The ever popular Preston Park, once again played host for some more cross country action last Sunday. Hundreds of junior (and senior) athletes descended upon the Victorian estate for the 3rd fixture of the NYSD series of cross country races. Not surprisingly, numbers were down a little on what we’re used to seeing; with all […]
Wyvern School played host once again for the annual Darlington Schools XC Championships. Hundreds of young athletes from Wyvern, Carmel, Hummersknott, Longfield, St. Aiden’s, Polam and the Education Village met on a cool, autumn afternoon to battle it out in a bid to qualify for the County Championships next year. It goes without saying that
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Caedmon School, Whitby played host to hundreds of athletes, from Under 11 to Over 70, for the second meeting of the 2018/2019 NYSD Cross Country series. The weather was a huge improvement on the opening meet at Acklam a few weeks ago, and as usual, there were plenty of our juniors doing their stuff. Under
Now the schools’ cross country season is well under way, some of our juniors were back in action again last week. After a successful 1st round, teams from Hummersknott and Carmel progressed to the Regional Final of the English Schools Cross Country Cup, with the aim of making it to the Final on 24th November.
Last Sunday a number of Harriers headed to Whitby, a place where many club runners are scared after last years atrocious conditions. Bernadette Caygill kicked things off for the ladies finishing 9th, jade Hutchinson 12th with Linda Noble 19th . Daughter Megan made up the point scorers in 25th place giving the women an overall
Our Under 17 endurance maestro, India Pentland, was in action for the first time this season at the English National Relay Championships. She ran the first 2.5k leg as an individual athlete against some of the best cross country runners England has to offer. After a fantastic effort she finished in 8th place in a
Harrier ladies had a fantastic opening race to the cross country season at a wet and muddy Acklam. Ellie Phillips put in a superb performance to finish 8th ahead of mum Sue Phillips 11th and Auntie Linda Noble 16th with Pauline Brown and Megan Noble fighting it out for 28th and 29th places. Millie Grayson
On late Sunday morning into early afternoon a number of hardened Harriers headed to Acklam to take on the first of the seasons XC events.The weather had been pretty awful for a few days leading up to Sunday and unfortunately the weather didn’t get much better on the day with heavy rain throughout the races
The conditions may have been horrendous, but it didn’t stop twenty four of our junior Harriers turning out in what some might call, proper cross country weather! Yes, it was wet, but the first fixture of the NYSD XC runs was as popular as ever, and clubs from across the region came together to battle
The secondary school cross country season began last Tuesday when hundreds of young athletes descended upon Preston Park for the 1st 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 Finals on the 10th November, and ultimately the
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On Saturday Tom Addison was the only Darlington Harrier on show at the North Eastern Harrier Cross Country League. This weekend race took place at Druridge Bay, a course which is mostly grass, a little track but no hills….just inclines. Tom had a solid run finishing 432nd in 47:18 from a field of 564 runners.
Last Thursday, Darlington’s best young cross country runners gathered at Eastbourne Sports Complex for the annual Primary School Cross Country Championships. One of those was a young Harrier we’ve not heard of much, but one we believe has real potential; Hugo Douglas-Reeves. Representing Abbey School in the Year 5 race, he pulled out all the
Sunday saw the first race of the Cross Countrytake place at the Flatts, Thirsk. Each runnermust run 2 laps of a course of a little over 1 mile which features an undulating route which sees runners run up and down banks before returning to the comfort of flat grass. Results have yet to be released
When Lancelot “Capability” Brown designed the landscaped grounds of Harewood House back in the 16th Century, I’m sure he’d never considered that one day they would be used by thousands of individuals to race against each other on foot! But last weekend, this was the setting for a huge turnout of the north’s best cross
Great news for India Pentland – the latest edition of Athletics Weekly has published the UK rankings for cross country, and India is ranked 4th for the Under 17 Women! A fantastic achievement, especially as it’s her first season in that age group. Well done India – worth all that blood, sweat and tears
There was more exciting relay action from our juniors last Saturday, as they travelled to Graves Park in Sheffield. The City of Steel played host to hundreds of athletes from the north of England for the Northern Athletics Cross Country Relay Championships, and five teams of three from our junior camp battled it out against
Saturday was the culmination of a lot of hard work, and what’s been an exceptional cross country season for Junior Harrier, India Pentland. Just a couple of weeks ago she won her first National medal whist representing the North East of England, then after another terrific performance last week finishing 5th in the English Schools
Junior Harrier, Daniel Richardson has been in action again recently. He’s already shown us what a talented young athlete he is by winning the County race running for S W Durham Schools; he then followed that at the Inter-Counties where he had a tremendous run and finished in 5th place running for Durham County! Well,
The ESAA National Cross Country Championship is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the winter for young athletes, bringing together the best athletes in each of the 46 Counties in England to compete for the honour of being the best in the Country. Teams of 12, of which eight are allowed to compete,
Lets face it, the ground conditions at last week’s Inter-Counties National XC were nothing more than horrendous! With the aftermath of the previous week’s snow, and a heavy rainfall the night before, most of the course resembled something more suited to pigs and hippos than athletes! Mud, and lots of it, was definitely the order
