The 2018 School Games National Finals, supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, is a major multi-sport event for the most talented young athletes across the UK. Between Thursday 30 August and Sunday 2 September, more than 1,400 young athletes competed across 11 sports, five of which […]
One of the popular events on the race circuit is the NYMAC relays (Tom Wall Relays) at Stewarts Park. Normally the Harriers would flood the park in White and Blue but due to the clash of events with the Move Festival we only had one team, made up from Matt Capsey, Mark Tallon, Darren Stockdale
On Thursday evening, Paul Cook organised the Move Festival in support of the Move Charity which helps young people who have had cancer, get active through sport. The founder of the charity, Gemma Hillier-Moses kicked things off with a warm up with the kids in the 1 mile run while husband Lewis was the man
On a very busy week for athletes, Peter Armstrong, Dave McKenna and Sarah Guy headed to Tholthrope to take on the local 10km race. The race is now in its 23rd year and is a well-respected, friendly event, which attracts entrants from a wide area. The attractive but undulating course passes through local countryside and
Georgie Rutherford headed to Sweden this weekend to take part in the Otillo race World Triathlon Championships before taking a break from Big races in triathlon. Georgie appreciates all the opportunities this sport has brought her including travelling the world, meet amazing, lifelong friends, develop an exciting career including working on the London 2012 Olympics,
On Sunday morning we had a large numbers of runners at the Tees Pride 10km, Middlesboro. This is a fast course which is generally flat and fast with only a couple of slight inclines around the route but a very good course for road runners. Reports advise that it was a little windy on the
Kelly Sloan and Amanda Trees headed to the border to take on the Carlisle Half Marathon on Sunday morning. The event, which starts and finishes at Brunton Park Football Stadiu (home of Carlisle United FC), see runners start from the main straight at the back of the East Stand and run into Rickerby Park before
Dave and Sarah Tomlinson were in Tri action on Saturday, at the Allerthorpe festival. Sarah, competing in the Sprint triathlon which includes a 750m Swim, 20km on the bike and a 5km run finished in an excellent 4th position in her age group and 24th female overall in an overall time of 1:18:57. Husband Dave
On Saturday we had five of our Harriers take on the Princess Challenge event. This Challenge is part of the Hardmoors series which sees participants run a circular following the Cleveland way South between Ravenscar and Hayburn Wyke, then heading North along the Old Railway lines through Ravenscar, Robin Hood’s Bay and Whitby before following
Jenn Hardy took on the Highland Perthshire Half Marathon on Saturday. The Highland Perthshire event has built up a reputation for being a superbly organised, great value and Friendly. This is the 6th year of this event with a marathon option as well as an option to cycle. The event starts at the iconic Wades
The last event to take place this Thursday was the North East Masters off road 5km race. This race took place at Watergate Park, Gateshead where runners are competing on gravel paths and a few inclines to test runners. Sue said she felt a little tired after having another big season but still managed to
Well done to Under 17 Darlington Harrier, James Roberts, who climbed new heights last week when he finished 4th in the Reeth fell race. He finished the gruelling course in a rather impressive 14.28 mins.Congratulations, James, a fantastic effort!
India Pentland was recently selected for the London Mini Marathon Young Athlete’s camp at St Mary’s University in Twickenham. Those chosen to attend were lucky enough to spend the week training with some of the top endurance coaches in the country, as well as learning about nutrition, race preparation, injury prevention and recovery amongst other
Last Sunday saw the return of the ever popular Tartan Games at Gateshead’s International Stadium…..and despite the appalling weather conditions, there was a great turnout of our Junior Harriers. After the excellent summer we’ve had, it was back to a typical Bank Holiday weekend spent trying to keep warm and sheltering from the rain –
Last weekend saw two of our senior athletes in action at the Tartan Games at Gateshead Stadium. Andy Harrison doubling up on the day finished 3rd in the 800m in 2:29:14 and followed this up with a 4m29 jump in the Long Jump to take 1st place while Pawel Grzaslewicz finished 1st in the High
Taking part in any National Finals competition is an achievement in itself, but that is exactly what three of our Junior Harriers did last weekend. Representing the club at the Under 15 and Under 17 National Track & Field Finals were endurance supremo, India Pentland, and two of our fastest sprinters, Charlotte Rutter and Darcey
A successful year all round for our Harriers at school as is reflected in the end of year awards, celebrating their achievements in all areas of sport. What an accolade for our Harriers, who, might I say, dominated the proceedings! It was great to see how much they have contributed not only within Harriers, but
Alex Bos was in half marathon action this weekend as he was back on home soil running in the Bommen Berend HM. This is the sixteenth edition of the Bommen Berendloop will take place in Groningen. This annual running event is organized around the festivities of the Groningens Ontzet. The start and finish are on
On Sunday morning we had three Harriers take on the now annual Auckland Castle trail race, a race which takes runners through Auckland Castle grounds through some fantastic scenery. Although official results have yet to be released Brian Burdon finished in a little over 53 minutes, Andrea Reese got round the approx. 5.3m race in
Janice Foster headed to West Witton in Richmondshire to take on a tough fell race this week. West Witton Pen Hill Fell Race is a traditional Dales fell race which takes runners through some fantastic views. The juniors and seniors actually start in the same group before splitting into two race, the seniors taking a
