Unfortunately for us at Darlington Harriers, Under 13 endurance runner, Joseph Reeve has had to move to another athletics club. His Dad, Leon, also a member at DHAC, has had a change in circumstances at work, meaning it would be impossible to get Joseph to training each week. The lucky recipient of Joe’s new membership […]
It was a great start to the year for our Under 17 stars, India Pentland and Ellie Phillips. They were both competing in the North East Harrier League which is the equivalent of our NYSD competition, for clubs in the north of the region. Like the NYSD, they run the U17 and U20 women together
Yes it’s that time of year again…..Christmas is now a distant memory, the kids are back at school, and those that qualified from their town cross country championships last year, now battle it out in a bid to represent their county. Cleveland Not wasting any time, the first race to take place was the Cleveland
On new years day we had runners competing at the Captain Cook’s Fell race. The run itself is about 5 miles long and the terrain is very mixed. It starts on the road and then onto a bridleway before starting the long steep muddy climb up to Captain Cooks Monument. Once at the monument you
On Sunday morning the rearranged club 5km handicap took place. Conditions were quite icy as seen on a pre lap warm up as runners slipped in some key areas…however that didn’t deter the event. With some last minute runner changes, Ian Barnes set our first runner away with runners going at 30 or 1 minute
On Sunday morning we had a number of athletes in action at the Stuart Pailor memorial Old Monks Trail race, a 5.5 mile multi-terrain race from Hart Village through the dene. Begins on trail and goes into dene, with challenging climbs and flat tarmac back to the finish. Simon Rogers was first home for the
Richard Bowes was the lone Harrier at the latest Harrier league XC race at Herrington park, Sunderland. Richard who thought best to do a parkrun as a warm up in Newcastle beforehand finished 429th in a large field in 56:57. Well done Richard, good to see Darlington Harriers being represented in the league which sits
On New years day we had two of our runners competing at the Hardmoors 30 race. The route is a circular following the old railway lines north between Robin Hoods Bay and Whitby before heading southwards along the Cleveland Way to Robin Hoods Bay and then re-joining the old Railway lines passing through Ravenscar along
David Aiken was in action on New Years Day at the Lamberhurst 10k, Kent a challenging run takes competitors through the pretty Kent village of Lamberhurst, also including the iconic Scotney Castle On a day which was wetter than an Otter’s pocket ,David had a good run finishing 46th in 48:23 whilst Rebecca Howard finished
As reported last week, on new years eve we had runners competing at the Jolly Holly Jog in Ripon. Results are now in., Susie Stephen taking top honours on the day finishing 28th overall and 3rd lady. (2nd F30). Val Clarke and Shirley Gibson also taking 1st place in their age categories. Well done all
Last Sunday morning at West park, the club handicap took place in icy conditions. After some reviewing of times and handicaps put forward we have now, what we hope a final version using difference from target to actual as a measurement. Darren Thompson taking honours ahead of Michael Robson and Andy Campbell-Critchley. Thank you to
A number of Harriers headed to Ripon to take part in the seasonal Jolly Holly Jog 10k, a testing mixed terrain race scenic route which takes runners through Studley Royal deer park. Unfortunately results have yet to be released so more on this race next week.
Brian Burdon was caught up in a photograph storm at Stockton Winter Trail Series last Sunday displaying some Elfish behaviour towards other runners. Due to his antics, Brian has been put on Santa’s naughty list and will be running for us again next year with the rest of the naughty elves! On a tricky course
A small number of Harriers headed to Guisborough Woods to take on the 5.5mile fell race , a tough race with over 1200ft of climb as well as having to manage some tough off road conditions. Some excellent performances from the group no more so than Paul Lowe who finished 5th on the day in
Zoe Rogers was the only Harrier who headed to Coxhoe for the Active life trail 10km fun run. This is a free event but they fundraise for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. This isn’t a race and everyone runs in a group but a great idea to burn off some Christmas excess as well as raise
On Christmas Eve a number of Harries headed to Ropner Park to take on the What a Wheeze 5km fun run. This is the 3rd year of this event which takes in three laps of the park which is mainly flat and fast. Well done all those who took part.
What a generous bunch of people we have at our club. Because of your generosity we are able to deliver gifts to Darlington Memorial for the clubs Christmas appeal organised by Paul Cook today on Christmas Eve just in time for Christmas. Hopefully put a few smiles on faces over the Christmas period. On behalf
A small number of harriers took on the traffic free undulating Saltwell 10k (or is 5.9m race Peter) which finishes in Saltwell Park. Peter Armstrong was first home from the three club runners finishing 52nd overall in 40:44 with V60 runner Paul Kelly 157th in 46:56 and Richard Bowes 167th in 47:48 despite his efforts
