ROCHDALE HARRIERS won a string of medals at the Winter Warm-Up athletics event on 19th March 2006 at Stanley Park Arena, Blackpool.

17 year-old Matthew Proctor entered the Senior Men’s 400m event and won the final in a time of 53.9 seconds.   The talented youngster also made third place in the 600m race (1 min 28.8 sec). 

The Rochdale team was also  successful in the junior level competitions.     

In the under 17 women category, Lorna Halliday won silver for her 100m run (15.2 sec) and came 6^th in the 200m race (34.5 sec).   

Rebecca Jones won the discuss event in the under 15 women category.  Her throw was an impressive 12.45m. In the same age category Gina Thornton made 4^th place in the 200m race (31.3 sec). 

In the boys under 13’s, James Telford came second in the long jump with an excellent  distance of 3.55m.   Tim James made 6^th place with 2.97m.