NEHL Alnwick
Normally our final XC of the year but with the rescheduled Drurdige Bay taken place on the 23rd our little XC swan song is delayed slightly.
We had a big turn out for both our men and women’s teams. Great to see us get a big turnout with 20 women and 20 men running at Alnwick.
Once again, we’ve seen some debut runs. Lovely to see Lisa Allan enjoying her first XC and Ceara Herring and Bella Pearce running after longs spells out.
Our ladies were led home by Justina Heslop with Heather Donald having a superb run finishing just behind and being rewarded with a promotion to medium pack for the next race.
Our men’s team had 6 debutants, two of which haven’t ran XC before. It was Elijah King who lead the men home with a cracking first XC run, he has narrowly missed out on promotion to the medium pack, i’m sure he’ll be knocking on the door again at the next fixture. Jack Gordon also running his first XC for us had an impressive run finishing our 6th counter for the team.
As a team we’ve done well and are still in the hunt to stay in the league, we do need everyone out for that final fixture so don’t pack away those XC spikes.
Alnwick was out last qualifying fixture for the Elswick XC Championship, awards to be handed out at our Celebration Night on the 22nd March – don’t forget to pick up your tickets.
CALL OUT FOR RUNNERS….
Please please please make every effort to make the final XC fixture at Druridge Bay on 23rd March. Both our men’s and women’s teams are at risk of relegation to division 2, a good turnout could secure our places in division 1. There will be cake!!!
We still have lots of numbers still to be collected so please come and run in the remaining fixtures to help us retain our places in the leagues. And, if anyone that isn’t registered and wants to take part, please let me know.
Check if you’re registered by clicking this link.
Middlesbrough Half Marathon
Luke was back in action running the Middlesbrough Half. He ran a brilliant time of 1.10 finishing 9th overall.
Information Notice:
Blyth 10km and the Pier to Pier has sold out but are allowing transfers; keep an eye out on Facebook as numbers will become available.
The Cowbell 5km (entries now open) will replace our previously advertised internal 5km in October. The October slot will remain free and will be used if a scheduled race is cancelled or clashes with a XC.
Future Fixtures:
2024 North East Harrier League:
Sunday 23/3/25 – Druridge Bay we need everyone running!!
See facebook posts if you want to be registered or speak to Ben and Felicity.
Track and Field Fixtures:
North East Senior Development League:
Match 1: 26th April
Div 1 – Whitley Bay – North Shields Poly to host
Match 2: 17th May
Div 1 – Shildon – Darlington to host
Match 3: 15th June
Div 1 – Whitley Bay – Wallsend to host
Match 4: 19th July
Div 1 – Shildon – Gateshead to host
Speak to Eric Lewis, Ben or Felicity if you’re interested.
Relays
30th March – Northern 6 & 12 Stage Relays – Redcar (Road) – See facebook post
18th April – Good Fridays (Road) – we’ll need runners and helpers (helpers first!)
April – NEMAA Jarrow (Road)
April – Neptune (Mixed)
14th May – Wallsend (Road)
June – Weetslade (Road)
July/August – Gosforth (Road)
September – Farringdon (Trail)
November – Norman Woodcocks (Road)
Club Champs:
15th March – Cowbell 5km – Open now
6th April – Blyth (10k) – Sold out
18th May – Pier to Pier (off road) – Sold out
June – Rest
2nd July – Pie and Peas (10km) – Click for updates
July – Sunderland (5km)
August – Watergate (5km)
September – Rest
October – to be used if any fixtures are cancelled
November – Heaton Memorial (10km)
November/December – Gibside Fruit Bowl (off road)
January – Rest
February – Sherman Cup/Davision Shield (off road)
We’ll look to add an internal race (probably a 5km) if any races are cancelled.
Rules:
best x2 results from each race category (5km, 10km and off road)
Useful website for races: http://www.northeastraces.com