Heather Ford was back in competitive action last weekend at the Hardmoors Roseberry Topping marathon. This race takes place over the North Yorkshire Moors, climbs to the highest part and stays there for some miles. Heather, pictured here left with good friend Shelli Gordon finished 1st lady and 10th place overall in 5:15:43. Shelli finished […]
Mike King was in Santa action this week along with Paul Cook, taking food down to the local food bank. Still lots of time to make a donation of food or a gift. Remember if you want to drop the Presents off at the Children’s ward on Christmas Eve, please get in touch.
Normally reserved for runners of the four legged variety, last weekend saw Redcar Racecourse host a racing event of a different kind. The North East Counties Athletics Association cross country championship took place on a cold and wintry Saturday, where over 1,000 runners from 40 clubs met for the regions biggest annual championship race. The
Last Sunday morning we reported that we had athletes competing at the Northumberland 10 but that there were some timing issues with no times given and two of our ladies missed off the results completely. Well this has now been rectified. Well done all four of you.
Val Clarke and daughter Rosie were in action last weekend at a Sri Chinmoy 10k, Grizzly Bear 10k in a cold Battersea Park. This flat and traffic free course consists of loops around the park making it ideal for pacing. Rosie finished 6th U50 in 43:11 and 79th overall with Val 2nd V50 44:02 and
On Saturday Iain Girard along with Anne Hutchinson and husband Dave were in action in sunnier climate as they took on the Lanzarote Half Marathon, a race which takes runners along a coastal avenue on the island. All three runners enjoyed the run with Anne and Iain running together and celebrating with a nice cold
James Birnie was due to be in action at the Milton Keynes half marathon a race which runs along the Grand Union Canal and returns via the Linear parks throughout the area. Unfortunately due to snow the race has been cancelled. So in it’s place, here’s a picture of Weekend at Bernie’s.
On Saturday afternoon at Redcar we saw another large turnout of runners from the club for the North East XC Championship. The course was three laps 12km for men and 8km for the ladies, around the racecourse so fairly flat with a couple of speed bumps, long grass and some muddy patches but nothing to
On Wednesday night we saw the latest instalment of the Tees Barrage Night Trail 5k series. Armed only with head torches and trainers the eleven harriers headed off into the night! Some great performances again by those on show with David McKenna first home for the club. Well done everyone
Another race to take place last Sunday was Eskdale’s Eureka, a 8mile race Castleton, near Guisborough a race with over 1500 ft of climb along the way. Results as follows Massive shout out and respect to David Aiken who sacrificed his own race to help a pensioner who was stuck waist deep in a freezing
As you are aware our Junior Harriers don’t just succeed at athletics. Their talents go beyond the track or the cross country circuit, and this week there are a few we thought you would like to hear about….Three of our Under 13 Harriers were part of the Carmel’s Year 7 Girls’ football team that won
Through his school, Carmel College, Under 15 Darlington Harrier, Daniel Boyer has been selected to attend the North-East Triathlon Academy Winter Training Camp in Almeria, Spain. The camp will run in December and there are only 6 athletes aged 15 – 19 from the North East that have been asked to attend. It will be
The school cross country season continued again last week with many of our Junior Harriers in action. As always, they stood out from the crowd with some tremendous performances leading to impressive results….. Emma Hart ran for Northallerton School in the Hambleton and Richmond area trials. Up against the snow and blizzards, as well as
If you were at the Darlington Harriers Awards Night a few weeks ago, you would have heard Andy Woodward announce the fantastic news that India Oates has been selected to represent her country at The 2018 CPISRA World Games . To be held in Barcelona, The Games will include competitions in Athletics, Swimming, Race Running,
Phil Teece retained the Millennium Trophy for 2017 just piping team mate Sue Phillips. The Millennium Trophy is presented to the best Age graded runner over the New Marske Series. Both Sue and Phil have won this title on more than one occasion and shows the quality of both athletes. I for one are pleased
Last weekend Club Officials Trevor and Linda McDermot were supporting the Yorkshire RWC Winter League Race 3, a Soup Roll event for walkers over in Dalton, North Yorkshire. No harriers were involved in the race itself which saw Lancashire’s Tony Taylor win in 55:26 over the 10km course and team mate Pat Evans won the
Georgie Rutherford and Susie Stephen were in action last weekend, at the Trail World Championship in Hawaii. This open event offers races from 5km to 21km. The trails at Kualoa Ranch are normally closed to the public, so it offers a rare opportunity for runners to experience the unique setting. The 4,000-acre working cattle ranch
Last Sunday at Summerhill, Hartlepool we saw the latest NYSD XC race. Well results are now out, our men finishing in an excellent fourth place but our ladies finished top of the pile with some superb performances.
It was another great turn out of Junior Harriers last Sunday for the fourth of the NYSD Cross Country meetings. Even with some of our regulars not there this week (more on that later), there were plenty of blue and white vest flying the flag for Darlington. Under 11’s There were 6 of our junior
