David McKenna was the first Harrier home at the Gribdale Growler, a 5.5m race with over 280 metres of ascent near Great Ayton. Some great performances on the day including Val Clarke 1st V55, Linda Noble 2nd V50 and Sarah Tomlinson 2nd V40. We also saw Allan Harder, Michael Watson, Tony Williams, Barry Foster and […]
Jonathan Boyle was another Harrier that flew under the radar last week as he made the short journey down the A1 to Ripon to take on the Fountains 10k race, a run that starts and finishes on road but has a fun 2km stretch across fields which depending on the weeks weather can be very
Last week Penny Skilton took on the Wainstones Trail marathon, Great Ayton, a race which requires all runners to carry kit across tough conditions including over 1300 metres of ascent. Accompanied by Matt Capsey from mile 12, Penny battled her way around the course in 8hrs 45 to earn her medal. Fantastic achievement Penny, well
Two weeks ago we reported that Darren Stockdale and Mark Milner were in action in Cumbria’s Anniversary Waltz, a tough 11.5mile race with 3600 ascent. Well results are finally out! Well done lads, great times.Mark Milner 392nd 3:05:05 Darren Stockdale 441st 3:27:46
Last week we told you about Under 15 Harrier, Sarah Wilcock competing in a National School show jumping event. Following on from that, Sarah has now been invited to represent the North of England at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in a tetrathlon competition ( swimming, running, pistol shooting and show jumping.) The conclusion of
So what is an Aquathlon I here you cry? Well put simply, it is one event consisting of two disciplines….a swim, followed by a run. Four of our Junior Harriers competed for Darlington Triathlon Club in a recent Aquathlon at Haltwhistle. Brothers, Adam and John Russell, Alex Boyer and Zara Jones. All performed with the
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So just what is Laser Run? If you haven’t heard of it before, Laser Run is an exciting new sport that welcomes all ages, levels and abilities, with no previous experience needed. Having grown into its own competition, the Laser Run originated from the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, with athletes alternating between running and
The weather may not have been the best, but there was still a healthy number of blue and white vest on Tuesday, at the second of the NYSD meetings. This time it was the turn of Middlesbrough Sports Village to play host to this popular evening event. It was great to see a full compliment
Great news for India Pentland – the latest edition of Athletics Weekly has published the UK rankings for cross country, and India is ranked 4th for the Under 17 Women! A fantastic achievement, especially as it’s her first season in that age group. Well done India – worth all that blood, sweat and tears
Just some of our Junior Harrier team competing todayThe second meeting of the British Milers club took place on Monday night with three of our top Junior athletes taking part. Another cold night was the welcome for India Pentland and Ellie Phillips who both ran in the 800m (although not in the same race), and
It was a busy day at Eastbourne Sports Complex last Sunday as Darlington Harriers hosted the first of four NEYDL (North East Youth Development League) meetings. As part of Division 2 (South), DHAC were up against some tough competition from Birtley, Houghton Harriers, Derwentside/Sedgefield, Durham and Richmond & Zetland. It was a cool, breezy day
Saturday morning David Aiken was in action at his favourite trail series in the Lake District. Last season David was an advocate of the Lakeland Trail series and started this years campaign on the 18km Cartmel trail race which takes in some of the most scenic and varied countryside of the area along a ‘Beauty
Darren Gee was back in action this weekend this time at the Derwentwater Dawdle. This is a challenging 23 mile(route that takes in three tough ascents totalling 4300ft as you complete a full circuit of Derwentwater.From the start at Victory Memorial Hall in Braithwaite runners make their way to the first ascent, the summit of
Andy and Jen Harrison thought they would try something a little different as they pitched up in the middle of the picturesque Purbecks taking part in the Bad Cow Frolic run. This 4.4 mile course encourages participants to run as much or as little as they like and is more of a big fun sociable
At this weekends Richmond Triathlon we had a couple of athletes on show. With a 400m swim, 15 mile bike ride and a 5k run this was going to be a fast one around Catterick.Becci Butler had a storming day finishing 7th lady overall but 1st in her age category with Ian finishing 7th in
Tom Leighton along with Simon and Maria Daniels took on the Sand Dancer 10K race this weekend. This Multi Terrain race originates from the Sunderland to South Shields race, which was the first town to town race ever to be held as far back as 1904.The course which starts on the promenade and continues up
Darren and Sara Gee along with Julian and Amanda Waller were the solo Harrier team in Sedgefield Harriers Neptune relays. This event is loads of fun, 1.7miles per leg and a good course to run.Our mixed team runners finished 76th from 120 teams on the day. First Darlington Harrier team home too!Well done all.
David Brown was one of a small number of Harriers on show at last week’s trail race. David who has only recently joined the club finished two places behind Colin Taylor in 2nd with Val Clarke 2nd female in 11th place. Completing the group on the night was Penny Ivison who finished 73rd from the
New Marske’s road race series always proves popular to local athletes who want to improve on their personal bests or get an early marker in the sand for the up and coming 10k season. Wednesday night proved to be no different as Louise Talman led a number of excellent performances leading to 12 new personal
You may remember in an earlier Junior Report, we mentioned that Under 15 Harrier, Sarah Wilcock has another passion as well as her athletics….show jumping! Sarah, along with two of her school friends, formed the Carmel College Showjumping Team and recently took part in the National Schools Equestrian Championships. The team had qualified as Durham
