Several of the club’s runners contested the Heaton Harriers Memorial Races, held on Newcastle Town Moor, held in bitterly cold and windy weather. Following their recent strong relay performances, the under 13 boys won the team race with Oliver Douglass a clear winner followed up by Theo Barron in 3rd and Noah Curran in 7th….
Following on from our great team and individual performances in the Younger age groups our Senior Mens team proved that they can still mix it with the best in the country with a suberb team performance. There were more than 200 runners toed the line in a highly competitive field and with this being the…
The club fielded four full teams and one part team in the junior races at the National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield on 4 November. After heavy overnight rain, the course was slippery in places although the weather stayed fair during the day. There were big fields in all races for the final fixture of…
Following on from the great turn out and success of our Young Athletes our Senior Ladies & Men ran in their numbers to support what they had achieved, as this competition is all about the strength of a club in all age groups. The Senior Ladies as ever worked hard and with Liz Raven (having…
In windy but dry and mild conditions at Temple Park the club’s young athletes turned out in some force for the Sherman Cup and Davison Shield. The day started with the non competition under 11s races. Our 2 girl runners Aoife Bell and Iona Johnstone both ran hard to finish 6th and 25th respectively. Our…
Congratulations to all our Club Champions for 2016-2017 season. These will be awarded at the Presentation Evening on Saturday 18th November 2017 at the Centre for Life. The winners are below, Award Category Winner Club Champion NEYDL U13 Boys Jumps Oliver Douglas Club Champion NEYDL U13 Boys Middle Distance Noah Curran Club Champion NEYDL U13…
The club fielded 4 full teams and 2 part teams in the Northern Cross Country Relays held at Graves Park, Sheffield on 21 October. Competition was of a high standard in all races. Runners had to face the gusting wind at the start then cope with a tough, hilly course. The programme started with the…
Gateshead Harriers are very proud to have accepted the National Award, along with Pattison House, for the new partnership we have formed locally. A full account is on the England Athletics website – check out Gordon and his new mascot. Article here
Congratulations must go to Michelle Nolan & Steven Medd representing England in the age group Marathon championships on a tough course in Chester, Michelle finished 3rd female overall (2nd England) in 2hrs-48mins-49sec, which was very close to her PB. Steven finished in 17th position in a time of 2hrs-38mins-45sec again very close to a PB,…
The second of the seasons Harrier Leagues took place at Druridge Bay in quite pleaseant conditions under foot, the U/11’s races were first off, these races are great to introduce youngsters into our sport and again the club had a number of athletes running, with Annabel Milburn running well to finish 5th and Aoife Bell…