Middlesbrough Sports Village played host recently as hundreds of athletes gathered for the region’s premier meeting of the outdoor season. The North East Counties Championships, or ‘North Easterns’ as it’s affecionatly known was held over the weekend of 21st – 22nd August, with an extensive programme of events, attracting all age groups from across the […]
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Several of our Junior athletes were in action for the 6th and final NEGP meeting recently. Monkton Stadium played host again in the last event of another successful series for North East athletics. Here’s a brief summary of the results…. 75m Hurdles A cracking run from Hugo Douglas-Reeves got things off to a great start
As the first NEYDL meeting at Whitley Bay was cancelled, this third meeting at Morpeth was to be the final league meeting in this series. It took place on a hot, sunny Saturday 17th of July which, of course, coincided with the first weekend of the school holidays for many, so numbers were depleted slightly
It was a return to familiar surroundings on Sunday as the Darlington/Allerton team were back at Middlesbrough Sports Village for another NEYDL meeting. After a solid team performance at the first meet last month, the team were out to match or even improve on the already impressive 3rd place from Meeting 1. It was another
Photos courtesy of Stuart Whitman and DHAC parents. Big thanks to all! With all the Covid-19 restrictions currently in place, this year’s cross country season has been a bit of a none starter. So it was great to see our younger athletes in action once again, contending with the wet and muddy conditions that go
As you saw from Tom’s report, our Under 11 section got it’s first taste of track competition at the weekend as DHAC’s ‘Back to Track’ returned for a second time. By all accounts they loved the experience and I’m sure they’ll be back again soon! For the rest of our Junior section it’s been great
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Huge well done to all the athletes that took part in the latest #DHACVirtual event. The results are now in……. Congratulations to Team 1, who lived up to their name and came out on top of the time sheets this time. With Karl Murray clocking 2.28 for the 0.5 mile leg, junior athelte Marissa Boon
Hundreds of young athletes took another step towards competing at the English Schools Cross Country Finals at the Northern Schools Inter Counties Cross Country Championships. Having gone through Town, then County, stages, it was now time for the Inter-County Championships where teams from Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Cumbria and North Yorkshire battled it out for place
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Plenty of Junior Harriers travelled to Bedale for another big event on the cross country calendar – the North of England XC Championships. For the first time, the event was held within the magnificent grounds of the Camp Hill Estate, which proved to be the perfect setting for such a big competition. Hundreds of athletes
Ormesby Hall is one of the most popular rounds of the NYSD Cross Country Series, with a course that combines the scenic grounds of the 18th century mansion house with a woodland trail section to its perimeter. With all the rain a few days before, it certainly made for a wet and muddy affair in
Juniors Excel At North Easterns Photos courtesy of Stuart Whitman Photography The picturesque Northumberland countryside was the setting for one of the major events on the North East XC calendar last weekend. The 114th North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships were this year hosted by Alnwick Harriers with a difficult course looping round Alnwick Pastures,
Juniors Head Back To Acklam. Photos courtesy of Jo-Anne Tarn & Karen Harland. Because of a change in venue, our juniors visited Acklam Grange School for the second time this season; the last NYSD meeting before Christmas. It was a cool, fresh day and numbers were down slightly on the usual attendance, but as you’ll
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
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
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
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,
Top Team Spirit From JuniorsWe’re now in that transition period between the end of the Track & Field season and the start of the Cross Country season, and you’ve probably heard about the various relay events on offer. Just recently we reported on the NYMAC relays at Stewart Park; the annual Thirsk Flatts relays have
