Simon Daniels was our sole competitor at the Sandwich 10km. The 10k starts on the edge of the ancient town of Sandwich and also uses the lanes around the village of Worth. The route is flat and mostly fast and so good times are possible. On another hot day for runners Simon finished in 46:36 […]
It was Chester-le-Street’s turn again for Monday night’s BMC (British Milers Club) meeting. Three of our Junior Harriers turned out, along with the other athletes from around the region an beyond, for the night’s series of 800m races. With confidence booming after his recent Inter-Counties victory, our young steeplechaser, Liam Brittle, was ready for more.
On Sunday morning…very early Sunday morning Darren Thompson set out for the 5am first leg of the Cleveland Way Relays. This 110mile event starts at Filey at 5am and finishes at Helmsley. This event is great fun with a number of challenging legs, some long, some short…generally all tough! Despite the team taking an early
Louise Dickie and Andrea Reese were at the Lambton 10km this weekend, an annual event from the Foundation of Light, set in the exclusive, beautiful and private Lambton Estate that’s not normally accessible to the public, which appears to be growing in popularity. The 10k race is a mixed terrain, rural undulating course taking in
We had a small number of Harriers in action at Jarrow NEMAA Masters Track & field Championships on Saturday with some relative success too! In the 100m Pauline Gorman finished 3rd F55 in 21.0 while Sarah Johnson finished 2nd F35 in 14.0. In the 200m Pauline finished in 44.1 for 2nd F55 while sprint specialist
Jay Morfoot was in ultra action this weekend as he took on a 100 mile event in Yorkshire. This fantastic 50 Mile Ultra Marathon fuses together Malham Cove, Ings Scar, Malham Tarn, the Pennine Way and the wonderful Yorkshire Three Peaks, Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.At 50 Miles runners will remember the 8507 ft of Ascent
Peter Foulds was back in competitive action this Saturday, this time at the 30 mile challenge along with Darren Gee. This ultra distance event has 4200 feet of climbs so really not an event for the beginner runner. Darren was first of the two back, finishing in an excellent 2nd place in 5hr 5 minutes
We saw another great turn out this week at the Whorlton Fell race on Wednesday evening which is one of the races put on by Esk Valley. Some fantastic results again no more so that Dave Tomlinson who was first Harrier home in 15th and Garry Collinson making a rare outing only thirty seconds further
Wednesday evening saw the third meeting of this season’s North East Grand Prix, and three of our junior Harriers were in action. Rosie and Lily Thompson have become regulars at this competition and they were back again here tonight. Liam Brittle, however, was looking forward to his first outing at the NEGP this season. Here’s
Four Darlington school teams ventured to Middlesbrough Sports Village on Monday for the ‘A’ Final of the Track & Field Cup. Having already qualified from the previous round, a Junior Boys team from Carmel, along with Inter Boys teams from Carmel and Hummersknott and an Inter Girls team from Carmel took on teams from Northumberland
Last Sunday saw a number of our club runners at the Aycliffe 10km race. A race which sees competitors completing two and a half laps of a deceiving undulating road. Some great performances on the day including a sixth place finish for Drew Inglis, personal bests for Steve Rogers, Louise Dickie and Dave Smith as
Another race to take place on Sunday morning was the Temple Newsam Ten or TNT for short, a beautiful off road race with some lovely mud along the way. Dave Tomlinson was first across the line for the club in an unofficial time of 1:12:36 but has no time as he tore his race number
There was the usual high turnout at this year Brass Monkey, on a course and a day ideal for fast running and personal bests, many club runners weren’t disappointed at the finish line. Paul Allan was one of many to smash his personal best, taking 4 minutes of his previous best, Darren Thompson finished in
Richard Bowes was in midweek action again, this time up in Cumbria at the Gosforth 10 mile race. Although Richard said this was quite a trip with it taking him 4 hours to get there and back it but was still a good race to do with lots of scenery to keep runners occupied. On
Last weekend saw the culmination of what seems like, a long season of schools’ track and field athletics. After the selection process of initially being put forward by their schools, then qualifying at County and Inter-Counties level, at last, the National Finals were here! The ESAA National Championships are the 4th largest athletics event in
Some of the region’s best young athletes from were in action last weekend as they battled it out in a bid to represent their County. It was a tremendous day of athletics at the Durham Schools’ Track & Field Championships, with some record breaking performances, all with the aim of qualifying for the Inter-Counties, and
We had 3 athletes in action this weekend at the Lakesman half iron man, Keswick in the heart of the Lake District and featured the classic 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile cycle and 13.1 half marathon run.Alison Matthews celebrating her birthday over the weekend was first to finish finishing in 5:29:30, followed by Andy
Sunday saw a number of runners head to the “scenic” Aycliffe 10k. This race forms part of the 10k race series for the club and is 2 and a half laps of Newton Aycliffe. Drew Inglis was first home in 6th place in 34.44 (club missing on results information with Colin Taylor also a top
Tony Williams headed to Cumbria on Sunday morning to take on the Solway Half Marathon. The Solway Half Marathon is a flat route on the scenic rural roads of North West Cumbria. The race will start and finish in Anthorn, doing 1 loop using country lanes through Bownesson-Solway, and returning to Anthorn via the costal
Mark Tallon was in action this weekend at the latest Track & Field meet in York. Although Mark mainly specialises at the 400m he occasionally throws in an 800m which will certainly pay dividends for his 400m work. Mark finished his 800m in a swift 2:26 which is excellent running.Well done Mr T!
