A small number of Harriers headed to the hills this week to take on the Roseberry Romp fell race, a short but very steep run with fantastic views across North Yorkshire. Dave McKenna was first home for the club in 29th place with Jade Hutchinson first lady. Good performances all round on a tough course! […]
Last week we reportedthat five Harriers took on the tough Fox & Hounds Fell race. Well results have now been released. Ultra marathoner Matt Capsey was first home for the club finishing in 32nd place. Well done all of you, sounds a lovely outing
On Monday evening we had a handful of our seniors in action at Jarrow’s Monkton Stadium. With a number of heats for each event (excluding javelin) we had some excellent performances which will hopefully give our athletes some confidence leading into the next Track & Field League match.Well done all of you who competed.
Last weekend a large number of Harriers headed to Liverpool to take on one of the races on the day, running around the home of the Beatles with lots of music supporting runners around the course. With most club members opting out of the 5k Saturday run, legs were fresh for what turned out to
NOT SO MUCH YOUNG GUNS TAKE DOWN OUTLAW Jon Gray and Paul Oyston were two of our athletes on show at the Outlaw Half Ironman in Nottingham last weekend. The race consists of a 1.2m Swim, 56m Bike, 13.1m Run…sounds lovely! In tough conditions, John Gray was first to finish in 5hrs 26:28 in his
Another quirky event in the racing calendar which sees competitors starting on South Shields beach making their own route towards the pier on Roker beach. A fun event and approximately 7 miles long depending on the route you decide to take. Well done to our two runners Brian and Hilary who successfully completed the course.
The second of three races that form part of the Run Billingham Series in 2018. A 6.5 mile trail race around the beautiful Wynyard Woodland Park. The Park started life as a working railway carrying freight to ports along the River Tees. Now it provides visitors with miles of flat footpaths, numerous circular walks and
Another race to take place last weekend was the Raby 10km race which forms part of our 10km league. Raby for those who haven’t ran this course is a very scenic but challenging course. It consists of two laps and a couple of climbs along the way but with some nice fast downhill sections. Colin
Graham O’ Hara and Val Clarke were two of our athletes on show at the Ravenscar Half Marathon last weekend. Starting from Ravenscar Village Hall situated 700 feet above sea level, overlooking Robin Hood’s Bay in the North York Moors National Park and midway between Whitby and Scarborough, the route then gently descends the beautiful
Carl Eddon was up in the hills last weekend as he took on the Yorkshire 3 peaks. Although not a race as such, Carl took 27minutes off his previous effort as he finished in 6 hours 20 minutes!Well done Carl, one hill of an effort!
Under 17 endurance runner, India Pentland just goes from strength to strength. Having already represented England at cross country earlier this year, she is now making her mark on the track. On Saturday, India took part in the 1500m at Watford’s British Milers’ Club meeting, finishing 1st in an outstanding time of 4.31.95. Not only
Under 15 Harrier, Sarah Wilcock represented the Northern Tetrathlon team at the Royal Windsor Horse Show recently. The tetrathlon is a multi-disciplined event consisting of air pistol target shooting, 3 minute swim, 1500m run and horse riding (show jumping or cross country.)The team finished 4th overall, and were the only team to all jump clear!
Under 17 middle distance runner, Ellie Phillips, is on top form at the moment! She got her second PB in as many days last week after finishing her 1500m at the NECAA Championships in 4:49.23, then continuing with an excellent 800m at the British Milers Club meet at Chester-leStreet, finishing in 2:21.68. Great stuff, Ellie,
Five schools from the Darlington area battled it out in the 1st round of the English Schools T & F Cup recently. Young athletes from Carmel College, Hummersknott, Longfield, St. John’s (Bishop Auckland) and Barnard Castle School gathered at Eastbourne Sports Complex on one of the hottest days of the year to pit their wits
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Some of the North East’s best junior athletes were in action a couple of weeks ago as local clubs came together to take part in the region’s premier athletics event. Middlesbrough Sport Village was the location for a full weekend of serious competition at the annual North East Counties Athletics Association Championships. As always, there
Phil Teece was the only Harrier on show this week at the Pinchinthorpe 5km trail race. Attending the race more of a pacer for Gabby Hall, Phil finished the race in 30th place in 21:17.
At Tuesday’s NYSD meet at Eastbourne we had a number of athletes in action in the 800m, 1 mile, Steeplechase and 200m events. Some great performances on the evening including Sue Phillips who broke the ladies V55 800m record which had stood for 30 years taking this from Emily Lennox (Annie’s sister).Well done Sue and
At the NECCA Track and Field Championships last weekend we had three senior athletes in action. John Hall was first up in the sprints and despite him pulling up injured managed to finish the 100m run to ensure he still picked up a medal. Fair play to you John for being able to finish. Sarah
Darren Gee is quickly becoming Mr Marathon with his long distance efforts each week. Last weekend Darren was competing at the Howgills Marathon (or the 26 mile version) but lots of accents….around 4500 feet approximately with a lovely little 4.5 mile hill to start proceedings. On a sunny day, Darren not only won himself a
There was a fantastic turn out of Junior Harriers for the second NEYDL meeting of the season. The sun was shining, the team spirit was high, and everyone was looking forward to an exciting day of athletics! As always there were some terrific performances from our juniors with plenty of new PB’s. The team spirit
