Last week at the XC road relays at South Park we told you that both our men and women had performed brilliantly, the ladies finishing first, third and fourth with our fourth team just outside the top ten in 12th.Our men also had some very good performances, teams finishing in 2nd, 6th and 9th place […]
The Course The map above is a good representation of what awaited our athletes last weekend, as a white blanket of snow and ice covered the whole circuit. Nice to look at, but not the best stuff to have underfoot when you’re running! But the teams from Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and North Yorkshire didn’t
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Last Sunday saw the first race of the Cross Country take place at the Flatts, Thirsk. Results are now out which saw our ladies senior team take 3rd spot and the men in 6th. Great to see many Harriers making their debut on the day.
As we battle against saying our last goodbyes to the summer, there comes a point when you’ve just got to admit that the new season is upon us. For some that means the start of indoor athletics; for others it’s time to hang up the spikes for a while and get out the football boots
It doesn’t seem that long since the first NYSD meeting got underway on a cold, dark evening in Darlington back in April. Now here we are, four months later, and the final meeting of the season is already upon us. It’s been another action packed series of events, as popular as ever, with some terrific
Four of our junior Harriers were selected to take part in the Northern Athletics Inter Counties T&F Championships last weekend. Emma Hart, Megan Noble, Charlotte Rutter and Darcey Garbutt were representing the North East Counties as part of a team taken from the NECAA clubs of the region. They were competing against teams from Cumbria,
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
Some of the region’s best young athletes from were in action last weekend as they battled it out in a bid to represent their County. It was a tremendous day of athletics at the Durham Schools’ Track & Field Championships, with some record breaking performances, all with the aim of qualifying for the Inter-Counties, and
Every now and then, we get an update from endurance coach, Bernadette Caygill, on how some of her junior protégés have been doing. We thought you might like to know in a bit more detail how they’ve been getting on over the last month or so. Here goes….. “Just some fantastic results from our endurance
Under 17 Junior Harrier, Emma Hart, represented her school earlier this week in the 1500m area trials. She ran in the Inter Girls (year 10) category, and was the clear winner of the Hambleton And Richmond area.She has now qualified to compete in the North Yorkshire Trials on June 9th.Congratulations, Emma, well deserved…..and best of
On Sunday we had a number of teams at the Cross Country, League Road Relays at the local South Park. With many athletes missing at the event due to Mothers day duties those that were able to attend did a great job, in fact the ladies team of Catherine Roberts, Bernadette Caygill and Emma Hart
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,
Last Sunday at South Park we six teams on show at the NYSD XC Road relays. Some impressive performances from men and women, women taking 1st and 3rd and the men 2nd place making it a successful day for the seniors. Well done all runners who made this event on mothers day!
As the track and field season looms ever closer, last Sunday Darlington Harriers played host for the final NYSD meeting this season. No mud here though! The ‘road’ relays were run around the tarmac footpaths of Darlington’s South Park, so at the end, trainers might have still been a bit sweaty, but at least they
On Thursday evening 60 Harriers were on show at the NYMAC relays, a 4 person team relay each runner taking on a 1 mile loop around Stewart park Middlesboro. The course takes runners down a small bank which enables runners to get off to a quick start before levelling out until around 400m to go
A cash prize for the winners was enough to tempt some of our Junior Harriers to enter what is predominantly an adult event. Nearly 400 athletes turned out at Stewart Park, Middlesbrough on Thursday evening in a bid to win their category and claim the reward! This popular event, hosted by North Yorkshire Moors Athletics
Doesn’t time fly!! It only seems like a month or two since the cross country season kicked off with the NYSD Relays at Thirsk. Yet here we are, five months down the line, with the end of the season fast approaching, and the last of the six individual NYSD events is upon us. Richmond was
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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The turn out this time was understandably lower than normal after the Durham County Cross Country the day before. However, there were still one or two hardy individuals who’d run at Barnard Castle that were ready for another outing, and as ever, the Under 11’s turned out in force! Under 11 Boys The weather conditions
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
