Donington Park is the setting for this year’s Saucony English National Cross Country Championships. This is the first time that the now Joint Championships will be held at Donington. Donington Park is the setting for this year’s Saucony English National Cross Country Championships. This is the first time that the now Joint Championships will be […]
Sunday saw six of our clan head over to neighbours Billingham back yard for this years Absent Friends trail race. The first of three races that form part of the Run Billingham Series in 2016. The race is approximately 5 miles and is run at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham on a mix of terrain,
Sunday saw the final cross country event at Richmond, with the senior ladies team still with an opportunity to win the league after another strong campaign. The U13 boys and girls won their leagues as did the U15 girls with Harrier men an excellent 4th. The big guns were out on the day with Georgie
We had two of our club members at the Old Monks race. A 5.5 mile multi-terrain race from Hart Village through the dene. Begins on trail and goes into dene, with challenging climbs. Flat tarmac back to the finish Sue Phillips was first home from the club in 42nd place with Brian Burdon 264th place.
Sedgefield was the location for this years North East Cross Country Championships. The morning was quite mild, sun shining and a gentle run round parkrun was in order to test my achillies injury out before attempting the late mornings cross country. It turned out that this was very fortunate for me (Paul Cook) as within
Ian Barnes and Sue Phillips made the trip to Dublin to run in the British and Irish Masters’ International. On the day, Ian finished 11th place in 23:09 and 2nd V75 earning him a silver medal with Sue 26.37 for 32nd place and 3rd F50 over the line. Full results can be found here
Friday night saw a huge turn out at the annual clubs presentation evening at Central Hall Dolphin Centre. A fantastic night for the club rewarding many of our athletes for some incredible performances over the season.
Summerhill Country Park Hartlepool was host to the 5th Fixture of the NYSD Cross Country season. A testing course along with a cool wind provided excellent racing conditions for the athletes with some tricky sections for the runners to tackle, as Peter Armstrong nearly found to his cost. Another good turnout across the age groups
Sunday saw the second instalment of this seasons Cross Country Season, venue, Acklam. Acklam Cross Country is more like a trail race with plenty grass to run on but trail paths on sections of the race. To see how our Harrier members got on across the age groups click here
Saturday saw a small number of our club runners at the National XC Championships at muddy Mansfield. A fantastic opportunity to test yourself against the best xc runners in the country. To find out how our runners got on, on the day click here
Sunday saw three of our Harriers at the PlusNet Yorkshire 10mile race, a race which shares part of the course that the marathon runners use for their event and is fairly flat apart from the final hill in the last kilometre of the race, the same bank which gives runners a nice fast start. Paul
Sunday saw the first full distance Cross Country event of the season, taking place at Whitby. This is a great race with a mix of trail and predominately grass around the course and one steep hill which when the weather is bad, a rope is placed on the hill to assist people to the top….three
Sunday saw the annual Tees Pride 10km race in Middlesbrough, a race which is fairly flat which makes it a popular course for runners who are looking for a fast time or a good warm up for an Autumn marathon. Drew Inglis was first home for the club finishing 18th in 34 minutes flat with
On Thursday evening we saw another large turnout at the Summer relays, organised by Durham City Harriers. This is a great event which sees runners running a 3000m leg around a grass course, consisting of two laps of 1500m. A fantastic event to get involved in with a good atmosphere created by all of the
The rebirth of the Darlington Harrier Senior section at the Darlington 10k 2015. A year earlier only 12 seniors turned out for the home race to around 70 a year later. This race sees competitors complete two laps of the course before bringing runners back along Skinnergate and onto High Row for the Grandstand finish. Full results can
Aycliffe was the venue for this evenings Summer Trail series where a number of our Harriers were in action. Click here to find out how our lovely bunch got on, on the evening.
Wednesday night saw the annual Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile race, an out and back race along Newcastle’s Quayside. Dave McKenna back on his home soil was first home for the club in 31:58. Great performances from all our fab five this evening, well done.
At the midweek Pitstop 10km race, we had a large contingent out to support the club race at Croft Circuit where runners complete 3 laps of the 2 mile circuit before finishing down the pitstop lane. The conditions were hot. At 7pm the temperature was still showing as 30 degrees with no breeze, air or
We had three of our athletes in action at Jarrow this weekend competing in the NEMAA Masters Championships. To see how our three members got on, check out the results here
Sunday saw the next instalment of the Coast Road races, a race which takes the same route as the Mermaid 10km race which makes it another fast one. And so it proved as Colin Taylor finished 16th in 37.02 ahead of Paul Cook in 18th in 37.15 who turned the tables on training partner Simon
