There was a limited turnout from the club at the first cross country championships of the season but the runners who did compete acquitted themselves well. While the weather stayed fine, the muddy course and the tough competition made it a good test for them. The programme started with the under 17s women’s race where…
Congratulations to Conrad Franks who has been selected to represent England in the British & Irish Masters International X-country in the Male 35 age group.This will be held at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday 16th November, a well deserved honour.
The clubs athletes from the U17 and Senior Men’s age groups (endurance) made the long journey down to Sutton Coldfield for these National Championships, the Senior Men having qualified via the Northern Championship which was 3 weeks earlier. The weather conditions were good compared with what was happening in the North East, (heavy rain) it…
Our endurance runners were well and truly back into the X-country season with a visit to Wrekenton for the first of 6 Harrier League fixtures. Although we had heavy rain throughout the week leading up to the races the course held out really well, even though it is a testing course anyway without any mud….
The 2019/20 harrier league season commenced at Wrekenton on 28 September in bright weather but challenging conditions following the recent heavy rain. In the first race, Alex Lienard was 2nd in the under 11 Boys with Harry Garrett 3rd , Harry Hunter 4th and Matthew Waters 9th. They were followed in by Habib Touray, Ben…
Some of our young athletes started their cross country fixtures at the Farringdon races in Sunderland. The warm conditions and the hilly course ensured it was the usual tough early season test for them. Alex Lienard led from the start to win the under 11 Boys, chased by Sam Emery who ran well to retain…
The 2019/20 Road & X-country season has started early this year with the above Championships taking place in Manchester, We had 2 teams representing the club performing well on the day, this race is a stepping stone for Gateshead Harriers & A.C qualifying for the National Championships in October. The competition was very strong but…
The new league season starts again at Wrekenton on Saturday 28 September Young athletes who want to run and are not already registered should contact Gordon Bell on bell.gordon@btinternet.com or 07753 554731 – by 22 September if you want to run at Wrekenton. Runners who are registered already can check their pack placings on www.harrierleague.com…
The club had a big turnout of about 50 runners in this year’s Junior Great North Run. Ines Curran and David Race were clear winners of the under 17 races, a reflection of their fine recent track form. Harry Garret pulled away from his rivals to win a very competitive under 11s race. Other top…
World Age Group Champ – Lausanne The club had 2 representatives (same family) in the World Age Group AG Sprint Triathlon Championships in Lausanne with Will Dixon finishing in a very impressive 6th position in the 16-19 yr. old age group, whilst his sister Emma finished 17th position in the 20-24 yr. old age group,…