Up & Coming Events NYSD XC Richmond – 6th February Muddy Boots – 6th February NYSD Road Relays – 27th February NYSD XC Whitby – 6th March Senior & Masters NECAA XC relay Championships, Thornley Hall Farm – 19th March Young Athletes NECAA XC relay Championships, Thornley Hall Farm – 2nd April Manchester Marathon – …
Up & Coming Events Middlesboro 10k – 7th November NEYDL AGM – 12th November Leeds Abbey Dash – 7th November NYSD XC Croft – 21st November Croft 5k – 4th December 10:30 NYSD XC Summerhill, Hartlepool – 5th December Club Handicap – December TBC Jolly Holly Jog – 28th December NYSD XC Ormesby Hall – …
Fabulous news for the club seeing our junior group receive recognition for their outstanding performances in the sport. Such a talented bunch of youngsters we have coming through the club right now supported by some excellent coaches. Long may it continue!
Lucy-Erin Hunter was in Cross Country action this weekend as part of the North of England team competing in the U23 & Senior Women’s British Cross Country Challenge. In a race which saw local runner Kate Avery win in a very speedy 29:20, Lucy finished in a very respectable 72nd in 34:28 surrounded by some …
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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, …
Saturday saw the annual North East Cross Country Championships at Alnwick, an opportunity to compete with the very best in the area across tough terrain. In the U17/20 women’s race Lucy-erin Hunter was in fine form taking the win in 19:06 over the 5km distance while John Russell had a strong run in the U17M …
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Sunday saw the opening race for the clubs Grand Prix Series. This series runs alongside our club championships which has 11 10km races to choose from, of which you need to run 5 to qualify. These races include Pitstop, Darlington, Tees pride, Raby Castle and many other local races so if you are not sure …
Lucy-Erin Hunter was in action today at the North Eastern’s 1500m race. Despite recently returning from injury Lucy still managed to reach the finals of the U20 race. Lucy had a fantastic run, only just pipped on the line into second place and taking silver with a time of 4:42:09, only .06 off the winning …
On Sunday, our Harrier men and ladies were in action in the Cross Country season finale at South Park Darlington. Although this is part of the XC season this is 100% on path but both our men and women’s teams did great, the ladies winning their race with the men an excellent second place behind …
Harewood House, Leeds was the location for this years National XC which sees many top runners from far and wide testing their ability against one another. India Pentland kicked off proceedings in the U17 event finishing a fantastic 2nd with team mates Megan Noble and Amelia Grayson both putting in strong performances over the 5km …
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Two of our best young female athletes were in action last weekend as Loughborough took its turn as host for one of the ever popular British Milers’ Club meetings. This meeting was a mix of 800m, 1500m and 5000m races, and our middle distance maestro, India Pentland plumbed for one of her favourites, the 1500m. …
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 …
Last weekend saw the culmination of what seems like, a long season of schools’ track and field athletics. After the selection process of initially being put forward by their schools, then qualifying at County and Inter-Counties level, at last, the National Finals were here! The ESAA National Championships are the 4th largest athletics event in …
Following on from last week’s County events, several of our Junior Harriers were in action again having qualified for the Inter-Counties match. They accompanied the region’s best young athletes as they battled it out in a bid for a place at the National Finals. Conditions weren’t the best; cool, breezy and damp – not ideal …
Just some of our Junior Harrier team competing todayThe second meeting of the British Milers club took place on Monday night with three of our top Junior athletes taking part. Another cold night was the welcome for India Pentland and Ellie Phillips who both ran in the 800m (although not in the same race), and …
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, …
As reported in last weeks communication, we had a number of teams at Hetton Royal Signal Relays. In addition to the superb 3rd place which Lucy, Ellie, Megan and Catherine achieved we had a number of strong performances across all teams as well as some superb debutant performances in a club vest including Lisa Bowerbank, …
Four of our most experienced young athletes joined forces to form a dream team in Saturday’s NECAA Road Relay Championships. All used to running at County/Inter-Counter/English Schools level, Lucy-Erin Hunter, Catherine Roberts, Ellie Phillips and Megan Noble teamed up to compete in the Senior Women’s race hosted by Houghton Harriers. Each 2.2 mile leg consisted …
In the ladies race the team of Lucy-Erin Hunter, Ellie Phillips, Megan Noble and Catherine Roberts were first ladies team home finishing 8th overall but 3rd in their category. The team was given a good start after a blistering run from Lucy who clocked the 2nd fastest time on her leg behind the experienced Jo …
