The popular Durham Cathedral Relays took place on Sunday 14th January with the weather conditions cold and windy but did not deter the runners. The first Race was the Veteran Mens with Martin Slater(V40) getting the club off to a great start finishing in 5th position and handing over to Steven Asquith(V35) who maintained that…
The first track championships of 2018 have been held in Sheffield over the past 2 weekends. Oliver Herring built on his excellent Gold medal in the Northern multi-events by collecting Silver in the U20 men’s 60m Hurdles and Pole Vault. Gold medals were also won by Jason Nicholson in the U20 Men’s 60m Hurdles and…
Herrington Country Park provided a testing return to competition on 6 January after the seasonal break. Although the weather stayed reasonably fair, the hilly course was very muddy and slippery, with the going worsening as the races progressed. In the under 11 boys, Harry Garrett finished 10th followed by Sonny Lewins, 15th, Tristan Crang 43rd…
Just to let you all know that the track will be closed on the 23/1/18 evening due to a Gateshead F C v Workington kick off 7.45 pm track usually closes a hour and a half earlier. Indoor track is open as usual.
It has been announced that Sam Brand (Gateshead Harrier) has been selected to represent the Isle-of-Man at the Commonwealth Games, Sam who is a multi disciplined athlete will compete in the Road Cycling Team along side Mark Cavendish, (winner of many Tour-de-France stages), we wish Sam all the very best.
We have been advised that the track is closed for Football tomorrow night – 19th December. Also if you are training between Xmas and New Year the track is closed for football training from 11.00 – 17.00 on 28th December.
Results are attached, please advise of any changes to names, clubs or results. Results Dec 2017
This virtually flat course proved a lot more difficult than first thought, with the recent cold weather making the ground very hard along with the uneven grassy surface, made for fast but energy sapping efforts from our Athletes. The Senior Men’s race was ran over 12k (3 x 4k laps) and as expected the runners…
Undeterred by the freezing weather, several of our young athletes contested the North Eastern Cross Country Championships at Redcar Racecourse on 9 December. The programme started with the non championship races for 9 and 10 year olds. Tristan Crang was 31st in the boys while Annabel Milburn was 6th and Iona Johnstone was 13th in…