Who needs Sports Personality of the Year when we have our very own Darlington Harriers Annual Awards Presentation evening. Central Hall, at Darlington’s Dolphin Centre, was packed to the rafters with both Junior and Senior Harriers, all there to celebrate the club’s successes over the past year and confirming the abundance of talent within the […]
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
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
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,
Several of our Junior Harriers represented their schools recently when they took part in the Durham County Miniathlon Championships at Monkton Stadium. The Year 7 athletes each had to compete in a running, throwing and jumping event with points being awarded for their performance. The Miniathlon is a development event giving competitors a taster of
Before the schools broke up for the summer holidays, hundreds of Darlington students received a host of medals, certificates and trophies in recognition of their sporting achievements throughout the year. Among them, of course, were many of our Junior Harriers so here’s a selection of those that we know of. We’re sure there’ll be more,
Seven of our Junior Harriers were part of the Carmel college team that travelled to Hull recently for the next round of the ESAA Track & Field Cup. As clear winners of the 1st round against other schools within the County, they now moved on to the Regional ‘A’ Finals to take on their counterparts
Our juniors were in fine form last weekend at the second NEYDL meeting, and the tremendous team spirit within the DHAC camp was a joy to be part of. Our athletes were ‘buzzing,’ with smiling faces, and always really supportive of each other. After the success of the Darlington/Allerton joint venture at the first NEYDL
Hundreds of athletes descended upon Middlesbrough last weekend for two days of full on competition at the North East’s premier track and field meeting. Clubs from all over the region were represented, in all age groups from Under 13 and above in the ever popular NECAA Championships.The weather had settled and the athletes could look
So here we are again. The sun is shining, the stadium is filled with the chatter of teenagers, and the English Schools track and field season gets under way. For those of you unfamiliar with the Track & Field Cup, basically it’s a competition between school teams which is held over three rounds. The preliminary
It was an exciting start to the long awaited first match of the North East Youth Development League last weekend. Last season it had become very apparent that the smaller clubs stood no chance of competing against the clubs with more athletes in the overall standings. So this year, to equal things up a bit,
They’ve been a long time coming, but at last, the results for the first NYSD meeting are out! There was a great turnout of young North East athletes all eager to get started with the first of the six track and field fixtures. Amongst them were, of course, a host of our junior Harriers so
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Darlington Harriers certainly put on a show of strength recently at the town’s annual road race. It was a real club effort across all age groups as the seniors put in some terrific performances in the 10k, and our juniors dominated the 3k race producing some tremendous results. Podium places went to Alex Boyer and
The landscaped grounds of an historic country house were, once again, taken over by thousands of cross country runners and spectators last weekend. The popular Harewood House played host to the annual English National Cross Country Championships, where athletes from Under 13 up to Senior level turned out in their droves to compete.For some, it
It doesn’t seem long since the first of the 6 NYSD cross country meetings kicked off at Acklam back in October. There have been thrills and spills on the way, injuries to contend with and a few new faces we’ve introduced. But here we are, at the final meeting of what’s been a fantastic series
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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Hundreds of athletes from Under 13’s to Seniors descended upon Pontefract last weekend as ‘Northern Athletics’ held their annual premier cross country competition. The popular North of England XC Championships attracted clubs from Alnwick to Ambleside, from Richmond to Rotherham, and the best of their endurance athletes were out in force.There was an excellent turnout
Last Saturday morning the club held the Croft 5km event at the named racing circuit on the outskirts of town. After the anomalies had been ironed out the results have now been published on Racebest. Croft race circuit is always a little controversial as people run a variety of distances depending on the route taken
It was the sound of pounding feet that replaced the roar of the engine last weekend as 175 athletes of all ages and abilities took part in a new race introduced by Paul Cook and hosted by Darlington Harriers. Hopefully this 5k road race will become a regular addition to the ever popular Darlington Pitstop,
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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