TonyWinward was once again the lone Harrier as he headed to Dalton park, Sunderland for the midweek 5 mile race. Tony who’s had an excellent year to date showed no sign of stopping as he finished the 5 mile race in 5th position in 29:25 to add to a list of impressive times of late.Great […]
On a wet Saturday morning, a number of Harriers were ready to take part in the Operation Overlord events. Some terrific results on the day with special praise going out to Janet Williams who completed her first ever 10km.Well done Janet, well done all of you. Half Tony Williams 1.56.42 Ste Rogers 1.56.45 Zoe Rogers
Dave McKenna has recently celebrated his 50th birthday and what a better way to celebrate than a tough marathon with plenty ascent along the way. After preparing for the event in Ibiza, This 23 mile run is a challenge at the best of time but conditions on the day wasn’t exactly great with heavy rainfall.
Ah me lads, ye shudda seen us gannin’, We pass’d the foaks upon the road just as they wor stannin’; Thor wes lots o’ lads an’ lasses there, all wi’ smiling faces, Gannin alang the Scotswood Road, to see the Blaydon Races….that’s more than enough of that!! This 5.4mile race from Newcastle upon Tyne to
It was another strong turnout for the club at the Everyone Active, a repeat of the Mermaid 10km race in April with an opportunity to post yet another fast time for the year. We had 5 of our Harriers making the top 20 with Wes Tarn taking the honours after a 4th place finish in
Paul Bass was in Triathlon action on May 19th in Nottingham at one of the very popular Outlaw events. This was Paul’s first attempt at one of these but most definitely won’t be his last. With a 1.2mile swim, 56 mile bike ride and a half marathon these events need the athletes to have big
Two other club athletes were in Marathon action last week as they took on the Coniston Marathon Challenge and Race. Starting and finishing at Coniston Hall Landing Point, on the shores of Coniston Water, the Lakeland Trails Marathon takes in a complete circuit of Coniston Water. In the Challenge, Ben Potter running his first ever
Unfortunately, due to the horrendous weather conditions on Friday night and Saturday morning, the Durham Schools Track & Field Championships were cancelled. Many of our juniors were due to compete with the hope of being selected for the County team who will take part in the Northern Inter Counties at Gateshead next weekend. Selections will
You may have read in last week’s report that some of our Junior Harriers took part in the ‘Run 4 Louis’ Charity Run at Darlington’s South Park. The event attracted 166 runners of all ages and abilities who were keen to support the charity that helps families through miscarriage, stillbirth and child loss…..a worthy cause
On May 15th, Paul Cook and Ian Morris attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May, along with other recipients of this year’s award, after Darlington Harriers received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service We are one of 281 charities, social enterprises, and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this year. The number
Thursday night saw another large turnout at the NYMAC relays at Stewarts Park. This event is always well organised and an excellent chance for members to get together and form teams of 4 regardless of speed. Some great performances of the night including a 1st place for Bernadette Caygill, Sue Phillips, Linda Noble and Tori
The ‘Muddy Roads’ Wynyard 10km race was held this evening, the third year for this event. We had three of our runners taking part amongst the 214 strong field. Jo-Anne Tarn was first to finish of the three, in 80th position, six places ahead of Robert Austin with Deborah Jefferies finishing 156th. Well done all
After completing the Northallerton 10km on Sunday you would think that most people would have their feet up for a rest. Not Tony Winward! After putting an impressive run in at Northallerton, Tony made the trip to Huddersfield earlier today to take on the 10km race. From a field of 196 runners, Tony finished in
We had two runners making the short trip to Melmerby for the annual 10km race last week. This race,now in it’s 35th year is a really great race around Melmerby’s back country lanes. Although quite an undulating course,a very good event to take part in with a possibility of a good time too!Steve Wilkinson was
The club made a perfect start at the North of England Senior League at York on May 19th. With points scored for position in each race in addition to points accrued for officials these competitions are a true team event. Team captains Paul Allan and Sue Phillips led their troops into battle and came out
Sunday morning saw the Run 4 Louis event, held at South Park organised by our very own Sam Richardson, a charity which is close to her heart. This charity which helps families through child bereavement, stillbirth and miscarriages isn’t one of the most known charities but offer a fantastic level of support to those who
Shirley Gibson was once again on England duty today, this time at the Great Birmingham 10km race. Once again Shirley did not disappoint by finishing 1482nd in 53:20 but 2nd of the 10 F70 runners, which I believe means Shirley will qualify again. Congratulations! Fantastic achievement Shirley, well done!
Bernadette Caygill was one of two Harriers at the Vitality Westminster Mile today. A race that sees many runners across the UK pit their wits against one another over this rarely run race distance on road. Bernadette had an impressive run finishing 4th in 5:26 with Mark Tallon finishing in 6:21, a good 30 seconds
Today we had a number of our club runners across the border at a very wet Edinburgh half and full marathon. These runs are very popular across the running community with many making a weekend of it. Phil Doonan was first home in the full marathon finishing in 3:28 with Steven Craggs next home in
