On Sunday morning at Newcastle’s Town Moor we had a 8 of our club runners in action over three events. In the Couples 10km event, Barry and Louise Talman finished 3rd from the 40 runners on show with a combined time of 38:32 with Zoe and Steve Rogers 18th in 46:58. In the 10km race […]
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After a lot of deliberation, Under 15 sprinter, Darcey Garbutt has made the difficult decision to move on from Darlington Harriers. From now on she will be competing for North East rivals Gateshead Harriers. Darcey has found that she performs better when competing against faster athletes. So her aim is to improve as much as
On a busy week for the club runners the final race of the weekend was at Tees Barrage. Now it looks like Colin Taylor may have received a belated valentines card but as the results have yet to be released around this race, this is another race we will cover next week,Well done all harriers
Harewood House, Leeds was the location for this years National XC which sees many top runners from far and wide testing their ability against one another. India Pentland kicked off proceedings in the U17 event finishing a fantastic 2nd with team mates Megan Noble and Amelia Grayson both putting in strong performances over the 5km
We had seven of our athletes in action on Wednesday evening at the Tees Trail Pie and Peas 5km race. This was a well supported event with over 200 runners on the evening, all armed with headtorches and ready for the post race Pie and Peas….if anything is going to make you run faster this
John Gray was in dog racing action (not dogging , please see Paul Keedy’s blog for that insight) at Dalby Forest. This popular event sounds like it get’s people slightly enraged but actually these Canicross events have the opposite impact to the participants as it takes them round a scenic 5km route through the stunning
As reported last week the cross country finale took place at Richmond. Results have now been released which saw Darlington Harrier Ladies finish 4th overall and the men 6th.Well done everyone who has competed over the cross country season.
We love to hear about our Junior Harriers excelling outside the field of athletics, so when we were told about Hugo Douglas-Reeves and Alex Boyer doing so well at the Northumberland and Durham County Swimming Championships recently, we just had to let you know. They both competed in a number of events for Darlington Swimming
There was a full weekend of indoor action last week as Gateshead College played host to the NECAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. With eager athletes from all of the North East clubs the place was buzzing with excitement, and two of our top junior girls were there to play their part. Under 15 Girls
Penny Ivison was the only Harrier on show at this weekends Absent Friends Trail race, the first of three races that form part of the Run Billingham Series in 2019. The race is approximately 5 miles and is run at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham, on a mix of terrain, including plenty of mud! Penny
Friday night was an important time for these three football crazy Harriers. Olivia Bell, Lily Large and Tori Buckley had been chosen to take part in trials for the Year 7 & 8 Darlington & District Schools football team, and if selected they would represent the town in a North East Schools tournament later this
We have three indoor events to bring you up to date with: The Scottish Nationals, The Northern Championships and the 4th meeting of the Gateshead Indoor Series. ScottishNationals,EmiratesArena,Glasgow– 3rd February Just a day after competing at the Inter Counties Cross Country, Charlotte Rutter headed North to the Scottish National Indoor Championships. Having certainly been out
The Course The map above is a good representation of what awaited our athletes last weekend, as a white blanket of snow and ice covered the whole circuit. Nice to look at, but not the best stuff to have underfoot when you’re running! But the teams from Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and North Yorkshire didn’t
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Under 13 sprinter/high jumper, Benedict Davies, showed us just what he was made of recently, when he took part in the English Kettlebell Association qualifiers for Team England! DHAC Coach, Steve, spotted Benedict’s potential during his kettlebell training sessions and competitions, and as a result of his sheer talent, Benedict was invited to come along
Hundreds of athletes from Under 13’s to Seniors descended upon Pontefract last weekend as ‘Northern Athletics’ held their annual premier cross country competition. The popular North of England XC Championships attracted clubs from Alnwick to Ambleside, from Richmond to Rotherham, and the best of their endurance athletes were out in force.There was an excellent turnout
Matt Capsey, renowned for his ultra runs took on Dalby Forest’s ‘No Ego’ race, a 5 mile event which requires competitors to wear a headtorch and is the first of three headtorch races in the first two months of the year.In a field of 420, Matt finished 25th in a time of 39:55.
At this years North of England Cross Country Championship the club once again had a good turn out across the age groups. India Pentland took 1st place in the U17 women’s race with team mates Catherine Roberts (16th) Ellie Phillips (50th) Megan Noble (82nd) and Amelia Grayson all contributing to the team win.In the U17
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We had three runners in the low key Muddy Roads tees 5km trail race in midweek with only 60 competitors turning up for the race. Tony Winward who has been in great form of late was first home for the club in 3rd place in a time of 18:22, with Phil Teece once again on
Amanda and Julian Waller along with Darren Gee headed over to Hardwick Park last weekend to take on the ‘Hardwick Park Wonder’, an event which sees competitors run a 1.5m lap as many times as they possibly can.Darren Gee completed 21 laps in 4hrs 41, Amanda Waller 22 laps in 5hrs 51 also completing the
It was another great turnout at Ormesby Hall today with many great performances from both our junior and senior athletes. Many of our age categories claimed 1st team overall for the day making this yet another successful day for our club. Full results can be found here
