We had a number of athletes competing at the NYSD this week in both the 200m and the 1 mile race. Some excellent performances on the night from all of our senior athletes including Hilary Bevan who undertook her first mile event and finished in an excellent 7:48.6. Well done everyone, results below.
Lucy-Erin Hunter was in action today at the North Eastern’s 1500m race. Despite recently returning from injury Lucy still managed to reach the finals of the U20 race. Lucy had a fantastic run, only just pipped on the line into second place and taking silver with a time of 4:42:09, only .06 off the winning
On Saturday the Sunderland Festival increased it’s races with a new 5km race. A race which was described as flat and fast and a potential PB course turned out to be pure fabrication. This race which starts and finishes on the Northern Spire Bridge takes runners over the bridge, before a climb up to around
Last week we missed one of our runners from the Leeds Half Marathon results as she was listed as unaffiliated on the day. But thanks to social media, we managed to get a photo of Anneke Hill post Leeds Half Marathon after finishing 3033rd in 2:17:06. Well done Anneke, great time!
Hundreds of athletes descended upon Middlesbrough last weekend for two days of full on competition at the North East’s premier track and field meeting. Clubs from all over the region were represented, in all age groups from Under 13 and above in the ever popular NECAA Championships.The weather had settled and the athletes could look
Middle distance legend and broadcaster, Steve Cram, visited Hummersknott Academy last week to speak to a specially selected group of Academy students, made up from their successful cross country team and a small group of budding sports stars from Abbey and Mowden Primary Schools. The group included several of our Junior Harriers including Abbey pupils
We had three of our athletes taking on the Wainstones events this weekend. Strangely the 10km race is 9.5miles, the Half Marathon is 16.5 and the marathon 28.5miles. In the 10k Matt Capsey finished in an impressive 7th place in 1:24:48 while Penny Skilton battled away in the half to finish 157th in 6:09:22. David
On a very busy week for the club we had four Harriers head to Durham for the Outlaw Trail 10 mile event. The 10 mile route starts in Durham City before heading down along the rivers Wear Dale Way, through the local woods of Shincliffe and Croxdale, running along some trails to keep runners interested
On a warm Sunday at Raby castle we had a number of runners in action in both the 5km and 10km events. Nova Tarn the only senior in the 5km race finished 21st in 26:44 with junior competitor Charlie Holdcroft 28th in 28:50. In the 10km race it was Nova’s husband Wes who took the
We had three of our athletes at the Leeds Half Marathon this weekend. This race Starts on The Headrow, in the heart of the City Centre, before taking runners out of the City Centre, via New Briggate, towards the village of Meanwood.At around the 9-mile mark, runners pass Kirkstall Abbey before returning to the City
On Sunday Ian Brown and son Jake headed over to Richmond to take on the days Triathlon. Both Ian and Jake are accomplished runners and Ian more experienced over the three events. Jake was first of the two to finish in 1:19:08 with Ian finishing in 1:27:05. Den Dale also competed on the day for
A very wet Locke Park was the scene for five of our Harriers this week. This 5 lap event around the flat and fast course is great for good times but on a night like this, probably only the ducks enjoyed!Tony Williams was the first Harrier round in 36:00 for 35th place, Michael Watson 40th
Last week, on a cold, wet and windy day, Under 13 Harrier, Libby Hammond was in action at Middlesbrough Sports Village. She was representing her school, the Ian Ramsey CE Academy at the Stockton District Athletics Championships. She had a busy day competing in the 800m, the long jump and the 4 x 100m relay.
After her most successful cross country season to date, India Pentland returned to the track recently in her first BMC meeting of the year. As well as being her first track race of the year, it was also a step up in age group, to the heady heights of Under 20!India travelled to Leeds to
So here we are again. The sun is shining, the stadium is filled with the chatter of teenagers, and the English Schools track and field season gets under way. For those of you unfamiliar with the Track & Field Cup, basically it’s a competition between school teams which is held over three rounds. The preliminary
Another race to take place this week was the Gribdale Growler, part of the Esk Valley Dave Perry Summer Fell race Series on 1st May. This race is 5.8 miles in length with 925 feet of ascent, taking in Roseberry Topping and little Roseberry. Ian Morris was first of our Harriers home, 56th overall in
A handful of Harriers headed to Jarrow to take part in the 3 person relay event, each runner completing 3km per leg. With three competitive teams representing the club on the evening all runners did themselves proud. The ladies V35 team finished in 2nd place only to the Athletics Giants Morpeth while the mens V35
Tony Winward was the lone Harrier at the South Shields Monthly Mile race. Tony who has continued his good form throughout 2019 finished 2nd in a new best of 5:06,second only to Tyne Bridge’s Sparrow Morley, a very accomplished runner who finished in 4:48.Great running Tony.
On Saturday 27th April 2019, Ian Morris and Mike King headed over to Derwentwater for a dawdle of 24 miles and 4,600 ft of ascent, for the fully selfnavigated fell & trail race over some ‘ineteresting’ terrain.Mike King was first of the two to finish, finishing in18th place in 05:22:25 with Ian Morris not far
