Successful Debut at Scottish Athletics Indoor League

Date: 30/12/2013
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Kilmarnock Harriers had entered 5 teams: 1 boys U15 , 2 girls U15 and 2 U13 girls for the Scottish Athletics Indoor League, the first time in its club history. The results really show that our junior section can compete with the best clubs in Scotland. Overall it were the…

New Pole Vaulters Wanted

Date: 01/12/2013
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Coach Harald clearing 2.50m for the fist time… There has been progress made with regard to ensuring that pole vault training can continue throughout the winter season. After a period of gentle persuasion staff at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena has kindly agreed that the pole vault mats can be left…

National Coach Development Programme – resources and events

Date: 24/11/2013
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The presentations and resources from the National Coach Development weekend in September are now available on the scottishathletics website – There are also a lot of of video clips uploaded from the workshop – sprinting , conditioning exercises and running mechanics. The running drills are best watched in ascending order as they…

Ayrshire Track & Field Championships

Date: 29/09/2013
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39 Harriers competed at Dam Park for medals at the Ayrshire track & field championships. Although only the first three were rewarded with medals, medals should have really awarded to all competitors, who braved the at times severe weather conditions. Heavy rain and strong gusts made competing very difficult and…

National Coach Development Weekend September 2013

Date: 20/09/2013
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Scottish Athletics held its coach development weekend at the Emirates Indoor Arena, which again proved to be an invaluable learning experience for three Harriers coaches, Donald McIntosh, George Morton and Harald Bartl. The weekend started off with a workshop for coaches, who are enrolled on the new Event Group qualifications (level…

Track & Field Club Championships saw a great turnout from the youngsters

Date: 19/09/2013
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102 Kilmarnock Harriers, ranging from U11 to senior age, competed at the annual club championships, which was held on 8th September at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena. There was a combined total of 70 athletes alone among the younger age groups, U11 and U13. The club championships consists of 4 events,…

Planning as part of preparation for major competitions

Date: 02/09/2013
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The recent web blog just prior to the Scottish Championships was titled ‘Preparation for Scottish Championships are going well‘ and now looking back I can say that careful preparation and planning certainly helped me as a coach to instill confidence in my athletes that things were going into the right…

Numerous PBs at last Open Graded Meeting at Linwood

Date: 01/09/2013
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10 Kilmarnock Harrier travelled to Linwood on 21st August 2013 to compete at the last meeting of the series and it proved to be a very successful event towards the end of the long summer season. In the 100m we had Lorne Kerr (U17) running 13.2 and Erin Connelly clocking…

Track and field championships – seniors

Date: 27/08/2013
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Kilmarnock Harriers annual Track and Field Championships will take place on Sunday 8th September at the AAA. Any seniors who are not running the Cumbria 10 miller, could you please turn out to support this event. This is a fun day that gives you the opportunity to try out different events…

Young Harriers won 5 gold medals at Scottish Championships

Date: 18/08/2013
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being interviewed by the fast speaking Jim Goldie (he used to be known for his fast legs also but that’s a while ago) The Scottish Championships held in Aberdeen was a tremendous success for the U14 junior section of Kilmarnock Harriers. Lauren Greig and Evie Bartl, who are both coached…