On Sunday morning we had one of our club races at South Park in the form of a 20 mile race. This race which is new to the running circuit over the last few years is there to aid local runners with their spring marathons. Some fantastic support by many club members on the day […]
Sunday saw a small number of Harriers at York Run York’s latest running event – the Elvington Flyer. A flat and fast race around Elvington Airfield. The race marks the 100th anniversary of the RAF and goes straight down the runway of the airfield!In the 5mile race Sarah Addison was first home, in 52nd place
Barry and Louise Talman headed North to Temple Park to take on the 5km race,a race which attracts only a small number of runners (53) but a quick course and one that should interest people looking for times.Barry was first across the line in 15th place in a time of 18:07 ahead of wife Louise
On Wednesday night we saw over 300 runners descend onto South park to support Children With Cancer in a 5km fun run organised by Paul Cook. This was another event which saw many Harriers come together to support such a fantastic cause and raise money. The night was a great success raising over £3000 including
As we know, many of our Junior Harriers excel at other sports as well as athletics and, as we’ve highlighted before, Harriet Rogers is just as much at home in the swimming pool as she is on the track. She was competing in Edinburgh recently and the following extract from Darlington Swimming Club’snewsletter shows youjust
Hundreds of smiling faces gathered at South Park, Darlington on Wednesday night ready to do their bit for the Children With Cancer Charity. Athletes of all ages and abilities, and all shapes and sizes lined up to either run, jog, plod or walk their way round the 5k parkrun circuit. Yes, even we were there
News just in – Libby Hammond just got back from Prestwold Hall, Loughborough last night after competing at the National Secondary School Year 7 finals. As you probably know, Year 7 athletes only compete up to County level at the English School competition, so this is a great opportunity for them to compete at National
Last week at the XC road relays at South Park we told you that both our men and women had performed brilliantly, the ladies finishing first, third and fourth with our fourth team just outside the top ten in 12th.Our men also had some very good performances, teams finishing in 2nd, 6th and 9th place
Despite being under the weather, Charlotte Rutter still took part in the England Athletics U15/U17 Indoor Combined Event Championships last weekend. She’d been looking forward to this event all season, but unfortunately, like many at the moment, she wasn’t on top form when it came to the big day due to another bug doing the
Under 13 endurance expert, Daniel Richardson, has been out of action for a while due to an injury……so much so, he had to withdraw from the UK Inter County Cross Country Championships at Loughborough last weekend. He was devastated not being able to represent the North East, but the good news is he was given
The second Dishforth Dash 10K event being held at the recently decommissioned MOD Airfield near Ripon North Yorkshire in support of the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) was held on Sunday morning. The event offers a fantastic opportunity for runners of all abilities to run on this former WW2 airbase. The route takes runners initially around
On another busy weekend of racing, we had a small number of Harriers racing at the Ropner Park 5km which forms part of the Winter Series and is pretty much like a parkrun around the park. Colin Taylor, Tony Winward and Bernadette were all part of a small field on the day, results have yet
Sunday saw the club enter teams into the Northern Road relays at Birkenhead for the first time since 1977, an event which sees runners run laps of 4 or 8km. Fantastic performances from both our men and women teams,the men qualifying for the nationals by finishing in the top 25. Big thanks to Karl Hume
At Kielder this weekend we saw three events,10mile, 14mile and marathon races. Sarah Tomlinson was the only Harrier competing in the 10mile race finished in 44th place in 1hr 39:40, and 4th in her age category. In the 14mile event we had a number of athletes in the field, David Brown first to finish for
Our Under 13 Harrier, Alex Boyer was in action last weekend. This time he was competing for his school, Carmel College at the Under 12 British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace. The Biathlon is perfect for Alex, combining two of his favourite disciplines; a 50m swim and an 800m run. The first event
Photo courtesy of Gillian Buckley The indoor athletics hall at Gateshead College was a hive of activity last Sunday as athletes from all over the country came to take part in the final indoor meeting of the season. There were two competitions running concurrently; the NECAA Pentathlon for the North East athletes, and the Open
Saturday was the culmination of a long journey that, for some, started back in October with their local town cross country championships. Qualifiers went on to the County Championships and if successful, were selected to wear their County colours at the Inter-Counties; so as you can see, just reaching the National Finals is a massive
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Sunday saw three of our runners in London for the Vitality Half Marathon, a community running festival also offering a free one mile run mass participation run for all ages and abilities. Of our three runners, Tony ‘Kenny’ Williams was first home in 1:38:39 with Tom Addison and Michael Watson finishing in 1:47:45. Good work
Tony Winward was flying solo inYork this week at the midweek 5km race series. Tony who has been in excellent form since before the turn of the year has shown no sign of slowing down as he finished in a time of 17:43 in the 2nd heat of the evenings racesAnother excellent time in the
On a busy weekend for the club, our final race had five of our club members heading to Ripon to take on the Lightwater Valley 10km challenge a race that takes competitors out on a rollercoaster scenic country route and back into theme park parking area. Shaun Marshall was first to finish in 4th place
