Sunderland & Houghton Harriers Aiming For North Eastern Grand Prix Prizes

The North Eastern Grand Prix is back on track tonight at Monkton after the fourth meeting of the series was cancelled.

Like many other sporting events up and down the country, the England World Cup semi-final took precedence over the athletics fixture.

Tonight will see the penultima...

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Sunderland Pair Win Bronze Medals In Durham City 5K

Two Sunderland runners won bronze medals in the Events of the North Durham City 5k and 10k Runs last night.

The two events were packed out, with the full house signs being up for weeks, with 1,000 competitors in the 5k and 2,100 in the 10k.

And the organisation had to be slick with...

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Record Numbers Earn Personal Best Times In Sunderland Harriers’ 5K Road Race

Sunderland Harriers set a new record for their 24th Sunderland 5km Road Race at Silksworth Sports Complex last Thursday when 147 athletes set a personal best for the distance on the superfast course.

In perfect, windless conditions on a warm evening, with a cracking field in both races to...

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Two gold medals for Durham in English Schools’ Championship

Durham had a successful English Schools’ Championship at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Friday and Saturday.

The County won two gold medals and a bronze in the competition now given the name the Schools Olympics, being the fourth largest athletics event in the world.

Former Chest...

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Sunderland Harriers Women Secure Notable Team Championship Triumph In Sunderland 5K

Sunderland Harriers’ women upset the applecart to triumph in the Northern team championship in their own Sunderland 5k Road Race at Silksworth Sports Complex last night.

This was easily their best ever performance in the short history of the women’s team, who have been managed to glory by ...

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Top Class Field For Sunderland Harriers’ 24th Sunderland 5k Road Race

Sunderland Harriers host their 24th Sunderland 5k Road Race tomorrow night at Silksworth Sports Complex with class fields chasing Northern and North East championship medals.

This will be the final year of a three-year contract in staging the Northern Athletics event and the Wearsiders ar...

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Olympian Alyson Dixon Steps Up Preparations For European Championship Marathon In Bridges Of The Tyne 5

Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon has made further progress in her efforts to gain peak fitness for the European Championship marathon in Berlin in just four weeks.

Competing in the Tyne Bridge Harriers Bridges of the Tyne 5, she finished in 10th place overall and beat the second woman to ...

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Second Victory In Quick Succession As Sunderland Harrier Oliver James Wins Angel View Race

Sunderland Harrier Oliver James made it two wins in the space of five days in the Low Fell Running Club’s Angel View race at Gateshead.

Following up his comfortable victory in the Lambton Run, he looked just as at ease in this multi terrain race over approximately 5.3 miles

Penshaw...

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Quartet Of Sunderland Harriers Scoop Gold At Monkton Masters

Sunderland Harriers had a number of fine performances in the North Eastern Masters’ Track and Field Championships at Monkton.

Four of the athletes won gold medals and they were headed by Kevin Jeffress, who won an exciting Over-35 5,000m contest.

There were so many competitors tha...

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Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon In Race Against Time To Be Fit For European Championship Marathon

Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon faces a race against time to be fit for the European Championship marathon in Berlin.

She has been suffering from an inflamed heel bursa since the Commonwealth Games marathon and has only been in training for a few weeks after the problem responded well to...

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