Wearside Youngsters Raise Standards At Durham Schools’ County Championships

With some impressive performances, West Wearside came out on top in the tracks events in the Durham Schools’ County Track and Field Championships at Monkton Stadium on Saturday.

With the event being hit by heavy rain throughout the programme, which led to the abandonment of the relays, you...

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Sunderland Harrier Jacqueline Etherington Clinches Northern Athletics Title in Style

Sunderland Harrier Jacqueline Etherington was crowned Northern Athletics women’s steeplechase champion in Manchester.

She impressively beat her personal best by nine seconds and dipped under eight minutes for the first time, clocking 7min 56.72sec at Sport City.

It was the Harriers...

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Scott Ellis The King Of Penshaw Hill again, As Alice Smith Takes Women’s Prize

Scott Ellis claimed his second North East Vending Penshaw Hill Race title with a comfortable victory last night.

The North Shields athlete, the winner in 2014, went unchallenged as he also claimed the prime prize for being the first athlete to the famous monument on the opening lap.

Sunderland Harrier Michael Barker Tipped To Be King Of The Penshaw Hill Race

Sunderland Harriers stage their 27th annual Penshaw Hill Race for the first time with a May date tonight.

The popular North East Vending sponsored race is normally held in early June, but a congested fixture list has forced the move to the new date.

The race attracted a record 127 r...

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More North East Athletics Officials Needed

Hundreds of athletes will turn out for events staged around the NE region catering for track and field, road runners and multi-terrain athletes.

While the sport of athletics is certainly flourishing, this brings added problems for the number of officials needed to man these events.

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Sunderland Harriers Shine But Miss Out On Medals

Sunderland Harriers put in their best ever performance but still just missed out on medals in the National Masters’ Road Relay Championships at Sutton Coldfield on Saturday.

The Over-35 men’s team came fourth in their six-stage relay and the Over-35 women’s team finished fifth in their fou...

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Phillips Confident Of Sunderland Harriers Over-35s Success In British Masters’ Championships

Sunderland Harriers travel to Sutton Coldfield on Saturday with medal hopes in the British Masters’ Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park.

The Over-35s contest the 6x3 mile relay with a strong team that captain Dean Phillips believes is good enough to contest for a place in the frame.

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Eventful Pier-To-Pier Success Gives Tewelde Second Sunderland Title On Successive Weeks

Saltwell Harrier Abraham Tewelde won his second Sunderland race within eight days with his victory in the Sunderland Strollers Pier-to-Pier run from South Shields to Roker.

The Eritrean, fresh from his record-breaking victory in the Events of the North half marathon (70.07) at Keel Square ...

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Gordon Smith Relays 2017

Gordon Smith Relays.

Wednesday night the 10th May saw 2 teams of Harriers contest the Wallsend Gordon Smith relays at the new venue of West Allotment Country Park near to the Silverlink. On a fast, flat 2 mile, traffic free course within the park the Harriers team of Michael Thompson, An...

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Third Time Lucky For Franks In Sunderland Strollers’ Pier-to-Pier Run?

Sunderland Strollers have a full house for their popular Pier-to-Pier race from South Shields to Roker on Sunday.

The house full signs went up a few weeks ago when the Ashbrooke club reached their maximum number of 1,250 entries.

The record-breaking race which had 1128 finishers l...

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