Weekly Round-Up w/e 24th March – Darlington Harriers & Athletics Club

Welcome to Darlington Harriers Weekly Round-up Report, keep reading to see what has occurred this week and what is coming up for club members.

How do I?…

Club Championship rules and competitions can be found here and points will be populated here

Our club was formed in 1891, but how did the club become Darlington Harriers? Who were the people that founded the club? Read about some of the great athletes that have graced our club, Olympians George Butterfield, Robert Hawkey and Joy Grieveson. Read about Fred Wyers who competed in the 1958 Commonwealth Games and other notable athletes such as Bob Stockdale, William Wylie, Ian Barnes, Paul Harker, Lewis Moses, Kieran Maxwell who have graced our club over the years and let’s not forget all the current members. The club is steeped in the town’s history from basic beginnings to current day and these pages will be updated daily as I trawl through the British Newspaper Archives.

Get Involved

We want to see the club colours at all of our events, especially team events such as relays, National, Northern or North-Eastern where we can get together as a group, support each other and make these events a social occasion. So let me introduce you to our Senior Club Captains.

In addition to athletes, we are always looking for volunteers to support club and local events so please reach out to Sarah Johnson as your first point of contact if you can support in any way shape or form. Thank you! #UTH

Don’t forget you can support the club by **registering for the easyfundraising app** and helping the club raise money. This is simple to do, download the App, link to the club then clicking on the **easyfundaising app** prior to making your online purchases (It’s only one additional step in the process)

Race Result

On Friday evening we saw the return of the Move Challenge, an event which has competitors from local clubs run a minimum of 30mins on a treadmill racking up moves. Along with the club the local clubs of Tri, SRG, QRC and Darlo Runners took part. Well done to all of our runners, here are some of the photos from the event. Official results have not been released.

Gareth Kyle was our only Harrier at the weekends, Wilmslow Half, a flat, one lap course on mainly flat rural roads. The start line is in Kings Road where runners are directed along towards Burleyhurst Lane, then sent on a counter-clockwise loop along surrounding roads before returning along Burleyhurst Lane to the finish line at Mobberley Road. On the day Gareth finished 144th in 1:20:13 with the mens winner clocking 62minutes a minute off the course record. Good work Gareth!

Full results can be found here

At South Park the club hosted the last event of the NYSD Cross Country Season….on path….the club relays. Some excellent performances from all our runners on the day with both individual and team honours. Well done everyone.