Running alongside the Spring Track Relays, the North East Throws Festival brought together some of the best young throwing athletes from the region…..and when it comes to the Javelin, Shot Putt and Discus, Under 17 Harrier, Jasmine Sharp is a seasoned expert. She’s been a regular competitor for club and school since her Under 11 […]
Huge congratulations go out to our Under 17 Harrier, India Pentland who, after being nominated by British Athletics, has been accepted onto the “Athletics Academy Of Sporting Excellence” programme. The programme is a ‘Performance Pathway’ that has been designed to meet the needs of young athletes aged between 16 and 18, who have the potential
There was more exciting relay action from our juniors last Saturday, as they travelled to Graves Park in Sheffield. The City of Steel played host to hundreds of athletes from the north of England for the Northern Athletics Cross Country Relay Championships, and five teams of three from our junior camp battled it out against
Three of our Junior Harriers were selected to represent the North East at the world’s biggest marathon event on Sunday. Gabby Hall (Under 13’s) along with India Pentland and Ellie Phillips (Under 17’s), joined other juniors from around the country, to pound the streets of the capital on one of the hottest days of the
Wednesday night saw the new season’s North East Grand Prix get under way with the first meeting at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow……and it’s been a busy start to the Track & Field season for Rosie and Lily Thompson, and Charlotte Rutter who were all back in action again here! Under 15 Girls 75m Hurdles Just the
What a great start to the 2018 North Yorkshire South Durham meetings – together with a super turnout, a buzzing atmosphere and dry weather to boot…..tonight, anything was going to be possible! The NYSD meetings are always good for our young athletes to experience the various disciplines and to just have a go! If you’re
A large number of Harriers made the long trip to the country’s capital to take on one the major marathons of the world. After seeing club runners take on Athens, Manchester and Brighton over recent weeks it was their turn to step up to the 26.2m event. With GFA (Good For Age) qualification times made
Richard Bowes was the lone wolf running at Hamsterley10k this weekend. This out and back race through the beautiful surroundings of Hamsterley Forest is always a popular race onthe circuit.Richard had a strong run finishing 45th in 47:42.Well done Richard, great work!
Tommy and Sarah Addison headed to the North West to run the Blackpool Half and 5k respectively. Blackpool is fairly flat but due to the race location can be badly affected by the weather. Tommy made a good fist of it as he smashed in a 1:43:01 with wife Sarah achieving a personal best with
At the weekends Sprint Duathlon at Stockton we had five of our members in action. Jade Hutchinson was first in her age category whilst sister Rebecca was 16th. Tony Roberts making his debut was 37th in his age group ahead of Den Dale and Martin McGregor 49th and 55th respectively. All athletes pictured below except
Michael Cooper flew out to Madrid, Spain at the weekend to take on the Rock N Roll Half Marathon. This is quite a large event with u[p to 37,000 runners taking part. Race starts and finishes in the city centre next to Buen Retiro Park taking you up past the Santiago Bernabeu with over 37,000
Andy Harrison wasthe soleHarrier on show at the weekends Southampton Half Marathon. This race start and finishes in the heart of Southampton’s city centre with the run course passing iconic local landmarks including Bargate, QE2 Anchor and St Mary’s Stadium. The race highlight will be running both the ascent and more popularly the descent over
This Sunday saw Seven Harriers head to Washington to take on the annual Trail 10k. Washington Trail 10k winds its way around the wonderful James Steel Park and picks its way around woodland trails along the banks of the River Wear. With birds from the Washington Wildfowl Wetland Centre and the resident otter family around
Darren Stockdale and Mark Milner were in the mood fora dance this weekend in Cumbria as they took on the Anniversary Waltz. This event is a 11.5mile race but has a 3600 ascent along the way and requires runners to have full kit to support them.No results have been released for this one yet but
Staying with Northumberland and Run Nation, Iain Girard and Anne Hutchinson were two Harriers who completed the Big 20 mile race on Sunday again starting at Kirkley Hall. Iain and Anne pictured here with Jen Harrison who may have been injured in the event finished 30th and 31st from another small field of 54 runners,
Tina Corah along with Steveand Zoe Rogers wereinhalfmarathon action this weekend. This is quite a fun course which takes runners around an undulating route starting at Kirkley Hall.In a relatively small field of only 182 runners Steve was first harrier past the post in 1:43:24 followed by Zoe in 2:01:46 and Tina in 2:21:01.Well done
At the midweekMuddy Roads Tees Trail Series at Newham Grange we had eight Harriers running the 5k trail race. Some impressive running from all on show on the evening, well done all.
On Tuesday evening at Eastbourne the first meet of the NYSD took place with a small number of Harriers taking part. Richard Bowes was first to kick off the action for the seniors in the javelin throwing 20metres 10 for 6th place. The other two eventsto take place werethe 1500m’s and 200m’s with Colin Taylor
Last Sunday Amanda and Julian Waller were in Half Marathon action this time in Norwich. First staged in 1985 by Duke Street Running Club, this race was originally based in the centre of Norwich – hence its name. Then in 1993 it moved to the Norfolk Showground on the western outskirts of the city and
It’s been a long time coming! After one of the longest winters on record, at last the warmer weather heralded the arrival of the Track and Field season last weekend….. and where better to kick off the new season than Gateshead International Stadium?Six of our junior girls were in action, all contributing towards a rather
