Barker Produces a Masterful Display At North East Masters’ Cross Country Championships

The North East Masters’ Cross Country Championships attracted one of their biggest entries for years at the Rising Sun Sports ground at Wallsend on Saturday.

The venue, a former pit heap, now a grassed area, looked a winter picture with its snow covered hills and picturesque landscape, wh...

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Sunderland Athletes Have Medal Potential At North East Masters’ Cross Country Championships

Sunderland Harriers and Sunderland Strollers have a good few athletes entered that have medal potential in the North East Masters’ Cross Country Championships at Wallsend on Saturday.

At the Masters’ Championship at Darlington last year, Sunderland Harriers won two men’s team titles and on...

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Disappointing Return At Championships For Sunderland Athletes

Sunderland had another disappointing Durham Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Barnard Castle on Saturday.

They won just one bronze medal in the contested eight events and only managed to finish two full teams of six runners.

There are many reasons being put forward why the res...

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Sunderland Harrier Jeffress Misses Chance To Defend Masters Title

Sunderland Harrier Kevin Jeffress will miss out on the defence of his North East Masters’ Cross Country title at Wallsend on Saturday, February 2.

The Seaham athlete will be in Torremolinos for the Half Marathon on the following day.

“I’m a bit gutted that I will miss the Vets cha...

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Dominant Sunderland Harriers Produce A Masterful Display

Sunderland Harriers dominated the North East Masters’ Cross Country Relay Championships at Birtley yesterday

The hurried arranged fixture following the cancellation of the Durham City Harriers event at the Race Course was a huge success for Birtley Harriers with 171 teams entered.

A...

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Question Marks Over Sunderland Harriers Formation Date

Sunderland Harriers officials are having to rewrite the history of the club after newspaper articles suggest that the club is much older than originally thought.

Previous research found the date of the Harriers was given as 1897, but a look through some old newspaper cuttings and minutes g...

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Sunderland Harriers In The Medals At Temple Park

Sunderland Harriers hit the medal trail for the first time since 2015 in the Sherman Cup and Davison Shield cross country team competitions at Temple Park, South Shields, on Saturday.

They finished second in the male event and were third female team, in the competition which is based on th...

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Sunderland Harriers Trio Face Race Against Time To Catch The Eye Of North East Selectors

The first major Cross Country Championship of the season took place last Saturday when the North Eastern Counties hosted their championships at Wrekenton.

And athletes had their first opportunity to show their early season form before final selection takes place for the Inter County Champi...

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Sunderland Harriers Fail To Shine At 113th North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships

Sunderland Harriers’ hopes of team medals in the senior events of 113th North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships were dashed at Wrekenton on Saturday.

The senior men were outside the medals in fifth place while the women, last year’s bronze medallists, found themselves shunted b...

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Sunderland Harriers Contingent Gunning For Medals

Sunderland Harriers go into the 113th North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships with their biggest ever entry in the Senior Men’s and Women’s events at Wrekenton on Saturday.

A total of 24 men and 13 women are included in the respective fields of 501 men and 316 women.

Both...

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