We had half a dozen Harriers flying at Tynedale this Sunday morning at the Jelly Tea 10 mile race.The race is a fast and flat 10 mile race, with the new course changing to an out and back from outside Ovingham Middle School westwards towards Bywell.Some great performances from the group, Tony Winward first home […]
Sarah Johnson only just returned to the UK after a 2 week ‘liquid’ R&R before it was time to head south down the A1 to Birmingham to take part in the British Masters Track & Field event at the Alexander Stadium.Despite this and standing on her racing sunglasses Sarah finished 5th in the 400m hurdles
Lewis Moses was back in action again this week this time at the Mid Cheshire Summer 5km race alongside Marc Scott who has just returned from European action after finishing 5th and 1st Brit in the 5000m. Lewis, who has been in excellent form this season who only last week broke the club road 5km
Laura Girard decided to add another string to her bow by taking on her first Super Sprint triathlon.The triathlon comprises a pool swim of 200m with a 6km cycle on roads and a 2.5km run.Laura did very well finishing the event in 51:49!Great work Laura
We had three athletes at the 6th event of the Darlington trail series, a multi terrain 5km event around the Baydale Beck.Brian Burdon was the first of the three Harriers to finish finishing in 35th place in 28:02, two places and twenty seconds of the ever improving Maria Daniels with Hilary Bevan, pictured, 52nd place
Simon Rogers made his long awaited comeback from a hamstring injury in a low key 5km (2.9mile) trail race at Newham Grange this week.This trail race offers a mix of terrain with almost a mile loop around the farm before taking you into the scenic woodland area. The route starts on tarmac but quickly takes
Last week we reported that we had runners at the Dalton Park 10km race. Results have now been released with Tony Williams finishing in 46:16 for 38th position and Anneli MacKenzie-Brown crossing the line in 57:21 for 120th. Good running by you both!
Anneli MacKenzie-Brown took a last minute dash to Murton, to take on the ‘accurately measured route’ around Dalton Park.This Summer race is a replica from the February race. Although official results have yet to be released Anneli finished her 6.3 10km race in 57:23.Well done Anneli.
On Sunday we had a handful of athletes at the Branches and Bay 10km race. The race forms part of the 2018 Urban Trails series of races by Trail Outlaws. Set in a beautiful and historic area of County Durham the Branches and Bays 10k starts in the local village of Hawthorn, the route takes
On a slightly breezy Wednesday evening a number of Harriers headed to the Quayside to take on the 5km race, an event which Lewis Moses won in 2017…could he do it again? The race is pretty much an out and back with a bridge at the very end with runners split into either the Elite
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Huge apologies go out to these four young athletes. Ashton’s Dad, Andy was kind enough to send us these photos back in June, but somehow they slipped through the net! Emily, Tori, Ashton and Alex were representing Darlington at the Tees Valley School Games, and as usual produced some impressive performances;
Three of our juniors travelled to Liverpool last weekend to show off their talent at the Northern Athletics Championships. Open to Under 13’s, Under 15’s and Under17’s, this popular event is always well attended and a great chance to compete against some of the bigger clubs and higher ranking athletes from the North of the
With the nights rainfall and cool morning temperatures, for once athletes were looking forward to a cool run probably for the first time in several months. Despite the pretence of a cool run, the conditions for runners were once again ‘muggy’. Some fantastic performances on the day with many personal bests, Justin Hindmarch passing the
The cool, damp weather was a welcome site to the thousands of athletes that took part in Darlington’s 10k last weekend. The popular event was in it’s 31st year and, as always, attracted a host of entrants of all abilities from across the north east. There were three races to choose from on the day,
On Saturday we had two athletes taking on the Gateshead 10km trail race. Lyndsey Hedley, here making sure her hair is good for the photographer finished in 369thplace in 51:18 with Andrea Reese 1225th 65:15. Well done ladies!
At the York 10km race we had three athletes on show. The York 10km race is a really good race both for PB hunters and those who like a good city run.Tony Winward continued his impressive form by breaking the 41 minute barrier for the first time with a seasons best for Robert Austin and
Sue Phillips was in action at the final E Masters fixture at Jarrow on 30th July. Competing in the 800m Sue not only finished 1st F55 runner but in the process smashed the F55 record in 2.54.3 beating the old record of 2.56.9.On the same night – Darlington ladies were first v35 team in the
On July 29th Tommy the fist Addison, John Gray, Viv Pow and Peter Foulds were in action at the James Herriot trail run, a 14K run over moorland tracks and paths near Castle Bolton in Wensleydale in aid of Rotary charities. In wet conditions John was first home in 98th place in 77.92, Tommy 101st
After a hard fought season in Track & Field, the clubs chances of promotion were cruelly taken away from the club after an administration error from CLS is registering one of their athlete saw all of his accumulated points gained stripped leaving the club with no chance of promotion.A very disappointing end to the season
On Friday 3rd August Hilary Bevan took part in “The seventh annual rebellion parrot run”. Organised by a bunch of Dutch skinheads the event only attracts around around 20 runners but double the spectators, money raised goes to a local cancer charity.Picture taken outside Coral island in Blackpool where we know the locals like a
