Last Sunday morning we reported that we had a number of runners at the first of the Run Billingham Series at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. Results are now in and as reported Sue Phillips was the 1st lady from the 115 runners on the day with strong performances from all the Harriers on show. Well […]
Last week we reported that Liz Barker was making her debut for the club at Saturday’s NEHL XC at Thornley Hall farm, Peterlee. Liz was initially missed from the results but after video evidence and chip timing was checked it was confirmed that Liz had finished 5th (8th fastest time based on the handicap system
On Sunday afternoon everyone was tuned in to watch Lewis Moses competing at the British Championships 3000m race in Birmingham. In a strong field, it was always going to be a fast and furious pace with the winning time likely to be sub 8minutes. As expected the pace was quick from the off, to the
One of our Junior Harriers just goes from strength to strength. Ashton Harrison has been a regular competitor for our Under 11 squad at this season’s NYSD cross country events. He has proved himself again and again as a very credible young athlete producing some really impressive performances. On Saturday morning he took part in
Three of our Junior Harriers took part in Thursday night’s event at Gateshead. Charlotte Rutter just can’t keep away! She was back in action again in the 60m Hurdles and the High Jump, and came home with a 1st and 2nd place! Yet another top performance in the hurdles dipping over the line in 9.49s
Last weekend second claim James Bernie was in half marathon action in Watford. The race starts and finishes in Cassiobury park moving out to the villages of Buck Hills, Chandlers Cross, and skirting along the Grove Estate. James had an excellent run on an undulating course to finish the race in 84th position in 1:23:53
Darren Thompson was in half marathon action this Sunday morning at Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire supporting the Move Charity , a charity which helps children and young people with cancer through the power of exercise and sport. The race starts in the grounds of Prestwold Hall taking runners down the main driveway before making a circuit
Lewis Moses was in 3000m indoor action midweek at the BMC (British Milers Club) in Sheffield. Wearing the Darlington Harriers vest for the first time in several years Lewis had his work cut out for him on the night. In a strong field of elite runners Lewis battled his way round in a blistering pace
Last weekend Sara was involved in a canicross event at Dalby Forest. Now I was always a believer that David Beckham delivered a canicross but apparently this is a little different. This event is a 5km running with your dog. The course is one big on the Ellerton trail for those familiar with the area.
Dave Hamer was the noticeable absentee in the results last week, after the club was not listed initially next to his performance. Well we can now confirm Dave’s result as he finished in 55:25. In other shocking news, Peter Armstrong was caught up in controversy with the race organisers after the race was listed NAD
In the mens race Wes Tarn was first to finish for the club as he finished in 14th position in a very strong field with Phil Teece 20th but third in the V55 category. Well done gentleman, tough going.
Last week we reported that we had some of our Veteran runners in action at Blackwell Hotel grounds for the North East veterans XC race. In the Ladies and M65 race Bernadette Caygill finished in a superb 2nd place but first V40 ahead of Sue Phillips in 10th who was first V55 and Pauline Gorman
I know she’s not a junior, but as one of the junior coaches we thought she deserved a mention!! Bernadette Caygill takes the endurance class on a Saturday morning, and gives up a lot of her time as our juniors take part in the various cross country events throughout the season. But Bernadette is an
There’s no stopping Under 13 endurance runner, Gabby Hall. She just keeps on impressing us week after week! This week she’s had another two top performances. The first one was running for her school at Terrington Hall, York, where she won the 5.2km run by a country mile!! It was about 2 minutes after she’d
Having already hosted the Durham Schools Cross Country a couple of weeks ago, Barnard Castle School was the venue once again for another major cross country event. For those that qualified from the last round, this was their chance to represent their County, in a bid to make it through to the English Schools’ Finals.
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On Sunday morning a small group of Harriers headed north to take on Dalton Park 10k, a race which was postponed from December due to poor weather conditions. Run Nation designed this race “for those looking for a flatter/faster run” giving runners a “great opportunity to get a personal best for 10k” …and the runners
Two of our fastest young sprinters were in action last weekend at the Under 13/15 Indoor Championships. The English Institute Of Sport opened it’s doors to hundreds of young athletes including our very own Kate Williams (U13) and Charlotte Rutter (U15.) Kate’s first event was the Long Jump where the results list her as finishing
Blackwell Hotel grounds was the venue for this Sunday’s North East veterans XC race. With a few of the club veterans on show and a few supporting the event it was another busy weekend for the club. Results will be out next week so we will cover then. Pictured Pauline Gorman, Sue Phillips, Ian Barnes,
Last weekend we covered briefly the Wynard Woodland 5k trail race which takes runners round the scenic trails of the beautiful surroundings of Wynyard Woodland Park. Results are now out for this one, some close finishes to this one no more so than Kim Reeve who got ahead of Alex Bos and non Harrier runners
On Sunday morning Andrea Reese and Rachel Girard headed to the border to take on the XBorder 10k race. This is the 7th year the event has ran and the third time it’s ran from England to Scotland. The route takes runners from Kingmoor park parallel to the M6 motorway finishing at the Greens at
