John Hall and Sarah Johnson were both in action at the Costello Stadium in Hull this weekend. Although official results have yet to be released, John claimed a silver medal and a new personal best in the 100m race with a 13.7sec run and followed it up with a gold in the 400m race. Sarah, […]
Two of our top all-rounders were in action last weekend as teams from Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire battled it out for a place at the English Schools Combined Events National Finals. Under 15, Nat Bell was part of the Durham Junior Boys team competing in a one day Pentathlon on the
It was a proud day when, after another hard fought victory, the DHAC/Allerton composite team were finally crowned as NEYDL Division 2 (South) Champions. They can now look forward to competing against the ‘big guns’ in Division 1 next season. The final meeting of the four was as action packed as ever with some top
Seven of our Junior Harriers were part of the Carmel college team that travelled to Hull recently for the next round of the ESAA Track & Field Cup. As clear winners of the 1st round against other schools within the County, they now moved on to the Regional ‘A’ Finals to take on their counterparts
Today saw the return of the Cleveland Way relays, a race on one of twelve designated National Trails. Starting at the historic market town of Helmsley the 110 mile walk skirts the upland ridge on the edge of the North York Moors National Park before reaching the coast to end at Filey. This is a
Ian Brown was in Yorkshire this weekend taking on the Half ironman. A half ironman consists of a 1.9km swim, 90km bike and a 21.1 km run.Official times have yet to be released although Ian completed this in 6 hours 20.Ian now says he is officially retired…..lets see Ian! Well done.
On Saturday we had a handful of Harriers in action at Monkton Stadium at the Northern Masters T&F. With a number of events on offer we had a number of athletes doing multiple disciplines with multiple success. All athletes achieved a medal in every event with some achieving enough gold to make Mr T jealous!Fantastic
The Whorlton Run is one of our longest lived races, starting as a summer fete event, the fell race emerged. Its a bit of a marmite race for fell runners, with a road start and finish, one main steep climb, shortly followed by a steep disengage your conscious thoughts mile descent. Dave McKenna was top
TonyWinward was again in midweek action,this time at the Sunshine 5km race. This fun run which takes place on Newcastle Quayside with an aim to raise £50,000 for disabled children so an event worth getting involved in.Tony continued his impressive form to finish 4th in a new personal best of 17:15. Brilliant achievement Tony, well
Hundreds of junior athletes competed in one of the major events of the English Schools’ Track & Field calendar recently. Gateshead International Stadium played host to the young hopefuls who have already achieved great things by representing their County, but wanted to go one step further by doing the same at the English Schools’ National
Anne Hutchinson took on an almighty challenge this weekend as she threw herself into an Ironman event in the heart of the Lake District, Keswick.This classic event consists of a 2.4mile swim, 112 mile bike ride followed by a full marathon. Anne, looked to enjoy the whole experience smiling throughout, absolutely smashed it finishing in
It was another successful day at the Track and Field event 2 on Sunday at Hexham. Team captains Paul Allan and Sue Phillips and their merry band of men and women stormed to victory once again amassing 473pts, way ahead of second place Blaydon with 369 and Haughton/Jarrow with 315 in third. Once again, every
Sunday saw the annual Aycliffe 10km race, a race which takes athletes around the ‘scenic’ Greenfield and Cobblers Hall area. This race is deceptively undulating in parts which sees competitors compete one small loop and two larger loops. Tony Winward was once again first home for the club in 7th place with Michael Bleasby one
Andy Nuttall was one of three Harriers at the Muddy Roads 5km race at Pinchinthorpe on Tuesday evening. Young Harry Lyons was first Harrier across the line finishing in an excellent 12th position in 20:08 with Andy Nuttall pictured here far left in 62nd place. Deborah Jefferies was our third competitor on the evening finishing
The pounding of feet could be heard from far and wide on Thursday evening as hundreds of athletes took over Stewart Park, Middlesbrough for this popular relay event. Hosted by North Yorkshire Moors Athletic Club, their annual Spring Relay attracted teams from all across the region. It has to be said that most of them
As well as a keen member for Darlington Harriers, our Under 17 throwing maestro, Rosie Thompson, is also a member of the RAF Air Cadets.As a Cadet she gets the chance to participate in several sports, one of them being her beloved athletics. Last Sunday she was competing in Blackburn at the regional finals, taking
On Monday evening, two of our top Junior Harriers travelled to Chester-le-Street as the venue played host to the British Milers Club for the second time this season. Both in their first year of their respective age groups, Under 17, Adam Russell and Under 20, India Pentland both ran the 1500m tonight, up against some
Tony Winward and Shirley Gibson made the trip to Hull earlier today to take on the Hull Half Marathon. The race starts and finishes in Alfred Gelder Street and is a largely flat course that offers great PB potential. It takes in The Deep, Humber Dock Marina, Hull City Hall and the University of Hull
