The Weekly round-up of club activities covering all disciplines and age groups. This report will not provide you with a detailed account of each event but should give you enough information about what’s occurred the previous week, who’s participated and links to photographs and results. We encourage all members, parents and anyone associated with the […]
Ah me lads, ye shudda seen us gannin’, We pass’d the foaks upon the road just as they wor stannin’; Thor wes lots o’ lads an’ lasses there, all wi’ smiling faces, Gannin alang the Scotswood Road, to see the Blaydon Races….that’s more than enough of that!! This 5.4mile race from Newcastle upon Tyne to
Sunday saw nine of our Harriers head to the big smoke for one of the six Major marathons, London. With weather conditions slightly cooler than 2018 (at least 10 degrees!!) it was a great day to experience the amazing experience of London. Despite his chip timing not working, Paul Cook was first across the line
On Sunday morning we had one of our club races at South Park in the form of a 20 mile race. This race which is new to the running circuit over the last few years is there to aid local runners with their spring marathons. Some fantastic support by many club members on the day
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
Richard Bowes was in action at the Reading Half Marathon this weekend, an event which was organised and run originally in 1983, when the start and finish venue was Reading University at White Knights Park. The Sage Reading Half Marathon not only takes in the highlights of the centre of Reading where runners experience huge
Tony ‘Kenny’ Williams was one of three Harriers at the Haweswater Half on Sunday, joined by John Clifford and Richard Bowes. The Haweswater Half follows an out and back course from Bampton Village (9 miles S of Penrith, 4 miles W of Shap) and passes along the shores of Haweswater in a remote and dramatic
As reported last week the cross country finale took place at Richmond. Results have now been released which saw Darlington Harrier Ladies finish 4th overall and the men 6th.Well done everyone who has competed over the cross country season.
Sunday saw a number of Harriers head to Loftus for the 35th Poultry Run, an event many have been too chicken to enter and many others have fallen fowl of the conditions. This is a multi terrain 8 mile race with three challenging ascents. Graham O’Hara was first home for the club in 115th place
On a very busy weekend for the club, another race to take place was the Richmond Castle 10km race. This course has changed once or twice over the years but any race which takes place in Richmond you know will have a hill or two in it, and this race is no exception. Colin Taylor
On Sunday morning a high number of Harriers headed north to run the famous Great North Run Half Marathon a race which has been on the go since 1981 and one which two of our runners, Paul Kelly and Harry Singh are part of an exclusive club of under 100 people who have run every
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
We had half a dozen Harriers flying at Tynedale this Sunday morning at the Jelly Tea 10 mile race.The race is a fast and flat 10 mile race, with the new course changing to an out and back from outside Ovingham Middle School westwards towards Bywell.Some great performances from the group, Tony Winward first home
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
Last Sunday saw a number of our club runners at the Aycliffe 10km race. A race which sees competitors completing two and a half laps of a deceiving undulating road. Some great performances on the day including a sixth place finish for Drew Inglis, personal bests for Steve Rogers, Louise Dickie and Dave Smith as
There was the usual high turnout at this year Brass Monkey, on a course and a day ideal for fast running and personal bests, many club runners weren’t disappointed at the finish line. Paul Allan was one of many to smash his personal best, taking 4 minutes of his previous best, Darren Thompson finished in
Richard Bowes was in midweek action again, this time up in Cumbria at the Gosforth 10 mile race. Although Richard said this was quite a trip with it taking him 4 hours to get there and back it but was still a good race to do with lots of scenery to keep runners occupied. On
Sunday saw a number of runners head to the “scenic” Aycliffe 10k. This race forms part of the 10k race series for the club and is 2 and a half laps of Newton Aycliffe. Drew Inglis was first home in 6th place in 34.44 (club missing on results information with Colin Taylor also a top
On Saturday afternoon….twas the Ninth of June, a number of Harriers headed to Newcastle to take on one of the oldest races in the country, the Blaydon race, a 5.67mile race that takes runners from Newcastle City Centre along the Scotswood road to the finish. Like many races of late this was another warm one
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
