Wrekin Harriers

WREKIN HARRIERS ARE AN ENGLAND AFFILIATED RUNNING AND ATHLETICS CLUB IN SHROPSHIRE. AND HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY ENGLAND ATHLETICS TO BE PART OF THEIR LEGACY PROGRAMME TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNGER CHILDREN THROUGH THE FUNETICS PROGRAMME.

Wrekin Harriers is a relatively  new club in Shropshire and have been competing in the Shropshire Young Athletes League and County Championships as well as some Regional and National events. We are a club for junior runners only aged 7-18.  If you would like your child to develop their running and athletic skills please contact us on the link below.

Our coaching team are all UKA qualified and DBS checked, we have all completed Health and Safety and First aid training and most coaches are ex athletes. our head coach has been coaching junior athletes for over 10 years.

Each coaching session is different and is age appropriate, they will vary between focus on speed endurance and distance. The coaching session always start with warm up exercises, then progress to running drills and skills development before moving to the longer run during the cross country season and shorter faster sprints or middle distance runs during the Summer.  Our sessions, during the autumn and winter will include playing with speed, obstacle running (mini hurdles, steps) timed runs and short circuits, hill training and endurance running. 

During the summer we focus on Track and Field events and athletes have the opportunity to try all athletic disciplines. which include Long Jump, High Jump, javelin, discus, shot, relays, hurdles and all track distances which are age appropriate. Our coaching sessions focus on track events followed by either a throwing or jumping coaching element to develop all round athleticism for young athletes.

We will assess your childs ability and will adjust the distance they run accordingly, we will then progress week on week developing their stamina and endurance ability. Our focus will be on developing the correct running posture, pacing, building confidence and stamina for middle distance track racing and for the longer, more challenging Cross Country races.

My name is Geraldine Bush and I am an independent  UKA qualified Athletics and cross country coach. In May 2021 I set up the Wrekin Harriers running group for athletes aged 7-18 years olds  since then we have become an affiliated athletics club through England Athletics.  Our sessions are located at various locations in Telford and Shrewsbury,

Prior to setting up Wrekin Harriers I coached many successful Cross Country teams at Shrewsbury AC, Both boys and girls teams in the following age groups U10's, U11's and U13's and U15's to League and County Champions. Many athletes have been selected to represent Shropshire and Midland teams and have competed at National level in cross country events.  I have also coached many successful Individual middle distance track athletes who have gone on to be ranked in the top 10 in the UK.

Over the years of working in a local school I have coached High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Javelin, Shot, Hurdles, Sprints and Middle distance.

WREKIN HARRIERS COACHING SESSIONS

Saturday 9-10am location Wrekin College, Wellington during the spring and summer months, then Apley Woods, Apley, Telord (5 mins drive from Welligton)

Sunday 10:00-11:00am location Meole Brace School.

Tuesday 6pm-7pm Wrekin College, Wellington in the spring and summer months and Apley Woods/Apley estate during the winter months. (5 mins drive from Wellington)

Next winter 2024 we will offer indoor training in Telford for some athletes who aren't keen on Cross Country running,  there are winter Sportshall competitions our athletes can do during the winter months.

During the winter months we focus on longer runs and our sessions are varied so athletes can train on different terrains at Apley Woods, some at Haughmond Hill, Much Wenlock and Meole Brace.

JOINING OUR CLUB

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE BOOKING ONTO THE RUNS

Wrekin Harriers coaching sessions are pay as you go and are booked via ‘runtogether’

Each session cost £3.50 payment is via BACs to our club account

Our annual membership fee is £20 payment via BACs for athletes under 11 years old and £37 for athletes aged 11 and over (includes £17  England Athletics affiliation fee) registration with England Athletics allows athletes to compete outside the County and at higher level competitions. Athletes will be allocated a  EA URN number and will then have access to their athlete portal on the England Athletics website.

Please contact wrekinharriers@gmail.com before booking a coaching session or 07742 719631 for more information

Our bank details are Wrekin Harriers Lloyds Bank Plc, 30-99-50 41033768 when making payments please use you childs Initial and surname as reference.

All new members must complete our membership form and a medical consent form.

Please contact wrekinharriers@gmail.com or 07742 719631 for more information

After your child has attended his/her first training session and would like to join the club you will be sent the Wrekin Harriers google membership form and medical consent form, please complete both forms. When your child is a paid up member please book on the coaching sessions on 'runtogether' or 'Funetics' when your child is available and forward payment to the Wrekin Harriers bank account. Parents you will need to register  on runtogether before booking runs as only Children over 12 can be registered.

We are in the process of moving over the SPOND for session booking

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