Club Articles


HARRIERS MEN SEAL NE TITLE IN STYLE!
Published: Mar 21st 2016, 10:13

Sunderland Harriers men’s team sealed the North-East Harrier League Division One title with a dominant performance in the final fixture of the season at Wrekenton last Saturday.

Less than a week after the M35 team took National honours, the regional title was confirmed in an impressive dis...

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JEFFRESS STRIKES GOLD AT BRITISH MASTERS!
Published: Mar 15th 2016, 08:59

Kevin Jeffress is the new British Masters V-35 Cross-Country Champion. Kevin took the title at the British Championships in Bath last weekend with club-mate Steve McMahon bagging the silver medal.

Both men have put themselves in a strong position to gain selection for the England team t...

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EASY WIN FOR JONES IN HAREWOOD TRAIL 10K
Published: Mar 14th 2016, 11:43

Matt Jones showed he has fully recovered from his recent marathon exertions with a comfortable win at the Age UK Harewood Dash last weekend. The Middlesbrough doctor’s 2:27:54 in Seville last month still sees him second on the UK rankings over that distance for 2016, but he showed no ill effects...

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MORE NORTH-EAST RECOGNITION FOR ROYAL BLUE JUNIORS
Published: Mar 14th 2016, 10:59

One week on from the English Schools Cross-Country Championships seven young Sunderland Harries continued their athletic education representing the North-East at the Inter-Counties Championship, staged in Cofton Park, Birmingham on Saturday.
The sleet and snow of earlier in the winter were ...

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PB'S GALORE AT TRAFFORD 10K!
Published: Mar 14th 2016, 10:30

Personal Bests tumbled at Sunday’s Trafford 10k as seven of the nine Royal Blues who tackled the flat, fast course were rewarded with new best times for the distance.
In the UK’s highest quality road race of the year so far, Tom Lancashire, just cracked the 29-minute barrier to win in 28:56...

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JUNIORS TAKE TOUGH EXAM AT ENGLISH SCHOOLS
Published: Mar 7th 2016, 12:03

Seven young Harriers swapped the Royal Blue vest for the Palatinate and Gold colours of Durham County last Saturday, having earned selection for the English Schools Championships at Wollaton Park, Nottingham.

It was a step up in class from local competition, but all seven fared well on the...

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SENIOR MEN CLOSE IN ON TITLE
Published: Mar 7th 2016, 10:37

“At least there's one team from Sunderland top of the league”, was team manager Albert James’ wry assessment after Saturday’s victorious North-East Harrier league fixture at Alnwick.

While Sam Allardyce’s men were busy throwing away two points on the south coast against Southampton, the ci...

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'VALENTINE' SUCCESS FOR STEVE RANKIN
Published: Mar 2nd 2016, 10:00

Whilst much of the focus last weekend was on the National Cross-Country, on Tyneside Steve Rankin chalked up his first win of 2016 with a dominant performance in the Run Newcastle Valentine's 10k. Rankin's time of 34:14 saw him take the crown by 11 seconds. In 21st place, with a battling new Pe...

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NORTHERN 12-STAGE AND 6-STAGE RELAYS 2016
Published: Mar 1st 2016, 15:42

Sunderland Harriers are delighted to be welcoming the Northern Men’s 12-Stage and Women’s 6-Stage road relays back to Silksworth Sports Complex for the first time in nine years. 2016 will be the fifth time this event has been hosted by the club, which stepped in after local works in Stockport re...

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ATHLETE REGISTRATION
Published: Mar 1st 2016, 15:29

Coinciding with the start of the new track and field season, the latest version of the UKA Rules for Competition 2016 are to be launched on April 1st and UKA have announced information on the updates that will be included.

These include important changes regarding compulsory athlete regist...

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