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Malcolm Hassan And Mo Farah Ran As Schoolboys

Published: Oct 28th 2015, 09:31

Malcolm Hassan clashed many times with four-time World champion Mo Farah on the track and over the country when they were schoolboys.
Over the years, Farah visited the Hassan’s home in Red House on numerous occasions, and spent time training along the coast from Seaburn to South Shie...

Can't Make Club Nights?

Published: Oct 26th 2015, 14:32

Can't make club nights? Michael Hill has started cross country training sessions on non race day Saturdays using the Farringdon Course. Start time 10am, all are welcome, and if you intend to compete in the harrier leagues this is excellent preparation, details will be posted on facebook. Sunday...

Jessica Wins The Kielder 10K

Published: Oct 15th 2015, 10:45

Jessica Fox came 1st in the Kielder 10k with a tremendous time of 41mins 02secs. Jessica is an athlete who has progressed through the ranks at the Harriers to become one of the leading lady runners in the club. She joined as a 14 year old after the football team she played for folded and ...

Davison Shield

Published: Oct 14th 2015, 18:08

Davison Shield, 10th October 2015, Temple Park South Shields.
A record number of athletes attended this very popular team event at a sunny Temple Park, a great day for cross country and with very little wind we didn’t need, as we did last year volunteers holding down the tent poles. These ...

The 33rd Redcar Half Marathon

Published: Oct 11th 2015, 11:19

The town of Redcar was grounded this past weekend as thousands of runners descended on the area to run the annual half marathon. Now in its 33rd year, the event which is held in the shadow of the iconic Beacon, provided local club runners with another opportunity to amend their personal bests ove...

North East Grand Prix Presentation

Published: Oct 10th 2015, 14:45

Hosted by Bill McGuirk (NECAA Chairman) and Chris Betts (NECAA Track and Field Secretary), the presentation of awards for the North Eastern Grand Prix 2015 took place at Gateshead Stadium on the 28th September.

Local and global celebrity Steve Cram spoke of what in his younger days had bee...

Great North Run 2015 - Review

Published: Sep 30th 2015, 16:29

Eddie Maddison overcame injury problems to maintain his 100 per cent record of competing in every Great North Run.
He is among a select group that has maintained their superb record since the first in 1981.

But the Sunderland Harrier found his last effort the hardest o...

2015/16 Indoor Athletics Season

Published: Sep 1st 2015, 14:26

Summer's over, welcome to the new athletics season and the prospect of glorious mud underfoot. But some athletes expect to be competing in warmer conditions, if not training in them.

Locally the Indoor season begins in early November. Monthly competitions for Minor athletes commence on S...

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