Here We Go Again!Yes, it’s finally here. That character building season filled with mud, wet and tears is now upon us! After a long (and successful) track and field season, it’s time to fit those longer spikes and stock up on the washing powder as we welcome in the new cross country season. As usual, […]
On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of September, Charlotte Rutter competed in the English Schools Combined Events Championships in Exeter. She was competing in the heptathlon as a Cleveland athlete, having qualified as one of the highest national individual scorers following the regional rounds in June. The weekend was a fantastic sporting event with a
Sally Dale and Tony Williams were in Sprint duathlon at the on a traffic free circuit at the test track at the Nissan plant in Sunderland. This event consisted of a 5k run, flat and fast 20k bike, 2.5k run. The run consisted of 1 full lap of the track followed by two shorter laps
The club had two Juniors at the NECAA Pentathlon on 21st of September at Jarrow. Our U13 multievent duo, Tori Buckley and Ashton Harrison took to the Track and Field for the last event of the season and gave it their all as per usual for these two enthusiastic young athletes. As is the norm,
At last week’s Darlington Trail Series, race 6, The Baydale Beck 5km Dylan Wilson was actually first Harrier home finishing in 5th place finishing in a time of 20:46 four seconds ahead of Andrew Bainbridge who I reported took top honours for first club runner home.Well done Dylan, terrific running.
The weeks races kicked off on home turf again at the latest Darlington Trail Series, race 6, The Baydale Beck 5km. It was Andrew Bainbridge who took the honours for first club runner home finishing in 6th place in 20:50 with a number of impressive performances through the field of 105 competitors. Full results can
Tony Winward really has had an exceptional year with the club and his performances have been nothing less than excellent. This weekend Tony was in action in Sheffield at the 10km race and once again a similar result was achieved asTony finished in 20th position in 36:58.Superb running Tony, all your hard work paid off
Ben Applewhite was the solo Harrier running at this weekends Hull Marathon, a race that takes athletes through the town of Hessle before heading through West Hull, the historic city centre, Victoria Dock and finishing in the magnificent East Park. Ben clocked himself at 4:03:27 but is currently missing from the overall results. A fantastic
Sunday saw the start of the Cross Country Season at Thirsk as athletes get to test their speed around 2.2 miles as part of a relay team. This is a great introduction to the season so fantastic to see many of our newer members having a go and getting involved.Results for this will be released
Penny Skilton and Lou Kavanagh were in action this Sunday at the Falls and Castle Trail race, a race which covers 7 miles from Boldon Castle, near Leyburn. Both of our ladies made it round in one piece but both confirmed it was hard work for all competitors. Well done both of you! Results yet
Plasterer Iain Girard, and his wife Rachel, headed North for this weekends Scottish Half and 10km events. Described as seriously flat and rapid over both courses this sounds like an event that may grow. Iain, running the half marathon, finished in 1328th position in a time of 1:59:00, while Rachel battled through the pain in
Top Team Spirit From JuniorsWe’re now in that transition period between the end of the Track & Field season and the start of the Cross Country season, and you’ve probably heard about the various relay events on offer. Just recently we reported on the NYMAC relays at Stewart Park; the annual Thirsk Flatts relays have
We had a couple of our athletes at the North East Masters Pentathlon Championships on a warm Saturday at Monkton Stadium. Both male and females compete in the Shot Putt, Long Jump,200m,Javelin and 1500m (for men) or 800m (for women). No official results have been released yet but we know that Lindsey Lester on the
Alex Boyer went up to Sunderland last Saturday to get in an early season race at the Ken Jefferson Memorial Farringdon Cross Country. The course was a 1.8mile, undulating path with lots of tight turns and a steep water jump. Alex put in a fantastic effort and won the U13 race by a clear 30
Three of our Junior Girls travelled to the coast last weekend for one of the final Track and Field meetings of this season. Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Athletics Club hosted an open medal meeting which was mostly attended by clubs from the North West, but Kate Williams, along with Rosie & Lily Thompson were flying
JulianWaller and friend IanTaylor took on the One Foot in the Gargrave Challenge, a 23 mile walk/run from Gargrave Village Hall as part of the Long Distance Walkers Association. Julian finished 12th out of the 140 competitors in 4 hours 31 minutes. I don’t believe it!!!!Well done Julian and Ian.
Last Sunday was the annual showdown between the two Youth Development League teams where the North East took on Yorkshire in a regional Inter-League match. Teams had been selected from athletes who had taken part in their relative YDL meetings of this season, and there were an impressive 20 athletes from the Darlington/Allerton team representing
Pauline and Ian Brown headed to Salford to take on the UK Fast 10km City race. This is a race which sees all profits being donated to local charities around the city which is an excellent idea and something our club has been discussing for 2020. On the day it was Pauline who was first
Sunday saw the annual Great North Run take place, a race which two of our club members (Paul Kelly and Harry Singh) have ran since it’s introduction in 1981, an amazing feat! This event attracts tens of thousands of competitors, many of whom raise thousands of pounds for their chosen charity and sees runners making
