Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hardcastle ya gama na biyu a tseren mita 800 na kyauta a gasar zakarun Burtaniya a 1982, yana da shekaru 13. An zaɓe ta don tawagar Ingila a Wasannin Commonwealth na 1982 a Brisbane, inda ta kai wasan karshe na tseren mita 800. A shekarar 1983 ta lashe lambar tagulla a tseren mita 800 a gasar zakarun Turai
, yana da shekara 14.