Well it was a tad wet for the first NEYDL match of the season.   Our younger athletes U13, U15 and U17 performed brilliantly in terrible weather to produce some great performances.   For some it was their first competition in a Gateshead vest and for others an opportunity to sharpen up ahead of the National Leagues….

THE second of a series of Track and Field fixtures hosted by the North Eastern Counties AA, the first on Teesside, proved a resounding success with athletes and officials enjoying the occasion despite Covid restrictions still being in place. Two under-11 competitions were introduced into the programme – 75m and standing long jump – which,…

Bill McGuirk reports a near-400 entries were received for the first of six North East Grand Prix fixtures which meant a revamp and an earlier start to the programme to ensure the events finished before Monkton Stadium closed its doors! Despite the extremely cold conditions officials and athletes performed heroically to keep to a tighter-than-usual…