GREAT WEST OPEN – KEN TRICKEY MEMORIAL 2025

SUNDAY APRIL 13th at Exeter Arena

The Great West Open – Ken Trickey Memorial is an early season open event for athletes across the South West, organised by Exeter Harriers, for the U11 age group and upwards.

All children over 8 years old are actively encouraged to compete: it does not matter what standard they are and help will be given by the officials so they know what to do.

Programme to be confirmed

Entry Form - click here

Late entries will not be accepted, the closing date is Thursday 10 April 2025 at midnight. You may amend your entry provided you do this before the closing time.

See the entry form for detailed information.

EXETER HARRIERS EVENING OPEN MEETINGS - 2025

At Exeter Arena

Entry Form - click here 

Please take care to make sure that the athlete name is correct beforre submission, autofill on your browser will try to put a parent's name in! All children over 8 years old are actively encouraged to compete: it does not matter what standard they are and help will be given by the officials so they know what to do.

  1. Dates                                             Closing Dates (Midnight)
  • Tuesday April 29th                          Sunday April 27th
  • Tuesday May 27th                           Sunday May 25rd
  • Tuesday June 24th                          Sunday June 22nd
  • Tuesday July 29th                           Sunday July 27th
  • Tuesday August 26th                      Sunday August 24th
  • Tuesday September 30th                Sunday September 28th 

(Note - no training on these evenings)

  1. Timetables                               
  • Programmes to be confirmed
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  1. South West Sapphire League – Some of the Evening Open meeting are likely to be fixtures for the SOUTH WEST SAPPHIRE LEAGUE (to be confirmed). The events and details for the Sapphire League can be found in here:  Sapphire League
  1. BMC Races – these usually take place at 8pm in the April to August open meetings (to be confirmed). Entry is through the BMC website: BMC
  1. Entry fee is £12 – (to be confirmed) this is payable through the entry form.
  1. Age groups: ages are as on 31st August 2025.
  1. Maximum number of events
    • All age groups - 3 events
  1. Restrictions
    • U13s cannot do both 800m and 1500m
    • U15s can only do one race of 800m or longer.
  1. TRACK races - where possible, these will be graded.
  1. FIELD Events – 3 trials for U11 & U13, 4 trials for U15 & above.
  1. Late entries will not be accepted, see closing dates above. However, you may amend or postpone an entry to a later meeting in the series provided you do this before the closing time.

General

GDPR. See Terms and Conditions

All athletes must assent to the appropriate Code of Conduct, and to the England Athletics Anti-doping statement.

Volunteers We rely on volunteer help to ensure events can run smoothly. If you can help to support our qualified officials, and would be willing to do tasks such as; raking a sandpit, pulling a tape through to measure a long-jump or adjusting the high jump bar, please email open@exeterharriers.org.uk
If you would like to train as qualified Official, please see Volunteering and contact us. Thank you in anticipation

Photography: These are public events; therefore, it is not possible to prevent photographs of any particular individual from appearing in the media. If this is a problem for you, you are advised not to take part.