On Saturday morning we had a number of athletes competing at the DT40 race. A tough but scenic race which is a test for endurance and mental strength. Some outstanding performances by all club runners, Paul Lowe finishing first Harrier on the day. Excellent work by you all.
Last weekend saw our men and women’s team in action again at the next instalment of the Cross Country Season, in Whitby. This race is mainly on the grass with a small amount of gravel track to run across and a short and sharp hill,which in poor conditions can sometimes require a race to support
Last Sunday a number of Harriers headed to Whitby, a place where many club runners are scared after last years atrocious conditions. Bernadette Caygill kicked things off for the ladies finishing 9th, jade Hutchinson 12th with Linda Noble 19th . Daughter Megan made up the point scorers in 25th place giving the women an overall
Harrier ladies had a fantastic opening race to the cross country season at a wet and muddy Acklam. Ellie Phillips put in a superb performance to finish 8th ahead of mum Sue Phillips 11th and Auntie Linda Noble 16th with Pauline Brown and Megan Noble fighting it out for 28th and 29th places. Millie Grayson
On late Sunday morning into early afternoon a number of hardened Harriers headed to Acklam to take on the first of the seasons XC events.The weather had been pretty awful for a few days leading up to Sunday and unfortunately the weather didn’t get much better on the day with heavy rain throughout the races
Saturday saw a handful of Harriers running at Castleton Show in the Heart of the North Yorkshire Moors. An undulating course.Although official results have yet to be released Paul Lowe finished 2nd, Colin Taylor 4th and Paul Allan 5th to take the team prize with Sarah Tomlinson also picking a V40 prize on the day.
On a perfect night for running, the Autumn Coast Road 5km had the best conditions seen for quite sometime for the series finale. Some outstanding performances on the night with three club runners in the top 10, Paul Lowe taking 5th, Paul Bass and Shaun Marshall both achieving personal bests as they both went sub
Simon Rogers made his long awaited comeback from a hamstring injury in a low key 5km (2.9mile) trail race at Newham Grange this week.This trail race offers a mix of terrain with almost a mile loop around the farm before taking you into the scenic woodland area. The route starts on tarmac but quickly takes
Last Sundaysaw three of our runners competing at the White Horse events. There was a little bit of controversy when our club runner Heather Ford went a little off track and ran an additional 2 miles but not only caught up with the lead runner….gave her some words of encouragement before pushing on and winning
In the mid week Ozzy Oiks fell race we had a small number of competitors in action covering the 5.7miles…some a little further!Some great performances from everyone on show, Paul Lowe back in competitive action finishing 1st Harrier on the day, Richard Bowes and Catherine Anderson both making their fell debuts, Catherine also picking up
On new years day we had runners competing at the Captain Cook’s Fell race. The run itself is about 5 miles long and the terrain is very mixed. It starts on the road and then onto a bridleway before starting the long steep muddy climb up to Captain Cooks Monument. Once at the monument you
A small number of Harriers headed to Guisborough Woods to take on the 5.5mile fell race , a tough race with over 1200ft of climb as well as having to manage some tough off road conditions. Some excellent performances from the group no more so than Paul Lowe who finished 5th on the day in
On Saturday afternoon at Redcar we saw another large turnout of runners from the club for the North East XC Championship. The course was three laps 12km for men and 8km for the ladies, around the racecourse so fairly flat with a couple of speed bumps, long grass and some muddy patches but nothing to
Another race to take place last Sunday was Eskdale’s Eureka, a 8mile race Castleton, near Guisborough a race with over 1500 ft of climb along the way. Results as follows Massive shout out and respect to David Aiken who sacrificed his own race to help a pensioner who was stuck waist deep in a freezing
Last Sunday saw the Harriers take on the new XC race at Preston Park, Eaglescliffe. Results are now out which had the women finish 3rd and the men 4th on the day. Another brilliant turnout for the club. Well done everyone who competed.
Last week we told you that some of our senior men were in action at the Really Wild Boar fell race in Sedbergh. Results are now out and in a very strong field of fell runners we saw some very impressive results. Well done all.
On Saturday a small number of Harriers headed south to Sheffield to compete in the Northern XC relays. First up were the ladies team of Lucy Hunter, Natalie Curgenven and Sue Phillips who finished 20th overall followed by the male team of Paul Lowe, Paul Allan, Barry Talman and David McKenna, finishing in 49th place.
