We love to hear about our Junior Harriers excelling outside the field of athletics, so when we were told about Hugo Douglas-Reeves and Alex Boyer doing so well at the Northumberland and Durham County Swimming Championships recently, we just had to let you know. They both competed in a number of events for Darlington Swimming […]
There was a full weekend of indoor action last week as Gateshead College played host to the NECAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. With eager athletes from all of the North East clubs the place was buzzing with excitement, and two of our top junior girls were there to play their part. Under 15 Girls
Penny Ivison was the only Harrier on show at this weekends Absent Friends Trail race, the first of three races that form part of the Run Billingham Series in 2019. The race is approximately 5 miles and is run at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham, on a mix of terrain, including plenty of mud! Penny
Friday night was an important time for these three football crazy Harriers. Olivia Bell, Lily Large and Tori Buckley had been chosen to take part in trials for the Year 7 & 8 Darlington & District Schools football team, and if selected they would represent the town in a North East Schools tournament later this
We have three indoor events to bring you up to date with: The Scottish Nationals, The Northern Championships and the 4th meeting of the Gateshead Indoor Series. ScottishNationals,EmiratesArena,Glasgow– 3rd February Just a day after competing at the Inter Counties Cross Country, Charlotte Rutter headed North to the Scottish National Indoor Championships. Having certainly been out
The Course The map above is a good representation of what awaited our athletes last weekend, as a white blanket of snow and ice covered the whole circuit. Nice to look at, but not the best stuff to have underfoot when you’re running! But the teams from Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and North Yorkshire didn’t
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Under 13 sprinter/high jumper, Benedict Davies, showed us just what he was made of recently, when he took part in the English Kettlebell Association qualifiers for Team England! DHAC Coach, Steve, spotted Benedict’s potential during his kettlebell training sessions and competitions, and as a result of his sheer talent, Benedict was invited to come along
Hundreds of athletes from Under 13’s to Seniors descended upon Pontefract last weekend as ‘Northern Athletics’ held their annual premier cross country competition. The popular North of England XC Championships attracted clubs from Alnwick to Ambleside, from Richmond to Rotherham, and the best of their endurance athletes were out in force.There was an excellent turnout
Matt Capsey, renowned for his ultra runs took on Dalby Forest’s ‘No Ego’ race, a 5 mile event which requires competitors to wear a headtorch and is the first of three headtorch races in the first two months of the year.In a field of 420, Matt finished 25th in a time of 39:55.
At this years North of England Cross Country Championship the club once again had a good turn out across the age groups. India Pentland took 1st place in the U17 women’s race with team mates Catherine Roberts (16th) Ellie Phillips (50th) Megan Noble (82nd) and Amelia Grayson all contributing to the team win.In the U17
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We had three runners in the low key Muddy Roads tees 5km trail race in midweek with only 60 competitors turning up for the race. Tony Winward who has been in great form of late was first home for the club in 3rd place in a time of 18:22, with Phil Teece once again on
Amanda and Julian Waller along with Darren Gee headed over to Hardwick Park last weekend to take on the ‘Hardwick Park Wonder’, an event which sees competitors run a 1.5m lap as many times as they possibly can.Darren Gee completed 21 laps in 4hrs 41, Amanda Waller 22 laps in 5hrs 51 also completing the
At last Sunday’s Cross Country, both men’s and ladies teams battled with local rivals in conditions which were quite kind to competitors. Some strong performances once again from both our men and women’s team, Jade Hutchinson, Bernadette Caygill, Louis Talman and Val Clarke point scoring on the day for a 3rd place overall with Paul
It was another great turnout at Ormesby Hall today with many great performances from both our junior and senior athletes. Many of our age categories claimed 1st team overall for the day making this yet another successful day for our club. Full results can be found here
This Sunday’s cross country was at Ormesby and with races running out, will our men and women continue to push for those podium places. Another good turnout from our men and women with even Carl Jones (Richmond) and a Quaker runner desperate to run for the club…I mean who wouldn’t!!Results will be published next week.
Last Sunday we had seven of our athletes in action at the Wynyard Park Trail Race. Colin Taylor was once again first home for the club in 2nd place in 17:54 with Harry Lyons finishing 37th in an impressive run. PhilTeece finished 40th on pacing duties again for one of his athletes with strong runs
Last week we reported about the 10 mile race in Leeds, Temple Newsam Ten, a tough off road race.David Tomlinson was unforgivably missed from the report as first Harrier home. Apologies ‘Spongebob’ well done on your time of 74:45 minutes and 98th position.
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Last weekend saw two full days of action packed athletics when Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport hosted the Northern Athletics Indoor Championships. This event was just for the older athletes, with competitors from the Under 17, Under 20 and Senior age categories. DHAC had two of our most experienced juniors taking part; Charlotte Rutter and
Another race to take place this weekend was the 10 mile race, Temple Newsam Ten, a tough off road race in Leeds. Despite the Brass Monkey taking a large number of Harriers to York, the TNT has a dozen entrants with some excellent individual performances no more so than David Aiken who has been in
On Sunday morning a strong contingent of Darlington Harriers headed to York Racecourse for the annual Brass Monkey Half Marathon, an early indication of fitness levels and a good run out for all so early into the season. On a gusty day where conditions were difficult in parts, Paul Allan was first home for the
