Richard Bowes was in action at the Reading Half Marathon this weekend, an event which was organised and run originally in 1983, when the start and finish venue was Reading University at White Knights Park. The Sage Reading Half Marathon not only takes in the highlights of the centre of Reading where runners experience huge […]
Saturday saw three of our runners in action at the Hardmoors 55, an Ultramarathon which sees participants running from Guisborough to Helmsley. The 55 mile race takes competitors through the North York Moors and the Cleveland Hills in tough conditions. The race contains over 2000metres of ascent and has a time limit of 16 hours
With the last of the NYSD cross country meetings now just a distant memory, Darlington played host for the final event of the series before the focus returns to Track & Field again next month. The South Park Relays are always an exciting finale, producing the usual thrills and spills of a relay race, but
Last Saturday was another big date on the cross country calendar where the UK’s top club athletes came together for another National competition. Teams had been selected by the relevant governing bodies, in our case NECAA, and five of our DHAC juniors had been chosen to represent the North East Counties at this prestigious event.
Tom ‘The Fist’ Addison was in midweek action at the Run Eat Sleep one mile event at South Shields. In a field of 81 competitors Tom finished in a very respectable 9th position with a new personal best of 5:27 ? Great work Tom!
On Saturday morning we had three of our runners at the Dentdale Run which is a 14.2 mile (or a 7.9 mile) road race staged on the roads and lanes around Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales. The course follows a figure-of-eight course, it winds up hill and down dale, starting and finishing at Dent Primary
On Sunday, our Harrier men and ladies were in action in the Cross Country season finale at South Park Darlington. Although this is part of the XC season this is 100% on path but both our men and women’s teams did great, the ladies winning their race with the men an excellent second place behind
This year’s NYSD Cross Country Series has provided another excellent season of competition. Now all the points have been totted up, the final results have beenpublished, so if you haven’t seen already, here’sa brief summary of how things went for our Junior Harriers…..There have been many notable performances highlighting the quality and dedication of our
Last week we had four of our Harriers at the Tees Trail race, the 5km race at Tees barrage. Results are now in and Colin Taylor was once again top dog finishing in a speedy 17:20 with Tony Winward also putting in a good run to finish 4th in 17:39. Young gun Harry Lyons finished
Last Saturday morning saw a number of Harriers take on the High Cup Nick. Results are now out for this event which saw Darren Gee finish 75th in a high class field in 1:18:43, Val Clarke 282nd in 1:40:06 and Julian Waller 324th in 1:45:45. Other Harriers competing on the day including off road captain
Tony ‘Kenny’ Williams was one of three Harriers at the Haweswater Half on Sunday, joined by John Clifford and Richard Bowes. The Haweswater Half follows an out and back course from Bampton Village (9 miles S of Penrith, 4 miles W of Shap) and passes along the shores of Haweswater in a remote and dramatic
The Blyth Sportshall Athletics Series came to an exciting conclusion last weekend, with two of our juniors flying the flag for Darlington Harriers. Hugo Douglas-Reeves and Daniel I’Anson were back for more running, jumping and throwing action in what was the fourth and final meeting of this popular series. Hugo certainly finished in style by
The landscaped grounds of an historic country house were, once again, taken over by thousands of cross country runners and spectators last weekend. The popular Harewood House played host to the annual English National Cross Country Championships, where athletes from Under 13 up to Senior level turned out in their droves to compete.For some, it
We had 8 club members representing us at the Tees Barrage 5km Trail race today. Well, results are now in and Phil Teece was first Harrier home despite running the High Cup Nick the previous day. Some excellent performances from our club runners on the day. Well done to you all. 6th – Phil Teece
It doesn’t seem long since the first of the 6 NYSD cross country meetings kicked off at Acklam back in October. There have been thrills and spills on the way, injuries to contend with and a few new faces we’ve introduced. But here we are, at the final meeting of what’s been a fantastic series
Darren Thompson was back in action at the Leicestershire half marathon, a race which he ran in 2018 in aid of the MOVE Charity. Darren, who has recently returned to running and not in top shape just yet still put in an excellent performance to finish 43rd in 1:26:33, not bad for a lad who’s
Hilary Bevan celebrated an iconic film hero with Saturn Running’s ‘Runners of The Lost Ark’ run. This is a 7 hour timed event where runners choose their distance from 5km to ultra.Runners complete as many laps of a 3.28 mile (5.3km) out and back, course along the River Wear as they wish within the 7
Richmond was the venue for the final race of the Cross Country season on late Sunday morning. This course is a multi lapper for both men and women and despite being a nice course to run, is quite exposed to the elements.Results have yet to be released, but well done to everyone who wore the
