Today saw the annual Darlington 10km race, and for a nice change the weather was kind to the runners with cool conditions and even a little bit of light rain to keep runners cool. For those who haven’t ran the Darlington 10km before, this race starts behind Boyes leading up to Stanhope road and on […]
Thursday evening saw the club presented with the QAVS after we were notified of the award on June 2nd. Despite being a little windy (unheard of at Eastbourne) it was a quite a nice evening with a very good turnout from the club, runners young and old, parents, coaches, welfare and other club officials. The
On Wednesday we saw the clubs 5k/10k races at Croft Racing Circuit take place. The 10km event has been a regular on the racing calendar for a number of years now, and has recently seen the addition of the 5km race added to the 2km junior run and Wheelchair race. As this is on a
On Wednesday night we saw over 300 runners descend onto South park to support Children With Cancer in a 5km fun run organised by Paul Cook. This was another event which saw many Harriers come together to support such a fantastic cause and raise money. The night was a great success raising over £3000 including
On Thursday evening, Paul Cook organised the Move Festival in support of the Move Charity which helps young people who have had cancer, get active through sport. The founder of the charity, Gemma Hillier-Moses kicked things off with a warm up with the kids in the 1 mile run while husband Lewis was the man
With the nights rainfall and cool morning temperatures, for once athletes were looking forward to a cool run probably for the first time in several months. Despite the pretence of a cool run, the conditions for runners were once again ‘muggy’. Some fantastic performances on the day with many personal bests, Justin Hindmarch passing the
In the 10km race Colin Taylor was once again came first home for the club on a very warm evening for all competitors. Surprisingly Colin was only 4th fastest M40 which shows the quality of runners in the men’s event with the vets taking top 4 spots. Shaun Marshall finished 3rd in the senior men’s
On Sunday morning at Middlesbrough, another large contingent of Harriers (over 80) were contesting the Tees Pride 10k, a one loop course known for it’s fast course so always PB potential. Another excellent turnout by the club, great work!
On Sunday morning on home turf, the Darlington Harriers were out in force as nearly 200 club runners pulled on their club vest to run in both the Darlington 3k and 10k races. Some fantastic performances on the day, many personal bests, some course bests and some first timers. You should all be very proud
Organised by:Imagine Physiotherapy Clinics are supported by Paul Cook of Darlington Harriers & AC and by the town’s Up & Running, are hosting this 5k fun run around Darlington’s South Park parkrun. The Course:Starting outside the tropical bird cage…well it has a parrot. Runners will head out past the children’s play area before taking a
Last Wednesday, 2nd July saw the return of the clubs annual Pitstop events which are held on Croft Circuit. A nice alternative to the regular road races, athletes young and old race around the 2.2mile circuit which is normally associated with motor racing. On the evening there were three different events held, the 10km, 3km
There was another large turnout at this years Darlington 10km race, a race which sees runners racing from the back of Boyes completing two laps of a 3 mile route before turning onto Skinnergate and onto High Row for a finish in front of everyone’s friends and families. It was Jamie Rutherford who was first
