Tom Addison

Inspiration of the week

Sarah Holmes showed incredible bravery on Thursday evening at the relays after being on the receiving end of some abuse from mindless kids as she completed her leg. Just wanted to give Sarah a big shout out as she dug in and completed the mile still smiling and putting those idiots comments to one side […]

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Harriers gone up the Wall

On Thursday night saw a large number of Harriers (some missing from this photo) head to Middlesboro for the Tom Wall relays. Another excellent turnout by the club, great team spirit and some excellent performances to boot. Well done all results can be found here

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Tartan Games results

On Sunday afternoon we had some of our Senior’s in action in Gateshead at the Tartan Games. Competing on the day we had Curtis Metcalfe in both the 100m and 200m with Steve Bousfield also on show in the 100m. We did happen to catch Steve Bousfield warming up pre race. ..hope you have clean

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Off to the Castle

Last Sunday morning we had a number of Harriers at the Auckland Castle 5mile race. Starting at the Robinson Arch, the run takes runners past the Walled Garden, into the park where you will enjoy the scenic course as well as passing the Deer House. This race includes all terrain, trail and forest and can

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Five at the Vale

Another race to take place on Sunday morning was the Vale of York Half marathon. This race is another PB potential course similar to The Brass Monkey as it is relatively flat with few inclines. Bit breezy on the day but some great performances with huge personal bests for Neil and Steven! Well done all

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McAllister makes the Front Page

On Sunday saw the return of the Great north run, an event which Grows in popularity year on year and now sees 57,000 entries Although many of these will be deferred it still has in excess of 40,000 year in year out which is fantastic for the North East. Through inside knowledge from organisers, Darlington

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Midweek Lemon Top

On Wednesday night a number of Harriers headed to Redcar for The last race in the series, the 5km on the flat and fast course. On a night where conditions were ‘ok’ and a tail wind behind runners on the final straight, much to the relief Of everyone, some fantastic Performances from everyone on show

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Duo try the Aquathlon

Steve Tinkler and Russell Adams were in action at the Aquathlon at the Education Village, Darlington an event for novices. For those who don’t know (but probably guessed from the aqua element) this is a swim – run event. In a small field, Russell was first finisher in 10:51 followed by Steve in 21st in

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Lowe Wins Viking Chase

A handful of Harriers were in action at the Viking Chase 4 Peaks Fell race., an eight mile race with 1800ft of climb, starting at Lordstones Café. Paul Lowe was first overall today with Sarah Tomlinson 3rd female. Strong performances from David McKenna, David Tomlinson, Darren Stockdale and Neil Embleton who were all awarded beer

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Rutherford’s chilling

Another event to take place last week was the Chill Swim event at Coniston, Cumbria where Georgie Rutherford was in action for the Third week running. Starting with a full length swim of Coniston lake (5.25 miles)….sounds chilly! Georgie finished 1st in her age category in 2hr 8:52.5. Superb work Georgie!

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Kevin’s at Keswick

Last weekend at Keswick, Kevin Wilson took on the Keswick 10K, an off road race in beautiful surroundings. Kevin had a great run finishing 34th in 49:12 whilst sons Harry and Dylan entered the 5K finishing in an impressive 2nd and 3rd place, Harry in 23:53 and Dylan in 24:47. Great running by all three

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Princess Penny

Last week I reported that Penny Ivison competed at the Hardmoors Princess Challenge. I just wanted to correct this mistake as it was Penny Skilton as seen in the photo! Well done Penny…..i get there eventually, just takes a while for the Penny to drop (and yes I am here all week).

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Duo go Double Dutch

Next weekend Jade Hutchinson and Natalie Curgenven are competing in the World Championship Triathlon in Rotterdam after they both qualified in their respective age categories. Good luck ladies, wear your GBR kit with pride!

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Club Mark achieved

This week the club achieved Clubmark…what is Clubmark I hear some of you ask. Clubmark is a national accreditation scheme which is run by Sport England for community sports clubs. It recognises high standards and looks at safety, fairness, coaching and management for the running of the club. Sport England aims to help build a

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