Jamie Baldasera has had his fair share of bad luck over the last year with injury and even with a pending operation nothing would stop Jamie from competing and raising money for a brave young boy, Billy, battling cancer. He’s also got the 3 peaks to tackle too!Jamie finished in 249th position in 1hr 52:55 […]
HUNDREDS of runners flocked to a popular relay race for its 13th annual event. The Neptune Relays took place on Wednesday in Hardwick Park, near Sedgefield, where about 500 athletes from across the North-East competed for trophies and bags of fruit. Each team has 4 runners each running 1.7m, the Harrier team containing Barry Talman,
Great news!! Our very own wheelchair racer, Under 13 Ollie Porter has finally got his own racing chair. It was very kindly funded by the Hurworth Rogers Charitable Trust, which is a local charity. The chair has been handmade by Bromakin in Loughborough, all specially made to fit Ollie’s measurements. As you can imagine, he’s
Well done to Under 15 Harrier, Lily Thompson who travelled to Monkton Stadium, Jarrow last week for the first meeting of the NEGP . As always she put in a tremendous effort, this time in both the Javelin and the Shot Putt. Now in her first year at Under 15 she battled against the older
Endurance runner, Savannah Tarn took part in a charity run over Easter, this time to raise money and awareness for St. Teresa’s Hospice. The event took place on Easter Monday at Darlington’s South Park, following the Park run route over a distance of 5k.Although it was a charity run, Savannah, in true Harrier style just
Three of our Under 13 Juniors Boys took part in one of the many Easter athletics events last week. Alex Boyer, Dan Richardson and Louis Brett took part in an individual and team 1.6k run as part of the Elswick Good Friday Relays up against some of the best runners in the North East. They
They’ve been a long time coming, but at last, the results for the first NYSD meeting are out! There was a great turnout of young North East athletes all eager to get started with the first of the six track and field fixtures. Amongst them were, of course, a host of our junior Harriers so
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On Saturday 20th April Libby Hammond competed in the popular Doncaster Open focussing on the 800m. The weather was glorious at 24 degrees, the sun was shining and there was no wind or cloud cover which meant the race was going to be tough to run. However, Libby took it in her stride as usual
The indoor season continued on Thursday evening when some of the North East’s best young athletes travelled to Gateshead for the third meeting of their Indoor Series. Four of our junior Harriers swapped the usual cold outdoor training session for the warmth of the indoor competition! Under13 Girls 60m It was great to see Tori
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Last Sunday Dave Hamer was another Harrier who was running at the Valentines 10km race. Like many of the Run Nation events, runners are often missed out of the results and then added back in usually based on the runner providing information or through using Strava or other such applications.Dave has now been added in
Sunday saw the tenth Helmsley 10K All Terrain Challenge which starts in Carlton Lane and takes runners off-road into forestry and fields before emerging again onto the bottom of Carlton Road and to the finish of the recreation ground. Phil Teece was the lone Harrier in action at this race, finishing 25th overall but 1stV55
Mermaid 10km is a very popular race on the local circuit due to it’s flat course profile and a real chance to get a personal best early in the season and for some this delivered. Adam Mitchell was first Harrier home after sitting on team mate Paul Allan’s shoulder for most of the race before
The daffodils may be out and the recent sunny spell tells us summer is on the way, but last Sunday’s Gateshead Open was a stark reminder that winter has not long gone! The strong breeze made it feel like December again and athletes had to stay wrapped up, but there was still a decent turnout,
On Saturday 13th July, one of our Junior Harriers took his enthusiasm for multi-events North of the border to compete at The Scottish National Combined Events Championship at Grangemouth Stadium. It was a great experience for Under 13, Ashton Harrison, who was up against some quality athletes from across Scotland (and Wallsend). Ashton finished the
Twin brothers, Adam and John Russell powered their way round the 3000m at the U13/U15/U17 Northern Athletics Championships recently. Competing at Wavertree, Liverpool, the boys who are still in their first year of Under 17 put up a fantastic battle against the older athletes in what turned out to be a very exciting race. Adam
Darlington Harriers certainly put on a show of strength recently at the town’s annual road race. It was a real club effort across all age groups as the seniors put in some terrific performances in the 10k, and our juniors dominated the 3k race producing some tremendous results. Podium places went to Alex Boyer and
Track & Field captain Mark Tallon has been working very hard over a number of months to ensure that the Kieran Maxwell Open event went off without a hitch, and with a number of late changes to personnel this was always going to be a challenge. Thanks to some IT support from Tom ‘The Fist’
Lewis Moses was in competition at the Brighton 10km road race on Sunday, an event which attracts a high quality field with athletes around the country going head to head to be crowned national champion and win a £1000 in the process. In a real quality line up, Lewis finished in 24th place in an
In a Galaxy, far, far away……..Durham, Jen Harrison flew under the radar to celebrate her 3 year ‘run-adversary’ by doing an Ultra Challenge at one of the Saturn Running challenges.Runners can run as many laps as they choose and as long as they complete at least one they collect their medal. Well done Jen, I
Sheffield Half marathon has everything that you could want in a race. The race starts through the streets of Sheffield but then quickly turns to a long and slow ascent for around 5 miles, before levelling out and then takes runners down a very quick descent where your 10km personal bests can be broken…it’s all
