WOODWARD SHINES AS HARRIERS MEET NATIONAL CHALLENGE

The 2016 Saucony English National Cross-Country Championships lived up to all expectations, with some superb individual and team performances on a testing, but fair spectator-friendly course, sandwiched between the Castle Donington motor racing circuit and East Midlands Airport.

The ankle-...

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'NATIONAL' THE NEXT STOP FOR HARDY HARRIERS

There are few races in our sport that become so big they are instantly recognisable at the mere mention of one of two words. 'London' is one, 'The Morpeth' (soon to be reprised in a somewhat different guise) is another, but perhaps the most famous of them all is 'The National', or to give it its...

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SUNDERLAND HARRIER LEADS UK MARATHON RANKINGS!

Sunderland Harrier Matt Jones sits proudly at the top of the UK Marathon ranking list for 2016 following his fine personal best in the Seville Marathon last weekend.

Matt's 2:27:54 in placing 37th, represented a 7:42 improvement on his previous best and moves him a step closer to his goa...

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MORE NORTH-EAST MEDALS FOR ROYAL BLUES!

Sixty-five Sunderland Harriers proudly displayed club colours at last weekend's Royal Signals North-East Counties Road Relay Championships, held over a testing two-lap course in Hetton Lyons Park, with two teams making the medal rostrum.

Prior to the race, Team Manager Albert James was cau...

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OLIVER JAMES WINTERING WELL IN US

US-based Sunderland Harrier Oliver James showed impressive form in the recent Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The McNeese State University Junior (third-year) travelled the 580 miles from his base in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the championships in Birmingham, ...

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BREAKING NEWS - NORTHERN MEN'S 12-STAGE AND WOMEN'S 6-STAGE ROAD RELAYS

With road relays on our minds ahead of this weekend's event, confirmation has been received that following protracted negotiations the Northern Men's 12-stage and Women's 6-stage relays will now be held in Silksworth on Saturday, April 2nd.

Roadworks around the proposed course in Stockport...

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CONSISTENCY THE KEY FOR IAN HUDSPITH

Sunderland Harriers welcomed North-East Athletics royalty to Silksworth last night in the shape of Ian Hudspith, and what great shape the 45 year-old Morpeth Harrier proved he's in!

The former club mate of Albert James joined in the club's weekly track session, running 5 x 1200m/400m (@1...

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REMINDER - TOP INTERNATIONAL VISITS SILKSWORTH

Running 24:49 for 5 miles is fairly impressive in anyone's book, running 24:49 for 5 miles at the age of 45 is astonishingly impressive. That is what Ian Hudspith of Morpeth Harriers achieved when finishing 5th in the recent Alsager 5 road race, to continue a rich vein of form which has lasted t...

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WOMEN'S TEAM SELECTION - ROYAL SIGNALS RELAYS

After a free weekend following the cancellation of the latest North-East Harrier League fixture, the ever-popular Royal Signals Road Relays in Hetton Lyons Park is next up on Saturday, February 20th, and team manager Eddie Maddison has revealed the line-ups for (potentially) six women's teams hop...

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HISTORY MAKING LADIES UPGRADED TO GOLD!!

Following a steward's inquiry, the Sunderland Harriers Women's team of Nicola Woodward, Colleen Compson and Vikki Cotton have been upgrade to GOLD MEDALISTS in the North-East Masters Cross-Country Championships, held last Saturday at Wallsend. It appears a North Shields Poly runner who finished ...

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