Law Sunday saw the latest instalment of the NYSD Cross Country Season, a season which has to date seen really strong performance from both our Mens and Ladies teams. This week was to be no exception as our women finished with an excellent 3rd position overall and our men topped the pile finishing 1st, helped […]
Photos courtesy of New Marske Harriers Under 11 Girls There were no U11 boys competing this week so it’s straight on to the girls, with two of them in action today. Regular Lottie Graves put in another strong performance to produce her third top 10 finish in a row. This was her best to date
Massive congratulations to all our Darlington Harriers who ran here today. It’s always a tough competition, but usually one that is dominated by our juniors, and they certainly didn’t disappoint today
More Mud For The XC CupHaving already qualified from Round 1 a few weeks ago, several of our Juniors were competing for their schools once again at the North East Regional Final of the Cross Country Cup – just one race away from the National Final. If you recall, this is a team event where
Last weekend saw our men and women’s team in action again at the next instalment of the Cross Country Season, in Whitby. This race is mainly on the grass with a small amount of gravel track to run across and a short and sharp hill,which in poor conditions can sometimes require a race to support
It was a great turnout from our Juniors for the NYSD’s second fixture last weekend with 21 young Harriers taking part. Once again conditions underfootwere pretty soft but they gave it their all, and as usual produced some excellent results. Under 11 Boys The first of our juniors to finish was Daniel I’Anson, who we’ve
Last weekend saw four of our athletes in action at the National Cross Country Championships in Mansfield, where each senior would run 5km on tough conditions. The National Cross Country relays attracts the best runners from around the country to pit their wits against each other. Paul Allan kicked off the race for the team,
Juniors Take on The Best At National Relay CompOur Junior Harriers stepped up a level last weekend when three DHAC teams entered the English Cross Country Relay Championships. It’s one of the biggest events on the cross country calendar, with over one thousand teams, young and old, taking part. The venue was Berry Hill Park,
Nine of our top junior cross country runners travelled to Sheffield today for the Northern Cross Country Relay Championships. Two Under 13 teams and an Under 17 team battled it out against hundreds of other North of England athletes around Sheffield’s biggest parkland area. The teams were made up of three athletes, with each member
The secondary schools were not the only cross country runners in action this week. Having already qualified from the previous round, hundreds of primary school athletes descended upon Stewart Park today for the Tees Valley finals. Like their older counterparts, these junior runners had to contend with muddy, wet conditions; in fact, one part of
A Clarty Start! The secondary school cross country season got off to a muddy start last Tuesday when hundreds of young athletes descended upon Preston Park for the first round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup. Teams from the County Durham area entered this preliminary round, with the hope of progressing to the Regional
Today saw the first event of the 2019-2020 Cross Country season at Acklam, Middlesbrough. The weather over the weekend had been pretty dreary with plenty of rain which made conditions ‘typical’ of a cross country race. First up were the ladies, covering approximately 5km. Linda Noble was the first Harrier home finishing in 14th, showing
For many, the Thirsk Relays a few weeks ago heralded the start of the new cross country season, but today it was down to business with the first of the individual NYSD races. Acklam hosted the first meeting in the six race series and it was great to see so many familiar faces back again
Under 13 Harrier, Hugo Douglas-Reeves was up to his old tricks again today. He was part of the Abbey School team competing at Darlington’s Primary School Cross Country Championships, winning the Year 6 Boys race for the 3rd year running. In recent years the organisers have had ‘hares’ running ahead of the junior athletes to
Last Sunday saw a number of our harriers at the Thirsk relays to kick off the Cross Country season. Getting things underway was the ladies and with Sarah Guy, Megan Noble and Bernadette Caygill in good form a third place on the day was an excellent result. Kelly Sloan led the team of Linda Noble
Here We Go Again!Yes, it’s finally here. That character building season filled with mud, wet and tears is now upon us! After a long (and successful) track and field season, it’s time to fit those longer spikes and stock up on the washing powder as we welcome in the new cross country season. As usual,
Alex Boyer went up to Sunderland last Saturday to get in an early season race at the Ken Jefferson Memorial Farringdon Cross Country. The course was a 1.8mile, undulating path with lots of tight turns and a steep water jump. Alex put in a fantastic effort and won the U13 race by a clear 30
Julia Clifford and Nova Tarn were on hand to give a small number of Harriers some support at the midweek Cross Country Relays, a 3 person team event which sees each runner complete 2 laps of a XC circuit covering just under 2 miles. The race is split between senior and mixed teams, and then
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
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
