Battersea 5km
Jumping back a couple of weeks, Danny Spoor and fiancé Eden Ratcliffe made the trip to London for a concert and fitted in the Battersea 5km.
It’s a welcome return from injury for Danny who ran a superb time of 17.30.
Quayside 5km / 10km
This year, the event featured a 10km option which saw 2 of our runners taking part. Rebecca Connelly continues to improve running 45 mins and ever steady Nigel Hollier ran 50 mins finishing 1st in his age category.
In the 5km we had 4 runners, Sophie Pickett was back in action running an impressive time of 17.05, finishing 1st in her age category. Gillian Manford fresh from her impressive run at the Gosforth relays ran a great race, running a time of 18.54 and finishing 3rd in her age group. Speedy couple, Sarah Platten and Ben Ward ran brilliantly, Ben matching Sophie’s time of 17.05 and Sarah with a brilliant time of 18.24.
Information Notice:
North East Harrier League (NEHL)
We’ve started to collect names for the Cross Country (XC) season. If you want to run, please speak to Ben or Felicity, for juniors Jan is taking names or comment on the facebook posts.
Track and Field Training – Saturday’s at Wentworth
Andrea, Simon and others continue to hold track and field sessions on Saturday morning at Wentworth Leisure Centre.
There’s lots of events to try, all supported by our wonderful coaches, it’s a perfect introduction to track and field and boost that speed for the road events.
Open to all ages, members and nonmembers, everyone is welcome so please don’t be shy give it a try… If you want more information, feel free to ask any of the coaches. All we ask for is £2.50 donation, paid online before or after you take part.
Sunday Long Run
A reminder we have two regular groups running from the leisure centre on a Sunday heading out for long social runs. Everyone is welcome to these, even nonmembers, so if you have family or friends that wants company on a long run bring them down. Again, speak to your coaches for more information.
Future Fixtures:
Relays
14th September – Farringdon (Trail)
2nd November – Norman Woodcocks (Road)
Cross Country – NEHL Fixtures
Winter is coming…so we’ll be looking to register people for the forthcoming NEHL season. Let me or Felicity know if you want to be registered.
SAT 27-SEP-25 Thornley Hall Farm
SUN 12-OCT-25 Druridge Bay Country Park
SAT 25-OCT-25 Lambton Estate
SUN 23-NOV-25 Wrekenton
SAT 17 or SUN 18-JAN-26 Lemington
SAT 31-JAN-26 Temple Park
SAT 28-FEB-26 Alnwick Castle Pastures
SAT 21-MAR-26 Eltringham Farm
Dates are subject to change…
Club Champs:
15th March – Cowbell 5km – COMPLETED/RESULTS
6th April – Blyth (10k) – COMPLETED/RESULTS
18th May – Pier to Pier (off road) – COMPETED/RESULTS
June – Rest
2nd July – Pie and Peas (10km) – COMPETED/RESULTS
10th July – Sunderland (5km) – COMPLETED/RESULTS
August – Watergate (5km) – Click to enter
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