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Morpeth Women Shine On Town Moor
There was a busy weekend of Town Moor racing on Remembrance Sunday, with the annual Heaton Harriers 10k incorporating not just the North East Counties Athletics Association Championships but both the North East and British Masters 10k…
Simonside Venue For Next Trail Session
The new trail running group set up by John Butters will meet again at 10am on Sunday 9 November at the Lordenshaws car park, Simonside.
Morpeth Retain Norman Woodcock Title
Morpeth retained the Norman Woodcock title in near perfect conditions on Sunday morning at Gosforth Park. A three stage mixed relay run on the road round the inside of the race track, there were well over 100 complete teams out from…
Men Make Top 20 In National Cross Country Relays
​With the National Cross Country Relays taking place at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, at what has become their customary venue, Morpeth’s Junior and Senior Men’s teams produced respectable performances, with both outfits…
Competition Hots Up In Harrier League
The second and third rounds of this season’s Harrier League took place at Druridge Bay on Sunday 12 October and at Lambton Castle on Saturday 25th. The Druridge Bay fixture saw a strong turn-out in most age ranges, with some…
Reports Round-Up
Chicago MarathonSeasoned Morpeth marathon runner Andrew Lawrence, now an Over 40 vet, took a trip across the pond recently to run in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday 12 October. Won by Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo in a time of 2 hours 2…
Young Outfit Put In Strong Display At Northern Cross-Country Relays
A youthful Morpeth Harriers Senior team ran in the Northern Athletics Cross Country Relays at Graves Park in Sheffield, where they placed 5th of some 60 teams from across the North of England. Run over four stages of two miles each…
Gavin Takes Silver At European Masters
Four members of Morpeth Harriers competed at the European Masters Athletics Championships in Funchal, Madeira.Over 70 Man Gavin Bayne completed his two events by finishing an excellent 94th in a talent-filled Half Marathon, when he won a…
Amy Fails To Knock Cat Off Course As She Wins Kielder Half
Storm Amy meant a truncated Kielder Marathon Weekend this year, with events scheduled for the Saturday rolled into the Sunday and a congested timetable which, however, still thankfully went ahead, and some ten blue and white vests turning…
YOUNGSTERS LEAD EFFORT AS NEHL RESUMES AT THORNLEY
The North East Harrier League resumed on 27 September with the opening fixture at Thornley Farm, just South of Peterlee, taking place in unusually (for the venue) clement conditions. A general push from all at the club involved with…
September Events Round-Up
BMAF Track and Field Championships, BMAF and NEMAA 5,000m and 10,000m The BMAF Track and Field Championships in Derby between from 11-13 September were the most keenly contested yet, with record numbers turning out to…
Cross Country Season Gets Underway At Farringdon
The 42nd Ken Jefferson Memorial Open Cross Country Races got the 2025/26 cross country season underway on Sunday 14 September. On a course at Farringdon that used to host a NEHL fixture – and was notorious for the…