Olympians Farrell & Dixon Show Their Class in Dalton 10K

Two Olympians contested the Run Nation Dalton Park 10km multi-terrain race yesterday.

Border Harrier Tom Farrell and Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon both won their categories by big margins.

Farrell, who competed in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil and made the 2015 World Championship f...

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Sunderland Harriers Women’s Team Suffer Relegation

Sunderland Harriers women’s team have dropped straight back to the Second Division of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League after gaining promotion last year.

At Alnwick on Saturday, the Wearsiders’ brief spell of competition at the top tier came to an abrupt end after the other t...

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Sunderland Harriers’ Jacqueline Etherington Is In Fine Form Ahead Of Championships

Sunderland Harrier veteran Jacqueline Etherington’s busy period of championship indoor racing leads her to the British Championships on March 9/10 for her next engagement.

Following this, she then travels to Torun, in Poland, for the World Indoor Championships, where she will be competing ...

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Satisfactory Medal Haul For North East Athletes At English National Cross Country Championships

You could not get a better venue for the English National Cross Country Championships than that provided at Harewood House, near Leeds, on Saturday.

With the magnificent Georgian property sitting on top of a hill within the “Capability” Brown designed landscape, cross country runners turne...

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Road Relay Cancellation Row Still Running

A leading athletics official has hit back at claims by Sunderland Council that they were not to blame for the cancellation of the North Eastern Counties AA (NECAA) Road Relays at Hetton Lyons Country Park last weekend.

A row has blown up between organisers and the council over the decision...

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Local Clubs Gunning For National Success

The English National Cross Country Championships takes place at Harewood House, Leeds, on Saturday,

And Sunderland Harriers, Houghton Harriers and Sunderland Strollers, will all be in attendance.

Ian Byett, secretary of the English Cross Country Association, said: “Entries for thi...

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Parkrun Gains For Local Runners

Following the cancellation of the Royal Signals North Eastern Road Relay Championships at Hetton Lyons Country Park on Saturday, athletes flooded to local parkruns for the stimulus of competition.

Many personal bests were set as hundreds of runners were determined to get something out of t...

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Council Red Tape Stops Hetton Lyons Race In Its Tracks

Hundreds of runners will be denied the opportunity of competing in the North Eastern Road Relay Championships at Hetton Lyons Country Park on Saturday.

Council red tape has forced the North Eastern Counties AA to call off the event after talks failed to find a solution to the problem.

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Sunderland Harriers Tough It Out To Move On Up

Sunderland Harriers moved up one place to third in the First Division of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League at Thornley Hall Farm on Saturday.

This was a venue for the real “Toughs of the Track” with a farmland course consisting of rough pastures, a ploughed field and a mountai...

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Sunderland Harriers On Course For Mid-table Finish In North Eastern Harrier League

The penultimate North Eastern Harrier League takes place at Thornley Hall Farm, Peterlee on Saturday.

Sunderland Harriers, who have both their men’s and women’s teams in the First Division, look likely to finish around mid-table in both leagues.

The senior men are lying in fourth pl...

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