Bishop Auckland born Charlie Spedding was a British marathon runner and former Darlington Harrier, who had an excellent career. Charlie won London Marathon back in 1984 as well as picking up a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics that year. This year was probably his best year in the sport as he also won […]
Best of British couldn’t be complete without including one of own club members. Joy Grieveson was a European silver medallist over 400m. Joy also represented GB at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately we don’t have any footage of Joy in action but we had to acknowledge her amazing achievements. Some
Tanni Grey-Thompson is arguably the best of all our British athletes based on 11 Paralympic Gold medals and 2 world championships. Tanni has won our club race, the Pitstop 10km wheelchair race previously so there maybe an element of bias there but you can’t argue with her achievements over 100, 200, 400 and 800m. Here’s
Each year Darlington Harriers likes to give something back to the local support functions in the community who provide an amazing service to support people in the town. This year we are aiming to provide food to the Kings Church Foodbank as well as bring some cheer to the children (and nursing staff) who are
Well, we thought it would never happen, but thankfully, we eventually got some sort of track and field season for 2020. It might not have been what we’re used to, but under the current climate, athletes throughout the region have enjoyed some tremendous competitive athletics, so for that at least we must be grateful. Much
Photos from the day’s event can be viewed courtesy of Karen Harland at https://www.flickr.com/photos/93609093@N06/albums/72157716343652217 DHAC’s third and final ‘Back to Track’ series finished on a high last Saturday as a total of 25 club records were smashed, including plenty from our Junior section. There were an astonishing 9 new records set in the U11 to
The very talented Charlotte Rutter has been offered a place on the England Athletics Youth Talent programme. Well deserved recognition for her efforts over several years of high level performances and training. The Youth Talent Programme (YTP) is the first step on the Talent pathway designed to meet the needs of identified, talented English athletes
Saturday 26th September saw us host the second of our Back To Track events, this time with races over 100m and 800m and a Shot Put competition. 13 of our Senior athletes competed across the afternoon, with some outstanding performances and a good number personal bests. The wonderful Karen Harland was on hand to capture
Some of the top endurance runners from our Junior section couldn’t resist the pull of a 3000m track race last weekend. Several of our U15’s and U17’s group travelled to Morpeth to compete in a special NECAA Open Meeting and take on some of the North East’s best young athletes . The 3k race was
As you saw from Tom’s report, our Under 11 section got it’s first taste of track competition at the weekend as DHAC’s ‘Back to Track’ returned for a second time. By all accounts they loved the experience and I’m sure they’ll be back again soon! For the rest of our Junior section it’s been great
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Thanks to Hilary Bevan for the write up The MaD Races “Race the Train” on 8th March was one of the last races before lockdown so it was only fitting that one of the first races back was another of their great trail events “Falls & Castle” on Sunday 27th September. There was an 18
Wes Tarn was in action at Morpeth today, a NECAA meeting that incorporated the North East Masters 3k Championships. Wes not only set a huge PB of 9:23, but rocked up in first place in his category (V40) to take Gold….a tremendous achievement 👏🥇 His time was also good enough to finish 3rd overall! Well
As part of yesterday’s Back To Track II meeting at Eastbourne, it was time for members of our Junior Fundamentals group to shine in some U11 member-only exhibition races. 13 of the youngsters braved the cold wind to take part in their first track race, with each and every one doing it with huge enthusiasm
Following a meeting of the NYSD committee on Thursday 24th September, a decision was taken to cancel the NYSD Cross Country season for 2020-21. We’re sure that this decision was not taken lightly, but given the recently updated EA Guidelines on Cross Country Competition, there is no great surprise that the NYSD team have taken
