The club had its biggest turnout of young athletes in the National Cross Country Championships for several years on 23 February. Held in spring like weather at Harewood House, and on a tough but fast course, the championships provided excellent experience, particularly for those new to this level of competition. The club’s highest finisher was…
X-country is usually associated with mud and cold, wet weather, but the conditions at Harewood Hall – Leeds were like a summers day with the conditions under foot (although uneven) really good and the course a real X-country. This venue was excellent on all counts, with the organisation exceptional. Our Ladies were again out in…
Joel Brannigan is running a series of workshops that may be of interest over the next coming months. These have been added to the events calendar. Workshop Programme https://www.davidfairlambfitness.co.uk/workshops/ Based on both theory and practical, the groups are being kept small to ensure quality in delivery and would be relevant to Current coaches, trainers and fitness…
It was a fabulous 2 days of competition at the North East County Championships. Almost too many to mention but let’s have a go at the medal winners who won 23 Gold, 13 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals between them, including 3 championship best performances: Gold Stuart Ryan – Master O55 Shot Putt Julian Osei-Bonsu…
Our U20 and Senior athletes were competing this weekend at the Indoor BUCS track and field championships in Sheffield. BUCS is a very high level competition with many senior England and GB athletes competing. Congratulations to all those who competed for their various universities: Jasmine Moss – Silver in the 200m and a semi finalist…
We had a reduced turnout of young athletes at this fixture but there were still some good performances by our runners. Although it stayed dry, the gusting winds and muddy conditions ensured the course was as demanding as ever. In the under 11 boys, Harry Garrett was an excellent 4th followed by Matthew Waters in…
Another successful weekend for our “Endurance Athletes” both Female and Male in the penultimate Harrier League fixture at a muddy Thornley Hall Farm at Peterlee. Before the the start of the Senior Ladies race the Gateshead team were top of the Division so they had everything to compete for, again they turned out in force…
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It was the turn of our Masters athletes (last weekend) to show what they can do running in their X-country Champs which were held at the Rising Sun Sports Centre (Wallsend) on a tough undulating course and they did not disappoint. Conrad Franks continued his great run of form finishing 1st in the whole race…
Another busy weekend of Championships. Starting with the Scottish National Indoor Championships where Jasmine Moss took Gold in the U20 Womens 200m and Silver in the U20 Womens 60m. Kyle Walton took the Bronze in the U20 Men’s 200m and Evie Harrison, back from a long time out with injury, reached the final of the…