Four of our Junior Harriers made their mark in the second Northern Athletics Indoor meeting last weekend. The youngest of them was Under 13 sprinter, Kate Williams. After a very successful outdoor track and field season, Kate has moved back indoors where she took part in the 60m sprint. She finished 5th in her heat, […]
Tony Williams was in running action this Sunday as he took part in the Santa Run, 3k run for Butterwick Hospice at Hardwick Country Park, Sedgefield. Well done for supporting this great cause Tony.
On Sunday at Summerhill, Hartlepool, the next event of this seasons Cross Country took place. A tough course made worse by poor conditions as the recent poor weather had turned the course into a mud fest. The course a multi lap event saw women take on 4.6km and the men 8.9km with a few tasty
Hundreds of runners lined up for the second annual Gavin Duffy Memorial Five Kilometre Race last Sunday. Gavin, a well respected runner and fundraiser from Billingham Marsh House Harriers, died in a tragic road accident whilst holidaying in Dubai in November, 2013. This event, run in Gavin’s memory, has become part of the Stockton Winter
After qualifying from the Regional event back in October, brothers Dan and Alex Boyer were in action again last weekend in the finals of the British Modern Biathlon Championships. If you missed it last time, the Biathlon consists of a separate run and swim, where points are obtained for each discipline, which are then combined
If you need something to blow away the cob-webs, there’s nothing like a run out on a cold icy day (or so I’ve been told!) Well those were the conditions facing Under 13, Joe Reeve as he prepared himself for the 3k Junior Run last Saturday. Hosted by Howgill Harriers, the 3k run was the
For those not familiar with The Cross Challenge, the event is a series of five fixtures across the autumn and winter season, offering high quality and competitive cross country opportunities held in Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Liverpool, Antrim, culminating in a series finale in Loughborough. The Cross Challenge gives up-and-coming athletes the opportunity to match themselves
On Sunday morning we had athletes competing at the Northumberland 10, although undulating in place around the country lanes of Ponteland it’s a great course to do and an enjoyable event. Results are out although no times have been listed and both Gill Maltby and Tina Corah are completely missing from the results although both
David Aiken and Kim Reeve took on the Howgills Harriers Ravenstonedale 10k race , after Kim watched son Joe win the 3k event in slippery conditions. Good performances from Kim and David with only twenty seven seconds between them and four places. Well done all three of you. Kim Reeve 78th 47:39 and David Aiken
Leon Reeve was in Duathlon action again this at a local league race in Dishforth. Leon picked up 3rd place novice with his team also in the mix for team. Well done Leon!
Last weekend Harry Singh was in action at the Town Moor Marathon, a multi lap race around the open moor. Harry, who was competing in his 130th Marathon, finished in 5hrs 10:36 despite helping 5 runners along the way to ensure they finished the course. What a guy! Well done Harry.
Last Sunday saw the Harriers take on the new XC race at Preston Park, Eaglescliffe. Results are now out which had the women finish 3rd and the men 4th on the day. Another brilliant turnout for the club. Well done everyone who competed.
Last week we reported that Neil Embleton and Chris Binns ran the Wensleydale Wedge 23 mile race…well there was actually another two! Jonathan Gray who was 12th home in 3:51 and Darren Gee in 14th in 3:54. Well done gentleman, outstanding work! Neil Embleton 116th 5:38 Chris Binns 117th 5:40
Round 3 of the NYSD Cross Country runs saw the biggest turn out of the series so far from our Junior Harriers. 28 eager athletes donned the blue and white vest from the Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 15s, and even with a few of our regulars elsewhere, we still had more juniors than
Liam Brittle took a break from cross country last weekend to take part in his first indoor competition. He was up against some of the North’s best athletes in the 1000m, in the first meeting of the Northern Athletics Open series at the English Institute for Sport, Sheffield. Still only 14 years old, Liam was
The indoor season started with a vengeance last week, with the first meeting of the Gateshead Indoor Series. Rather than pounding the muddy fields in the cold and wet, some of our fair weathered athletes have taken their running into a more comfortable setting (and who can blame them?) There were some excellent performances from:
It’s been a busy week for cross country! Last Wednesday saw a host of junior Harriers taking part in the town’s Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships. This was the third competition in five days for some of them! However, they still managed to provide an impressive show of strength as they dominated the order of
On Sunday afternoon at a very wet and windy Whitby, a large group of Harriers took on the second race of this years NYSD XC. Whitby, Is a picturesque course overlooked by Abbey three laps which in fair weather is more of a nice trail race….today was not one of those days. The only tough
Amanda Garvey Kovac, Viv Pow, Laura Girard and Leigh Hindle headed to Dalby to take on the annual 10k Dash. Starting from Low Dalby visitor’s centre, the first 2 miles are a steady uphill climb on a private tarmac road along House Dale and then at the top of the hill runners turn right as
