnout from the Harriers with some excellent times over a very challenging course

Despite the windy conditions, some good results from the club members who took part in our May Bank Holiday race, particularly Nannette who managed a PB.

Jacky ran this race, part of the burgeoning Park Run series, whilst on holiday.

Despite the windy conditions, some good results from the club members who took part in our May Bank Holiday race, particularly Nannette who managed a PB.

Congratulations to all 20 of our runners in this years London Marathon with some brilliant times. Congratulations to the debutants and to Wendy on her PB on her birthday! But pride of place must go to the stunning performances by Sarah, ten minutes inside the elite time and bettering her previous PB by over 8 minutes! And Barbara on her PB and at FV52 only 4 minutes outside the womens elite time! And well done to Joe completing his 16th consecutive London Marathon and 17th in total.

A cool, dry day on 22nd April with only a light wind helped the runners taking part and this was conducive to some spectacular performances from Canterbury Harriers. Martin Skeet and Rob Sargeant ran most of the way together and both finished very comfortably within three hours, Martin just going away from Rob in the last 10K. It was, surprisingly, the first time Martin had broken three hours in the event. Jacob Howe had a quite brilliant debut, completing the course at exactly 7 minute mile pace. Dianne August had …

Canterbury Harriers’ men narrowly failed to retain the title they had won last year, but the Harrier women triumphed in their first attempt at the event.
Canterbury Harriers’ men’s team (Laurence Shaw, Graham Brown, Joe Hicks, Steve Clark and Alastair Telford) just missed out on following up their 2000 Saxon Shore Relay success losing out to the Pfizer Discovery section team by less than a minute over almost 47 miles and 5 hours 20 minutes of running.
Whilst the men just lost out, the “Canterbury Harriets”, comprising Carol …

A group of Canterbury Harriers were unexpectedly successful at the 2000 Saxon Shore Relay.

(From left) Laurence Shaw, Joe Hicks, Graham Brown, Bob Davison and Alastair Telford, the 2000 Saxon Shore Relay Champions
(Thanks to Sandra Eady for taking this photo and to Laurence for developing all the photos that we took on the day)

Laurence Shaw’s invitation to join his Saxon Shore Relay Team on 10th June seemed like it would be a good laugh – just a relaxed day out. Graham Brown, his accomplice, also sold the day well, like Laurence …