Whilst Charlotte, Tori and Lottie were taking part in their respective pentathlons, several more of our Junior Harriers were competing in a series of open 1500m races. Adam Russell ran in an U17/U20/Senior race. As an U17 athlete he was one of the younger competitors, and produced a fantastic performance to finish in 1st place […]
Hugo Douglas-Reeves was the only junior representing DHAC at a Run, Jump & Throw Competition recently. A sunny Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster was the setting on Sunday 20th September, where Hugo competed in his first ever 800m. Understandabley, he was a little nervous at the start, but once the gun had fired he soon settled
It has come to light that we had two more multi-talented junior Harriers competing alongside Tori at Tynedale on Saturday. Under 17, Charlotte Rutter who is one of our most experienced combined events athletes, and Under 13, Lottie Graves who was taking part in her first ever pentathlon! Lets see how they got on…. Under
Tori Buckley is one of those people who can turn their hand to just about any sport. So when it comes to athletics, combined events is the obvious choice for her, and last Saturday she showed just how good she can be when she competed at the Tynedale Junior Open Pentathlon at Hexham. Here’s how
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Stephen Graydon was the sole Harrier on show at the Run Northumberland Matfen 10k A breathless Ste is quoted as saying “brutal hill run…. never done a run with so many hills…. hill after hill. Happy with my time of 45 minutes considering the course” Hilly, you say, Ste? It wasn’t clear 🙄 Well done
Sunday 13th September should have been Great North Run day, the day of the year a lot of our athletes look forward to most. For obvious reasons, there was no actual event this year, no 50,000+ runners heading across the Tyne Bridge and no “Oggy, Oggy, Oggy”, but that didn’t stop a lot of people
On Sunday 6th September we had nine athletes head to King Edward VI School in Morpeth for the second of the NECAA Open Meetings. In the longer sprints we had six athletes competing. In the 200m John Hall was first up in Heat 9 where he ran to 3rd place in 29.09 and in Heat
It’s been a while, but at last, our Junior Harriers enjoyed some cross country action once again, in an inter-club competition on Sunday. Hosted by our friends at Allerton Junior Athletics Club, Knayton Park, near Thirsk was the setting for the DHAC v Allerton showdown as the two clubs battled it out. Most of our
Saturday saw a handful of our club runners at Albert Park for the mornings 5km races, event put on by North East Project. It’s great to see some races back on to get the competitive juices flowing again. In race one, Lee Johnson blew the competition away finishing in a new personal best time of
Wednesday evening saw an actual race take place at Redcar, held by New Marske Harriers. This was one of the 5km coast road races which had been stripped back to a 3km race – with runners going in 10 second intervals. Images courtesy of Karen Harland. View the full album John Russell was first of
England manager Gareth Southgate and model Linda Lusardi have helped launch the new 4Louis running shirt and vests. These were designed for the Great North Run this year, but this has now been cancelled. The charity is under immense pressure due to the Covid 19 pandemic with nearly all events and fundraising cancelled. This
One of the first races back after lock down took place on Sunday 30th August – the Stanhope 10 Miler – and two of our athletes took part. Hilary Bevan and Dana Birkett finished the punishing 10 miles in around 2 hours 17 minutes. The race is in aid of the charity ManHealth which gives
Saturday 29th August saw the return to competition athletics to Eastbourne Sports Complex for the first time since 2018 with our very own “Back To Track” event. An afternoon of 200m races and Shot Put competition. Pictures here (most of them) provided by the wonderful Karen Harland the full set can be seen here. A
Following on from the event on Saturday 23rd August at Middlesbrough, Sunday 24th August was the first of the NECAA Open Meetings. We had seven athletes, across the age groups, competing at the event held at King Edward VI School in Morpeth. First up on Track were the 100m races. In heat 2, U15 Ashton
This weekend saw the return to Track & Field events in the region.Events are quite different due to the Covid-19 situation, but organisers, officials, volunteers and athletes all seem to be managing extremely well. The first of the local events was The Tyne Tees Summer Grand Prix at Middlesbrough Sports Village on Saturday 22nd August,
