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Harriers (birds)
Harrier may refer to: Animals * Harrier (bird), birds in the genus ''Circus'' * Harrier (dog) Media * Harrier Comics, a defunct British publisher * ''Space Harrier'', a video game series Military * Harrier jump jet, an overview of the Harrier family: ** Hawker Siddeley Harrier, 1st generation Harrier ** British Aerospace Sea Harrier, maritime strike/air defence fighter ** McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, 2nd generation Harrier ** British Aerospace Harrier II, 2nd generation Harrier used by the UK * Hawker Harrier, experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built in the 1920s Sport * Cross-country runner, sometimes referred to as harriers * Faythe Harriers GAA, Faythe Harriers, an Irish hurling team * Kidderminster Harriers F.C., an English football team * One of the following athletics clubs: ** Belgrave Harriers ** Birchfield Harriers ** Coventry Godiva Harriers ** Croydon Harriers ** Eryri Harriers; see Peris Horseshoe ** Hash House Harriers ** Herne Hill Harriers ** Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrier (bird)
A harrier is a member of the genus ''Circus'' in Accipitridae, a family (biology), family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds. The young of the species are sometimes referred to as ring-tail harriers. They are distinctive with long wings, a long narrow tail, the slow and low flight over grasslands and skull peculiarities. The harriers are thought to have diversified with the expansion of grasslands and the emergence of List of C4 plants, grasses about 6 to 8 million years ago during the Late Miocene and Pliocene. Taxonomy The genus ''Circus'' was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. The type species was subsequently designated as the western marsh harrier. Most harriers are placed in this genus. The word ''Circus'' comes from the Ancient Greek ''κρέξ'' (''kréx)'' referring to a long legged bird, and is possibly ultimately derived from an onomat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Godiva Harriers
Coventry Godiva Harriers (CGH) is an athletics club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The club name refers to the notable Lady Godiva of Coventry and the sport of "hare and hounds" cross country running. The club uses the University of Warwick athletics track. History The club was established in 1879. The first Olympian was Charlie Davenport but he did not start the marathon. During the 1960s the club produced three Olympic marathon runners Basil Heatley, Brian Kilby and Bill Adcocks. In 1978 David Moorcroft won Commonwealth Games gold and he repeated the feat four years later. More recently the club has had several athletes compete in World Masters Athletics World Masters Athletics (WMA) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of masters athletics – which includes track and field, cross country, and road running events – as participated by people over 35 years of age. As the need became ... competitions, notable sprinters Brian Darby and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrier LR9 Spyder
Harrier may refer to: Animals * Harrier (bird), birds in the genus ''Circus'' * Harrier (dog) Media * Harrier Comics, a defunct British publisher * ''Space Harrier'', a video game series Military * Harrier jump jet, an overview of the Harrier family: ** Hawker Siddeley Harrier, 1st generation Harrier ** British Aerospace Sea Harrier, maritime strike/air defence fighter ** McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, 2nd generation Harrier ** British Aerospace Harrier II, 2nd generation Harrier used by the UK * Hawker Harrier, experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built in the 1920s Sport * Cross-country runner, sometimes referred to as harriers * Faythe Harriers, an Irish hurling team * Kidderminster Harriers F.C., an English football team * One of the following athletics clubs: ** Belgrave Harriers ** Birchfield Harriers ** Coventry Godiva Harriers ** Croydon Harriers ** Eryri Harriers; see Peris Horseshoe ** Hash House Harriers ** Herne Hill Harriers ** Holmfirth Harrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harrier
Laura Ruth Harrier (born March 28, 1990) is an American actress and model. She began modeling at the age of 17 after she was discovered by a Location scouting, location scout. She moved to New York City where she continued modeling and was represented by agencies such as IMG Models and Wilhelmina Models. She modeled for various mainstream magazines, appeared in campaigns for Urban Outfitters, Macy's and Steve Madden, and was the face of Garnier. After appearing in several commercials and student films, Harrier decided to pursue acting and studied at the William Esper Studio. She was first recognized for her role as Destiny Evans in the 2013 one-season reboot of the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. Harrier's role as Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Peter Parker's love interest Liz (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Liz Allan in ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'' brought her international attention in 2017. She gained further recognition for portraying civil rights activist P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tynedale Harriers
__NOTOC__ Tynedale was a local government district in Northumberland, England. The district had a resident population of 58,808 according to the 2001 census. The main towns were Hexham, Haltwhistle and Prudhoe. The district contained part of Hadrian's Wall and the southern part of Northumberland National Park. With an area of it was the largest English district created in 1974 and remained so until 1996 when it was superseded by the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was bigger than several English counties, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Hertfordshire. It was also the second-least densely populated district (behind Eden, Cumbria). The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Hexham and Prudhoe urban districts, along with Bellingham, Haltwhistle and Hexham rural districts. Tynedale was historically a liberty created alongside the county of Hexhamshire by Henry I of England. The district was abolished as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipton Harriers
Tipton Harriers are a running team based at the Tipton Sports Academy on the Wednesbury Oak Road in Tipton, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. They are regularly on top in the Wharfedale Triangle League, a league between Wolves and Bilston AC, Tipton Harriers and Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers. History Tipton Harriers were created in September 1910, when the members of the Tipton branch of Birchfield Harriers resolved to end their connection and become independent. Soon, over 40 members were meeting and training regularly from a former painters' workshop and store in a loft behind a shop and houses in Waterloo Street. These primitive facilities, sparsely furnished, using two 18 feet square, 8 inches deep beer cooling vats as baths with water heated in an old copper washing boiler, remained the club H.Q. until 1936. The house where the formation took place was demolished in the 1960s. Much of this happened despite serious bomb damage during the Zeppelin raids in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thames Valley Harriers
Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) is an athletics club founded in 1887. It is based at the Linford Christie Stadium, in West London, England. In track and field, TVH competes in the Premiership Division of the National Athletics League (NAL) as well as the Division 1 of the Southern Athletics League. The club has won all of its matches in the NAL since its inception in 2021 and is the sole winner of the Premiership trophy. The club also competes in road running and cross country at national, regional and county level. History Thames Valley Harriers is one of the UK's longest-established and most successful athletics clubs. It was founded in 1887 by seven aspiring cross-country runners who used the 'Peels' coffee house in Richmond Road, West London as a base for their training runs. Christened the Twickenham Harriers, the club flourished and to reflect its widening horizons took the name Thames Valley Harriers on 14 November 1890. TVH became a force both on the track and in end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea Harriers Athletics Club
Swansea Harriers Athletics Club is an athletics club based at the International Sports Village in Swansea, Wales. The facility is owned by Swansea University. The Club currently has about 600 members and participates in Track & Field, Cross Country, Road Running, Race Walking and Fell Running. Training takes place on most evenings, with the main Club nights being Tuesday and Thursday. The Club use the outdoor athletics track and also utilises the adjoining indoor athletics facility. Endurance athletes utilise Swansea Bay with sessions taking place at Swansea Beach, Singleton Park, Clyne Valley, Swansea promenade as well as longer weekend runs to the Gower. History Although athletics has taken place in Swansea since at least the late 19th century it was not until the formation of Cockett Boy's Club in 1955 that the origins of the current club were born. In 1961 Cockett AC became affiliated to Welsh A.A.A. and the following year change their name to Swansea Harriers. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield United Harriers
City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Sheffield, England. It is based at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium. The club competes in the British Athletics League Premiership and Northern Athletics League Division 1. The Young Athletes compete in the National Youth Development League. The Upper and Lower Age Group teams compete in the Northern East Premier Division. History The origins of the club derived from the Sheffield United Harriers who were formed in 1894. The first meeting of the club was reported in the '' Sporting Chronicle'' 22 May 1894. "The first evening meeting of this newly formed club took place yesterday evening at Bramall Lane Bramall Lane is a association football, football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United. The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall ... in fine weather before 1,000 sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranelagh Harriers
Ranelagh Harriers is a road running and cross-country club based in Petersham, Richmond, south-west London, England. The headquarters are its clubhouse, which is behind The Dysart restaurant and right next to Richmond Park, allowing plenty of opportunity for off-road running. Ranelagh athletes compete in many events from the 5k to ultramarathons on a variety of terrains, and in the Surrey Road League and the Surrey Cross Country League. The early days Ranelagh Harriers was founded in 1881, and so is one of the oldest athletics clubs in the United Kingdom. It was one of the founder members of the English Cross Country Union, in 1883, and is now one of only eleven of those founder members still in existence. The club's first home was at the Green Man on Putney Heath, and the earliest recorded runs were out to the Windmill on Wimbledon Common and back. Re-development forced the club to look for a new home during the mid-1930s, and a suitable site was found in an old pavilion a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmfirth Harriers
Holmfirth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley; the boundary of the Peak District National Park is to the south-west. The town is sited on the A635 road, A635 and A6024 road, A6024 roads in the Holme Valley, at the confluence of the River Holme and River Ribble, West Yorkshire, Ribble. It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled on the eastern slopes of the Pennines, Pennine hills. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Holmfirth was a centre for pioneering film-making by Bamforth & Co Ltd, Bamforth & Co., which later switched to the production of saucy seaside postcards. Between 1973 and 2010, Holmfirth and the Holme Valley became well known as the filming location of the BBC's situation comedy ''Last of the Summer Wine''. In 2023, the filming location of Sid's Cafe in the town centre was preserved. There is a Last of Summer win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herne Hill Harriers
The Herne Hill Harriers is an amateur athletics sports club based at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London. The club caters to all levels and ages of track, field, road running and cross-country running and begins training athletes at age 11 and offers “Star Track” an opportunity for younger children to get involved at the end of July each year. History The club was founded in the Herne Hill district of London in 1889 and completed their first handicap event in 1890. Joe Deakin won the club's first Olympic Gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Leagues Herne Hill Harriers athletes are involved in a number of different leagues and competitions. The men's track and field team competes in the second and third division of the Southern men's league as well as the Rosenheim league involving other local clubs. The women's track and field team competes in the UK women's athletics league while younger athletes compete as a part of the National young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
