10km Championships Back On Track As Northern Athletics Join Forces With North Eastern Counties AA

Northern Athletics are teaming up with North Eastern Counties AA to stage the Northern 10,000m Track Championship on April 24, at Monkton.

The joint championship comes after the Northern 10,000 Championship was absent from the fixture list in 2018.

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Dixon Scoops British Masters’ Gold In Fast Blyth 10k Ahead Of Boston Marathon

Alyson Dixon goes into the Boston Marathon in excellent form after her scintillating run in the Blyth 10km and British Masters’ Championship yesterday.

The Sunderland Stroller clocked her fastest time in perfect conditions with no wind, since she set her personal best of 32.17 in the 2015...

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Sunderland Harriers Vets In The Mix For Blyth 10km Medals

Leading veterans from the North East and beyond will converge on Blyth on Sunday for the British Masters’ 10km Road Race Championships.

A field of around 700 is expected for the Port of Blyth Open 10km, with veterans from the age of 35 to over 85 years treading the roads and paths of Blyt...

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Sunderland Harrier Etherington Has Medal Success At World Championships

Sunderland Harrier Jacqueline Etherington’s epic six days of competition in the World Masters’ Indoor and Outdoor Championships in Poland, resulted in many fine performances.

After winning an individual and team bronze in the 8k cross country and setting a personal best of 10.50.31 for fif...

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Dixon Looking For a Boston Bonanza

Double Olympian Alyson Dixon is back on marathon duty when she contests the 123rd Boston Marathon in the States on Monday, April 15.

This is the oldest annual marathon in the world and the Sunderland Stroller is included in an elite women’s field, on what is said to be one of the world’s m...

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Sunderland Harriers Hoping To Get Ahead In Northern Athletics 12-stage Road Relay Championships

Sunderland Harriers are one of seven North East Clubs contesting the Northern Athletics 12-stage Road Relay Championships at Birkenhead on Sunday.

They join Blackhill Bounders, Darlington, Gateshead, Heaton, Morpeth and Tyne Bridge for the trip to Merseyside.

Team manager Albert J...

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Charlton Completes Domestic Hat-Trick

North East runner Sam Charlton pulled off a superb domestic treble with his England Schools’ Cross Country Championship victory in the Senior Boys’ Race at Temple Newsam, near Leeds on Saturday.

The Wallsend Harrier competing for Northumberland, proudly added the Schools’ title to last wee...

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Athletes Defy Elements To Book World Places

The North East shone in the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships and World Trials at Loughborough on Saturday.

Despite gale force winds, intermittent showers and sunshine, athletes battled through the worst of the wind to put the counties team firmly in the limelight with many fine ...

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Durham Athletes Gunning For Championship Medals In Leeds

A team of 48 county athletes will be contesting the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Temple Newsham, Leeds, on Saturday.

The number covers three age groups and both sexes as Durham bid to get among the hard-fought for individual and team medals over the six events.

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Three North East Athletes In With A Shout Of Denmark Selection

The Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, on Saturday, also hosts the World Cross Country Trials.

They will be held at Aarhus, in Denmark, on March 30, for Senior and Under-20 athletes.

The North East squad have a possible three athletes that co...

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