DARLINGTON HARRIERS AND ATHLETICS CLUB

 

 

It was a busy weekend for the club with young athletes competing at the Durham schools championships on Saturday 14th and an NYSD event at Acklam on Sunday 15th Jan. The Durham championships were held at a very frosty but sunny Meadowfield course with the best result of the day coming from Lucy Hunter who was an excellent 2nd in her race with Katie Noble close behind in 4th place. We don't have a full set of results but a number of athletes have also qualified for the Intercounties championships in Cumbria on the 4th February. At Acklam we had 3 young athletes in the U11 race and they were led home by Ellie Phillips Followed by Katrine Stewart and Megan Philips. In the U13 girls race Stella Jones continued her great season with another excellent and determined race to finish 2nd. Hannah Robson suffered badly in the cold and finished mid field. The senior women's race was led home for the club by Linda Noble followed by her sister Sue Phillips, then Val Clarke and Rose Rutherford. In the senior men it was Colin Taylor who again was the first club member followed by Graham Bell, Juris Silovs and Ian Barnes. (see some pictures)    
 The next event is the Northern Championships at Pontefract on the 28th Jan(details to follow)

 

 

The first 5k Park Run of 2012 saw 17 hardy runners turn out to brush off the celebration cobwebs and get their legs working and hearts pumping. With mince pies and mulled wine beckoning at the finish, 5k regular Colin Taylor, blasted round in 19 mins 02 seconds with Shirley Gibson the 1st woman home in 24.05. Hannah Robinson was the only junior to run and finished in an excellent time of 25.01. See full results on the Results page.

 

The previous week in the Jolly Holly Jog 10k multi terrain race at Ripon, student dentist, Jamie Rutherford, broke the form books and won his first event in a time of 36.16. Shirley Gibson was 1st U60 Woman home, Susie Stephen was 1st U40 woman and her sister Georgina Rutherford was 2nd woman overall.

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The 106th North East Cross Country Championships at Cramlington were a great success for our Under 13 girls team who came 2nd. They were led home by Lucy Hunter in 4th place with Mikaela Jordens 10th and Katie Noble 11th. In the boys race James Wood was 6th and Tom Hunter 10th which were tremendous results in a field of 48. In the under 15 boys race Connor Dummet was 33rd closely followed by James Dryborough in 36th. Emily Noble made the jopurney north to be our only finisher in the under 15 girls race. With only two ladies racing, Linda Noble was the first home with Val Clarke sprinting home as our 2nd finisher. The senior men didn't quite have a team but were led home by Jamie Rutherford, followed by his brother Simon, then Colin Taylor, Juris Silovs and club chairman Ian Barnes. There are photos on the pictures page.

 

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A tremendous turnout of athletes at the latest NYSD Cross Country event hosted by the Darlington Harriers at Croft circuit saw some great results. The U11s race was won by Stefan Hornsby  with Ethan Robinson 4th, Ellie Phillips 8th, Katryn Stewart 11th and Megan Noble 12th. In the U13 Boys James Wood had a great Race to finish 2nd, and with Louis Parker 9th and Jacob Cherrington 13th the boys were 2nd team. The U13 Girls did just as well with Stella Jones 2nd and Lucy Hunter hard on her heels for 4th, followed by Katie Noble 13th and Mikchaela Jordens 14th, Gabrielle Padurariu 16th and Hannah Robson 22nd, Laura Summers 24th,  Melodie Cherrington 28th and Megan Summers 29, and the team were also 2nd. Connor Dummett was our only U15 boy finishing in 7th place. The U15 girls were 3rd team home led by Emily Toulson in 12th pace followed by Courtney Walton 14th and Emily noble 15th. But the story of the day was surely that of Bernadette Caygill making her return to competition after a long lay off, by winning the Snr Ladies raceshe was followed home by Linda Noble 13th and Sue Phillips 20th, with Val Clarke 26th and  Rose Rutherford 58th for a resounding 2nd placed team. The men were led home By Nigel Wilkinson in 58th closely followed by Juris Silovs in 62nd, Graham Bell in 64th, and a still recovering Steve Hutchinson in 97th. The full results can be found on the Results page.

Earlier that day in the monthly Darlington 5k Park Run organised by the club saw an appearance of Ultra Distance Runner, Sharon Gaytor, who had presented the prizes at our Summer Awards evening on the preceding Friday. Sharon ran 122 mins 33 secs and her husband Bill ran 24 mins 12 secs. Full results are on the Results page

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Results from the Acklam NYSD race are now available on the results page

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The first race of the new NYSD Cross  Country season took place at Acklam Grange School on October 9th with a good turnout from the younger club members but the seniors were thin on the ground. Results will follow shortly and there are some photos on the Pictures tab.

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The results from the latest 5k Time Trial are on the Results Page.